D4 Creative Group Acquires Xportical.Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers NOTE TO MEDIA: Photos are available in a Smart News Release(TM) on Business Wire's Home Page at www.businesswire.com and at www.newstream.com PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 13, 2001 D4 Creative Group, a full-service Philadelphia advertising agency that works simultaneously with online and offline strategies, has acquired Xportical, Inc, of King of Prussia King of Prussia, industrialized suburban area (1990 pop. 18,406), Montgomery co., SE Pa. It has glass and steel fabricating, food processing, printing and publishing, and varied manufacturing (textiles, liquified petroleum gas, water-treatment and electrical , a leader in wireless technology development. Xportical will retain the name and will become a subsidiary of D4 Creative Group. They will headquarter head·quar·ter v. head·quar·tered, head·quar·ter·ing, head·quar·ters Usage Problem v.tr. To provide with headquarters: in the D4 Philadelphia offices. The transaction took place for an undisclosed sum. Suzanne Hatfield, who will continue as CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of D4 Creative, also becomes co-chairperson of Xportical. Kurt Shore continues as president of D4 and also becomes co-chairperson of Xportical. Commenting on the acquisition, Hatfield said, "D4 has always stayed on the cutting edge in utilizing new technologies to expand the impact of our clients' marketing efforts. Bringing wireless capabilities in house represents an acceleration of this on-going effort. We offer our clients sound, results-driven advertising and marketing strategies with a strong creative flair. Now we will also offer them the expertise of premier interactive marketing and Internet communications." Xportical was founded by Robert L. Robinson, Jr., and Jeffrey D. Erb. Robinson, formerly CEO of Xportical, remains CEO of the new Xportical subsidiary of D4, and becomes a vice president of D4. Erb will serve as COO (Cell Of Origin) See mobile positioning. of the new Xportical subsidiary and as a vice president of D4. "The combination of these two companies makes a lot of sense," Robinson said. "We have aggressive histories and similar pedigrees and we compliment Not to be confused with Complement. Compliment may be
In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. ." D4, founded by Hatfield in 1990, serves clients in the cable, telecommunications Communicating information, including data, text, pictures, voice and video over long distance. See communications. , financial, technology, and industrial fields. D4 this year won five times at the Philly Gold Awards for the Advertising and Communication Arts, including Best of Show, after having won two ADDY ADDY Address ADDY Adult (online chat) ADDY Azerbeycan Dovlet Demir Yollari Idaresi Certificates of Excellence Awards from the Philadelphia Ad Club. Xportical, Inc. is a leading wireless infrastructure and development company that also provides proprietary technologies to the tradeshow and publishing industries. Additionally, Xportical provides its services for companies in the content production and information distribution industries. Note: A Photo is available at URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. : http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/photo.cgi?pw.071301/bb5 Note: A Photo is available at URL: http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/photo.cgi?pw.071301/bb5a Note: A Photo is available at URL: http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/photo.cgi?pw.071301/bb5b Note: A Photo is available at URL: http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/photo.cgi?pw.071301/bb5c |
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