ShopTalk has joined DEPT®!

DEPT® is one of the fastest growing digital agencies in the world and we’re joining to bolster their creative practice in the UK, whilst also opening up DEPT®’s full service offering to our wonderful existing clients. Their BCORP status is a fantastic cherry-on-the-top, ensuring we’re continuing forward on the next stage of our journey as a genuinely future-facing agency. We’ll now be co-branded as SHOPTALK/DEPT®, but will continue to operate as the ShopTalk you know and love, but now with far greater service and global reach. Exciting times!

We’re passionate about using brand and creative as powerful commercial tools for companies large and small, lifting them to great things. And so what really resonated with us at DEPT® was the boutique level of service that they offer their clients, but with the talent, expertise and scale to provide brand experiences akin to that of a global network agency. DEPT® have been making waves in the creative industry for some time now and it’s been so inspiring to spend time with their teams across Europe to witness how they combine marketing, technology and creativity to deliver next-level brand experiences.

“Paul, James, and their team have built an awesome team culture and deliver premium brand experiences and top-notch creative, while staying fast and flexible,” said Dimi Albers, Global CEO of DEPT®. “The team has tons of experience and will bring our branding and experience design work to the next-level.”

Founded in Amsterdam in 2015, DEPT® has quickly grown across the globe, from 150 people in The Netherlands to more than 3,000 people in seventeen countries across five continents, working with brands including Google, Philips, eBay, Patagonia, ASOS, and Diageo. ShopTalk is the fifth agency to join DEPT® this year following multidisciplinary creative agency Dogstudio, US-based growth marketing agency 3Q Digital, renowned creative studio Hello Monday, and data science and engineering firm, Raybeam.