The Hoffman Agency Acquires CCGroup

HYBE Acquires The Agency Group PR (Santa Monica)

September 20, 2024

Media & Entertainment

HYBE has acquired The Agency Group PR LCC, a Santa Monica-based public relations agency, taking a 51% stake and making it a subsidiary of Hybe America. The deal was executed to strengthen PR capabilities for HYBE's U.S. operations and expand the American unit's communications resources.

WPP (Hill+Knowlton Strategies) Acquires JeffreyGroup

September 21, 2022

Marketing & Advertising

WPP, through its Hill+Knowlton Strategies network, has acquired JeffreyGroup, a leading independent corporate communications, public affairs and marketing consultancy focused on Latin America. The deal brings JeffreyGroup's ~330 employees and offices across Latin America into Hill+Knowlton, doubling H+K's footprint in the region and creating the largest global communications agency presence in Latin America.

DCG ONE Acquires Corporate Communications Group (CCG)

September 1, 2022

Marketing & Advertising

Seattle-based marketing services firm DCG ONE has acquired Corporate Communications Group (CCG), a commercial print and direct marketing/fulfillment provider headquartered in Upper Marlboro, Maryland. The deal gives DCG ONE an East Coast operating footprint and expands its high-volume direct mail, data and fulfillment capabilities to better serve national clients.

WPP Acquires Cloud Commerce Group

November 30, 2021

E-Commerce

WPP has acquired Cloud Commerce Group (CCG), a UK-based multi-channel ecommerce software provider that helps brands market, sell and fulfil across marketplaces such as Amazon, eBay, Etsy and Wayfair. CCG — which employs over 100 people across Europe and powers over £1 billion in annual GMV — will join the Wunderman Thompson Commerce network to strengthen WPP’s commerce and technology capabilities.

Acosta Acquires Impact Group from CI Capital Partners

June 24, 2021

Marketing & Advertising

Acosta signed a definitive agreement to acquire Impact Group, a national sales and marketing agency serving natural, specialty, ethnic and emerging consumer packaged goods (CPG) brands. The sale by CI Capital Partners follows a period of buy-and-build growth during which Impact Group completed 12 add-on acquisitions; CI Capital will retain Impact's Cluep digital advertising business unit. The transaction was announced June 24, 2021 and expected to close in July 2021, pending customary approvals.

Oswald Companies Acquires The Hoffman Group

June 13, 2016

Insurance

Cleveland-based Oswald Companies acquired The Hoffman Group, an Ohio insurance firm founded in 1919, effective June 1, 2016. Hoffman employees became employee-owners of Oswald and will operate out of Cleveland and Medina while continuing to serve clients in commercial property & casualty and personal insurance and expanding offerings via Oswald's broader services.