Puma will take over the distribution in Croatia and Romania from next Jan. 1, installing new management in the two new subsidiaries. of the brand in both countries. In Croatia, Tomislav Coga, a Nike veteran, will run the operation along with a sales manager, Mladen Strangjar, who already holds that position with the brand's outgoing distributor, Tradexco. The Romanian subsidiary will be run by Dan Cristan, who comes from the tobacco industry. No executive will migrate from the former distributor, Mexxem, which will remain an important client through its Puma and Stone Creek stores. Meanwhile a retailer in Moldova who has been opening Puma concept stores in other former Soviet countries is inaugurating the first multi-brand store in Bacou, the capital of Azerbajan, on 700 square meters. The retailer has individual contracts for individual stores. Two of them are in Chishinau, capital of Moldova, and a third one will follow shortly. Others have been opened or are being opened in the capitals of Georgia, Armenia and Belarus.

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