Media/Marketing/Advertising

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.

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

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.

A designer who did a year-long stint at the Martin Agency has moved his own firm into a downtown space.

With its latest deal, a downtown advertising firm is scaling up its digital abilities.

The Richmond City Council voted unanimously to sell a parcel of Shockoe Slip land to the Martin Agency if the advertising firm decides to expand its headquarters there. The vote was an effort to keep the agency from moving its operations and hundreds of employees out of the city.

The owner of a local advertising firm is giving downtown development a try.

Tons of moves in the advertising industry. Plus all sorts of new campaigns and partnerships.

A Glen Allen advertising agency is taking on an unusual task — making Calvin Coolidge cool.