Ferolie Corporation (operating as Eastern Sales and Marketing or ESM) broke into the business on the East Coast in 1948. Ferolie company provides sales and marketing services for packaged food and packaged goods companies. Through exclusive area and regional contracts, the group arranges distribution to warehouse stores, drugstores, supermarkets, and mass merchandisers. Some of ESM's biggest clients have included Nestle Waters North America, B&G Foods, Turkey Hill Dairy, Bumble Bee Foods, 3M, and SC Johnson. Founded by Joseph Ferolie, the company remains family-owned.

BR was formed in 1964 and has one office in Kansas City, Missouri. Bernstein-Rein, or BR, believes it has the Rx for ailing brands. The full-service advertising shop does everything from designing comprehensive marketing and communications campaigns to putting up a single billboard. Its range of services include graphic design and interactive, broadcast, print, and direct advertising. BR has worked with some big name clients including Wal-Mart, Blockbuster, PetSmart, and McDonald's. In fact, it takes credit for developing McDonald's famous Happy Meals. Bernstein-Rein company also has a data analysis group, which it uses to show customers how their advertising campaigns are paying off.

TVA Group is a leading diversified media company that operates a French-language television network, TV stations, and magazines. Its TVA Network is the top broadcasting network in Quebec with 10 affiliate stations, six of which are company-owned.The company also operates a number of cable and pay-per-view channels.

The McRae Agency is a boutique-sized public relations firm that offers services such as publicity, media relations, advertising, communications, graphic design, marketing, media relations, and strategic planning. The McRae Agency's client list has included firms in consumer/retail (Tiffany & Co., Red Bull North America), real estate/construction (KB Home), and telecommunications industries. The McRae Agency offers its marketing communications expertise through offices in San Diego and Phoenix.

Birch Tree Entertainment specializes in the world of films not touched by Hollywood. Birch Tree Entertainment is an independent movie production and distribution company specializing in martial arts, horror, thrillers, and foreign language films. The company has distribution partnerships with leading production firms in the Netherlands and Finland. It is responsible for top-grossing movies in Finland, including BAD BOYS -- A True Story and Frozen Land. Birch Tree was founded by president and CEO Art Birzneck.

Rhythm & Hues Studios dances to the pulse of the movie industry. A leading post-production and special effects firm, the company's services include film, advertisement, and production design, as well as live action visual effects used in commercials. Rhythm & Hues has put its digital stamp on such features as Happy Feet, Superman Returns, and X-Men 2. Its work on the movies Babe and The Golden Compass earned Rhythm company Academy Awards for Best Visual Effects. Notable ad campaigns have includes the Coca-Cola Polar Bears and GEICO's Gecko.

Each week, the award-winning San Diego Business Journal examines the many ways that the San Diego economy operates. Together with the economic news, demographics and lifestyle profiles, the San Diego Business Journal is presented in an accessible format. First-rate editorial and research teams provide in-depth analysis of the community’s ever-changing business and economic scene. Regular departments include Up Front, highlighting stories of importance featuring San Diego businesses and their decision-makers; Media & Technology, focusing on up-to-the-minute changes and innovations in the businesses that serve these fields; Small Business, profiling those smaller businesses moving into the fore; and Investment and Finance, where San Diego’s many public companies are profiled and analyzed.One of the most widely read features is The List, which ranks the top businesses in any given industry. Each of these surveys is then compiled into the San Diego Business Journal’s invaluable resource – the annual Book of Lists.

Leo Burnett company, which does business as Leo Burnett Worldwide, is owned by ad conglomerate Publicis. This company has come up with some gr-r-reat ideas to promote brands. The #2 ad agency in the US (behind WPP Group's JWT), Leo Burnett has helped create some of the top consumer brands, including Kellogg's Frosted Flakes cereal and its Tony the Tiger icon. It offers creative development and campaign planning services through about 95 offices in almost 85 countries. Its Arc Worldwide subsidiary provides promotional and direct marketing services, as well as multimedia and interactive marketing development. Vigilante acts as an urban marketing firm, while Lopiz Integrated Hispanic Marketing targets Spanish-speakers.

Consumers' Association, which does business through its subsidiary Which? Limited. Operating in a similar manner to the Consumers Union in the US, the not-for-profit membership organization campaigns on behalf of Europe's consumers to combat fraud, scams, schemes, and other attempts to separate buyers from their money. The organization tests products and services, and publishes a variety of consumer education and news magazines under its Which? label, as well as books on consumer rights and how-to guides. Consumers' Association has more than 700,000 members across Europe.

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