The Pacific Maritime Association (PMA), which represents over 70 multinational ocean carriers and maritime companies in contract negotiations with the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU), accused the union Monday of initiating orchestrated slowdowns at the Pacific Northwest ports of Seattle and Tacoma, severely impacting...
Jack Wolfskin, Germany's leading domestic outdoor apparel, equipment and footwear brand, has appointed Melody Harris-Jensbach as Chief Executive with immediate effect. Michael Rupp, who has been at the helm since July 2012, decided for personal reasons not to extend his contract with the company, which...
Net sales in the North American wholesale segment, which include North American wholesale sales and licensing revenues, were $68.0 million for the third quarter of 2014, up 5 percent as compared to $64.8 million in 2013. Within the wholesale segment, net sales of our...
According to a regulatory filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, Under Armour Inc. promoted Henry B. Stafford to chief merchandising officer, Matthew C. Mirchin to president, North America, and Adam Peake to EVP, global marketing....
Hicks will continue as Executive Chairman of the Board through the company’s Annual Meeting of Shareholders in May 2015 and will then step down from the Board. He will be succeeded as President and Chief Executive Officer by Richard (Dick) A. Johnson, who has...
Democratic incumbents fell right and left, even in seats that they had originally been favored to win. President Barack Obama’s poor approval rating — 42 percent in the last nationwide Galluppoll — dragged down candidates across the country in the face of a Republican wave....
Target last month became one of the first retailers to begin quietly testing a technology known as CurrentC, created by a group of retailers called the Merchant Customer Exchange....
“We are proud of these new stores as they allow us to better serve our customers,” said Off Broadway Shoe Warehouse President and CEO Mark Lardie. “The availability of additional brick and mortar locations, such as Summerlin and Corbin Park, as well as our exceptional...
Port of Long Beach Chief Executive Jon Slangerup has introduced a new proposal to free up more truck trailers or “chassis” that would see the Port provide an area in the harbor district where trucks could drop off empty shipping containers for temporary storage while...
Retail stores in California have no duty to keep defibrillators on hand in case a customer suffers heart failure, a federal appeals court said Tuesday, accepting the legal analysis of the state Supreme Court....