Phelps Group, an independent advertising agency based in Santa Monica, Calif., has made a pair of acquisitions for undisclosed financial terms.

http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/22/california-agency-expands-with-acquisitions/

Phelps has acquired and absorbed two other agencies that had also been based in Santa Monica. One is Anita Santiago Advertising, specializing in campaigns aimed at Hispanic consumers, and the other is Copia Creative, specializing in branding, packaging and logo design.