The Business Journal-Milwaukee articles from July 2001

The Business Journal-Milwaukee archives from July 2001

Not gone fishin': Joyce joins new faith-based groups.(Michael Joyce)(Brief Article)
July 27, 2001... Michael Joyce experienced a short-lived retirement from his role as president of the Bradley Foundation, and is working as leader of two organizations that support President George W. Bush's vision of faith-based community support groups. ...

Prophet motive.(Catholic Financial Services Corp. retools marketing plan)
July 27, 2001... Catholic Financial hires consultant to jump start funds Three mutual funds established to embody Catholic beliefs have had a difficult time attracting the faithful. As a result, Catholic Financial Services Corp., Milwaukee, has hired...

Past tense for Pelton.(Pelton Casteel Inc. sells foundry and plant)(Brief Article)
July 27, 2001... Regent, Giuffre buy bankrupt firm's plants Nine months after Pelton Casteel Inc. filed for bankruptcy, it has sold its massive Milwaukee foundry and Oak Creek finishing plant. The buyer of Pelton Casteel's 75,000-square-foot Oak Creek...

Sentry Foods ad agency stiffs Milwaukee media for unpaid air time.(Light & Associates)(Brief Article)
July 27, 2001... A St. Louis firm that placed advertisements for Sentry Foods on Milwaukee television and radio stations has stiffed the broadcast outlets thousands of dollars in payments for commercials that already have aired. Light & Associates, a St....

Job cuts at CNI.(Community Newspapers Inc.)(Brief Article)
July 27, 2001... Community Newspapers Inc. (CNI) cut 17 jobs as part of an overall effort by its parent company, Add Inc., to cut costs. Add Inc., a Waupaca-based subsidiary of Milwaukee-based Journal Communications Inc. and owner of CNI, laid off 47...

Strong words.(Strong Capital Management Inc. hires Peter Nulty)(Brief Article)
July 27, 2001... Strong Capital Management Inc., Menomonee Falls, has landed business scribe Peter Nulty to provide market updates for its daily broadcast e-mails. Nulty came to Strong in March from CNBC.com. Previously, he was a writer for Fortune...

Nacho Mama's no more?(Nacho Mama's restaurant in Milwaukee)(Brief Article)
July 27, 2001... Nacho Mama's in downtown Milwaukee may be closed for good. The Mexican restaurant, which was located at 775 N. Jackson St., opened in December 1998. The creation of Johnny Vassallo, who also owns the more upscale Mo's: A Place for...

CORRECTIONS & AMPLIFICATIONS.(Children's Health System employees to complete RAVE training)(Brief Article)
July 27, 2001... Children's Health System Several details in the article on Children's Health System published in the June 29, 2001, Beyond the Paycheck section were incorrect. Children's Health System employees will complete their RAVE training by...

A legacy of style.(Harley-Davidson's V-Rod motorcycle)
July 27, 2001... Bill Davidson in spotlight for Harley's V-Rod rollout The creation of Harley-Davidson Inc.'s first new motorcycle in more than 50 years was a family affair. Bill Davidson, who oversees motorcycle product development, worked...

Custom Metal acquires Summit Metal plants.(Brief Article)
July 27, 2001... The assets of Summit Metal Fabricating Inc., which operated two plants and has its corporate headquarters in Cudahy, have been sold to Custom Metal Products L.L.C., Menomonee Falls. The move is expected to cost at least 25 former Summit...

Re-fi boom waning for mortgage lenders.(mortgage refinancings)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 27, 2001... This year's mortgage boom has fattened the bottom lines of area thrifts and banks, but a reliance on refinancings means the gravy train will continue only if there is a surge in home purchases, say executives in the mortgage industry. ...

Construction to begin on West Milwaukee business center.(Brief Article)
July 27, 2001... Construction is set to begin in August on the Stadium Business Center, a 44,000-square-foot office and warehouse building in West Milwaukee less than a mile south of MillerPark. Village officials say the project will revitalize a highly...

Wisconsin Energy selling detoxed plant sites.(Brief Article)
July 27, 2001... Three former manufactured gas plant sites in southeastern Wisconsin have been cleaned up by Wisconsin Electric-Wisconsin Gas and will soon be sold to communities for redevelopment. Prime real estate along the Fox River in Waukesha, the...

