Jim Allman

J. Walter Thompson Co. provided advertising and related services. The firm provided creative ad development, campaign management, and strategic planning services to clients including Ford, Kraft, and Nestle. It also offered brand development and specialized marketing services, including customer relationship marketing, event marketing, and sponsorships. The company was founded by James Walter Thompson in 1864 and was headquartered in New York, NY.

DeVries Public Relations provides public relations services to clients such as Pepperidge Farm, Tupperware and Novartis. The firm's services include crisis communications, media relations, press conferences, speech writing and presentation development. It also provides research, design, trend forecasting and interactive services. It operates in Europe, Asia and the United States. The company was founded in 1978 and is located in New York, NY.

Part of Initiative Media, Ammirati Puris Lintas provides advertising services.

Sotheby's operates as an art auction house. It operates through the following segments: Agency, SFS, and All Other. The Agency segment accepts property on consignment, and match sellers to buyers through the auction of private sale process. The SFS segment offers financing packages to clients who wish to obtain immediate access to liquidity from their art assets. The All Other segment comprises of advisory services, retail wine business, and brand licensing activities. The company was founded by Samuel Baker on March 11, 1744 and is headquartered in New York, NY.