The Association of National Advertisers has agreed to acquire the Business Marketing Association. Financial terms were not disclosed. The Business Marketing Association will become a division of
the ANA and move to New York from Naperville, Ill. Its board of directors, which approved the acquisition, becomes the division's board of advisers. Al Maag, executive director of the association, and
VP of public relations at electronic components distributor Avnet, will remain in his position.
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