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☆ Esports World Cup in Saudi Arabia, worth more than $60M, hopes to send ‘positive message’ to struggling industry
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-16 | by ( Ben Church | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Boasting the largest prize pool in esports history, this year’s inaugural 2024 Esports World Cup (EWC) could prove to be a pivotal moment for the industry. Clubs will be able to choose which games they participate in before the best performing team across the various championships will be crowned the ultimate Esports World Cup champion for the very first time. Ralf Reichert, CEO of the Esports World Cup Foundation, hopes this new competition in Saudi Arabia can be a game changer. “Setting the record for largest esports prize pool is a remarkable achievement, but what I’m most proud of is the positive message this sends to the wider esports and gaming community,” Reichert said in a statement. In 2023, Saudi launched ‘The National Gaming and Esports Strategy’ (NGES) which hopes to make the country the center of the competitive gaming world by 2030.

Persons: Ralf Reichert, ” Reichert, Saudi Arabia –, “, Prince Mohammed bin Salman, ” Organizations: CNN, Apex, EA Sports FC, of, League, Riot, New York Times, Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, Saudi, National Gaming, Saudi’s, New Global Sport Locations: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Saudi

Birkenstock on Thursday beat holiday quarter revenue expectations, reporting a 26% year-on-year jump, as the German sandal company benefited from higher pricing and rising U.S. demand. Adjusted earnings before interest, taxation, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) rose 12% year-on-year to 81 million euros, with an adjusted EBITDA margin of 26.9%, down from 29.1% a year earlier. "However, in the medium-term, we are confident we will continue to deliver our objectives of a gross profit margin over 60% and an adjusted EBITDA margin in the low thirties percent." Within a few years, its sales nearly doubled and its market cap is now around $9.7 billion, double its 2021 valuation of $4.85 billion. Since going public, Birkenstock has used some of its proceeds to pay down debt.

Persons: Oliver Reichert, Reichert, Armour, Birkenstock, Johann Adam Birkenstock Organizations: LSEG, New York Stock Exchange, Nike, Catterton Locations: North America, Birkenstock

☆ Birkenstock shares slump as shoe company warns on profit outlook during first earnings since IPO
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-18 | by ( Laya Neelakandan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

A Birkenstock banner hangs outside the New York Stock Exchange in New York on Oct. 11, 2023, as Birkenstock launches an initial public offering. Birkenstock shares slumped 7% Thursday after the company warned about its 2024 outlook during its first earnings report since its initial public offering. In its earnings report, Birkenstock said it aims to substantially grow and invest nearly 150 million euros in retail store expansion and production capacity in 2024. Reichert said he plans to tap into "significant" geographic and production expansion while the company remains "undeterred" by the broader macroeconomic landscape. The debut came nearly 250 years after the company was founded by German cobbler Johann Adam Birkenstock.

Persons: Birkenstock, Oliver Reichert, Reichert, Johann Adam Birkenstock Organizations: New York Stock Exchange, Company, CNBC PRO Locations: New York

☆ Photos: Israel-Hamas War, Sam Bankman-Fried's Trial, Fall Foliage and More
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-14 | by ( ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Birkenstock CEO Oliver Reichert (center) waves Wednesday as he rings the opening of the New York Stock Exchange, as Birkenstock launched its IPO. Birkenstock CEO Oliver Reichert waves Wednesday as he rings the opening of the New York Stock Exchange, as Birkenstock launched its IPO. Angela Weiss/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images

Persons: Oliver Reichert, Birkenstock, Angela Weiss Organizations: New York Stock Exchange, Agence France

☆ Birkenstock CEO Oliver Reichert on stock market debut
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailBirkenstock CEO Oliver Reichert on stock market debutBirkenstock CEO Oliver Reichert joins 'Squawk on the Street' to discuss why now is the right time to go public, how Reichert has kept the brand relevant, and more.

Persons: Oliver Reichert, Reichert

☆ Watch CNBC's full interview with Birkenstock CEO Oliver Reichert
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailWatch CNBC's full interview with Birkenstock CEO Oliver ReichertBirkenstock CEO Oliver Reichert joins 'Squawk on the Street' to discuss why now is the right time to go public, how Reichert has kept the brand relevant, and more.

Persons: Oliver Reichert, Reichert

☆ Birkenstock slides more than 12% in stock market debut after opening at $41 per share
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( Gabrielle Fonrouge | In Gabrielle-Fonrouge | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

A Birkenstock banner hangs outside the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York on October 11, 2023, as Birkenstock launches an Initial Public Offering (IPO). Shares of Birkenstock slid more than 12% in their debut on the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday. The German shoe brand's stock closed at $40.20 per share, down from its opening trade of $41 per share, giving it a market value of $7.55 billion. The stock's opening price came in lower than its initial price of $46 set Tuesday, which was just shy of the midpoint of its expected range of $44 to $49 per share. The company's market debut comes nearly 250 years after it was founded by German cobbler Johann Adam Birkenstock.

