Bloomberg Kontoor Brands Inc, whose Lee line is already the biggest denim brand in China, plans to bring its other big American jeans name to the world’s largest consumer market within a year. “In January 2020, we are introducing Wrangler to the Chinese market because there’s an appetite,” Chief Executive Officer Scott Baxter said in an interview on Bloomberg Television. …

Bloomberg Zara owner Inditex SA promoted Carlos Crespo to chief executive officer, naming an insider to spearhead the fast-fashion giant’s push into e-commerce. Crespo, 48, who is currently chief operating officer of the world’s largest apparel retailer, will report to Executive Chairman Pablo Isla, 55, who’s yielding the CEO position. The new chief will be responsible for technology, procurement and …

Bloomberg Foot Locker Inc fell the most in nearly two years after it reported first-quarter sales and profit that missed analysts’ estimates. The athletic-shoe retailer’s shares tumbled as much as 19 percent in New York trading, the most since August 2017. The stock is now at its lowest level in a year, erasing a series of gains over the past …

Bloomberg The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is investigating whether Boeing Co properly disclosed issues tied to the grounded 737 Max jetliner, according to people familiar with the matter, as regulators intensify their scrutiny of the company following two deadly crashes. Officials in the SEC’s enforcement division are examining whether Boeing was adequately forthcoming to shareholders about material problems …

Bloomberg Flights to and from Indonesia’s Bali island have returned to normal, allowing the resort island to continue welcoming tourists, after a volcanic eruption. Airlines resumed flights to and from the I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport on Saturday, Polana Pramesti, director general of civil aviation, said in a text message on Sunday. Several flights were cancelled after the Mount Agung …

ABU DHABI / Emirates Business HE Hussain Jasim Al Nowais, Chairman of Khalifa Fund Enterprise Development (KFED) received a delegation from the Republic of Mali headed by HE Dr Boubou Cisse, Prime Minister of Mali at the Khalifa Fund headquarters in Abu Dhabi to explore and learn more about the fund’s experiences in initiating the culture of leadership among UAE …

Bloomberg Oil limped to its worst weekly loss of the year as tensions lingered over how the trade feud between the world’s top economic super powers will hit demand. Futures in New York rebounded somewhat but still ended the week down 6.6 percent, the biggest decline since late December, after days of escalating rhetoric between China and the US. Chinese …

Bloomberg The Trump administration widened its dragnet on Chinese companies barred from selling to the US or buying components from American firms in a push to slow China’s technological advances. After crippling Huawei Technologies Co, the administration followed up by threatening to cut off US compone- nts or software to five Chinese video surveillance firms. But the plan might backfire, …

Bloomberg US antitrust officials are investigating potentially anti-competitive practices in the residential real estate brokerage business, with a focus on compensation to brokers and restrictions on their access to listings. The probe was detailed in a civil investigative demand, which is akin to a subpoena, issued by the Justice Department to CoreLogic Inc., which provides real estate data to government …

Bloomberg Amazon.com Inc is developing a voice-activated wearable device that can recognise human emotions. The wrist-worn gadget is described as a health and wellness product in internal documents reviewed by Bloomberg. It’s a collaboration between Lab126, the hardware development group behind Amazon’s Fire phone and Echo smart speaker, and the Alexa voice software team. Designed to work with a smartphone …