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 ...
The SnowSports Industries America (SIA) Board of Directors announced that David Ingemie, SIA’s president for the past 34 years, would be stepping down as president following the 2016 SIA Snow Show. Ingemie joined SIA in 1976 as ...
Net profits surged 17 per cent from a year ago period at Swedish apparel retailer H&M Group for the full fiscal year ended November 30, 2014. The Group’s profit after tax increased to SEK 19,976 million or corresponding to SEK 12.07 ...
Tags: apparel retailer, network expansion, Apparel
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
For fiscal second-quarter 2015 (ended 28 December 2014), Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA has reported revenue of $413.2m, down 3.4% on $427.7m last quarter but similar to $415.1m a year ago and in the upper half of the target range of $400-420m ...
Tags: LED Demand, LED Lighting Offsets, Electrical
After closely analyzing the claim made by Schenker-Winkler Holding AG (SWH) to convene an early extraordinary General Meeting, the Board of Directors of Sika AG has made the following decisions: In the view of the Board of Directors, the ...
Tags: Voting Rights, Construction
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
Less than four years after acquiring GSI Commerce for $2.4 billion, eBay Inc. announced Wednesday it was studying whether to spin off the business in IPO as part of a broadening restructuring. The company disclosed the plans in its ...
Tags: broadening restructuring, box retailers, Sporting Goods
The USA Triathlon Foundation today announced its first-ever grant program, offering up to $50,000 in funding for individuals, clubs, teams and organizations to support and promote the sport of triathlon in 2015. Grants will be awarded ...
Tags: individuals, clubs, teams, Sporting Goods
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
AdvancePierre Foods, a supplier of protein and sandwich products to foodservice, retail and convenience channels, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the wholesale and manufacturing operations of Landshire, a manufacturer of ...
Tags: sandwich products, patties, subs, wedges, Agriculture
For fiscal first-quarter 2015 (to end-November 2014), LED chip and component maker SemiLEDs Corp of Hsinchu, Taiwan has reported revenue of $2.9m, down 15% on $3.4m a year ago but up 29% on $2.3m last quarter, due to both design wins in ...
Tags: LED components, LED chip, Electrical
NeoPhotonics Corp of San Jose, CA, a vertically integrated designer and manufacturer of both indium phosphide (InP) and silica-on-silicon photonic integrated circuit (PIC)-based modules and subsystems for high-speed communications networks, ...
Infineon Technologies AGannounced today the closing of the acquisition of International Rectifier. With effect from today, the El Segundo based company has become part of Infineon following the approval of all necessary regulatory ...
Tags: necessary regulatory authorities, power semiconductors, Lights
The international investors Cascade Investment L.L.C., Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust, Fidelity Worldwide Investment and Threadneedle Investments together holding 8.61% of Sika`s share capital (4.62% of the voting rights) have ...
Tags: long-term prospects, welfare, Construction