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Agilitas to design and distribute Lotto products in India, Australia and South Africa

WHP Global has announced a new long-term licence for Lotto with Agilitas Sports. Through this licence, WHP said in a release, Agilitas will have the exclusive rights to design, manufacture, promote, and distribute the Lotto brand in India, Australia, and soon in South Africa. Commenting on the development, Stanley Silverstein, chief commercial...

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Nordstrom establishes special committee amid founding family's privatization proposal

Nordstrom Inc.'s (JWN) founding family has notified the board of its interest in taking the company private. The company formed a special committee to evaluate any proposal from the company's Chief Executive Officer Erik Nordstrom and the company's president Pete Nordstrom, and any proposals from other parties and consider whether they are in...

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L’Oréal records strong Q1 results

First quarter sales of 11.24 billion euros, increased 9.4 percent like-for-like and 8.3 percent reported at L’Oréal. The company’s adjusted like-for-like growth was 8.1 percent. Commenting on the figures, Nicolas Hieronimus, CEO of L'Oréal, said in a statement: “2024 is off to a very good start with like-for-like growth of 9.4 percent,...

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Brixton appoints ex-Levi’s executive Seth Ellison as CEO

Brixton has announced the appointment of Seth Ellison, a Southern California native and 40 year veteran of the lifestyle apparel and action sports sectors, to the role of chief executive officer effective April 22, 2024. Commenting on the new appointment, Altamont Capital Partners co-founder, Keoni Schwartz, said: "We ran a very comprehensive...

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Reitmans posts Q4 revenues increase of 3.8 percent

Apparel retailer Reitmans Canada (RCL) increased fourth quarter revenues by 8.1 million Canadian dollars or 3.8 percent to 221 million Canadian dollars, while comparable sales including e-commerce net sales, decreased 1.6 percent. Net revenues for fiscal 2024 decreased by 8.6 million Canadian dollars or 1.1 percent to 794.7 million Canadian...

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Kinnevik proposes cash distribution of 6.4 billion Swedish krona

During the first quarter, Kinnevik announced the divestment of its full shareholding in Tele2 to Iliad/NJJ for a total consideration of 13 billion Swedish krona. Following this transaction, the company’s board intends to propose an extraordinary cash distribution of 23 Swedish krona per share or 6.4 billion Swedish krona in total. “With Kinnevik...

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OVS sales and profit improve, outlook positive

OVS ended the year with net sales of 1,536 million euros, up 1.5 percent despite exceptionally unfavourable weather that penalised the apparel market in the initial periods of both seasons. The company’s sales in the first months of 2024 are up by around 5 percent. OVS said in a release that the positive full year result was also due to the best...

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Julia Goddard to join as CEO of Harvey Nichols

Julia Goddard, EMEA president of Alexander McQueen will be joining Harvey Nichols in June as its new chief executive officer (CEO). Commenting on the new appointment, Sir Dickson Poon and Pearson Poon, chairman and vice chairman of Harvey Nichols said: “Julia is a dynamic business leader with a strong track record of delivering quality growth...

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Megan Kulick joins Birkenstock as director of investor relations

Birkenstock has announced the appointment of Megan Kulick as director investor relations, effective April 15, 2024. Based in New York, Kulick will report to the board of directors of the company. Commenting on Kulick’s appointment, Oliver Reichert, CEO of the Birkenstock Group and member of the board said: "It was extremely important for us to...

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NewStore names Mike DeSimone as CEO

NewStore, a mobile-first unified commerce platform for global retail brands, has appointed Mike DeSimone as CEO. The company said in a release that NewStore founder Stephan Schambach will remain chairman of the board, while DeSimone will leverage his extensive experience scaling commerce technology businesses to accelerate the company's growth....

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Adidas raises outlook on better than expected Q1 results

Adidas reported preliminary currency-neutral revenues increased 8 percent in the first quarter. In euro terms, the company’s revenues grew 4 percent to 5.458 billion euros. The company’s gross margin improved 6.4 percentage points to 51.2 percent and operating profit increased to 336 million euros. As a result of the better-than-expected...

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LVMH posts Q1 organic revenue growth of 3 percent

LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton recorded revenue of 20.7 billion euros in the first quarter, down 2 percent reported, while organic revenue growth was 3 percent. LVMH said in a statement that the company had a good start to the year despite a geopolitical and economic environment that remains uncertain. While Europe and the United States...