Dive Brief: Marking its first department store partnership, Tracee Ellis Ross’ haircare line, Pattern Beauty, is teaming up with Macy’s to be sold on the retailer’s website, mobile app and select stores across the country. Priced between $9 and $25,...
Sony has promoted its chief financial officer Hiroki Totoki to president and chief operating officer, in a move seen as lining him up to be the future head of the entertainment and consumer electronics group.News of Totoki’s promotion came as...
In October, Peloton’s new chief executive, Barry McCarthy, said the pandemic’s stage winner had six months to rediscover its balance. A nascent recovery has come ahead of schedule. On Wednesday, the stationary bike maker said that in the fourth quarter...
Dive Brief: Better-for-you cereal maker Magic Spoon is broadening its retail launch to be available in more than 6,800 stores nationwide. The cult favorite cereal brand started in 2019 as a direct-to-consumer offering. Magic Spoon first became available at retail...
Dive Brief: In another celebrity partnership, Walmart on Monday announced that it is distributing 4U by Tia, a hair care line founded by actress and entrepreneur Tia Mowry. Synthetic biotech company Amyris helped launch 4U by Tia and, the brand...
Before last week, few people outside of McDonald’s corporate headquarters near Chicago would have been familiar with the name David Fairhurst.But a court decision involving the former “global chief people officer” at the fast-food group, who was fired following allegations...
Dive Brief: Alongside other retailers launching mobile apps, Pottery Barn Kids and Pottery Barn Teen have introduced shopping apps for iOS, the retailers announced Wednesday. With the apps, shoppers can create registries, browse products across age groups, view and purchase items...
With global expansion in mind, Skims — the Kim Kardashian co-founded apparel brand — has appointed Robert Norton as its chief commercial officer. “I have been a fan of Robert’s for several years and believe him to be a rare, creatively minded executive...
No smokes without a mire. The grim impact of cigarettes on users’ health is forcing the likes of British American Tobacco to prepare for a future without them. On Tuesday, the maker of Lucky Strikes appointed Luciano Comin as its...
In the opulent back rooms of casinos in the Chinese territory of Macau, Asia’s gambling kingpin Alvin Chau ran a business that rivalled the largest US casino companies and an online betting operation twice the size of China’s national lottery.With...