Grand Avenue manager goes to Polacheck Property Management.(Joe Weirick)(Brief Article)
July 27, 2001... Joe Weirick has left his position as vice president and managing director of Trammell Crow Co. to head the property management arm of The Polacheck Co. Inc., Milwaukee. Weirick left Trammell Crow to explore other career opportunities,...

Foes of estate tax repeal seek tax rebate donations.(United for a Fair Economy )(Brief Article)
July 27, 2001... The group that led the unsuccessful fight to stop estate tax repeal is asking Americans to donate their tax rebate checks to organizations that are working to overturn President George W Bush's $1.35 trillion tax cut or to social service...

HCN to offer online physician ratings, information.(Health Care Network of Wisconsin)(Brief Article)
July 27, 2001... Some patients in a Milwaukee-area preferred provider organization will soon be able to go online to get information on the: organization's physicians and patient opinions of the physicians. Health Care Network of Wisconsin, Brookfield, is...

McCallum faces test of chutzpah on recycling fee issue.(Wisconsin governor, Scott McCallum)(Brief Article)
July 27, 2001... Republican lawmakers are anxious to learn whether Gov. Scott McCallum has the Tommy Thompson-esque chutzpah to use his veto pen with a business flair. Among the many budget items that could fall to the GOP governor's veto power is a...

Unions protest nonunion labor on Marquette University projects.(Milwaukee Building & Construction Trades Council)(Brief Article)
July 27, 2001... Construction trade unions are targeting two projects on Marquette University's campus that involve some nonunion labor. The Milwaukee Building & Construction Trades Council held a rally July 20 in the 1800 block of West Wisconsin Avenue,...

Johnson Controls partners with Japanese firm for auto parts plant.(Araco Corp)(Brief Article)
July 27, 2001... Johnson Controls Inc. is forming a joint venture with Japan-based Araco Corp., one-of the leading companies in the Toyota Group, which will result in the construction of a $30 million automotive metal parts production plant in Tennessee. ...

Humana questions Legislature's small business health insurance initiatives.(Brief Article)
July 27, 2001... Humana Inc., one of the largest HMOs doing business in Wisconsin, is lobbying against changes aimed at helping the state's small businesses cope with skyrocketing health insurance rates. However, Humana officials say their opposition is...

St. Michael Hospital opens sports medicine clinic.(Brief Article)
July 27, 2001... Building on its identity as "The Brewers' Hospital," St Michael Hospital has opened a sports medicine clinic featuring some of the same physicians who treat the Major League ballplayers. The clinic's purpose is to offer amateur athletes...

Health care providers slow to standardize EDI.(electronic data interchange )(Brief Article)
July 27, 2001... Anew Gartner Inc. study found that 85 percent of health care providers have not completed assessments that are a critical step in meeting an Oct. 16, 2002, deadline for standardized electronic data interchange transactions. Because of...

Midwest 100 Regional Stock Analysis.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 27, 2001... Midwest 100 Regional Stock Analysis Results for week eended July 24 Company Close % change TOP 10 PRICE GAINERS Badger Paper Mills $3.75 33.9 Tower Automotive 13.75 16.4 ARI ...

Homestead exemption final hurdle for bankruptcy reform.(Brief Article)
July 27, 2001... Creditors are close to victory in their four-year fight to toughen the nation's bankruptcy laws. The Senate cleared a procedural roadblock thrown up by bill opponents July 17 and sent the legislation--which easily passed both the Senate...

Postal official fails to deliver at hearing.(Brief Article)
July 27, 2001... The manager of delivery operations for the U.S. Postal Service was held hostage by the chairman of the House Small Business Committee at a hearing about government agencies that compete with small businesses. At issue was the post...

Bush adviser: Don't count on small business tax cuts.(Brief Article)
July 27, 2001... The chairman of President George W. Bush's Council of Economic Advisers says it is "not a foregone conclusion" that small business tax cuts will be included in legislation to raise the minimum wage. Senate leaders from both parties say a...

OSHA to crack down on exposure to lead.(Brief Article)
July 27, 2001... The Occupational Safety & Health Administration will make targeted inspections in industries where there is high potential for exposure to lead, a leading cause of workplace illnesses. These industries include construction that involves...

Making the firing a mutual process.(the firing of employees)(Brief Article)
July 27, 2001... Wouldn't it be nice if employees could just fire themselves? They would come to the same conclusion you have: that it just wasn't working out. Sounds a little too good to true, doesn't it? Actually, if it is done correctly, it can be a mutual...

