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For immediate release November 02, 2007: Western Canada's only interdisciplinary creative agency, Karo Group has been named one of Marketing Magazine's top ten agencies in Canada. Karo was the only agency west of Toronto to make the list.

The magazine selected ‘Canada's Top Agencies 2007' based on three criteria: strategic/creative innovation, financial success and leadership. Karo was chosen, in part, because if its unique business model that focuses on customer experiences, and the agency's substantial growth (35%) over the last 12 months.

"Karo was founded on the principle that we will succeed only if our clients and employees are happy, and our business model grew out of that" says Karo's president, Chris Bedford. "In the last year, we've substantially increased revenue, rapidly grown our client list and fostered an amazing culture and work environment."

Also in 2007, Karo was ranked fifth in Canadian Business magazine's "Best Workplaces in Canada." Karo was the only creative firm in the top ten.

"We are proud of the awards we've garnered this year," Bedford says. "They help show that our strategy to break away from the pack and develop our own integrated model to serve our clients is working."

Karo uses design strategy to create successful, integrated and focused customer brand experiences for a wide variety of clients including Trev Deeley Motorcycles, Calgary Stampede, Simon Fraser University, ATB Financial, Concord Pacific, Syncrude, P.I. Financial, Shaw, Fairmont Hotels & Resorts, Enbridge, Vancouver Aquarium, Ivanhoe Cambridge, ENMAX, Alberta Securities Commission, Mountain Equipment Coop, First Calgary Savings and OpenRoad Auto Group. Karo’s reach also extends beyond the Canadian market, including the U.S., Mexico, China and Argentina.

Marketing Magazine will honour Karo and the other shops named as Canada's Top Agencies 2007' at the second annual Marque Awards Nov. 29 in Toronto.

For more information, please contact Chris Bedford in Calgary at (403)266-4094 or Warren Baxter in Vancouver at (604) 255-6100 or visit our Contact Us page.