Arnold to Withdraw from SF

BOSTON — Arnold is closing its San Francisco office, agency executives said.

Projects with Gulf Lubricants, Keynote Software and Arraycom will be wrapped up in the next few weeks.

Office president Jim McGinn and CD Stu Cooperrider, who were relocated to San Francisco earlier this year in a last-ditch effort to turn the office around, will return to the Havas-owned agency’s Boston headquarters this summer. About 17 employees are expected to lose their jobs — though Arnold does plan to keep about a dozen media and public relations professionals stationed in San Francisco.

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