Window of opportunity.(Michael Hecker's Oxford Studios)(Brief Article)
July 27, 2001... After modest start, stained glass firm tackled MU chapel For years, Michael Hecker planned on a career in architecture. He earned a graduate degree in architecture in 1995 from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and studied abroad in...

SBA offers new software to small businesses.(Brief Article)
July 27, 2001... Small businesses will have access to a series of a new software tools at locations nationwide through the U.S. Small Business Administration as part of a donation by Microsoft Corp. Starting in August, the SBA's One-Stop Capital Shops,...

Small business economy ON the edge.(small-business economy survey)(Brief Article)
July 27, 2001... The small-business economy is relatively fiat but hasn't dipped into a technical recession, according to the Small Business Economics Trend June survey conducted by the National Federation of Independent Business. The survey also found:...

Looking for loyal employees? Pay attention to the research.(Brief Article)
July 27, 2001... Younger men are more family-oriented than older men, and both 3 working moms and working dads are equally likely to experience work and family conflict because of their demanding jobs, according to the findings of an ongoing survey at the...

Senators expect new SBA chief to fight future cuts.(Hector Barreto Jr. of the Small Business Administration)(Brief Article)
July 27, 2001... Hector Barreto Jr. says his parents built a successful restaurant business in Kansas City, Mo., because they had ganas -- "an unrelenting desire to accomplish a great goal." That same quality led Barreto to shut down his Los Angeles...

Bella-wether.(Bella Mia Inc. provides wireless Internet service)
July 27, 2001... Lake Geneva provider brings wireless Internet to area With more congestion, on the information superhighway, people are looking for a quicker, less expensive alternative to stay connected. Others, like people outside of the metro...

Toad school.(Todd Graveline, Mario Macari create educational software)(Brief Article)
July 27, 2001... Programmer, illustrator get an education building a learning CD For some people, life just gets in the way sometimes. Just ask Todd Graveline and Mario Macari. Six years ago, the two friends were in the initial stages of puffing...

Staking.claims.(new Internet domains available)(Brief Article)
July 27, 2001... New domains could be virtual gold rush On paper, it has the makings of a land rush worthy of Horace Greeley: two new Internet top level domains (TLDs) being made available to the rapacious hordes eager to stake their claims on the digital...

LARGEST MILWAUKEE-AREA COMPUTER CONSULTING COMPANIES.
July 27, 2001... LARGEST MILWAUKEE-AREA COMPUTER CONSULTING COMPANIES Name Address Web site 1 Compuware Corp. www.compuware.com 700 W. Virginia St. Milwaukee, 53204 2 Accenture 1 ...

Son of Cyber Snoop.(Pearl Software creates Pearl Echo)(Brief Article)
July 27, 2001... Introducing new generation of software that trails Net users As almost any supervisor of an online office can attest, the Internet is both the greatest boon to productivity and the biggest threat to productivity the typical workplace has...

E-commerce sales tough to qualify.(forecasts for electronic commerce sales)(Brief Article)
July 27, 2001... Amount varies wildly depending on researcher In the next few years, e-commerce sales will explode, soar, zoom, boom, skyrocket, climb to dizzying heights, hit whopping proportions and break through the stratosphere. That's an old...

Demand grows for integration software.(Tibci Software)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 27, 2001... In theory, an electronic purchasing order should flow to every major department and software system within a company's firewall, from marketing to accounting and fulfillment. In reality, however, not everything runs so smoothly. That's...

Wired to learn.(Arrowhead High School's new communication systems, Hartland, Wisconsin)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 27, 2001... Tech upgrade helps Arrowhead graduate to future When a nearly $20 million budget referendum was passed two years ago for Arrowhead High School in Hartland, it allowed the two-campus school to branch out physically as well as...

Flicks for free.(entertainment, music industries face next wave of Internet piracy)(Brief Article)
July 27, 2001... As music swapping fades, attention turns to movies, TV shows and video games Napster may have only been the opening act. While the frenzied debate and legal wrangling over the music-file swapping service has taken center stage for...

Whole Hog Productions Inc.(award for bowling handbook)(Brief Article)
July 27, 2001... Bowling Inc. has received a 200l APEX Award of Excellence for its College Bowling USA Handbook designed by Whole Hog Productions Inc., Milwaukee.

