Corporate:
+++ The shares of On Holding, parent company of On Running, will start trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the ONON symbol on Wednesday, Sept. 13
+++ JD Sports Fashion is one of several potential investors in Missguided, an international online retailer of women’s clothing and footwear, based in the U.K. and created by Nitin Passi in 2009, according to Sky News
+++ Signa is reportedly looking to sell the premises of ten Galeria department stores in Germany
Management:
+++ Bert Hoyt, a former tennis professional and Puma executive who retired in January as vice president and general manager of Nike EMEA after 23 years with the Swoosh, has become a non-executive director of JD Sports Fashion
Retail:
+++ After its first implementation in Singapore, Decathlon is rolling out StockBot, a RFID-based inventory tracking and data collection solution developed by PAL Robotics, in many of its stores in many countries
Distribution:
+++ Candide, the French brand of skiwear and other technical apparel and accessories recently launched by Candide Thovex, has signed up Global Sales Guys as its agent for North America
Statistics:
+++ Sports Marketing Surveys (SMS), which launched an Asia/Pacific branch in March under the management of Eric Lynge, is launching the first pan-Asian golf research study, assessing the playing habits of Asian golfers
Marketing:
+++ On Running is sponsoring Alexandra Burghardt, the fastest female sprinter from Germany
