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Asics increases quarterly sales in EMEA by almost 27 percent and raises annual forecasts

The Japanese sportswear brand Asics significantly increased its EMEA sales in the second quarter of the current financial year. Revenue in Europe, the Middle East and Africa exceeded the level of the same period last year by 26.6 percent, the company announced on Wednesday. The brand achieved growth across all regions, product categories and...

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Yasuhito Hirota joins Asics as President and COO

Asics Corporation has named Yasuhito Hirota as President and COO, who will take up the new role on March 29, 2018. Commenting on Hirota’s appointment, Motoi Oyama, Asics CEO, who became President of Asics in 2008, and was appointed Chairman of the board in March 2017, said in a statement: “Approaching my eleventh year in the role, the decision...