The American sportswear and casualwear designer, distributor and licensor Perry Ellis International (PEI) has signed a license agreement with Sensual, Inc., a division of USA Apparel Group, granting rights to design and distribute intimates ...
Tags: sportswear, casualwear, Apparel
Not so fast, Wright and Tornier. U.S. regulatory agencies want a few matters cleared up before deciding whether to approve the proposed $3.3 billion merger of U.S. bone-implant maker Wright Medical Group Inc. with Dutch orthopedic ...
Tags: orthopedic device, medical device
DSW Inc. promoted Carrie McDermott, currently executive vice president, sales and operations, to executive vice president and chief operating officer as part of the promotion of several key executives. The changes will be effective on ...
Tags: key executives, Sporting Goods
Beef and pork processor JBS USA is planning to invest around $75m in the expansion of its beef processing complex in Hyrum, Utah. Work under the expansion includes the construction of new fabrication building, ground beef facility and ...
Tags: beef products, Agriculture
United Colors of Benetton Group, a global fashion brand based in Italy, has added three new top managers to its management team for expanding its key brands and retail growth. Marco Messini will join as the new chief sales and ...
Tags: retail director, Apparel
Cherokee Global Brands, a global marketer of style-focused lifestyle brands, has entered into a new license agreement with Argos, a subsidiary of Home Retail Group plc, to launch a broad family-assortment of Cherokee lifestyle products ...
Crocs Inc. announced its Gregg Ribatt will start working as its new CEO Jan. 28 and that Jason Giordano, managing director of Blackstone's Private Equity Group, has joined its board of directors. Ribatt, who was named at Crocs newest CEO ...
Tags: footwear, apparel, Sporting Goods
The upscale Brazilian steakhouse, Texas de Brazil, has opened new location in Huntsville, Alabama. The new 8,100ft2 restaurant, located in Bridge Street Town Centre, features a chef's table, an open-view grill in the dining area, one ...
Tags: meat, cheeses, charcuterie, Agriculture
HanesBrands, a leading global maker and marketer of everyday basic apparel under world-class brands, has appointed Franck J Moison, chief operating officer of emerging markets and business development for Colgate-Palmolive Company, to the ...
Tags: emerging markets, apparel
Deckers Brands, which owns the Ugg, Teva, Sanuk, Ahnu and Hoka One One brands, has appointed David E. Lafitte chief operating officer (COO), effective Feb. 2. Lafitte previously served as the company's general counsel and replaces Zohar ...
Tags: manufacturing, IT, inventory management, Sporting Goods
Picometrix LLC, a subsidiary of Advanced Photonix Inc (API) of Ann Arbor, MI, USA (which designs and makes APD, PIN, and FILTRODE photodetectors, HSOR high-speed optical receivers, and T-Ray terahertz instrumentation), has completed its ...
Tags: social media, HSOR high-speed optical receivers, Electrical
Frozen seafood company High Liner Foods will halt operations at its leased manufacturing facility in Malden, Massachusetts, in the second quarter of 2015. The move is in line with the company's strategy to reduce excess capacity across ...
Tags: Frozen seafood, Agriculture
Deposition equipment maker Aixtron SE of Herzogenrath, near Aachen, Germany says that, in continuing with its reorganization (as part of its 5-Point Program to return to sustainable profitability, launched in May 2013), it plans to cut ...
Tags: organic light-emitting diodes, gallium nitride, Electrical
Snake River Sporting Club, Jackson Hole’s premier private club and residential community, is partnering with Orvis and Jackson Hole Fly Fishing School to host the newly launched Orvis Fly Fishing School Jackson Hole, the renowned ...
Tags: classroom programming, fly fishing enthusiasts, Sporting Goods
More Chinese are applying for a United States visa, pushing up the number of outbound tours to the US. Last month, China and the US agreed to extend the validity of short-term tourist and business visas issued to each other's citizens ...
Tags: Visa Policy, Visitors