All Distribution articles – Page 26
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Roger L. Rawlins, executive vice president and chief innovation officer...
Roger L. Rawlins, executive vice president and chief innovation officer of DSW, will succeed the current chief executive of the American shoe retail chain, Michael R. MacDonald, on Jan. 1. Rawlings will also join DSW's board of directors. He has spent almost ten years in various functions at the company, ...
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Nicholas Kirkwood's co-founder and chief executive, Christopher Suarez, has left...
Nicholas Kirkwood's co-founder and chief executive, Christopher Suarez, has left the company to pursue other interests effective Oct. 30. After LVMH acquired a majority stake in the company in Sept. 2013, a two-year plan was put in place to prepare the company for the next stage of development. Suarez's departure ...
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Sports Connection, the distributor of Skechers in the Nordic countries,...
Sports Connection, the distributor of Skechers in the Nordic countries, says that its sales grew by more than 125 percent so far this year. The biggest growth took place in Denmark, the distributor's home market, but the other three Nordic countries – Sweden, Norway and Finland – also registered an ...
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Leomil says it is expanding its cooperation with the Walt...
Leomil says it is expanding its cooperation with the Walt Disney Company to Latin America. It has already started to market Frozen and Minnie shoes in Colombia and Surinam, where it will also work with an upcoming Disney film, The Good Dinosaur. Its partnership for Spider-man is heading into Colombia, ...
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Elizabeth Murdoch, daughter of the media magnate Rupert Murdoch, has...
Elizabeth Murdoch, daughter of the media magnate Rupert Murdoch, has joined the board of Jimmy Choo as a non-executive director
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Görtz has a new managing director, Frank Revermann, who will...
Görtz has a new managing director, Frank Revermann, who will replace Thorsten Hermelink. The 46-year-old will be responsible at the German shoe retail group for sales, marketing, e-commerce and expansion, joining two other members of the executive board, Christian Moritz and Stephan Tendam. Revermann has spent 13 years at Bonita, ...
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A new top manager, Michael Dornseifer, has joined Rohde in...
A new top manager, Michael Dornseifer, has joined Rohde in the position of international sales director. The 48-year-old, who worked already for the German company from 1997 to 2007, will work closely with the two members of its executive board, Harald Neisser and Patrick Ruiz Martin.
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Frank Wright has engaged CO1 SL as a distribution partner...
Frank Wright has engaged CO1 SL as a distribution partner for the Spanish market. The British brand, which belongs to the Jacobson Group, had formed a U.S. distribution arm earlier this year, with agents for the East and West Coasts. It now has also an agent for the Midwest.
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Marc Shoes has a new agent for France, Claude Cerri...
Marc Shoes has a new agent for France, Claude Cerri
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Roberto Botticelli has signed an agreement with Fairton International, based...
Roberto Botticelli has signed an agreement with Fairton International, based in Hong Kong and Shanghai, to expand in China. After the recent opening in Shenyang, the Italian footwear brand plans openings in Hangzhou and Beijing. Under the new agreement, Roberto Botticelli intends to open overall ten new shops in the ...
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Nine West Holdings has entered into a production and sourcing...
Nine West Holdings has entered into a production and sourcing agreement with Camuto Group for its Nine West, Bandolino and Anne Klein footwear brands. The company will continue to work with other production and sourcing partners while it plans to reduce its own Asian sourcing team. The design, merchandising, marketing ...
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Leomil has announced the launch of a “revolutionary” B2B online...
Leomil has announced the launch of a “revolutionary” B2B online platform for its retail clients that allows its customers to access the collections anytime and anywhere around the world. Specializing in licensed character children's shoes, Leomil belongs to the Cortina group, and its website is embarked on the Cortina's new ...
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Skechers has set up a new sales subsidiary in Panama...
Skechers has set up a new sales subsidiary in Panama to oversee more than 30 countries in Latin America including Panama, Peru, Colombia and Costa Rica. It will trade directly in these four markets instead of working with its largest distributor in the region, Dabsan International, which had some financial ...
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Ash, the 15-year-old Italian footwear brand, has taken over the...
Ash, the 15-year-old Italian footwear brand, has taken over the distribution of its collection in the German-speaking area from Highline United Europe, starting with the spring/summer 2016 line, and set up a subsidiary in the country, based in Munich. It will be run by Marcel Melzig, former sales manager of ...
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Birkenstock is taking over the distribution in Austria from its...
Birkenstock is taking over the distribution in Austria from its local partner, Fuschlberger, starting on July 1. The company has appointed a regional manager for Austria, Michael Bachmayer, who has been working as a sales rep for Rohde since the beginning of 2013. He previously worked for a shoe importer, ...
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Roberto Botticelli has signed a deal with Fairton International for...
Roberto Botticelli has signed a deal with Fairton International for the distribution of its shoes in China. The Chinese company, which is celebrating its 60th anniversary, will open mono-brand stores for the Italian shoe brand in ten cities in the next five years. The first one is scheduled to start ...
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Aerosoles is being managed in Sweden by a new agent,...
Aerosoles is being managed in Sweden by a new agent, Ericson & Saether. Expectations are high, as the brand is already well known. It was sold on the Swedish market during the 1990s and early 2000s, but has had no representation since then.
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Footbalance has signed a distribution agreement with Hickory Brands for...
Footbalance has signed a distribution agreement with Hickory Brands for the U.S. market, effective April 2. Headquartered in Vantaa, Finland, the FootBalance store concept is based on providing comprehensive foot-analysis and individually molded insoles made directly on-site. Hickory Brands will represent FootBalance's in-store concepts for 100% custominsoles and sandals as ...
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Stegmann Clogs, the Austrian brand specializing in wool felt clogs,...
Stegmann Clogs, the Austrian brand specializing in wool felt clogs, will be distributed in the U.S. through AGS Footwear Group, from this spring. Stegmann has been making wool felt, handmade footwear since 1888. The footwear is created using natural sheep's wool, mountain water and contoured soles. AGS, based in Virginia, ...
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Hunter Boots has formed a joint venture for the Japanese...
Hunter Boots has formed a joint venture for the Japanese market with Itochu Corporation. It has launched a web store for Japanese customers and it is looking for a suitable location for a flagship store in Tokyo, but it is also seeking wholesale partners in the country.
