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Berk Communications wins Weedmaps, the largest technology company in the legal cannabis economy. Berk will work to increase the company's brand awareness among US media across consumer, business, lifestyle, technology and cannabis verticals. It will also support ongoing programming initiatives by the company's consumer marketing team, helping to reinforce Weedmaps and its executives as thought leaders in the cannabis space. Founded in 2008, Weedmaps produces software that connects cannabis consumers directly with retailers and brands. “We knew that it was important to bring on a public relations agency with best-in-class capabilities to elevate our story and accelerate our platform's growth," said Weedmaps director of communications Travis Rexroad.
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Clarity picks up fintech startup Currensea. The agency will work on the launch of Currensea’s Open Banking SME FX card, the first of its kind in the UK. The card enables small businesses to make payments internationally from their existing bank account, but without the fees. It offers 24/7 interbank exchange rates, and the ability to spend in any currency. Currensea was founded in 2018 by co-CEOs James Lynn, who has worked with Barclays and Credit Agricole, and Craig Goulding, who headed up open banking at Lloyds as well as working in investment banking at RBS and J.P. Morgan. “For our B2B communications, we wanted someone that really understood our cause,” said Lynn. “We were impressed by Clarity’s fintech credentials, and not only do they clearly understand our audience, their campaign ideas resonated with exactly what we wanted to achieve.”
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Rachel Harrison Communications lands Urban Cowboy, which operates bed and breakfasts in Brooklyn, the Catskills and Nashville, and its sister property The Dive Motel in Nashville. RHC will work with Urban Cowboy’s Nashville location as it launches a pop-up from the Brooklyn, NY restaurant Roberta’s and a partnership with luxury menswear shop Snake Oil Provisions. The Dive Motel, which launched last year, is a 23-room property which also operates a pool and swim club.
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.
