Halfords boss Matt Davies will take up role in June, while Tesco plans for 43 store closures and consolidation of head office locations. Retail giant Tesco has seen an improved performance over Christmas, with UK like-for-like sales ...
Tags: Christmas, store management, Toys
Head North America promoted Jon Rucker to SVP sales/marketing for Head USA Winter Sports. “Jon’s leadership has propelled our U.S. Winter Division to new heights. 2014 was a record year for us,” stated Kevin Kempin, ...
Keen is elevating its commitment to on-time, reliable delivery of quality, innovative product with significant investments to its global supply chain leadership team as the company grows into its second decade. Keen welcomed three ...
Tags: transportation, distribution, sales force, Sporting Goods
According to results of a national poll by the Robert Morris University Polling Institute, 82.4 percent of Americans believe that sports teams and owners hide reports of scandalous player behavior to protect the team image. The poll ...
Craft Sportswear North America has named Eric Schenker as its new chief executive officer. Schenker previously held the position of director of sales and marketing and will take over the role of CEO on his 10-year anniversary with Craft. ...
Tags: skiing, biking, running, alpine skiing, Sporting Goods
Shanghai Futures Exchange (SHFE) copper prices climbed on Wednesday, the last trading day of 2014. The market closed on January 1 and 2 due to the New Year holidays. The most-traded copper contract for March delivery on the SHFE ended at ...
Tags: Copper Prices, Copper
Standard Textile, a vertically integrated company in the institutional textile and apparel markets is expanding its Union County, South Carolina manufacturing facility. Standard Textile is expanding its existing Union County facility by ...
Tags: healthcare, hospitality, interior products, Textile
The reduction of bank credit available to the diamond industry is a game changer that will influence the market for many years to come. Therefore, this column has chosen bank credit as its most important story of 2014, rising above other ...
Tags: diamond industry, diamond market
Chinese carmaker BYD has announced that its chairman Wang Chuanfu has bought additional shares, raising his stake in the company to 23.1%. In a statement posted on the Shenzhen and Hong Kong stock exchanges, BYD said: "Wang Chuanfu, a ...
Tags: additional shares, Auto
Russia's central bank failed to stem a further dramatic fall in the rouble on Thursday despite raising the headline interest rate to 10.5%. The central bank, which has used billions of dollars worth of foreign reserves in a desperate ...
Tags: Russia's Central Bank, ruble
Boston Power, a provider of next generation electric vehicle battery design and production, has secured USD $290 million in local government financial support for the expansion of its two facilities in China. The company's Liyang facility ...
On 12 November, Packaging News organised a conference in conjunction with British Glass, bringing together members of the UK glass industry to discuss ways of improving recycling in Britain. The central London conference included talks ...
Tags: Glass Industry, Recycling
More research is needed into the effectiveness of electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes), although emerging research suggests the method is an effective way to reduce or quit smoking, according to a review of research on e-cigarettes ...
Tags: E-Cigarettes, Agriculture
The state of the trade continues to be reported as positive, but less so than in the previous two quarters. Confidence has been resolutely positive since the start of 2013, and respondents had previously improved their reports further ...
Tags: actual balance, Office Supplies
A number of Québec's institutional investors and bankers have announced a $470m investment, in the form of preferred units, in Agropur Cooperative, Canada's largest dairy cooperative. The transaction supports the cooperative's ...
Tags: dairy product, Agriculture