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History Factory, an agency that helps companies leverage their history and heritage to transform their brand positioning, marketing and communications, has launched the COVID-19 Corporate Memory Project. The project is a free archival resource that spotlights corporate responses to the crisis as well as offering guidance on how to prepare for and respond effectively to the next crisis. It combines crowdsourced content from corporate contributors with publicly available media coverage, press releases, social media posts and statements, documents, photography, video and a range of other digital materials related to the pandemic’s impact on the business world. Companies featured include Airbnb, Kimberly-Clark, Marriott, Southwest Airlines, Starbucks, Uber and The Walt Disney Company. Those wishing to contribute content for the project can click here.
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Boden has become the first independent PR agency to join the Association of National Advertisers’ Alliance for Inclusive and Multicultural Marketing, an industry-wide alliance representing advertisers, media, research companies, trade organizations, and agencies across Hispanic, African-American, Asian-American, LGBTQ, People with Disabilities and non-multicultural segments. “Adding Boden’s independent multicultural PR discipline within our Communications Track is a natural fit that amplifies our work,” said AIMM co-founder Gilberto Dávila. The agency will work with AIMM’s leadership as it expands its Cultural Insights Impact Measure to include public relations. CIIM is a metric that identifies the impact and effectiveness of cultural insights in ads and programming and how these have the potential to impact sales.
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KCD PR, which works with clients in the financial services, technology and transportation industries, has won the Silver Stevie Award in the Communications PR Campaign of the Year category. The agency took home the prize for its media relations campaign for Softbank Vision Fund-backed company Brain Corp., in which it garnered national press coverage for the company in such media outlets as Bloomberg, Forbes, Fortune, Business Insider and CNBC as well as a full feature on the broadcast technology program "BBC Click," which aired in 200 countries with over 380 million viewers. KCD PR was also recently awarded the Hermes Creative Platinum Award for its media relations campaign for an artificial intelligence and robotics PR client.
Walker Sands acquires RevPartners, a revenue operations (RevOps) and GTM engineering firm... FoodMix Marketing Communications, a B2B and B2C full-service food and beverage marketing agency, transitions its ownership to Sara Hagen and Nadine Baarstad... Dynasty Financial Partners launches Dynasty Consulting Group, which will focus on helping RIAs accelerate growth and create enterprise value.
KNB Communications acquires Roketto, a digital agency specializing in generative engine optimization, web design and development, digital advertising and inbound marketing strategy. The combined agency rebrands as Sōvyn... Krupp Agency, an independent New York shop, celebrates its 30th anniversary.... The Worldcom Public Relations Group adds CARRALSIERRA in Mexico City and We Are DNA in Bristol, UK.
The Motion Agency, a woman-owned marketing-services agency, acquires Chicago-based ad agency LKH&S, which has clients such as Hyundai, EmployCo, EvAI and Toggler... Method Communications, which has offices in New York, London and San Francisco, opens in Boston... IPREX adds Coral Communications (South Africa), PR Consultancy (Montenegro) SE2 (Denver) and Trium (Albania).
Kloss Creatives, which works with consumer packaged goods and wellness brands, rebrands to KALET... Everything Branding, which operates from offices in San Diego and Michigan, acquires Darlington Marketing Co... Onfolio Holdings launches SharePulse, an investor relations analytics and engagement platform, and Parlance, a managed communications service.
Fire on the Hill, and Fourth Day, along with its sister company Quatrième Jour, are merging... 5W publishes a study that says many long-time media heavy hitters are coming up short in terms of their AI influence... EducationDynamics, a higher education marketing and enrollment management company, acquires Net Natives... Mark Allen & Co. is launching an expanded thought leadership model with multiple activations at Cannes Lions 2026. 
