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TEAM LEWIS starts up its AI Practice, which will help emerging AI companies translate complex technologies into clear, credible market narratives that drive growth. The practice enables brands to move beyond technical capability and vague AI narratives to demonstrate real-world impact to the audiences that influence decisions (developers, buyers, investors and analysts). It debuts with the introduction of the Fog City AI Marketing Collective, an invite-only online community for San Francisco marketers putting AI to work in the real world. Members get weekly news roundups, access to candid peer conversations, and a consistent calendar of local meetups. "AI companies don't have a visibility problem – they have a clarity problem," said Danielle Malvesti, VP Strategy, TEAM LEWIS. "Our AI Practice is built to help companies tell sharper stories, earn trust faster and turn innovation into influence."
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Thunderly launches a year-long storytelling campaign focused on how franchising can provide a pathway to business ownership. “American Dreamers: The Stories of Franchising,” will showcase a new franchisee story each month highlighting how franchising continues to create opportunities for economic mobility, independence, and lasting impact in communities nationwide. "Franchising has created more opportunities for more people to achieve the American Dream than any other means I can think of," said Thunderly co-founder and CEO Scott White. "We have watched veterans trade their military discipline for a business of their own," White continued. "We have seen rural and small-market franchisees who bring jobs and services to overlooked communities. We have cheered as corporate professionals walked away from the corner office to become their own boss. This series will celebrate these types of stories and more."
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JIN, a European communications consulting group providing services that include digital influence, public relations and reputation management, introduces "AI Campaigning", a corporate offering designed to model and anticipate stakeholder behavior. The new offering enables companies to run campaigns calibrated audience by audience, fine-tune executive communications, reduce reputational risk, and shift the perceptions and opinions of every public. Drawing on a company’s online conversations, proprietary data, opinion research and observed behavior, JIN reconstructs their expectations and emotional triggers. This makes it possible to test a message and measure its likely reactions before going public. "In an environment where audiences are fragmenting and conversational AIs are rewriting what is said about you, JIN combines deep audience knowledge, the power of AI, and corporate expertise," says Édouard Fillias, CEO of JIN Group.
Matter relaunches its local marketing services, which will focus on providing approachable, agency-caliber marketing programs to help smaller-scale businesses grow in the age of AI... Publicis Sports, the sport and culture marketing arm of Publicis Group, is collaborating with Travis Kelce of the Kansas City Chiefs and 3 Arts Sports on the launch of TEKTA, a Name, Image and Likeness consulting and activation offering... The 23rd Annual International Business Awards announces its Gold, Silver and Bronze Stevie Award winners for 2026.
The Pollack Group launches its Brand Visibility Index, a research series that examines how brands are represented, ranked and cited by generative AI platforms... PARC Solutions, a New York- and London-based advisory firm, forms a strategic collaboration with Guillot Consulting, a provider of lobbying, government relations, political advocacy, and business development services... SalterMitchell PR, a Tallahassee, FL-based firm, wins two 2026 Florida Public Relations Association Golden Image Awards.
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.
