Over the past three years, Wunderman has bolstered its capabilities and size with strategic acquisitions of digital assets in the largest 20 markets worldwide. Designkitchen will be relatively independent – it will operate under its old brand and retain its agency principal and CEO Sam Landers. He’ll report to Wunderman’s chief in Chicago, Rick Schreuder.

“We can now easily incorporate the Web, mobile platforms and the latest in digital technology into our work for promotions, sponsorship and motorsports clients. Together, Wunderman and Designkitchen will deliver powerfully integrated marketing ideas and superior digital experience, ” Schreuder said.

The two companies have worked together on several campaigns, including Burger King to Butterball.

This acquisition has been rumored about, but neither company would confess to any discussions of a purchase. The terms of the deal have not been disclosed.

Blast Radius opened in 1997, and has done work for marketers such as Starbucks, Nike and Whirpool. The New York Times reported that the company’s revenue last year was 41.8 million (about $43 million) in Canadian dollars.

The interactive agency is known as a specialist in the market of social networking. The report said that the company will be aligned with Wunderman, a division of WPP that focuses on direct marketing and relationship marketing.

The staff at Blast Radius will stay in place after the acquisition. Wunderman also acquired Aqua Online based in South Africa and These Days based in Belgium, two digital agencies.

Last month, WPP acquired Schematic, and in July acquired 24/7 Real Media for $649 million.

Wunderman. which will service the LexisNexis account from its NYC location, will begin creating integrated marketing and advertising campaigns that target legal careers within data, digital, direct mail, and print media outlets. Working together, the LexisNexis USLM marketing and Wunderman creative teams will unite to market LexisNexis solutions. Part of the new campaigns focus is the end to end solutions that will be offered to legal areas.

Sami Hero, VP, Go to Market, USLM marketing for LexisNexis, said in a statement, “Wunderman has a long history of transforming great brands into household names. They bring a mix of strategy, creativity and experience building through impactful and measurable multi-channel communication programs.”

Steve Zammarchi, president and CEO of Wunderman New York, added, “LexisNexis is a top tier brand with a rich history and an outstanding customer-centric reputation. Their continued dedication to offering effective management tools supports their value proposition and provides us with a platform from which we can design thoughtful, creative and compelling marketing campaigns. We are thrilled to work with LexisNexis.”

Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed at press time, but Wunderman revealed that Zaaz’s net assets totaled $1.6 million at the end of 2005, with another $9.2 million in generated, but un-audited revenue.

Wunderman hopes to enhance its data analysis capabilities and better serve its advertising clients with Zaaz—a company which has Northwest bases in both Seattle and Portland, and offers SEO and SEM services along with design.