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LANE PR Caps 2011 As Infinova’s Agency of Record for International Acquisition

Investor Relations for Acquisition Spanning Two Foreign Stock Exchanges
New York/Portland, Ore. — Jan. 30, 2012 — LANE PR, an independently owned public relations, investor relations and social media agency, was retained by Infinova to provide strategic counsel for a multinational acquisition last month. Infinova, a global provider of complete video surveillance solutions, entered into an [...]


LANE PR Recaps Successful 2011

Agency Reports 7.2% Revenue Growth over 2010
New York/Portland, Ore. — Jan. 26, 2012 — LANE PR, an independently owned public relations, investor relations and social media agency, grew revenue by 7.2 percent in 2011 relative to 2010. In addition, LANE PR welcomed new staff and new clients and garnered three industry awards.
“Although the economy again [...]


LANE PR APPOINTS AMY PATERSON VICE PRESIDENT OF SOCIAL MEDIA

Move Strengthens Agency’s Digital Communications Focus
PORTLAND, Ore. (Dec. 12, 2011) – LANE PR, an independently owned public relations, investor relations and social media agency, has appointed Amy Paterson as vice president of social media. In this newly created role, Paterson will oversee social media strategy for client projects as well as lead the agency’s digital [...]


LANE PR Releases Annual Food and Beverage Trends Report

Developing Trends:  Goat and Greens, Anyone?
Hello Comforting “Homegrown” and “Homemade”; Good-bye Fussy “Foodies” and “Locavores”
NEW YORK — Oct. 24, 2011 — LANE PR, an independently owned, national public relations agency, announced the results of its third annual survey of food and beverage professionals from coast to coast. According to the LANE PR U.S. Food and [...]


Client News

D.A. DAVIDSON & CO. ACQUIRES INVESTMENT BANK - February 1, 2012

Doubles Size of IB Division, Expands Industry Expertise
Portland, Ore – Feb. 1, 2012 – D.A. Davidson & Co., a national full-service investment firm based in the Northwest, today announced it has acquired McGladrey Capital Markets LLC (MCM), an investment banking firm headquartered in Costa Mesa, California. The acquisition will double the size of Davidson’s investment [...]


Industry Promotes Grass - Capital Press, January 26, 2012

Effort launched to publicize benefits of grass landscapes
By MITCH LIES
Capital Press
Oregon’s grass seed industry has been watching from the sidelines in recent years as landscape writers tout the benefits of replacing grass lawns with artificial turf, rock gardens and other nongrass landscapes.
Not any more.
Oregon’s three turf grass commissions recently decided to enter the game.
The [...]


Heathman Hotel (Kirkland, Washington) Secures #5 Spot on TripAdvisor’s “Top 25 Hotels in the U.S.” List

View the list here.


A Golden Market: Consumer Cellular Grows by Catering to a Mature Demographic - Portland Business Journal, January 6, 2012

Consumer Cellular has grown its revenue from $17 million to $185 million in just six years by selling the newest technology to the oldest American consumers.
Now the Tigard-based mobile phone service provider expects to add as many as 250 jobs to its current employment base of 450 in 2012 and grow revenue by 35 percent [...]


Company Blog

Oregon FFA Association Student Leadership Team Visits LANE PR

The LANE PR team had the joy of meeting with the Oregon FFA Association student leadership team today, including state president Ryan Kelly, state secretary Grace Wildhaber, state reporter Caleb Forcier and state sentinel Nicole Lane.
The group chatted with LANE PR vice president Angie Galimanis, vice president of social media Amy Patterson, account director Shannon Riggs, account director [...]


Working Hand-in-Hand on an International Acquisition

LANE PR has worked on nearly 50 acquisitions for clients over a broad range of industries.  Recently, however, I had the opportunity to be part of the team on a very unusual deal that involved working with two foreign stock exchanges.  LANE PR was brought in by Infinova, a global provider of complete video surveillance [...]


StarChefs.com Portland Rising Star Chefs with Wines from Spain

On Monday, Dec. 5, LANE PR was honored to join the culinary community in celebrating Portland’s Rising Stars together with sponsor (and LANE client) Wines from Spain.
The event, which took place at the Nines Hotel, named the best-of-the-best on the Portland food scene, including:
Chefs:
• Aaron Barnett, St. Jack
• Greg Perrault, June
• Sarah Pliner, Kat Whitehead & Jasper Sheen, Aviary
• Naomi [...]


Oregon Wine Country with Wines from Spain’s Katrin Naelapaa

Earlier this month, the LANE PR Portland office was pleased to have Wines from Spain’s director, Katrin Naelapaa, join us for a few days out west. It was her first time to Oregon, and we promised a good time.
We started Katrin’s tour by visiting Portland’s Pearl District, NW 23rd Avenue and Reed College. We then [...]