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Fashion Network
07-07-2025
- Business
- Fashion Network
Wolford names Marco Pozzo deputy CEO
Wolford has strengthened its senior executive team by appointing Marco Pozzo as deputy CEO. The supervisory board of the Austrian luxury skinwear brand has also made Pozzo a member of Wolford's board of directors. Pozzo's appointment is part of an overhaul of Wolford's top management team. The Austrian brand was bought by international luxury conglomerate Lanvin Group in 2018. Régis Rimbert, who replaced Silvia Azzali as CEO in June last year, resigned after only six months in the job. Global CFO Andrea Rossi is currently the acting CEO, on an interim basis. In fiscal 2024, Wolford recorded a 30% revenue shortfall, dropping down to €88.37 million and posting losses of over €51 million. The brand is distributed in 45 countries via 163 monobrand stores and 1,100 multibrand retailers. At the end of June, Wolford announced a new share capital increase, designed to boost the company's liquidity. The operation is set to be completed by Q1 2026. FN with Dpa
Yahoo
11-04-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Police eye four suspects over Duisburg far-right school threats
After a threatening email was sent to a school in the western German city of Duisburg, police said on Friday that they have identified four potential suspects. A 15-year-old from Berlin is said to be the sender of the threatening email, which led to the cancellation of classes at the Max Planck Grammar School on Thursday. In addition, three other young people aged between 16 and 17 are being investigated, police and the public prosecutor's office ssaid. The investigators did not initially say how exactly these three were involved in the threatening email. The investigators assume that the youths from Duisburg wanted to prevent an exam from taking place at the school that day, dpa has learned. Whether the four could also have something to do a series of threatening emails attributed to right-wing extremist that already led to the cancellation of classes at 20 Duisburg schools on Monday is the subject of the ongoing investigation. Since the end of last week, four emails containing threats and right-wing extremist content were sent to Duisburg schools. As a result, in person teaching for around 18,000 pupils was cancelled on Monday. On Thursday, the Max Planck Grammar School remained closed. Dpa has learned that investigators were able to track down the 15-year-old in Berlin using data from an email provider. On Thursday evening, the Berlin State Office of Criminal Investigation searched his apartment and questioned the teenager. This provided the lead to the other teenagers in Duisburg. Their apartments were also searched and their mobile phones were confiscated. Regional Interior Minister Herbert Reul (CDU), praised the rapid progress made in the investigation. "Digital troublemakers leave traces that the police are sure to pick up," explained Reul, who is interior minister in North Rhine Westphalia state, where Duisburg is located. "The police have pulled out all the stops in no time at all and used all the technical means at their disposal to determine the backgrounds of the suspects of the Duisburg threatening e-mails," he said. "Such threatening emails are not a trivial matter," Reul added.
Yahoo
24-02-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Hamas considers suspending talks with Israel unless prisoners freed
The Palestinian extremist group Hamas is considering suspending indirect negotiations with Israel. Senior Hamas leader Mahmoud Mardawi wrote on Telegram that the group would not engage in ceasefire discussions until Israel released around 600 Palestinian prisoners who were due to be freed on Saturday. Dpa learned from Hamas circles that a final decision has yet to be made and the group is coordinating with the mediators. Hamas on Saturday handed over six hostages to Red Cross representatives in the Gaza Strip. In return for the men's release, Israel was set to free more than 600 Palestinian prisoners, including 50 serving life sentences, according to Palestinian information. However, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office then announced it was delaying the release of the prisoners. Their release was on hold "until the release of the next hostages has been assured, and without the humiliating ceremonies," Netanyahu's office said in a statement. A multi-stage ceasefire agreement that began on January 19, stipulates that during the first six-week phase, a total of 33 hostages will be gradually released in exchange for 1,904 Palestinian prisoners. The second phase of the agreement should lead to a definitive end to the war and to the release of the remaining hostages, but it is unclear whether it can actually be implemented. Hamas wants a permanent ceasefire and full Israeli withdrawal. Israel is insisting on its war aim of completely destroying Hamas. More than 60 hostages are still being held in the Gaza Strip, about half of whom are no longer believed to be alive.
