Majestic Athletic and Major League Baseball Properties have reached an extension of their contract that makes Majestic the official on-field uniform of MLB through 2019. Through the new agreement, Majestic will retain exclusive rights to ...
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The leadership team at Target Corporation is strategically reviewing its business and has identified the key initiatives that will put Target on a clear path to growth. The retailer's differentiation in the marketplace will be driven by ...
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H.B. Fuller Company has announced that it has finalized the previously announced purchase of Tonsan Adhesive, Inc., the largest independent engineering adhesives provider in China. With this acquisition, H.B. Fuller adds strong customer ...
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Under Armour announced that Peter Ruppe has joined the organization’s executive leadership team as senior vice president of footwear, effective immediately. In this position, Ruppe will be directly responsible for guiding the ...
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After 10 years at the helm of Amcor, Ken MacKenzie has decided to retire from the position of managing director and chief executive officer, Amcor chairman, Graeme Liebelt announced on 22 January. “I believe after 10 years in the ...
Confluence Outdoor began the new year by appointing Alistair Thorburn as managing director, international beginning on Jan. 1. Thorburn brings more than three decades of relevant leadership experience to his new role at Confluence, with a ...
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MeadWestvaco Corporation has announced that its board of directors has approved a plan to fully separate its Specialty Chemicals business from the rest of the company. The separation is expected to be executed by means of a tax-free spinoff ...
Lululemon Athletica Inc. upgraded its net revenue and earnings guidance for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2014 ahead of its presentation at the ICR XChange investor conference on Monday. For the fourth quarter ending Feb. 1, Lululemon now ...
Tags: guest experience, international expansion efforts, Sporting Goods
City Sports appointed Eve Bould to the post of director of marketing, effective immediately. Bould joins City Sports with 12 years of marketing experience with a variety of organizations, including Jenzabar, Patagonia, Staples and Bain & ...
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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 ...
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GMZ appointed Rocky Prior to the position of GMZ CASE vice president of sales. Prior joins GMZ with more than 25 years of technical, manufacturing, sales and business management experience gleaned from assignments at ICI Paints, Tru-Test ...
The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)® today announced that top executives from Condé Nast, Fox Networks Group, Google, McDonald’s, and The Walt Disney Co. will join the Brand Matters keynote at the 2015 International ...
Global rethinker of the paper, biomaterials, wood products and packaging industry Stora Enso has announced that its renewable packaging division will be divided into two parts, consumer board and packaging solutions. The two divisions ...
Tags: biomaterials, wood products, packaging industry, Agriculture
BowTech Archery has named two new directors to its leadership team. John Hernandez has assumed the new position of director of vertical bows and and Sheila Gallagher has joined the company as director of sales. Both began working in their ...
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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 ...