Ideas

I get a ton of emails from people seeking insight or asking me to solve their sales dilemmas. Here are a few that may relate to your job, your life, and (most important) your sales thought process right now.

Menomonee Falls-based Actuant Corp. announced it has reached a definitive agreement to sell its Electrical Segment to Sentinel Capital Partners for $258 million in cash, subject to working capital and other closing adjustments.

Caterpillar Inc. has announced it will close its Kilgore, Texas, plant and move some of the work to South Milwaukee by the end of the year.

Speculators wondering about which companies are bidding to acquire Allen Edmonds Shoe Corp. can cross Milwaukee-based Weyco Group Inc. off of the list of potential suitors.
 

L.T. Hampel Corp. has earned an award from the Society of Plastics Engineers for its Calf-Tel dairy calf housing product.

Dear Brewers Fans: On behalf of everyone at the Brewers organization, from players and coaches to the front office...

Milwaukee-area manufacturing activity continued to grow in October, according to the latest report from the Institute for Supply Management-Milwaukee.

Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) has revealed new details of its plans for the former Malcolm X Academy Property, following a decision by the Milwaukee Common Council's Zoning, Neighborhoods and Development Committee on Tuesday to hold a resolution on an MPS proposal to sell the property.

*Sunday, Nov. 3, the Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra (MYSO) will open its 2013-14 season with its 2013 Playathon. The...

BizTimes Media’s third annual Giving Guide offers southeastern Wisconsin’s business community an outlet to connect with area nonprofit organizations for philanthropic involvement.