MANAGEMENT CHANGES:
McDonald’s Corp. (Oak Brook, Ill.) announced that Abbott Laboratories chairman and ceo Miles White has been elected to its board of directors.
SB Architects has promoted the following at its San Francisco headquarters: David Louie, to vice president; Jessica Sager, to senior associate; and Mike Kehl and Erica Gilmore, to associates. At SB’s Miami office, John Orgren, Elias Kawass and Giovanni Medina Marenco have been named associates.
Poulin + Morris Inc. (New York), a design consultancy, has promoted AJ Mapes to associate and Laura Gralnick to senior designer.
STORE OPENINGS:
7 For All Mankind (Los Angeles), a retailer of premium denim, has opened a store at 73 Fifth Ave., New York.
American Collegiate Intramural Sports (New York), a college marketing consortium, is teaming with sportswear manufacturer Original Penguin by Munsingwear (Minneapolis) to open Original Penguin Pop-Up Stores during April and May at 20 U.S. college campuses.
BUSINESS BRIEFS:
Nora Lighting (Commerce, Calif.) recently hosted its first sales meeting for lighting showroom sales representatives from across the U.S.
OSRAM Opto Semiconductors (Sunnyvale, Calif.) has signed a distribution agreement with Mouser Electronics Inc. (Mansfield, Texas).
LG Floors (Englewood Cliffs, N.J.) announced that Architectural Clay Products Inc. (Pittsburgh) and Downs & Associates Inc. (Denver) are now distributing its resilient floor coverings for the commercial sector.
Amorim Flooring N.A. (Hanover, Md.) has named All Tile Inc. (Elk Grove Village, Ill.) as its Midwest distributor.
Fluid Music Canada’s Trusonic Inc. (La Jolla, Calif.) announced it will deploy its in-store music and messaging solution to the 950 U.S. stores operated by PETCO (San Diego), a pet specialty retailer.
Enfis Lighting (Swansea, U.K.) has opened its new North American headquarters in Bedminster, N.J.
MultiDyne Video & Fiber Optic Systems (Locust Valley, N.Y.) has entered a distribution partnership with Gencom Technology Ltd. (Auckland, New Zealand).