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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.


Miami’s Newlink Group has acquired Italy’s EJ to strengthen its position in southern Europe, where it has offices in Madrid and Barcelona.
Hodges Partnership co-founders Jon Newman and Josh Dare are selling the Richmond-based firm to four senior VPs who will assume ownership of the shop over the next couple of years.
Interluxe Group, luxury experiential shop, and North & Warren digital-first media agency, have acquired Quinn, the strategic communications shop that services upscale brands.
H/Advisors Abernathy and FGS Global work Keurig Dr Pepper $18B deal to acquire coffee company JDE Peet's. The coffee brands will then be spun off as a separately traded public company.
Shamrock Capital has acquired Penta Group, stakeholder communications firm, from Falfurrias Management Partners.



