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Demonstrate, a minority-owned marketing communications shop in San Francisco, has acquired DDW, a branding and design outfit.
CEO Joey Hodges called the DDW deal a strategic acquisition that will accelerate his firm’s long-term vision of full-service brand building.
DDW has worked for Amazon, Energizer Unilever, Clorox, Nestle, Sprint and Starbucks.
Demonstrate has offices in New York, Miami and Austin that provide clients with strategic brand communications, planning, creative strategy, content production and influencer/social campaigns.
DDW and Demonstrate are part of the portfolio of 19York investment firm.


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