HUNTSVILLE, AL: IT products manufacturer Avocent selected Trainer Communications for a seven-figure task, with a goal of increasing its stock price.

The company chose Trainer following a competitive review that pared its 26 global agencies to one, said Kay Kienast, CMO at Avocent. Kienast, who joined in January, had previously worked with Trainer at other firms, but said that the company's board had made the decision. Trainer, selected in June, will be paid on the basis that it hits the ...