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FINN Partners launches FINN Luxe, which addresses the challenges and opportunities facing the global luxury sector. The new offering is built around FINN’s existing premium and luxury client portfolio across travel & hospitality, wellness, food & beverage, fashion & accessories, skincare & beauty, watch & jewelry, art & culture, design & furniture and auto. FINN Luxe will also benefit from FINN Partners’ art offering, which represents some of the world’s most well-known museums and art platforms, as well as its purpose & social impact practice, supporting brands in their ESG efforts. To mark the launch of the offering, FINN Luxe is releasing the “The Luxury Playbook 2024”, developed in collaboration with its Global Intelligence teams and market-research firm Mintel. “With FINN Luxe, we reassert our expertise in luxury communications, bringing added focus and coordination across teams with luxury experience to deliver bold and innovative communication solutions,” said FINN Partners CEO Peter Finn.
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PRSA selects the nominees for its 2025 board of directors. The nominees will be presented for election at the organization’s Leadership Assembly in Anaheim on Oct. 14. Heide Harrell, director of communications for Central Arkansas Water, is nominated for PRSA chair-elect; Sammons Financial Group AVP, corporate marketing Kevin Waetke is up for treasurer; and TVP Communications principal Teresa Valerio is the nominee for secretary. Terms begin in January. The PRSA board of directors includes 17 voting members. Ray Day will serve as chair and Joseph Abreu will serve as immediate past chair in 2025.
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Ansira Partners, an independent global marketing technology and solutions company, acquires channel partner marketing companies BrandMuscle and SproutLoud. Ansira is backed by Truelink Capital, a middle-market private equity firm based in Los Angeles. "Bringing together the best of Ansira's tech and talent with BrandMuscle and SproutLoud creates a powerful force in ecosystem enablement," said Ansira CEO Paul Tibbitt. Ansira serves the automotive, technology, beverage, financial services, retailer, telecommunications, travel and hospitality, insurance, home services, and manufacturing sectors.
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.
Legendary Boston PR man George Regan is stepping down from day-to-day management of his namesake firm. The 75-year-old will remain chairman.
CGLife, a pharma agency focused on clients who are bringing therapies for rare, specialty and hard-to-treat diseases to market, combines with AI-native agency The Considered+AI... PRSA-NY announces the shortlist for the 2026 Big Apple Awards... The Agency East Public Relations, a Fort Lauderdale–based shop that works exclusively with women business owners in the early growth stage, is expanding its practice to help women business owners get found and cited by AI answer engines like ChatGPT, Google AI Mode, Perplexity, and Claude.
