The Business of Fashion
Agenda-setting intelligence, analysis and advice for the global fashion community.
Agenda-setting intelligence, analysis and advice for the global fashion community.
BERLIN, Germany — Adidas AG appointed Henkel AG & Co.'s Kasper Rorsted as chief executive officer to succeed Herbert Hainer.
Rorsted, 53, will become an ordinary member of Adidas’s board on Aug. 1 and take over as CEO two months later, the Herzogenaurach, Germany-based company said in a statement Monday.
Henkel said earlier Monday that Rorsted would leave at the end of April and be replaced by Hans Van Bylen, head of the company’s beauty care business.
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