Clifford Moberg.(Plastics engineers honored)(Brief Article)
July 27, 2001... Clifford Moberg and Roger Tamsen of the Milwaukee Section of the Society of Plastics Engineers are among eight SPE members to have been named Honored Service Members of the group.

Generations Day Center.(Award)(Brief Article)
July 27, 2001... Generations Day Center of the Milwaukee Catholic Home has received a Bronze Award in the National Mature Media Awards Program sponsored by the Mature Market Resource Center. The center was honored for its breast cancer awareness program;...

Advertising Boelter & Lincoln.(awards won by advertising agency)(Brief Article)
July 27, 2001... Advertising Boelter & Lincoln, Milwaukee, recently received four awards in the 17th annual Silver Microphone Awards competition: a National Winner for work done for Harbor City Brewing Co.; National Finalist honors for work done for Wisconsin...

Linda Steiner.(Johnson Insurance Services Inc. executive wins award)(Brief Article)
July 27, 2001... Linda Steiner, director of operations for Johnson Insurance Services Inc., Racine, has received the 2001 Agent of the Year award from the independent Insurance Agents of Wisconsin.

R.A. Smith & Associates Inc.(R.A. Smith and Associates Inc. add information technology consulting services')(Brief Article)
July 27, 2001... R.A. Smith & Associates Inc., Brookfield, has added information technology consulting services for municipalities to its roster of services. The services include IT infrastructure needs assessment, network analysis and design, security...

Endeavor Marketing Group.(marketing and public relations services contract)(Brief Article)
July 27, 2001... Endeavor Marketing Group L.L.C., Oconomowoc, has been hired to provide marketing and public relations services to the investment banking firm of Grace Matthews, Milwaukee and Boston, and corporate identity and other services to Furlong...

Rogers Memorial Hospital.(behavioral health care research centers)(Brief Article)
July 27, 2001... Rogers Memorial Hospital, Oconomowoc and Milwaukee, has become a member of the Center for Addiction & Behavioral Health Research at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Rogers Memorial will help recruit various clinical trials involving...

Innovative Resource Group.(behavioral health management contract)(Brief Article)
July 27, 2001... Advocate Behavioral Health, Chicago, has agreed to assign behavioral health management of its 96,000 commercial life members to Innovative Resource Group L.L.C., Waukesha. That brings the total number of lives managed in Illinois for...

Urban Taylor & Stawski Ltd.(law firm opens new office)(Brief Article)
July 27, 2001... The Milwaukee law firm of Urban Taylor & Stawski Ltd. has opened a branch office at Stone Ridge It in Waukesha. The company practices plaintiff personal injury and employee tights law.

United Way of Greater Milwaukee.(Brief Article)
July 27, 2001... United Way of Greater Milwaukee has approved a July 1,2001, to June 30, 2002, allocation of nearly $17.4 million, to be distributed to 146 health and human service programs at 82 nonprofit agencies in Milwaukee, Ozaukee and Washington...

United Cerebral Palsy of Southeastern Wisconsin.
July 27, 2001... United Cerebral Palsy of Southeastern Wisconsin has received several recent grants: $1,000 from the Albert J. & Flora H. Ellinger Foundation Inc.; $2,000 from the Robert W. Baird & Co. Foundation; and $3,240 from the Service Club of Milwaukee.

Milwaukee Loves Soccer.(soccer fans launch web site)(Brief Article)
July 27, 2001... Milwaukee Loves Soccer, a campaign by local soccer fans and businesspeople, has launched a Web site as part of its effort to bring a Major League Soccer team to Milwaukee in 2003.

PEOPLE ON THE MOVE.(selection and appointment to Milwaukee businesses)(Brief Article)
July 27, 2001... ADVERTISING/PR Jennifer Butzen has joined Zeppos & Associates Inc., Milwaukee, as an account coordinator. ARTS Present Music, Milwaukee, has elected officers and directors for 2001-2002: Ronald Jacquart, president; Martin...

The Joy of P&H after Chapter 11.(P and H Mining Equipment to lay off 100 after reorganization of parent company, Joy Global Inc.)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 27, 2001... Layoffs happen, and for P&H Mining Equipment -- formerly Harnischfeger Corp. -- they came at a sensitive time, just one week after its corporate parent emerged from Chapter 11 reorganization. Nevertheless, news of 100 layoffs at the West...

