HA-LO's UPSHOT Named 1999 Agency of the Year
CHICAGO, June 3 /PRNewswire/ -- UPSHOT (www.upshot.net), Chicago-based marketing agency and subsidiary of HA-LO (NYSE: HMK), has been named PROMO Magazine's 1999 Agency of the Year.
In addition to naming an overall Agency of the Year, PROMO's June issue features the PROMO 100 for 1998, a ranking of U.S. promotion agencies based on a quantitative system that blends yearly revenues, years in business, and 2-year growth rate. Across those three metrics, UPSHOT landed in the number 2 spot, up from 3 in 1997.
To select the Agency of the Year, PROMO editors factor in qualitative measures such as strength of clients, quality of work, industry leadership and promise for the future. Editors also ask clients to comment on their agency's performance.
CEO John Kelley Comments:
John Kelley, UPSHOT's President and CEO, stated "The agency is very excited over this honor. It's great to be recognized for all the success we have achieved together with our clients as well as for the leadership we bring to the promotion marketing industry as a whole." |
