GCI Group
GCI Group is a public relations firm owned by Grey Global Group which is in turn part of WPP. GCI Group sister company APCO Worldwide was part of the group until it was announced that Grey would divest itself of its 70% holding in late 2003. In September 2004 'Apco and Grey Global Group Inc. announced this week that Apco bought itself back from Grey, which itself is being bought by the mammoth WPP Group. Apco, founded in 1984 as a subsidiary of the D.C. law firm Arnold & Porter, was purchased by Grey, a major advertising company, 13 years ago'[1]. GCI has 39 offices in 27 countries.
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Subsidiaries
Australia
India
Malaysia
Europe, Middle East and Africa
- PRP Public Relations Partners, S.A.
- GCI Zagreb - Zagreb
- GCI Praha - Prague
- GCI Mannov - Aarhus - Copenhagen (Danish HQ)
- Inorek & Grey AS
- GCI Finland Oy
- GCI Groupe Grey
- GCI Healthcare - Hamburg
Hering Schuppener â€' Düsseldorf Hering Schuppener â€' Frankfurt am Main
- GCI Athens
- GCI Budapest - Budapest
GCI Iceland Carr Communications - Dublin GH Communications Stern-Ariely PR - Ramat-Gan Cohn & Wolfe Milan Havera SIA Grey Beirut GCI Lithuania GCI Holland The Quadrant Company - Lagos GCI Monsen GCI Warszawa YoungNetwork â€' Marketing e ComunicaçÃ�o Grey Worldwide Romania Media In PR GCI Ljubljana GCI South Africa GCI Agora - Barcelona (Spanish HQ) GCI Agora - Madrid GCI Malmö AB GCI Stockholm (Regional Headquarters) GCI Sweden - Gothenburg Cohn & Wolfe Geneva Musqueteers AG GCI Istanbul GCI Kiev
United Kingdom
North America
- GCI Atlanta
- GCI Read-Poland - Austin
- GCI California - Los Angeles, San Francisco
- GCI Canada - Toronto
- GCI Chicago
- GCI New York
South America
- Consultores Del Plata - Buenos Aires
- Gaspar & Associados - Sao Paulo
- Strategies GCI
- Strategic PR Group - Colombia
- GCI Ecuador - Guayaquil
- Group GCI Mexico
- GCG Peru S.A.C.
- GCI Puerto Rico
- Strategic PR Group - Venezuela
clients
Key clients include:
- Boehringer Ingelheim
- Cingular
- Dell
- Forest
- Intercontinental Hotels Group,
- Lowe�s
- Medtronic
- Merck
- RadioShack
- Schick
GCI, a leading global public relations firm places a premium on three key principles - 1) maintaining deep knowledge of our clients' business and industry; 2) nurturing healthy, efficient and productive client partnerships; and 3) emphasizing analytics, quantification and measurement in the development and execution of our recommendations. These principles guide the firm's commitment to supporting its client's business objectives. Its six practice groups include: Healthcare, Consumer Marketing, Corporate, Media Relations, Public Affairs and Technology.
825 Third Avenue New York, NY 10022 (212) 537-8000 Jeff Hunt, CEO [2]
Notes
- ^ Judy Sarashon Washington Post 30th September 2004 Snowmobiles? This Isn't Yellowstone! Last Accessed 31st May 2007
- ^ GCI Website Home PageLast Accessed 31st May 2007
