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Dallas’ The Richards Group is hiring again following the layoff of 15% of the agency’s staff in 2020
Dallas-based advertising firm has been getting smaller since its founder’s racially insensitive comments spurred clients to sever ties.
Richards Group employees gathered at the three-story atrium staircase in the ad agency’s headquarters on Jan. 19, 2019.(
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In recent months, decades of advertising experience has departed from The Richards Group building that towers over the eastern edge of Uptown Dallas.
The legendary independent advertising firm has been getting smaller since founder Stan Richards’ racially insensitive comments were made public, causing big-name clients like Motel 6, H-E-B and The Home Depot to sever ties and delivering a substantial blow to the company’s bottom line.