Persons: Birkenstock, Johann Adam Birkenstock, Oliver Reichert, Reichert Organizations: New York Stock Exchange, Catterton Locations: New York

In 2013, Birkenstock Group was formed out of a loose association of family companies, creating a corporation with three divisions. Oliver Reichert became CEO, meaning that, for the first time, the company was no longer run by a Birkenstock family member. Ellen Emmerentze Jervell for The Wall Street Journal

Persons: Oliver Reichert, Ellen Emmerentze Jervell Organizations: Birkenstock, Wall Street

☆ Birkenstock IPO gets predictable shoeing
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

A sign is illuminated at the entrance to a Birkenstock shoe store in London, Britain, October 11, 2023. REUTERS/Toby Melville Acquire Licensing RightsNEW YORK, Oct 11 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Birkenstock’s (BIRK.N) IPO is a flop. The Birkenstock enterprise was gunning for a multiple of 19 times EBITDA, well above that of Europe's luxury conglomerates. And if the first-day stock woes stick, a suitor might soon walk all over Birkenstock. They do not reflect the views of Reuters News, which, under the Trust Principles, is committed to integrity, independence, and freedom from bias.

Persons: Toby Melville, L, gunning, Oliver Reichert don’t, Bernard Arnault, Pamela Barbaglia, Jeffrey Goldfarb, Sharon Lam Organizations: REUTERS, Reuters, Tech, Compagnie Financiere, X, Qantas, Thomson Locations: London, Britain, United States, Europe, New York, Brussels

☆ Birkenstock, German Maker of Iconic Sandals, Files for I.P.O. in New York
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-13 | by ( Melissa Eddy | More About Melissa Eddy | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

In recent years, the brand has introduced its sandals made with non-animal materials and a dizzying array of styles and colors. But the shoes’ appeal reaches across generations, making them as popular with millennials as they are with the boomer generation. Potential Risks: The trick of taking tradition publicBirkenstock’s statement said the company would face a number of risks in going public. Among them are the dangers posed by counterfeit products, it said, along with the “intense competition” from established companies and newcomers in the shoe market. “The transition from a historically family-owned German company to a publicly held company listed on a U.S. stock exchange may negatively impact our reputation,” the statement said.

Persons: Oliver Reichert, “, Mr, Reichert, “ Barbie, ”, Barbie, Christian Dior, Manolo Blahnik, Stüssy, Valentino Garavani Organizations: U.S, Birkenstocks Locations: Germany, New York, Milan, €, U.S

☆ After Birkenstock's 'Barbie' bump, iconic footwear brand seeks a big part in IPO market
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-13 | by ( Natalie Rose Goldberg | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +10 min

Footwear companies have found recent success going public market, but not all by any means over the longer-term. In more recent history, the brand has collaborated with Rick Owens, Dior, and Manolo Blahnik, among many other big names in fashion. The current IPO market landscape The IPO market has been all but frozen since the pandemic stock offering boom crashed, and successful IPOs have included iconic brands, such as the Johnson & Johnson spinoff of its consumer health business which includes Tylenol and band-Aids in the Kenvue IPO. Still, while Kenvue was the biggest deal of the year, it's barely holding onto its IPO price today, according to CNBC and Renaissance Capital data, and the IPO market overall hasn't performed great after listing. The two potential paths of a footwear IPO can be tracked by the histories of Crocs and Allbirds.

Persons: Nordstrom, Jeff Greenberg, what's, Johann Adam Birkenstock, Birkenstock, Angelo Bochanis, Oliver Reichert, outsized, Reichert, Konrad Birkenstock, Johann, Karl, Konrad, Margo Fraser, Kim Knott, Kate Moss, Corinne Day, Rick Owens, Dior, Manolo Blahnik, Jeremy Moeller, Barbie, Margot Robbie, Johnson, Kenvue, it's, hasn't, Mark Cohen, Cohen, Jamie Dimon, Dimon, Bochanis, " Cohen Organizations: Universal, Getty, New York Stock Exchange, Nasdaq, Holding, Renaissance, Consumers, British Elle, Brand, CNBC, Columbia Business School, Facebook, Wall, JPMorgan, Company Locations: Merrick, , Miami, Germany, America, California, British, Arizona, It's, U.S

Poland's government, which faces October elections, is even suing Brussels over climate policies. Britain has already quickly gone from being a leader on the world stage to looking quite weak on green policies, he said. CITIZENS, BUSINESSESEurope's green policies are still more credible than U.S. ones, given see-sawing between electoral cycles in the United States, some analysts said. Rows over green policies have propelled right-wing populist parties to second place in both Dutch and German polls. "Otherwise citizens might start to feel that climate policy is always financially overwhelming and bad, and that sentiment is then exploited by populists."

