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The Consultancy PR has been selected as agency of record for Outer, a Santa Monica, CA-based company that manufactures outdoor furniture with an emphasis on sustainability. The agency will work to bring awareness to the brand through a communications program incorporating public relations, thought leadership and product launches. Outer says that each chair of the Outer Sofa, its key product, is made using approximately 100 plastic bottles, resulting in a totally recyclable product that is made from 30 percent recycled materials. The company is also a participant in 1% for the Planet, a coalition of businesses that have decided to give one percent of their sales back to the environment—whether or not they were profitable.
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Imagine PR has been appointed North American PR representative for Maisons Pariente, a new collection of five-star boutique hotels in France. Imagine will work to secure US and Canadian print and online consumer press coverage for Maisons Pariente in sectors including travel, lifestyle, design, architecture, food & wine, history, art and wellness. The agency will also focus on creating awareness of the hotel group, gaining interest from prospective guests and key opinion leaders, and developing consumer brand partnerships. Patrick Pariente, founder of fashion brand Naf Naf, along with his daughters, Lesley Kouhana and Kimberley Cohen, runs Maisons Pariente. Its properties include the Hôtel Crillon Le Brave in Vaucluse, the Hôtel Lou Pinet in Saint-Tropez and the Hôtel Le Coucou in Méribel. The company also plans to open a hotel in Paris next year.
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Global Results Communications has been named agency of record for Numa, a virtual answering service powered by artificial intelligence. GRC will produce and launch multifaceted media campaigns to increase Numa’s market presence and generate coverage in top-tier news and trade publications. The agency’s first task is to support Numa founders Joel Grossman and Tasso Roumeliotis as they temporarily waive all fees, as well as contract and credit card requirements, to support businesses impacted by the coronavirus crisis. Making a business number textable, Numa handles and responds to every voicemail, text, and Facebook message with its AI-based platform.
Page launches the Polansky Future Leaders Fund, which was established through a gift from 2025 Page Hall of Fame inductee and former Weber Shandwick Global CEO Andy Polansky... Ruder Finn reintroduces its website, ruderfinn.com, which will now feature a large language model (LLM) as its primary user interface... Higher Plane Media is launched by former Sloane & Company CEO Darren Brandt.
Champion, which specializes in restaurant, franchise and consumer brands, opens a Miami office, adding to its operations in Dallas and Los Angeles... Violet PR, a Montclair, NJ-based firm that focuses on economic development, commercial real estate and place branding, opens a second office on Park Avenue South in New York... Inflection Point, a founder-led, senior growth systems partner for startups and growth-stage businesses, launches... PRSA announces the recipients of its inaugural Women of Impact Awards. Honorees honorees were recognized during the PRSA Women of Impact Summit & Awards at the Union League Club of Chicago.
FleishmanHillard is shuttering its 20-member Dublin office as Omnicom Public Relations reorganizes its global operations... Vested acquires Watermark, a D.C.-based public affairs and special situations firm.... Matter earns two Pinnacle Awards 2026 Marketing & Communications honors for its clients.
Quad/Graphics launches Direct, a Quad Agency to help marketers create, execute and measure direct marketing campaigns in one connected offering... InnoVision Marketing Group SVP/senior creative director Giselle Campos and SVP/general manager Alanna Markey are among the first-ever winners of the San Diego Business Journal’s Indispensables Awards, which recognizes professionals who make the greatest impact within their organizations and across the San Diego business community... Park Place Technologies, an IT infrastructure services firm that works with Feintuch Communications, releases the second episode of its “The Savvy CIO” podcast. 
Ripley PR is named a silver winner in the TITAN American Business Awards’ Outstanding PR Campaign category... Excellera, a corporate-advisory firm, came in at number one in deal count, as well as fourth in deal value, in Mergermarket’s list of top EMEA firms... Thunderly is telling the stories of military veterans who transferred the discipline, organization and leadership skills developed in service to their country into successful post-military careers as franchise business owners, as part of its year-long "American Dreamers: The Stories of Franchising" effort.
