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Over the last two years Karo has experienced tremendous growth and attracted and retained some of Western Canada’s most creative people. At the end of August 2006 we had 49 employees and at the same date in 2008 we have 80 employees. In each case we’ve looked for talented and committed people who share our passion for excellence and our inexhaustible sense of fun. We find it’s not a hard sell. In fact, most times they find us. In a market where staff retention is a hard struggle for many companies, why does it come so naturally at Karo?

"The Zappos Outlet Store in Shepherdsville KY is looking to hire 2 FT Sales Reps! Give me a shout if you know someone who may be interested!" This wasn’t a text, and it didn’t appear on Facebook. It appeared on Twitter, a social networking platform whose fast-growing community is attracting the attention of businesses worldwide.

When Karo Group in Calgary was asked to position Alberta Theatre Projects against other performance companies, they quickly decided that if they were going to increase season ticket subscriptions, they needed to focus on an even broader audience. Namely, people who don’t go to theatre.

Karo has continued work with The Boys and Girls Club of Calgary on its new arts and recreation centre.

Congratulations to Karo’s Director of Customer Experience Strategy, Anson Lee, for his recent accolade at the 20th Annual Awards for Publication Excellence Competition (APEX).

Karo is pleased to announce that Lisa Edward will join the Vancouver tribe as a Project Manager.

Karo will combine the talents and experience of both offices in Calgary and Vancouver to develop and sustain the entire master brand for this bold community project for the anticipated 10 year development phase.

It’s not everyday you see a 40-foot-high golf tee, let alone one in the middle of downtown Calgary. Then again, it’s not every day a major golf tournament supports such a big cause.

In this month’s issue of Avenue magazine, the Karo Kaus was featured alongside some other impressive local groups that help "shape our communities and bring them to life."

With the road to the summer Olympics largely paved with politics and controversy, we didnt want to lose sight of the fact that the games are supposed to be about excellence, perseverance, dedication and the human spirit. All things we strongly believe in.

The "romance novel" idea used in this campaign was based on this insight: Even the perpetrators of domestic abuse often wonder how they’ve arrived in an abusive relationship. No one plans to be in it. Obviously no one dreams of being in it. And those who find themselves in one often just don’t know how they got to that point. Or how to get out.