Persons: Timm Reichert, Virginijus Sinkevicius, Sinkevicius, Anna Moskwa, Nathalie Tocci, Mats Engström, GREEN, Bob Ward, Ward, Rishi Sunak, Rob Jetten, Nina Scheer, Simone Tagliapietra, Tagliapietra, Kate Abnett, Sarah Marsh, Gloria Dickie, Anthony Deutsch, Angelo Amante, Pawel, Susanna Twidale, William James, Alexnder Smith Organizations: REUTERS, European Union, Reuters, European People's Party, European Council, Foreign, United States, Grantham Research, London School of Economics, Political, Climate, Energy, Democrats, Thomson Locations: Gruenberg, Germany, EU, BERLIN, BRUSSELS, Netherlands, Brussels, Europe, United States, Grantham, India, China, Britain, Berlin, London, Amsterdam, Rome, Warsaw

☆ SpaceX to launch the first test payload for a bold new drug development company
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-12 | by ( Jackie Wattles | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +17 min

Its research, company officials hope, could lead to better, more effective drugs — and hefty profits. Varda Space industriesHow it worksVarda’s vision is straightforward: The company’s capsule will launch with an experiment already on board. Varda Space IndustriesDrugs in spaceMuch of the legwork for Varda’s drug experimentation can be done on the ground. The exorbitant price tag of drug research is often passed on to consumers in the form of eye-popping prices, which frequently draws critical headlines. “You’ll see like this entire ecosystem coming up to create this fertile ground for commercialization of space,” Bruey said.

Persons: El, Varda, “ It’s, ”, Will Bruey, ” Varda, what’s, Merck, Keytruda, Varda’s, Covid, that’s, Gabe Ramirez, ” Bruey, Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, “ I’ve, ” Asparouhov, Asparouhov, “, who’s, You’re, Nicholas Cialdella, Bruey, Jon Barr, Mark Herbert, there’s, Eric Lasker, ” Lasker, Varda isn’t, It’s, Paul Reichert, Merck hasn’t, Reichert, Herbert Organizations: El Segundo , California CNN, Citigroup, Varda Space Industries, SpaceX, Vandenberg Space Force, Big pharma, Merck, Bristol Myers Squibb, ISS, Laboratory, Space Station, Rocket, CNN, NASA, Company, Founders Fund, PayPal, Pharmaceuticals, Fortune, Space Industries, US Air Force, Utah Test, pharma, “, Congressional, International Locations: El Segundo , California, California, Los Angeles, Delian, Salt Lake City, ”

☆ My editor's note to the newsroom on AI: Let's think of it like a 'bicycle of the mind'
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-13 | by ( Nicholas Carlson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

Ask AI to make suggested edits to your writing to make it more readable and concise. Ask AI to make suggested edits to your writing to make it more readable and concise. Ask AI to summarize old news stories and suggest lessons that can be learned from them. For me, the really exciting thing about using generative AI is that I keep figuring out new ways to use it. Editors: It is already impossible for you to know if work produced by your colleagues was created using AI.

☆ Analysis: Wage catch-up to prolong Europe's inflation battle
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-10 | by ( Balazs Koranyi | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

"Part of the wage increase is understandable," said Jens Ulbrich, chief economist at Germany's Bundesbank. Yet the rapid wage growth underway now will hamper the European Central Bank's efforts to get inflation back to its 2% target, and possibly force it to keep interest rates high for longer. "We are taking a first step, but much more is needed to reverse the years of lopsided wage growth," Kager added. "The inflation trend, food and especially energy prices are tearing deep holes in our workers' budgets," ver.di Chairman Frank Werneke said. "The high levels of wage growth projected for 2023 and 2024 can be expected to make wages an increasingly dominant driver of underlying inflation in the euro area," Lane says.

Among methods that produce what is known as green hydrogen are electrolysis to split water into hydrogen and oxygen using power from renewables. The technology for shipping hydrogen is still in early stages of development, said Chevron's vice president of hydrogen Austin Knight. About 30-35% of the total energy system will need hydrogen to decarbonize, he said. NextEra is working with the U.S. Treasury on rules that govern what can be considered green hydrogen, he said. The process is complicated by the variability of renewable power supply from wind and solar, he said.

[1/2] A trader works at the Frankfurt stock exchange in Frankfurt, Germany, February 22, 2022. REUTERS/Timm Reichert/File PhotoBERLIN/LONDON, Jan 27 (Reuters) - German web hosting firm IONOS is targeting a market capitalisation of up to 3.15 billion euros ($3.42 billion) in Europe's first major initial public offering (IPO) since sports car maker Porsche last September. Subject to regulatory approval of the IPO prospectus, the offer is expected to run from Jan. 30 to Feb. 7. IPO investors are typically offered a discount to a peer group in compensation for the risk of buying a new stock. Montabaur-based IONOS offers web hosting services and cloud applications to consumers and SMEs in countries including the United States, Germany, Britain, France, Spain and Poland.

