Marketing & Media

Here are some of the commercials that caught my attention this year. Some for the right reasons, and some because they were all kinds of wrong.

Pewaukee-based marketing company The Marek Group acquired Ecker Envelope Inc., a Mequon-based envelope printing company.

Sara Meaney, who recently left her post as Wisconsin Department of Tourism secretary-designee, has taken a new position with the Dohmen Company Foundation.

We asked you to reflect on how you navigated your businesses through the challenges of 2020, what lessons you learned along the way, and what you're looking forward to in 2021. Here's what you had to say:

Chicago-based Sales Empowerment Group announced this week that it will open offices in Michigan, Kansas City and downtown Milwaukee.

Spectrum plans to hire 120 employees at its downtown Milwaukee sales and retention call center at 1320 N. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive by the end of 2020, the communications company announced Wednesday.

Evers today announced that he is allocating more than $100 million in funds from the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Coronavirus Relief Fund (CRF) for small businesses and communities “hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic.”

For the last three years, BizTimes Media has published “A guide to STUFF Made and Built in Southeastern Wisconsin.” We’ve also published south central and northeastern Wisconsin versions of the same publication.

Pewaukee-based marketing company The Marek Group today announced that it plans to hire 20 new full-time employees, plus 200 seasonal employees in the fourth quarter, as a result of a new contract with Tel Aviv, Israel-based software company, Mixtiles.

Ampersand (formerly Mangold Creative LLC) 126 Main St. Neighborhood: Downtown Pewaukee Founded: 2010 Owners: Heather Noel Employees: 25 Service: Marketing What’s the history behind the company...