| Founded | London, England, (1869) |
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| Founder | Henry Sell |
| Headquarters | England |
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Sells Ltd, an advertising agency, was opened in 1869 in London.[1] By 1900, it was the largest agency in the world with offices in London, Paris, Edinburgh and Montreal. In the 1950s, it made advertising history when it appointed the first woman to be a managing director in the business. Olive Hirst had joined Sells in 1931 as a typist and then worked across a number of departments. In January 1950, she was the first women to be appointed to the Board and in 1954 she took over the managing directors role.[2]
The agency won the Layton Trophy in 1959.[2]
The agency was merged with another in the 1960s.[1]
References
- ^ a b "Sells Ltd". hatads.org.uk. History of Advertising Trust.
- ^ a b "Olive Hirst". The Times (64893). London. 4 March 1994. p. 21.