News weapons in The Business Journal's arsenal.(Milwaukee, Wisconsin newspaper launches web site, television reports)(Brief Article)
July 27, 2001... There's a war going on out there, and you may not even know about it. It's a war over news. In this case, it's business news. It occurred to me while visiting with a local business executive that we have quietly brought two new...

A 'tremendous' opportunity in the valley.(Menomonee Valley, Wisconsin presents development opportunities)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 27, 2001... Milwaukee has a tremendous opportunity for economic development that is being completely overlooked by city officials. A new study by Melaniphy & Associates Inc. documents that the Menomonee Valley Shops property is ideally suited for a...

Let the voters decide.(For lieutenant governor)(Brief Article)
July 27, 2001... There is a move afoot in the Wisconsin Legislature to take away the voters' right to choose their own lieutenant governor. I think it's a bad idea -- and not only because I am a candidate for lieutenant governor in 2002. Wisconsin...

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS.(General Lighting has been acquired by)(Stay-Lite Lighting Inc.)(Brief Article)
July 27, 2001... Stay-Lite Lighting Inc., Waukesha, has acquired the assets of General Lighting in Appleton. The acquisition will allow Stay-Lite to offer new services in sign installation, sign repair and rebuilding of sign housings.

The rap on 'Making It Real'.(Miller Brewing Co. awards grant without conducting background check of winner)(Brief Article)
July 20, 2001... Miller didn't check background of grant winner Intelligent, personable and energetic, Jermaine O'Conner, a Milwaukee record producer and performer, has the makings of a role model for young, central city residents hoping to run their own...

Aligning for the stars.(Lynn Sprangers of the Milwaukee Brewers helping to market Milwaukee, Wisconsin for All-Stars 2000 game)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 20, 2001... Milwaukee already planning for All-Stars in 2002 Milwaukee can easily handle the influx of baseball fanatics headed here for the 2002 Major League Baseball All-Star celebration, local government and business leaders believe. But just...

Reorganization, '01 style.(businesses having to reorganize in Wisconsin due to finances and competition)(Brief Article)
July 20, 2001... Troubled firms liquidate more than in early '90s During the early 1990s recession, the most common problem for financially troubled companies was a too-large debt load. Many firms survived by restructuring their finances. The...

Wisconsinites get star power for film finance firm.(Diane Keaton on board of directors for Civilian Pictures)(Brief Article)
July 20, 2001... Not every company can boast having an Academy-award winning actress on its board of directors, but that's the case for the founders of Civilian Pictures. The Hollywood-based feature film finance company founded by Wisconsin natives...

Spice girl.(Lisa Nicholson of Lisa's Salsa Co.)(Brief Article)
July 20, 2001... A growing salsa company based in St. Paul, Minn. has targeted Milwaukee as one of the regional markets where it hopes to expand this year. Lisa's Salsa Co. makes and sells just one product, Salsa Lisa, which has grown almost completely...

Sweet home Milwaukee.(affordable city for middle-income homes)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 20, 2001... Milwaukee is one of the more affordable cities in the country for middle-income families to buy a home, according to Runzheimer International, a management consulting firm based in Rochester, Wis. Runzheimer, which specializes in travel...

Strong Funds employee follows Olympic dream.(Strong Capital Management Inc.'s Anneli Melin to compete in Swedish national track championships)(Brief Article)
July 20, 2001... A marketing strategist at Strong Capital Management Inc., Menomonee Falls, is training to earn a spot on the Swedish national track and field team. Anneli Melin, a native of Karlskrona, Sweden, and a graduate of the University of...

Panthers to host Horizon tourney.(University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee to host Horizon League championship)(Brief Article)
July 20, 2001... The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee men's' basketball team will host the 2003 Horizon League championship at the U.S. Cellular Arena. Every year the Horizon League, which until recently was known as the Midwestern Collegiate...

Life after Krispy Kreme.(Albert Hasse leads Breadsmith Franchising Inc.)(Brief Article)
July 20, 2001... Ex-doughnut executive takes reins at Breadsmith Albert Hasse has turned his passion for hot glazed doughnuts into a love of fresh-baked bread. The former vice president of franchise operations for Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc. has...

