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Slam dunk: Brand Collective sees big basketball opportunity for Reebok

Inside Retail

He continued to work for Reebok as regional director of Africa and the Middle East and later regional director of Asia Pacific until 2001. The group also decided not to renew the distribution agreement for Sperry and shut down its sportswear and sneaker retail chain Pivot. Accent Group pivots focus.

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Retail appointments of the week

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Russel Creedy, group CEO, joined the business in 2001 as supply chain manager and served as GM for Pizza Hut in New Zealand. Restaurant Brands is a corporate franchisee and specialises in managing multi-site branded food retail chains. He took on the CEO role in 2007. Creedy will retire on 31 March next year. “I

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VM Pioneer Edward D. Spitaletta Dies at 91

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In 1969, Edward became an entrepreneur by founding Enterprise Marketing Associates, a manufacturer’s representative firm that specialized in representing “housewares” manufacturers to wholesalers and retail chains in the NYC metropolitan area. Edward had one more goal to meet, to become a supplier within the Housewares Industry.

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Edward D. Spitaletta Passes Away

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In 1969, Edward became an entrepreneur by founding Enterprise Marketing Associates, a manufacturer’s representative firm that specialized in representing “housewares” manufacturers to wholesalers and retail chains in the NYC metropolitan area. Edward had one more goal to meet, to become a supplier within the Housewares Industry.