Stephan Jaklitsch Architects Honored for Marc Jacobs Store Design … and More Industry News

MANAGEMENT CHANGES

The Gap (San Francisco) announced that vp and creative director Dennis Leggett has departed after 14 years with the brand. His replacement has not been named.

Wac Lighting (Garden City, N.Y.) has appointed Thomas Wang to international sales manager. Wang, who is the brother of president Shelley Wang and son of co-founders Tony and Tai Wang, will be based in the company’s Shanghai office.

Anthem Worldwide, a Schawk Strategic Design Company, has named Michaelle Keyes to the newly created role of vp, client service for its Cincinnati office. Prior to joining Anthem, Keyes was most recently at Interbrand where her focus was on the creation and management of brand value for the agency’s national and global clients.

Sunoptics, a Sacramento, Calif.-based supplier of prismatic daylighting systems, has hired Myles Sosnoff as the company's central region business development manager. Prior to joining Sunoptics, Sosnoff owned and managed his own company, Green Facility Solutions, in St. Louis.

STORE OPENING

Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.) opened a store at Polaris Fashion Place in Columbus, Ohio.

BUSINESS BRIEFS

Marlite (Dover, Ohio) has partnered with two new companies: Arthema Group, an Italian designer, manufacturer and marketer of store fixturing products, including modular systems, display mannequins and busts; and ShopSYSTEMS, a German developer of patented fixturing systems, including horizontal and vertical rails, single point carrying systems and a large variety of accessories.

TracyLocke, an Omnicom Group Inc. (Dallas) agency focusing on branding and marketing strategies, is partnering with rVue Inc., a subsidiary of rVue Holdings Inc. (advertising technology company, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.), to create customized digital out-of-home demand-side solution campaigns.

AWARDS

Stephan Jaklitsch Architects (New York) has received an award of excellence from the American Institute of Architects New York State for the design of the Marc Jacobs Flagship in Tokyo.