Media/Marketing/Advertising

Swag distributor snags more space

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A quickly growing Richmond firm that distributes corporate promo products continues to pick up speed and is spreading out here and in new markets.

Q&A: Ad Person of the Year

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Moses Foster’s 8-year-old ad firm has worked with some of Richmond’s biggest companies, and he says it’s just getting started. BizSense sat down with Foster this week to chat about his company and the Richmond marketing scene.

Trucking company hits the racetrack

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A local freight company is joining this year’s NASCAR races with the sponsorship of a rookie driver’s car, putting its logo in the spotlight at two RIR races and several more at other tracks.

Hail to the … Navigators?

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Two groups of students at VCU’s Brandcenter have come up with solutions to the Redskins’ identity crisis. And the school intends to get the ideas in front of team officials.

Ad Club awards coveted cannonballs

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The club’s annual showcase of local advertising firms recognized dozens of agencies and the campaigns they created. And one of the top prizes – the Ad Person of the Year – went to the head of an 8-year-old Cary Street company.

Two marketing firms join forces

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Two small digital marketing companies merged earlier this month and will soon move their combined operation to a space in Shockoe Slip.

Entrepreneur buys back the family business

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Travis Weisleder and his family sold their car dealer marketing business to a larger company in 2007. Now, he’s taking back control of the company.