BlueFocus Communications Group says 2014 net surged 63 percent to $115M on a 67 percent rise in revenues to $965M.
China's biggest PR firm claims more than half (54 percent) of its revenues are digital-related.
CEO Oscar Zhao calls Blue Focus the only China-based firm that can handle the global communication needs of Chinese multinationals.
He wants Blue Focus to beef up technology offerings and become more product-oriented
The company reports non-China revenues accounted for seven percent of its `14 business.
Zhao anticipates foreign revenues will account for 20 percent of sales this year.
San Francisco-based Holly Zheng, international president, spearheads the global push with a focus on the US.
Blue Focus has a 20 percent investment stake in Britain's Huntsworth, owner of Grayling, Red, Huntsworth Health and Citigate Dewe Rogerson), and majority control position in Canada's Vision 7, parent of Cossette Media and PR and Citizen Relations.
Zhao has a $1.6B total revenue target for 2015.
DJE Holdings, parent of Edelman and Zeno, launches RUTH as an independent shop named after Ruth Edelman, mental health advocate, wife and longtime business partner of Dan Edelman.
New York City PR firms make up the largest slice of O'Dwyer's 147 firm overall ranking with 33 of 40 in the New York/New Jersey area either calling Manhattan their home or having a presence there.
Subject Matter+Kivvit, which joined forces in May, has rebranded as Avoq, an integrated shop with more than 200 professionals in Washington, New York, Asbury Park (NJ), Miami and Chicago.
While PR pros stationed at in-house comms. teams and those working for agencies share many of the same objectives, they also have markedly different top priorities, according to a recent report.
Edelman is cutting 240 employees or about four percent of its workforce to cope with the cooling down of the PR sector, according to a memo from CEO Richard Edelman.
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