Dutch electronics giant Royal Philips Electronics NV said on Thursday that company veteran Frans van Houten will be its next president and CEO, subject to shareholder approval.
Van Houten, who was a m…

Tesco has hired former Fitch European creative director Simon Threadkell as director of design and format across the group.
The appointment is a sign of Tesco’s commitment to store design &ndash…

British upmarket department store John Lewis has appointed Dino Rocos as operations director. Rocos will be responsible for the distribution and merchandising functions.
Rocos will move to the board-l…

John Fleming, chief merchandising officer at Wal-Mart Stores and architect of the company’s recent re-merchandising strategy, has resigned, the retailer said on Friday.
According to Wal-Mart, Ja…

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. put a new executive in charge of its slumping US stores division on Tuesday following four straight quarters of sluggish sales growth.
Bill Simon, who has been serving as COO for …

adidas has recruited designer Dirk Schönberger as creative director of its Sport Style division, with immediate effect.
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Motorola Inc. said it named John R Bucher corporate vice president of strategy for Motorola’s Mobile Devices and Home business on 14 June.
Bucher will help grow Motorola’s smartphone marke…

Lavazza – Italy’s number 1 coffee brand and a major player in Indian coffee market – has announced the appointment of R Shivashankar as director, South Asia, and Sanjay Coutinho as C…

UK retail giant Tesco has announced that Terry Leahy will retire after 14 years as CEO of the company in March 2011, and international director Philip Clarke will take over.
Clarke has worked at Tesco…