Innis Maggiore Wins Two District ADDYs

CANTON, Ohio (May 26, 2004) -- Innis Maggiore Group, an advertising and public relations firm, today announced that it has won two District ADDY Awards from the American Advertising Federation. The competition covered the best advertising in Ohio, Kentucky and West Virginia. Both award-winning pieces now move to national competition.

Innis Maggiore's first-ever district Gold ADDY went to an identity package for Dog Gone Hairy, a Cleveland-based chain of dog-grooming outlets. A Silver ADDY honored a full-page magazine ad for Lehman's, an old-fashioned hardware store in Kidron.

Innis Maggiore Group is an advertising and public relations firm with more than 50 associates at offices in Canton and Youngstown, Ohio. The company more than doubled in size between 2000 and 2003, when capitalized billings exceeded $32 million. In 2003, Advertising Age ranked Innis Maggiore the fastest-growing agency in Ohio for the second straight year. Key clients include Aultman Health Foundation, England Custom Furniture Direct, Liquid Control Corp., Louisiana-Pacific Corp., NEOUCOM, Nickles Bakery, Parker Hannifin, Progressive Foam Technologies, Republic Engineered Products and Smithers-Oasis Co. Innis Maggiore is a member of the American Association of Advertising Agencies, the Direct Marketing Association, the National Investor Relations Institute and the Public Relations Society of America.