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Walker Sands acquires KoMarketing, a B2B demand generation firm headquartered in Boston. KoMarketing, which was founded in 2004, has nearly 30 team members supporting B2B clients in industries including cybersecurity, marketing technology, and healthcare and medical device technology. The acquisition, Walker Sands’ second to-date, is intended to deepen the firm’s existing capabilities in such top-of-funnel demand generation activities as paid digital advertising and SEO for B2B audiences. “Coming together with KoMarketing deepens our collective expertise in demand generation and will create a meaningful positive impact for our clients,” said Walker Sands CEO Mike Santoro.
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Edelman Global Advisory launches its global health policy and PA offering. Led by EGA health chair Joseph M. Damond, the offering will focus on helping companies navigate the challenges of the health policy environment as well as anticipating and proactively addressing emerging developments and trends. Working with Edelman's Global Health Sector, the new team will offer advisory services to help clients anticipate global regulatory and policy risk, strengthen ties with regulators and governments, and navigate opportunities in new markets. It is based out of Washington, DC with locations in the US, European Union, Asia Pacific, Latin America, Middle East/Africa, and India. "The EGA Global Health Policy and Public Affairs team is uniquely positioned to be a trusted guide in helping companies navigate the changing geopolitical landscape,” said EGA managing partner and CEO Deborah Lehr.
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rEvolution, a global sports marketing agency, picks up London-based public relations and communications agency Sine Qua Non, which specializes in tech-forward PR, communications and sponsorship in sport. Sine Qua Non will merge into the rEvolution brand effective with the close of the transaction and SQN CEO Claire Ritchie will become EVP and managing director. All current SQN staff will join rEvolution. The acquisition of SQN joins adds a second UK location for the firm, joining rEvolution’s Chicago headquarters and offices in Detroit and Indianapolis as well as an existing London office. “For rEvolution, this acquisition is an alignment of two agencies with a shared vision of delivering integrated services, and also allows us to offer a deeper level of services and integration out of the UK,” said rEvolution CEO and founder John Rowady.
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.
