The tumultuous times impacting American Apparel have been the focus of a series of stories by the highly-regarded National Business Journals. Reporter Hilary Burns has authored a series of excellent in-depth reports on efforts by the company’s new leadership to turn the company around. For...
Read moreOften, when people hear terms such as crisis PR, crisis management, crisis public relations or litigation PR they envision a team of spin doctors doing damage control for a company or person whose acts have landed them in hot water. What many people don’t often...
Read moreLeading crisis communications firm Red Banyan Group is regularly asked by the media to provide insight and analysis on high-profile and high-stakes news events. When allegations against Bill Cosby were making headlines, Evan Nierman appeared on NBC to discuss the comedian’s crisis PR strategy. All...
Read morePublic figures typically have to make a strategic choice when the press is demanding answers: speak out or clam up. Bill Cosby and his PR team are currently attempting to do both, and it’s not working. Before assessing Bill Cosby’s public relations efforts, here’s a...
Read moreThe media’s appetite for scandal is no great secret. But how did the rise of the Internet – and of social media – contribute to that? For the first time in more than a decade, Monica Lewinsky – no stranger to the media’s rabid focus...
Read moreIt seems every few weeks another company suffers a data breach, losing customer data to criminals who find and exploit weaknesses in their security systems. Make no mistake: companies that suffer breaches are victims of crimes, just like customers whose data is stolen. Unlike consumers,...
Read moreBelow is an op-ed written by Red Banyan Group Founder Evan Nierman on NBC’s controversial interview with Bode Miller this weekend. Once, Twice, Three Times Not a Lady Much talk has swirled around the recent NBC interview with Olympian Bode Miller that left him in...
Read moreOver the past several days we at Red Banyan Group have been asked repeatedly what we make of the imbroglio involving fired public relations executive Justine Sacco. For those not familiar with the details, Sacco sent a short and highly offensive tweet from her personal...
Read moreLeading crisis management firm Red Banyan Group was once again called upon for its expert opinion on one of the hottest communications topics of the day – the failed rollout of HealthCare.gov. RBG Founder and Principal Evan Nierman was interviewed recently by Washington-based, healthcare publication Inside...
Read moreFort Lauderdale’s second Revel on the Block community celebration was held last Saturday, July 27. Organized by local agencies Cadence, C&I Studios and helium creative, the event was a raging success for all involved. Patrons filled NW 1st Avenue in FAT Village throughout the afternoon and...
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