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Acosta Sales & Marketing is a full-service sales, marketing and service company in North America.〔Skidmore, Sarah: () Florida Times-Union, June 15, 2004, "Delmer Dallas, longtime local businessman, dies of cancer"〕 Headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida, Acosta is a sales and marketing company for consumer packaged goods (“CPG”) companies.〔 ==History== Acosta is a sales and marketing agency in Jacksonville, Florida, founded in 1927. Throughout its history Acosta has grown its business through acquisition.〔()〕 In 1956, ''Common & Company Food Brokers'' merged with Acosta. Robert (Hy) Albritton, who owned Common, became president and CEO of Acosta when Lou Acosta retired in 1959.〔() Answers.com, Acosta Sales & Marketing Company〕 For the first 40 years, the company expanded in northeast Florida but remained small and profitable; in the early 1970s there were around 12 employees servicing a single market.〔 Beginning in the 1970s, the Company started to acquire leading sales and marketing agents in contiguous markets within the Southeast. At that time, the Company recognized the value of increased reach and believed that further consolidation would occur with Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) companies, retailers and wholesalers. In 1974 Hy Albritton retired and Delmer Dallas became company president; expansion was at the top of his agenda.〔 An office in Tampa was opened and the service area expanded to central Florida. A branch in Birmingham, Alabama, was started in 1977. In 1981, the Miami office was opened, and Acosta began serving the whole state of Florida. Dallas recognized that the company could grow faster through acquisitions so ''Raley Brothers'' 〔()〕 was purchased in 1983, providing an immediate presence in Georgia. Acosta began doing business in the Carolinas in 1989, effectively covering the southeast U.S.〔(Acosta, Inc. - Google Finance )〕 Thereafter, the company expanded westward into Louisiana and began operations in Tennessee and Virginia. The 1990s brought mass consolidation of food retailers and manufacturers and centralization of procurement centers. In 1992 the top five chains accounted for less than 20% of all grocery sales, but as mass retailers like Walmart began to sell groceries, the dynamics in the industry changed. In order to compete, supermarket chains had to become larger as well, and a wave of major mergers took place. By the mid-1990s, the company was servicing 27 markets and employed over 2,000〔 and held the leading position in the Southeast, seeking growth beyond its core region and the traditional CPG sales and marketing agency business.〔()〕 With the merger of Acosta and PMI-Eisenhart 〔()〕 (located in the Midwest) in July 1998 and the subsequent acquisitions of Kelley-Clarke 〔()〕 (located in the West) in June 1999, the MAI companies (located in the Northeast) in August 1999, and Luke Soules (located in Texas and New Mexico) in July 2003, Acosta became a national agent and positioned itself favorably for future growth. In 2002, the company also expanded into Canada by bringing together five leading agencies across the country. By the early 2000s, the top five grocery chains controlled 40% of all sales, and the consolidation trend continued. Faced with a handful of supermarket chains to sell to, manufacturers began to consolidate as well. As a result, both manufacturers and nationwide chains wanted to deal with national sales and marketing agents rather than contend with regional firms.〔()〕 Acosta has also bolstered its business through various acquisitions of agencies dedicated to certain business channels. For example, in 2008 Acosta acquired C. Lloyd Johnson Company and entered the military channel,〔()〕 and in 2010 it acquired (FrontLine Marketing ) to expand its marketing in-store activation services.〔()〕 In 2012, the company entered the foodservice channel through various acquisitions which shaped a national foodservice platform. In addition, in 2012, the company made the largest acquisition in its history with (Mosaic ) Sales Solutions, a leading sales and merchandising, experiential marketing and interactive firm.〔()〕 In 2014, Acosta acquired (Anderson Daymon Worldwide ).〔()〕 〔()〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Acosta Sales & Marketing」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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