☆ Race against the clock for Germany's top Nazi hunter
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-26 | by ( Tilman Blasshofer | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

[1/5] Nazi hunter Thomas Will, head of Germany's main agency responsible for the investigation of war crimes during Nazi rule looks into files at the Central Office of State Judicial Authorities for the Investigation of National Socialist Crimes in Ludwigsburg, Germany, January 25, 2023. REUTERS/Timm ReichertLUDWIGSBURG, Germany, Jan 26 (Reuters) - Germany's top Nazi hunter, Thomas Will, is hopeful of securing further convictions over the Holocaust even as the remaining suspects, many now in their late 90s, die. So as long as perpetrators are still alive, we will pursue the cases," he said from his office outside Stuttgart in southwestern Germany. Will heads Germany's Central Office of State Judicial Authorities for the Investigation of National Socialist Crimes. The conviction last month of a 97-year-old woman who worked as a concentration camp secretary "was certainly one of the last", Will said.

☆ Final farewell: From Sidney Poitier to Pope Emeritus Benedict a look back at the influential figures who died in 2022
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-01 | by ( Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +55 min

Other world leaders who died in 2022 include former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, who died in August. The final days of 2022 saw the loss of some exceptionally notable figures, including Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI. Here is a roll call of some influential figures who died in 2022 (cause of death cited for younger people, if available):___JANUARY___Dan Reeves, 77. A Cuban-born artist whose radiant color palette and geometric paintings were overlooked for decades before the art world took notice. A prolific character actor best known for playing villains and tough guys in “The Manchurian Candidate,” “Ocean’s Eleven” and other films.

☆ CEO of Michigan election software firm seeks dismissal of charges
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-27 | by ( Nathan Layne | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Oct 27 (Reuters) - The head of a Michigan election software company facing felony charges in California for allegedly storing poll worker data in China filed a motion on Thursday to dismiss the case, arguing the alleged conduct, even if true, is not criminal. "This is a civil breach of contract case that has been dressed up in a costume that doesn't fit." Phillips and Catherine Engelbrecht, founder of the organization, have made a series of incendiary claims about Konnech and Yu. Konnech has said the allegations are false and last month it sued Phillips, Engelbrecht and the organization for defamation. Lawyers for Phillips and Engelbrecht did not respond to a request for comment.

☆ In a Slowing Housing Market, Sellers Ask: Why List a Home When You Can Collect Rent?
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( Nicole Friedman | Will Parker | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

After Mark and Melissa Reichert moved from California to Dallas, the couple put their home in the Los Angeles suburbs up for sale this summer. Yet even after they cut the asking price by $10,000, there was hardly any interest. Instead, they decided to rent out the house. Their monthly payout now covers their ownership costs. If the housing market remains sluggish, they would likely keep the home as a rental once the current two-year lease expires, Mr. Reichert said.

☆ (foto) Lungmetrajul „Parasite” a fost desemnat cel mai bun film de către Asociația Criticilor de Film din Los Angeles
▼ + stars: | 2019-12-09 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +2 min

(foto) Lungmetrajul „Parasite” a fost desemnat cel mai bun film de către Asociația Criticilor de Film din Los AngelesAsociaţia Criticilor de Film din Los Angeles şi-a anunţat, duminică, premiile de final de an, principalele distincţii fiind acordate lungmetrajului „Parasite”, regizat de Bong Joon Ho, informează luni DPA. „Parasite”, o comedie neagră despre lăcomie şi discriminare de clasă, a fost recompensat cu premiile pentru cea mai bună imagine şi cel mai bun regizor. Americanul Noah Baumbach a obţinut premiul „cel mai bun scenariu” pentru „Marriage Story”, iar „I Lost My Body” al Netflix s-a impus la categoria „cel mai bun film de animaţie”. „American Factory”, realizat de Steven Bognar şi Julia Reichert, a fost desemnat câştigător la categoria „cel mai bun film documentar”. Distincţia pentru film experimental Douglas Edwards a fost acordat producţiei semnate de Ja’Tovia Gary, „The Giverny Document”, iar Elaine May a fost recompensată cu premiul pentru întreaga carieră.

Persons: Bong, Ki, Parks, Song Kang Ho, Antonio Banderas, Pedro, îşi, Mary Kay Place, Diane, Kent Jones, AGERPRES, Jennifer Lopez, Americanul Noah Baumbach, Netflix, Steven Bognar, Julia Reichert, Barack, Michelle Obama, Douglas Edwards, Gary, Elaine May Organizations: Film, General Motors Locations: Los Angeles

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