COHN & WOLFE ANNOUNCES FIRST AMERICAN ACQUISITION
By Adnews Staff
Public relations firm Cohn & Wolfe has announced its acquisition of DCG Douglas Consulting Group of Los Angeles. The acquisition is the company's first in the United States, creating a new west coast-based marketing communications division. DCG is a nine-year-old marketing communications agency. It will merge with Cohn & Wolfe's existing operations in Los Angeles to form Douglas Cohn & Wolfe. The new firm will specialize in lifestyle-relevant brand marketing. The division's clients include: Hilton Hotels Corporation, Starbucks, Warner Bros. Home Video, Del Monte Foods and Minute Maid. Doug Buemi, DCG's founder and CEO, will head up the new division as CEO of Douglas Cohn & Wolfe. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed.