The Dig Pink volleyball game on Oct. 22 ended well, with over $800 in donations to breast cancer assocation, Side-Out Foundation. The teams offers special incentives to those who donated and many fans wore pink in support of breast cancer awareness.
Deutsch LA has been selected by Volkswagen of America to serve as their agency of record. The company will be handling sales and advertising for the automotive company.
Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide announced in a recent release is delighted to have been appointed as the global communications partner of UPS, following a thorough and professional selection process which narrowed down the choices from eight global networks over a six-month period.
Iceland can no longer afford fast food from McDonald’s as their economy continues to shudder under the weight of the economic crisis. The only 3 McDonald’s restaurants in the country cannot remain open. McDonald’s follows Burger Kind in exiting one of the world’s hardest hit economies.
Restructure will see BBC Worldwide’s PR operation report directly to the corporation’s communications director, Ed Williams.
Precor has selected Ascentium as their new agency of record after working with the company for a year and seeing great results. Ascentium will hand marketing and retail events, as well as strategic planning.
There are not many video startups coming along which have fantastic potential but one called PopScreen may just surprise even the most cynical video aggregator detractor. This very refined and well worked out video tool is engineered from the best ideas of the past in order to provide maybe the best platform for video yet devised for Internet users. Only time will tell, but it is at least easy to see the developers did their homework well.
Avery Dennsion is one of the world’s largest and most successful companies, Even in these trying economic times the company has managed to not only stay afloat, but to turn a profit as well. The recent election of Debra L. Reed as the company’s director, along with what seems like a stream of decent business announcements, engagement or digital communication and technology, advancements in labeling technology, and other news paint a pretty picture for AD. One almost has to wonder if their news is not too good?
The Schneider Corporation has selected Clarus Communications as their new PR agency. The PR firm will be handling the media and public relations side of things for the tech company.
Michelle Obama held a meeting today to discuss breast cancer awareness, but the discussion quickly turned to the difficulties women have getting insurance. Was this a good deed, promoting breast cancer awareness, or just another way to increase interest in Obama’s proposed healthcare reform?
