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Bernd Hillen, the seasoned former executive of Birkenstock and Berkemann,...
Bernd Hillen, the seasoned former executive of Birkenstock and Berkemann, is adding the distribution in Germany and Austria of Simple Shoes and the Samuel Hubbard collection of “ridiculously comfortable” shoes from the U.S., to the previously announced distribution of Blundstone. As previously reported, he is now running Central Trade Germany, ...
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Ecco has struck a joint venture deal with its French...
Ecco has struck a joint venture deal with its French retail partner, L.S. Diffusion, which opened its first retail store in the country in 2014. The joint venture will change its name to Ecco France and will be led by Laura Steinmetz, who has been running L.S. Diffusion since then. ...
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Diesel has reorganized the sales structure for its footwear lines...
Diesel has reorganized the sales structure for its footwear lines in the Austrian and German markets in order to grow the business. The Fashion Brands Agency, a sales agency based in Munich, has taken over the distribution in the territory. Previously, Diesel directly supplied about 80 retailers with its shoes, ...
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Viking Footwear will not renew its license of Kangaroos in...
Viking Footwear will not renew its license of Kangaroos in Scandinavia. The license agreement between Kangaroos and Viking will be terminated at the end of this year. It has not been decided yet who will continue with the Kangaroos license in Scandinavia from 2018. Bernd Hummel, the licensee of the ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Two years after his company was sold to Coach for...
Two years after his company was sold to Coach for $575 million, Stuart Weitzman, who is now 75 years old, is getting ready to retire in May. He will be replaced by a new creative director, Giovanni Morelli, who comes from Loewe, according to Footwear News. Discussing his future plans, ...
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A. Testoni has signed a distribution agreement with Oasis Fashion...
A. Testoni has signed a distribution agreement with Oasis Fashion to bring its new I29 brand to China. Through this agreement, Testoni plans to open 70 stores in the Asian country over the next six years. A. Testoni was founded in Bologna, Italy by Amedeo Testoni in 1929, hence the ...
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Aldo Group has announced the appointment of David Bensadoun, the...
Aldo Group has announced the appointment of David Bensadoun, the current president of Aldo North America, as chief executive officer of the group, effective April 3. He will replace Patrick Frisk, who has held the role since 2014. David is the eldest son of the company's founder, Aldo Bensadoun. He ...
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Diego Mohadeb is taking over as chief executive of Alpargatas...
Diego Mohadeb is taking over as chief executive of Alpargatas Argentina from Javier Goñi
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Rocky Brands promotes Thomas Robertson from senior financial analyst to...
Rocky Brands promotes Thomas Robertson from senior financial analyst to chief financial officer, taking the place left vacant by the resignation of James E. McDonald
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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 ...
