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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 ...
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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 ...
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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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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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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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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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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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We have already reported about the merger between Shoepassion, the...
We have already reported about the merger between Shoepassion, the specialist German men's footwear retailer, and one of its suppliers, Heinrich Dinkelacker. Christoph Renner has left as sales manager of Dinkelacker, after ten years with the company, to form his own sales agency for the German market, called Edelschuhe (=noble ...
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Bonvita Footwear has opened an office for the distribution of...
Bonvita Footwear has opened an office for the distribution of Bundgaard in Germany, which will also service the Benelux countries. Bonvita, a Danish company that acted mainly as a distributor, took over Bundgaard and two other brands in two stages from Sanita Footwear, working initially through a company called Nordic ...
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Starting with the new year, Carving Sport is taking on...
Starting with the new year, Carving Sport is taking on the distribution of Komperdell in Spain, Portugal and Andorra
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Wolverine Worldwide has assigned the distribution of CAT Footwear, Keds...
Wolverine Worldwide has assigned the distribution of CAT Footwear, Keds and Sperry in France to the big Groupe Royer, which is already the French licensee of its Hush Puppies brand. The transfer of responsibilities from Wolverine's French sales subsidiary will take place immediately. Wolverine will continue to sell directly Merrell, ...
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Bally has signed a joint venture with the Reliance Brands...
Bally has signed a joint venture with the Reliance Brands group to set up a network of single-brand stores in India's major cities in the next three to four years. The first one should be opened in New Delhi in March. Bally has already tried to penetrate the Indian market ...
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The Bos Group is adding the distribution of CAT Footwear...
The Bos Group is adding the distribution of CAT Footwear in the German-speaking and Benelux countries to that of other brands of Wolverine Worldwide - Keds, Pro Keds, Sperry and Wolverine – under a new distribution contract starting on Jan. 1. Bos is setting up a new fully owned subsidiary, ...
