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State ad agencies tackle changing marketplace with innovative strategies

Becky Gillette — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 22:02:43 +0000

Recently when Viking Range Corp. was bought by a much larger company, Middleby Corp., marketing campaigns that had been handled by the Ramey Agency were suspended. That type of merger of a Mississippi-based company with a larger company based in another state is a long-established trend that can lead to loss of work for advertising [...]

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Former CEO Fred Carl told Viking employees in emails to expect few changes

Clay Chandler — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 04:48:53 +0000

Viking Range Corp. founder and former CEO Fred Carl Jr. broke the news of the company’s sale to Middleby Corp. to his employees in an email sent on the afternoon of New Year’s Eve. In the email, obtained by the Mississippi Business Journal, Carl says that Viking is in good hands, that the sale will [...]

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New study touts Mississippi’s potential

Becky Gillette — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 06:00:14 +0000

The “creative economy” includes individuals such as artists, architects, chefs and professors, creative industries such as Peavey Electronics, Viking Range Corp., The Elvis Presley Birthplace and Ramey Agency and creative communities including Oxford, Clarksdale, Ocean Springs and Rolling Fork. The recent Mississippi Creative Economy study concludes that this segment represents approximately 61,000 jobs and just [...]

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