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Wolfgang Illers, the long-time chief financial officer of the Wortmann...
Wolfgang Illers, the long-time chief financial officer of the Wortmann Group, has announced his retirement from the firm after 26 years. Tobias Seng, who has functioned as co-CFO of the big shoe producer since April, now assumes full responsibility for the position. The Wortmann Group, based in Detmold, Germany, is ...
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Peter Prange, chief executive of the Klauser/Salamander group, left the...
Peter Prange, chief executive of the Klauser/Salamander group, left the company as planned on June 1, but will support it in an advisory capacity. Uwe Gradias and Heinrich Traude who joined the executive board of the company on May 1, following the acquisition of Salamander Germany and Schuhaus Klauser by ...
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Supra has hired Kara Duffy as the brand's new senior...
Supra has hired Kara Duffy as the brand's new senior global director of product, with immediate effect. She will report directly to Cape Capener, the brand's president. Most recently, Duffy was global director of footwear operations at DC Shoes, part of Quiksilver. In her new role at Supra, she will ...
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Méduse, the French brand of plastic shoes, boots and handbags,...
Méduse, the French brand of plastic shoes, boots and handbags, has launched an English version of its medusa.co website to take online orders from 21 countries, four French overseas territories and Hong Kong
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Clarks has appointed a new chief financial officer, Paul Kenyon,...
Clarks has appointed a new chief financial officer, Paul Kenyon, who will start in August. He held senior financial roles at several companies including Nomad Foods and Iglo Goods. He previously worked in finance for other companies such as Allied Domecq, Mars, Courtaulds and AstraZeneca. Kenyon will take the place ...
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Angel Martinez, who retired as chief executive of Deckers Brands...
Angel Martinez, who retired as chief executive of Deckers Brands a year ago, after 11 years in the post, had decided to run for mayor of his home town, Santa Barbara, California. The election will be held next November. Martinez, who left Cuba in 1958 to emigrate to the U.S., ...
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Thomas Stein, the well-known German shoe agent, has agreed to...
Thomas Stein, the well-known German shoe agent, has agreed to represent the European Aerosoles collection of MoveOn in the German-speaking countries. He currently represents also Maypol.
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Jimmy Choo has taken over partial ownership of its store...
Jimmy Choo has taken over partial ownership of its store franchises in South Korea and the Middle East. According to a report in FashionNetwork, these important operations will be run by joint ventures with local partners, the Hyundai group in Korea and Al Tayer in Dubai, starting in July. Jimmy ...
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Bernd Hillen, a veteran of the German shoe industry, is...
Bernd Hillen, a veteran of the German shoe industry, is now taking care of the distribution of Blundstone in Germany and Austria as general manager of a new company, Central Trade Germany. Hillen worked for many years in top positions at Birkenstock and in the Bauerfeind group.
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BBI Distributions has become the exclusive agent for Steve Madden...
BBI Distributions has become the exclusive agent for Steve Madden in France
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Kyle Houseman will be the new president of Native Shoes,...
Kyle Houseman will be the new president of Native Shoes, the Canadian casual footwear company based in Vancouver. He worked previously on the international executive team of Lululemon, the big Vancouver-based chain of yoga and sports apparel stores, where he ran most recently its expansion into Australia. Houseman is taking ...
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The new owners of the Hamm Reno Group (HR Group)...
The new owners of the Hamm Reno Group (HR Group) have appointed a new chief executive for the German shoe distribution and retail company. Wolfram Hail, who spent the last five years as a member of the executive board of Deichmann and as its chief product officer, became the CEO ...
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Yue Yuen Industrial Holdings has dismissed Chen Kuo-Lung, the chief...
Yue Yuen Industrial Holdings has dismissed Chen Kuo-Lung, the chief financial officer of its 62.41 percent owned distribution and retail subsidiary, Pou Sheng International, and its chief executive, Kwan Heh-Der, has resigned. The reason given by Yue Yuen is the discovery of “certain incorrect sales data,” but the discrepancies with ...
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Sabrina Bonesi has joined Burberry in the newly created role...
Sabrina Bonesi has joined Burberry in the newly created role of design director for leathergoods and footwear. She will be reporting directly to Christopher Bailey, who is relinquishing the post of chief executive to concentrate on his role as chief creative officer. Bonesi comes from Christian Dior. She previously worked ...
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Shoe Zone promotes Jonathan Fearn, who has been the U.K....
Shoe Zone promotes Jonathan Fearn, who has been the U.K. chain's finance director since last July, to the position of chief financial officer
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Golden Goose's new owners, The Carlyle Group, have appointed Giorgio...
Golden Goose's new owners, The Carlyle Group, have appointed Giorgio Presca as the new chief executive of the brand. Carlyle has completed the acquisition of Golden Goose Deluxe Brand, the Italian luxury lifestyle fashion company, from a pool of investors led by Ergon Capital Partners, and has picked Presca to ...
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Oliver Sweeney has appointed Chris Webster as managing director and...
Oliver Sweeney has appointed Chris Webster as managing director and chief operating officer. Webster was previously venture architect director at BCG Digital Ventures, a corporate investment and incubation firm, where he was responsible for incubating and scaling up digital businesses for its clients. Prior to that, he worked at Ebay ...
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Wolverine Worldwide has appointed two new managers for its Wolverine...
Wolverine Worldwide has appointed two new managers for its Wolverine brand. John Estes will serve as vice president of global sales and Andy Shripka as vice president of marketing. Estes has been with Wolverine for 22 years, working most recently as vice president and general manager of Sebago. Shripka worked ...
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Caleres has appointed Chris Cavalline as senior vice president of...
Caleres has appointed Chris Cavalline as senior vice president of e-commerce and Karlyn Mattson as chief merchandising officer of its Famous Footwear division. They will both report to Rick Ausick, president of the division. Cavalline will be responsible for e-commerce and consumer engagement, including oversight of famous.com and the customer ...
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Ports International Enterprises has appointed Jenny Tan as its new...
Ports International Enterprises has appointed Jenny Tan as its new chief executive officer, and Matteo De Rosa as managing director of the group's Ports 1961 label. Jenny Tan is the daughter of Edward Tan, who founded the company in 1993 with his brother Alfred. She has 20 years of experience ...
