SMG (earlier - Stas Marketing) is an independent management consulting firm with presence in Russia, UK, Ukraine and Balkans area. It was founded in 1999 in Moscow. Stas Marketing focuses on strategy but believe that business breakthrough is driven not by data and compicated speadsheets but by vision, creativity and willingness to be unique. That is why SM's consultants are very strong both in creative thinking and provocative ideation and in mathematics. Since its foundation Stas Marketing conducted more than 250 projects. Average client's lifecycle with SMP includes 4 projects within 3 years. 80% of clients are returning clients. Specific area of SMP's interest is national and regional development, particularly, national and regional branding.