Principal: Tony Signore, CEO and managing partner
Ownership: Independent
Offices: New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Charlotte, and London
Revenue: $19.1 million
Headcount: 90

Over recent years, Taylor, once known as a sports publicity shop, cut its client roster from 70-plus to 15, enabling it to serve as a strategic counselor focused on a small group of category-leading consumer brands.
 
While many firms' revenues increased from 2010 to 2011, Taylor's annual revenue was roughly flat. Those results are ...