Wayne Woods
Robison, Woods Inducted Into Tourism Hall of Fame (Movers & Shakers)
Renee Robison, executive director of the Grand Prairie Center and Wayne Woods, formerly of CJRW, were inducted into the Arkansas Tourism Hall of Fame. read more >
Parks, Streams & Woods: 50 Years of Arkansas Tourism and the Ad Man Who Saw It All
Shelby Woods with his marketing agency, Cranford Johnson Robinson & Woods, became the state’s top tourism marketer, publishing the Arkansas Tour Guide for 50 years and helping rebrand Arkansas as a “Natural State” for visitors. read more >
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CJRW Marks a Year as a Main Street Mainstay
When Mark Raines peeked inside the Fulk Building a couple of years ago, he couldn’t believe CJRW was considering it as a future home. The historic building at Main and Third streets in Little Rock had long been the home of Bennett’s Military Supplies. read more >
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Wayne Woods Retires from CJRW
Richard McKeown, CJRW’s chief public relations officer, confirmed that Woods had announced his retirement to the board of directors on Dec. 7 and to stockholders on Dec. 10. read more >
CJRW Names Darin Gray Chairman and CEO
Darin Gray, the company’s president since February 2014, will also assume the roles of CEO and chairman, the company announced on Monday. read more >
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CJRW Announces Move-In Date, New Logo
CJRW of Little Rock will relocate to its new offices at 3rd and Main streets on July 13 with a new logo. read more >
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CJRW Buys Heathcott Associates, Firms Merge Operations
CJRW of Little Rock says it is acquiring Heathcott Associates of Little Rock after more than a year of merger talks between the two advertising, marketing and public relations firms. read more >
by Lance Turner -
CJRW Takes On Changes in Marketing Industry
CJRW has been roiled by staff defections recently, departures that have left the state’s largest ad agency increasingly dependent on its big clients, the biggest being the Arkansas Department of Parks & Tourism worth $8.4 million this year. read more >
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Plans in Place for New HQ on Main Street for CJRW
Last month Cranford Johnson Robinson Woods announced that it would be moving its offices to the 21,000-SF Fulk Building at Main and Third streets in downtown Little Rock, the longtime home of Bennett’s Military Supply, which will be moving elsewhere downtown. read more >
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CJRW Stakes Out New Space at Third & Main in Little Rock
Cranford Johnson Robinson Woods of Little Rock plans to move its downtown headquarters to the Fulk Building at the southwest intersection of Third and Main streets by late 2015. read more >
CJRW Names Darin Gray as President
Cranford Johnson Robinson Woods of Little Rock announces former Gray Matters LLC CEO Darin Gray as the new president of the firm. read more >
by Luke Jones -
CJRW Honored by AdWeek
Little Rock’s Cranford Johnson Robinson Woods was recently named “Top Shop” in Arkansas by industry trade publication AdWeek. read more >
by Luke Jones -
CJRW’s Shelby Woods and Wayne Woods Inducted into AdFed Hall of Fame
Cranford Johnson Robinson Woods of Little Rock says two of its top executives have been inducted into an American Advertising Federation hall of fame. read more >
by Luke Jones -
CJRW Loses Clinton Library, Foundation Account
Cranford Johnson Robinson Woods confirmed Wednesday that it has lost what agency SVP Richard McKeown called a significant account, that of the William J. Clinton Presidential Center. Arkansas Business reported earlier this week that Jordan Johnson and Rebecca Tennille, who had represented the account while with CJRW, had left the agency. read more >
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Jordan Johnson, Rebecca Tennille Among Four Leaving Cranford Johnson Robinson Woods
You may have heard that Jordan Johnson and Rebecca Tennille recently had left Cranford Johnson Robinson Woods. The pair had represented a big account at CJRW: the Clinton Foundation and Library. read more >
Wayne, Shelby Woods Selected For American Advertising Federation Southwest Hall of Fame
Shelby and Wayne Woods of Cranford Johnson Robinson Woods have been selected by the Tenth District of the American Advertising Federation (AAF) for the Southwest Advertising Hall of Fame’s 2013 class. read more >
CJRW Cleans Up at Addy Awards
The Little Rock advertising agency Cranford Johnson Robinson Woods was the big winner at the 2013 Addy Awards last month, winning nearly half of the 152 awards handed out. read more >
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Arkansas Business Hall of Fame 2012: Wayne Cranford
An innovator in advertising and marketing communications, Wayne Cranford recently celebrated 50 years of his iconic Little Rock agency. His and the agency’s history are dotted with enough firsts to fill the pages of several scrapbooks – first Arkansas agency to create and place a local color television advertisement, the first Arkansas agency to win a national Addy award, the first to buy a national network program, just for example. read more >