Dicks Sporting Goods Opens New Store in Washington … And More Industry News

MANAGEMENT CHANGES

Lighting manufacturer Schréder Lighting U.S. (Elk Grove Village, Ill.) appointed Louis Cairo to sales engineer. In his new role, he will support the company’s sales team with photometric applications and architectural renderings, as well as pole and bracket engineering.

Video and fiberoptic systems provider MultiDyne (Locust Valley, N.Y.) named Joe Commare vp of sales. He will be responsible for expanding international sales and exploring domestic opportunities for sports and mobile/outside broadcast applications.

Anthem Worldwide, a strategic design division of Schawk (Des Plaines, Ill.), a provider of brand point management services, hired Kris Hull as vp of brand strategy for the brand’s Cincinnati office. Bruce Levinson was also hired to serve as vp of brand strategy for Anthem’s New York office. Hull and Levinson will lead the development of market research, strategic analyses and critical consumer insights.

Debby Watson joined retail solutions provider idX (St. Louis) as vp of business development for its sales team. Watson will direct clients’ needs for fixture manufacturing, logistics, project management, general contracting, installation and development.

STORE OPENINGS

Dick’s Sporting Goods (Findlay Township, Pa.) opened a store at The Landing, a residential and outdoor shopping center in Renton, Wash. The store marks the speciality retailer's second location in Washington and its 447th nationwide.

BUSINESS BRIEFS

Global design firm Fitch (Columbus, Ohio) has acquired more than six new accounts in the last few months, including Target, Buffalo Wild Wings, Sports Authority, H&M and Fixtures Living. It has also increased its business with Dell and Microsoft.