CRT/Tanaka (formerly Carter Ryley Thomas) specializes in a broad range of corporate, consumer, and health science areas of practice. The agency's services include media relations, product launch support, crisis communications, direct marketing, and advertising. Its clients include Air New Zealand, Charles Schwab, Girl Scouts of the USA, HoMedics, and Performance Food Group. Carter Ryley Thomas' 2005 acquisition of Patrice Tanaka & Company bolstered the firm's consumer portfolio and added a New York outpost to the firm's regional offices, located in Richmond and Norfolk, Virginia, as well as in Los Angeles.