Drive Agency Buys LaSalle Group

The Drive Agency has acquired LaSalle Group. Both agencies are based in St. Louis.

The combined agency reports net revenues of $5 million. Drive founder Dan Curran becomes president-CEO of the combined shop, which keeps the Drive Agency name. LaSalle Group President Dan Brothers becomes managing director, and LaSalle veteran Jim Harper becomes creative director.

Two-year-old Drive specializes in event marketing and non-traditional P-O-P. Twenty-year-old LaSalle contributes infrastructure for growth.

Clients include Anheuser-Busch, Build-A-Bear Workshops, Polo Ralph Lauren, Deck the Walls and Levi Strauss & Co.