P&H to layoff 100 at local factory.(P and H Mining Equipment)(Brief Article)
July 20, 2001... But executives upbeat after emerging from bankruptcy Just one week after emerging from a two-year bankruptcy case, the parent company of P&H Mining Equipment announced it will lay off about 100 employees at its West Milwaukee plant due to...

Christian station "The Fish" to swim into local radio.(Salem Communications Corp.)(Brief Article)
July 20, 2001... A new FM radio station that carries so-called contemporary Christian music under "The Fish" nickname, plans to enter the Milwaukee area by winter 2001-2002. The new station will broadcast at 105.3 FM from a transmitter antenna that will...

Design/build teams line up for 3rd Ward food market protect.(Brief Article)
July 20, 2001... Plans to build a public food market in Milwaukee's 3rd Ward are moving forward as the project's steering committee prepares to review proposals from four design/build teams that want to create the 20,000-square-foot structure. Einar...

Jefferson Wells expands to Madison.(Brief Article)
July 20, 2001... Jefferson Wells International is opening its third Wisconsin regional office in Madison to be closer to state government agencies, the accounting firm's largest class of customers. The Milwaukee-based professional services firm has...

U.S. Bancorp-Firstar transaction costs continue to mount.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 20, 2001... U.S. Bancorp has increased by 75 percent, or about $600 million, the amount it expects to spend on combining the op eralions of the former Firstar Corp., Milwaukee with the old U.S. Bancorp, Minneapolis. The new $1.4 billion estimate was...

Businesses hope to limit lawsuits, expand health access.(Fletcher bill supported by small business)
July 20, 2001... Small businesses face a classic Washington dilemma in the battle over the Patients' Bill of Rights: The only way to get something they want, which is the ability to pool their purchasing power for health insurance, may be to accept something...

New power plant slated for Manitowoc.(Energy Services of Manitowoc)(Brief Article)
July 20, 2001... Energy Services of Manitowoc will build a 99-megawatt plant that will generate electricity using solid fuel that is considered environmentally friendly. The power plant will be constructed on vacant industrial property on Lake Michigan...

Labor blames Bush, business for 500,000 injuries.(AFL-CIO stance on ergonomics regulation)(Brief Article)
July 20, 2001... A union picket line greeted Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao as she opened the first public forum to discuss ergonomics injuries and what should be done to prevent them. The AFL-CIO is angry at Congress and the Bush administration for...

Small biz optimism declines along with sales.(Small Business Optimism Index)(Brief Article)
July 20, 2001... Widespread reports of declining sales contributed to a 2.3 point drop in the Small Business Optimism Index in June, according to the monthly survey of small business owners conducted by the NFIB Education Foundation. The index dropped to...

Tax breaks on equipment eyed for minimum wage bill.(Small Business Works Act of 2001, High Productivity Investment Act)(Brief Article)
July 20, 2001... Small business groups and high-tech companies formed the Alliance for Small Business Investment in Technology to push for increased expensing limits on new equipment and shorter depreciation periods for computer equipment and software. ...

Steep slide in manufacturing levels off; rebound in sight.(Manufacturers Alliance/MAPI Business Outlook Index)(Brief Article)
July 20, 2001... The outlook for the nation's manufacturing sector improved slightly last quarter, after dropping dramatically in the first three months of the year, according to the Manufacturers Alliance/MAPI Business Outlook Index. The index rose 1...

MGD doesn't miss genuine opportunity for 'sophisticated' ads.(Miller Brewing Co. beer branding)(Brief Article)
July 20, 2001... The recent television spots in Miller Brewing Co.'s MGD advertising campaign may be some of the best creative work the Milwaukee beer maker has commissioned since the original Miller Lite campaign. "MGD has a very smart, sophisticated...

Meyer & Meijer.(Meyer and Wallis awarded media account for Meijer Superstores)(Brief Article)
July 20, 2001... Meyer & Wallis was awarded the $20 million broadcast media account for Meijer Superstores in June. The Milwaukee ad agency has handled Meijer's creative work for the past seven years and had been in talks with the Grand Rapids, Mich.,...

Spoilsports: Kids and teens less interested in traditional games.(Statistical Data Included)
July 20, 2001... You've heard it said before: Video games, the internet, wrestling and alternative sports are sucking the stick-and-ball sports dry in the fight for kids' attention. But few realize the extent and consistency of the decline in kids' and teens'...