BANGKOK — Retail in Thailand is set to blossom this year, boosted by the biggest initial public offering in the country by the Central Retail Corp., the owner of more than 2,000 stores. Central Retail, which operates a consumer portfolio across Thailand, Vietnam and Italy, began trading Thursday on the Thai stock exchange, in an […]
Snap Inc. has just lost its first head of talent partnerships, a role created to help the social and camera tech company to be more of a resource for influencers and celebrities. Lauren Gallo joined Snap in the executive role less than two years ago, as first reported by WWD, leaving her position of about […]
Services will be held Saturday at the Greenwich Village Funeral Parlor for Thomas Miller, a longtime associate of Anna Sui. Miller died Saturday at Mt. Sinai Hospital in New York. The 61-year-old succumbed after a series of strokes in the past few weeks, Sui said. Born near Wisconsin and raised in California, Miller graduated from […]
PARIS — Givaudan said Thursday that it has completed its acquisition of Ungerer & Co., an American flavor, fragrance and specialty ingredients company, which had been owned and controlled by the Voorhees family. Financial terms of the deal, which was first revealed in November and funded with existing resources, were not disclosed. But Givaudan said […]
“Brand architecture” is definitely a thing — and companies such as Multimedia Plus and Retailu are here to help lay the foundation. “People build brands — we build people,” according to Retailu, an online e-learning retail leadership development firm. And for a company that inspires retailers to invest in standout talent by growing their skillsets […]