Stadium Capital Management, LLC (SCM) said it has notified Big 5 Sporting Goods Corp. that it will nominate three "highly qualified, independent candidates" to serve on the retailer's board at Big 5's 2015 annual meeting expected to be held ...
Tags: Big 5, Proxy Battle
Fortune cookie maker Wonton Food is reportedly looking to strengthen its manufacturing capabilities with a new $20m facility in La Vergne, Tennessee, US. The company is also considering Houston and New York as alternate sites. The ...
Global fast food restaurant chain McDonald's has announced a decrease in global comparable sales of 1.7 per cent in February 2015, continuing a downward trend. In the Asia Pacific region, the Middle East and Africa, sales decreased by ...
Tags: fast food restaurant, McDonald's
Foot Locker, Inc. reported fourth-quarter earnings rose 18.0 percent to $146 million, or $1.01 a share, easily eclipsing Wall Street's target. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring gains, came to $1 per share, beating Wall Street's consensus ...
Sharp decline in orders led to sales at advanced weaving technology manufacturer Picanol Group plunging 25 per cent in 2014 as against in 2013. In a press release, Picanol said it realised a consolidated turnover of €418.2 million in ...
TriLumina Corp of Albuquerque, NM, USA, which provides illumination solutions based on vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) arrays for automotive laser radar (LiDAR) and sensing platforms, has closed an $8.5m Series A round of ...
Tong Hsing Electronic Industries, which provides assembly and test services for niche ICs and produces ceramic substrates for the manufacture of LEDs, expects its capex for 2015 to exceed NT$1.5 billion (US$47.8 million). The capex will be ...
In the fourth quarter of fiscal 2015 which had 14 weeks, net sales at kids apparel retailer, Carter’s, Inc rose 12.9 per cent from the fourth quarter of fiscal 2014 which had 13 weeks. Carter’s said, consolidated net sales ...
Tags: Carter's, Apparel Retailer, Apparel
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) and Luna Innovations Inc of Roanoke, VA, USA (which ...
The Board of Directors of Grasim has approved the proposed merger of the Aditya Birla Chemicals (India) Limited (ABCIL), another Aditya Brila Group company, with Grasim. Grasim’s Board of Directors approved the swap ratio of 1 ...
Tags: Aditya Birla Chemicals, Grasim
France-based rice producer Marbour has agreed to acquire 100% stake in Canadian establishment MRRM. Both the companies have entered into a definitive agreement to this effect. MRRM mills, bags, packages, cans, processes, and sells ...
Tags: rice, Marbour, MRRM mills
Great Plains Holdings has agreed to acquire controlling stake in Bonjoe Gourmet Chips for an undisclosed amount. Earlier in December, Great Plains signed a letter of intent to acquire a 30% stake in Bonjoe Gourmet Chips which is now ...
Tags: Bonjoe Gourmet Chips, Food
Deckers Brands reported earnings in its third quarter ended Dec. 31 rose 7.5 percent to $149.4 million, or $4.50, but missed its original guidance. Overall Ugg sales grew 6.5 percent but Ugg Classic styles declined due to a slow October and ...
Tags: casual boots, weather boots, Sporting Goods
The opposition of the shareholders of Sika AG to the hostile takeover bid by Saint-Gobain continues to mount. So far, investors who together hold over 40 percent of the share capital have expressly stated their support for the course ...
Tags: pension funds, prominent institutional investors, Construction
Mango, Spain’s leading international fashion brand, has appointed Toni Ruiz as the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and as the new member of its Board of Directors, effective mid-February. Toni Ruiz, 45, has a degree in Business ...