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3rd Coast PR adds Epic Gourmet Popcorn, which is only popcorn company certified by the National LGBT Chamber of Commerce. The Chicago-based shop will focus on national and local media relations for Epic, whiich sells more than 100 flavors at retail and online. The firm also picked up Chicago's Doc B’s Restaurant + Bar to generate national and regional buzz for the chain with outlets in Chicago, Texas and Florida.
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Banner Public Affairs is now representing the GPS Innovation Alliance, a trade association committed to furthering Global Positioning System innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship. Banner will oversee and execute public affairs for the organization, as well as working to amplify GPSIA’s voice on issues of importance to the GPS industry, particularly among such Beltway stakeholders as regulators, legislators, major end users, and industry providers and integrators. The efforts will be led by Kelly Miller, a director at Banner and former public affairs manager at CTIA, which represents the U.S. wireless communications industry. “Banner’s communication expertise in the aviation and transportation industry, as well as in many other fields pertinent to GPS technology, gives them a depth of experience that will enhance the work we do at the GPS Innovation Alliance,” said GPSIA Executive Director J. David Grossman.
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Allen & Gerritsen has been named the external public relations partner of Wellable, a company that helps employers manage next-generation corporate wellness initiatives. A&G will help the company build brand awareness through industry thought leadership related to corporate wellness. Wellable designs such employee wellness experiences as wellness challenges, smoking cessation and wellness services, delivering its content through text messages, print flyers, and email newsletters. It also offers in-person wellness services including fitness classes, health coaching, and healthy meal preparation.
Redpoint is named US-based PR agency of record for Kintetsu Railway, the largest private railway system in Japan...Ogilvy Health is named PR and marketing agency of record for Azurity Pharmaceuticals... Zapwater Communications signs on .HERE Maldives, a resort operated by Seaside Collection... Cherish PR's London-based team has been engaged by the Lagos International Theatre Festival for a UK PR brief to raise awareness of this year’s Festival.
FleishmanHillard is named strategic communications consultancy for the Bay Area Host Committee... Kite Hill is named PR partner for the Artist and the Machine summit, which till take place Nov. 19 in Los Angeles... Alliance Connection, a Detroit-based agency that specializes in all-inclusive resorts, travel and hospitality, wins Elite Island Resorts with properties in Antigua, Barbados and Panama.
Merlot Marketing is named agency of record for Nichiha USA, a manufacturer of building material solutions... Sally Beauty, the consumer retail division of parent company Sally Beauty Holdings, appoints Creative Media Marketing as its public relations agency of record... Doner comes on board as agency of record for Rush Street Gaming, which operates Rivers Casino locations in Pittsburgh; Philadelphia; Des Plaines, IL; Portsmouth, VA; and Schenectady, NY.
JPR Group picks up Kimmel Architecture (formerly Kimmel-Bogrette Architecture + Site) to establish a presence in the senior living marketplace... RG2 Communications, adds Pollini at Ladbroke Hall, an Italian restaurant that is part of the 43,000 sq.-ft. Edwardian landmark, which presents live music, contemporary art, dance and gastronomy... M&C Communications assumes PR duties for Hope for Stomach Cancer nonprofit group.
Konnect Agency connects with Crescent Hotels & Resorts... FleishmanHillard specialty agency Methods+Mastery’s "Team BDG” comes on board as agency of record for Blue Diamond Growers... The Lacek Group, a loyalty, CRM and brand marketing agency that is part of Ogilvy One, picks up FNBO financial services outfit.
