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Allison Worldwide launches its Allison Advanced Issues Monitor. AIM is designed to help leaders monitor, analyze and respond to material about their businesses that appears in social media conversations—before that material reaches mainstream communities, influencers and professional media. Developed through SparkWorks, the agency’s innovation hub, the offering uses advanced technology, including AI, to scan and interpret real-time social media conversations, sentiment trends and emerging narratives to deliver actionable insights tailored to individual industries and organizations. “Brand leaders have often been put in an environment where they are putting together a puzzle with only half of the pieces available, making judgment calls and significant business decisions with incomplete information,” said Allison global CEO Jonathan Heit. “AIM allows these business leaders to get smarter more quickly on what actually matters, versus what is just noise.”
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HAVAS Red, the PR and communications arm of HAVAS, forms a partnership with SOLID HAVAS, an affiliate of HAVAS in Greece. The partnership is aimed at providing enhanced merged media communications support to clients in the country. Ioanna Leoussi, managing partner of SOLID HAVAS, will lead the partnership with HAVAS Red. Earlier this year, HAVAS Red announced its market entry in Japan and the Ivory Coast (its second office in Africa). The addition of Greece brings HAVAS Red’s presence to 20 markets. “SOLID HAVAS has been a terrific partner and having them as part of HAVAS Red will enable us to build and strengthen our value proposition across the region,” said HAVAS Red Europe and U.K. Rachel Sansom.
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WineGlass Marketing, a Napa, CA-based agency that focuses on the adult beverage industry, expands its services into Texas with the addition of an office in Austin. The new office will initially focus its efforts on web development and social media. It will provide on-the-ground assistance to clients throughout the Texas wine regions, including the Hill Country and beyond. Keith Kenny, who joined WineGlass in 2017 as a creative supervisor, will head up the Texas office, alongside social media manager Danielle Brady. “Texas has a dynamic wine scene, and its spirit of innovation and the growing consumer interest in Texas wines make it a perfect match for our agency’s expertise,” said WineGlass Marketing president Susan DeMatei.
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.
