Mixed bag of results in toy giant's YTD financial results with net sales down domestically but international increase. Toys R Us Inc. is ‘pleased with its efforts to strengthen and transform’ its business as year-to-date ...
Tags: Mixed bag, pricing strategy, Toys
Pantaloons Fashion & Retail, part of Kumarmangalam Birla led Aditya Birla Nuvo Ltd, will raise Rs 1,000 crore through issue of non-convertible debentures on a private placement basis. In a BSE filing, it said, "The Board of Directors has ...
Tags: shareholders, postal ballot, Apparel
The board of directors of Hsinchu-based Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC, the world’s biggest silicon wafer foundry) has approved the sale of its stake in TSMC Solid State Lighting (TSMC SSL). Taiwan’s Epistar Corp ...
Tags: LED lighting products, Electrical
Nike, Inc. reported earnings rose 22.7 percent in the second quarter ended Nov. 30, to $655 million, or 74 cents a share, exceeding Wall Street's consensus estimate of 70 cents. Revenues grew 14.8 percent to $7.38 billion. Nike Brand ...
Tags: product type, geography and key category, Sporting Goods
Rubicon Technology Inc of Bensenville, IL, USA (which makes monocrystalline sapphire substrates and products for the LED, semiconductor and optical industries) says that its board of directors has appointed William Weissman to the permanent ...
Charlesbank Capital Partners and Partners Group closed on their previously announced acquisition of Varsity Brands Dec. 15. "The entire Varsity Brands team is united as never before to ensure we inspire and champion greater ...
Tags: Varsity Brands, Sporting Goods
While the group has seen consolidated net sales decrease by 1.3 per cent versus the prior year period, Toys R Us has seen an improvement of 0.4 per cent in net sales, thanks to its raft of new stores this year. Toy retail giant, Toys R US ...
Emcore Corp, which makes compound semiconductor-based components and subsystems for the fiber-optics market, has named Jeffrey Rittichier as CEO. He succeeds Dr Hong Hou, who has served as president & CEO since March 2008. Rittichier has ...
Tags: fiber-optics, market, Electrical
Fox Head Inc. announced that Pete Fox will rejoin the company in the newly created role of chief creative officer. Fox will report directly to Interim CEO Scott Olivet with his appointment being effective immediately. Formerly the ...
Tags: Officer, Former CEO, Sporting Goods
The Buckle, Inc. announced that Kelli D. Molczyk has been appointed to the position of vice president of women’s merchandising and Diane L. Applegate has been appointed to the position of vice president of supply chain and ...
The Board of Directors and the Group Management of Sika were informed Friday evening, December 5, 2014, that the French Group Saint-Gobain intends to indirectly acquire all shares held by the Burkard family, Sika's current majority ...
Tags: Saint-Gobain, shareholder, Construction
Niagara Ventures has completed the previously announced acquisition of all of the issued and outstanding common shares of Blu-Dot Beverage Company. As a result of the Transaction, Blu-Dot became a wholly-owned subsidiary of NVC. The ...
Tags: Beverage, Agriculture
Italian soft furnishings exhibition Proposte will host non-European exhibitors for the first time in its 22-year history. According to the show's general manager and president of the board of directors, Massimo Mosiello and Piercarlo ...
Tags: soft furnishings, exhibition, Furniture
The Board of Directors of Exxon Mobil Corporation, one of the world’s leading petrochemical companies, has appointed Neil Chapman as the new vice president of the company, effective Jan. 1, 2015, replacing Stephen D. Pryor, who has ...
Truett-Hurst announced that Marcus Benedetti has been elected to the Board of Directors, effective 20 November 2014. As previously reported, Truett-Hurst, Inc. held its 2014 Annual Stockholder meeting on November 20, 2014. Among other ...
Tags: Independent Director, Agriculture