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(Reuters) - Danone said on Monday that Emmanuel Faber would step down as chairman and CEO, replaced immediately by Gilles Schnepp as non-executive chairman, while Veronique Penchienati-Bosetta and Shane Grant will serve as CEO and deputy CEO on an interim basis.
FILE PHOTO: A company logo is seen on a product displayed before French food group Danone s 2019 annual results presentation in Paris, France, February 26, 2020. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann
The maker of Activia yoghurt faced growing calls from some shareholders to replace Faber, 57, who became chief executive in 2014 and chairman three years later.
To try to appease critics, Faber said in early March he would relinquish his role as CEO but stay on as chairman.
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TOKYO More than a dozen stores closed in Tokyo’s high-end Ginza Six mall this week as the coronavirus pandemic kept big spending foreign tourists and other luxury shoppers away from an upscale shopping district famous for brand-name boutiques.
Ginza Six said on Wednesday that around 15 stores, including Italian fashion house Moschino, cosmetics brands Shiseido and Shu Uemura, as well as Salon des Parfums selling Annick Goutal and other fragrance brands, have shut in the past few days.
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People wearing protective face masks walk in front of Ginza Six, a luxury shopping complex, amid the coronavirus outbreak, in Tokyo, Japan on Wednesday.
More than a dozen stores closed in Tokyo’s high-end Ginza Six mall this week as the coronavirus pandemic kept big-spending foreign tourists and other luxury shoppers away from an upscale shopping district famous for brand-name boutiques.
Until the pandemic closed Japan off to most foreign visitors last year, the retail complex, which opened in 2017 with around 240 stores, was a symbol of Ginza’s revival as a popular destination for tourists especially from foreign countries.
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