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The Marek Group, a Waukesha-based sales enablement and marketing communications firm, announced it has acquired CPI Promotions, a promotional product distributor and manufacturer located in Pewaukee.

The Institute for Supply Chain Management Milwaukee will host the Green Bay Packers' all-time leading rusher, Ahman Green, at its monthly educational dinner meeting on October 14.

Jerry Couri, president and chief executive officer of Waukesha-based Couri Insurance Agency, and Mark Behrens, president of Racine-based Johnson Insurance, have been named to three-year terms on the board of directors for the Independent Insurance Agents of Wisconsin.

Valentine Coffee Co. plans to purchase its existing building at 5918 W. Vliet Street in Milwaukee.

I'm spending the day at Marché aux Puces, the antique flea markets of Paris. Also known as the “Puces” or “MAP,” it hosts 14 named market areas that offer an authentic and one-of-a-kind atmosphere. The market, steeped in history, brings together antique dealers, designers, artisans, artists, and customers from all over the world.

Do you evaluate the world around you using yourself as the standard?

So this guy walks into his first meeting with a psychotherapist. The two shake hands and, as the patient is about to take a seat, the therapist startles him with, “Be careful where you sit. Remember, everything counts!”

Companies invest significant dollars in employee training to advance business success. According to Deloitte Consulting LLC, in 2013, companies spent $70 billion in the U.S. on learning programs that included instructor led workshops, webinars, online video learning programs and self-paced programs. Training budgets have been growing between 10 and 15 percent since 2010, and are producing an average of 22 percent return-on-training-investment. Ventana states that when supervisory coaching is added to reinforce the training, return on investment quadruples to 88 percent.

Menomonee Falls-based Herker Industries, which specializes in precision machining, contract welding and mechanical assembly, has hired David Barta as...

New Berlin-based Midland Plastics Inc., a distributor of plastic stock shapes and a manufacturer of plastic custom components, plans to build a 40,000-square-foot addition to its 75,500-square-foot facility at 5405 S. Westridge Court.