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Vivarte, the large French retail group that owns shoe retail...
Vivarte, the large French retail group that owns shoe retail chains such as André and Minelli, has appointed a new finance director, Jérôme Baniol, who will report to Didier Couerbe, secretary general and deputy managing director. He worked previously at Rexel. Another new key appointment is that of Antoine Menet, ...
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Vivarte, the large French retail group that owns shoe...
Vivarte, the large French retail group that owns shoe retail chains such as André and Minelli, has appointed a new finance director, Jérôme Baniol, who will report to Didier Couerbe, secretary general and deputy managing director
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From the start of this year, Rhode has been selling...
From the start of this year, Rhode has been selling its shoe collections in Canada through a distributor, Socks Optional. Previously, sales were made directly to several retailers in the market. In general, Rhode aims to increase its presence on existing markets in Western Europe and Scandinavia. The German brand ...
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Since last winter, Hispanitas has been selling its shoe collections in India...
Since last winter, Hispanitas has been selling its shoe collections in India by means of a distribution partnership with Exito Trading. The Spanish shoe brand recorded a sales increase of 5 percent in 2012 as compared to 2011. Exports increased by 30 percent, and the company plans to increase their ratio of total ...
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Bernd Hummel, the licensee for Kangaroos in Germany and many...
Bernd Hummel, the licensee for Kangaroos in Germany and many other European countries, is searching for a new distribution partner in Poland. The company recently signed cooperation contracts for Kangaroos in Turkey, Canada, Scandinavia, Korea and the Philippines, where sublicensees are able to buy items from Bernd Hummel's Kangaroos collection. First deliveries ...
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Blundstone will start selling its products in the Russian market from the...
Blundstone will start selling its products in the Russian market from the autumn/winter 2013 season through a distribution partnership with a local distributor, Code 7. From July 2013, Central Trade will be assuming the distribution of Blundstone's shoe collections in the U.K., where the brand's distribution was previously managed directly by Blundestone's Italian ...
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Vernon Sports has taken on the distribution of a high-end...
Vernon Sports has taken on the distribution of a high-end retro line of Kangaroos shoes for adults to fashion stores in Denmark. Viking continues to distribute KangaROOS shoes into other retail channels.
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Starting on Feb. 1, HG Diffusion is responsible for the...
Starting on Feb. 1, HG Diffusion is responsible for the distribution of Gabor shoes in France
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Ivan Dompé, 40, former corporate communications director of Luxottica, he...
Ivan Dompé, 40, former corporate communications director of Luxottica, he became director of financial and corporate communications of Yoox, the global online retailing platform for branded apparel, shoes and other accessories. Before Luxottica, he worked in Edison and Pirelli.
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Adnan Bilgi is returning to Sioux as head of operations,...
Adnan Bilgi is returning to Sioux as head of operations, handling production, procurement and quality control. He had already worked for the German company from 1997 to 2010, before stints at Mephisto and Lorenz Shoe Group. Also at Sioux, Berthold Niehörster is appointed as key account manager for the German ...
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Gerhard Aigner will be the new chief executive of Ferdinand...
Gerhard Aigner will be the new chief executive of Ferdinand Richter, the Austrian specialist for children's shoes. He replaces Alf Netek, who will concentrate on his responsibilities as CEO of the parent company, Shoe & Shirt Group. Aigner previously was the CEO of Think Shoe, the Austrian producer for women's ...
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Tod's has hired Alessandra Facchinetti as the new creative director...
Tod's has hired Alessandra Facchinetti as the new creative director of its women's collections. The Italian designer, aged 40, graduated from Istituto Marangoni di Milano and then worked for some of the most prestigious fashion houses in the world. She started with Prada in 1994 as designer and coordinator of ...
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Frank Jung has been named international sales director of Müller...
Frank Jung has been named international sales director of Müller & Meirer, taking the place of Rainer Lüers, the former international director of Lloys, which has left the German company after two years in the job
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Frank Wright, the footwear brand owned by the Jacobson Group,...
Frank Wright, the footwear brand owned by the Jacobson Group, has continued to expand its international footprint with the appointment of agents for three new markets. Nick Dimitriadis will be covering Greece and Cyprus. Eduardo Viegas will take care of Portugal.
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Henri Huck is the new distributor for the Högl brand...
Henri Huck is the new distributor for the Högl brand in France
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Major changes are going to take place on the supervisory...
Major changes are going to take place on the supervisory board of Macintosh Retail Group, the Dutch parent company of Scapino, Brantano, Jones Bootmaker and other footwear chains, at the company's general shareholders meeting on April 25. A. Nühn, chairman of the board, and another director, J.E. Lagerweij, will have to ...
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Francesco Russo is no longer creative director of Sergio Rossi,...
Francesco Russo is no longer creative director of Sergio Rossi, the Italian brand of high-end women?s shoes owned by PPR. He had been in the position since October 2008. In discussing the group?s results for 2012, PPR said that Sergio Rossi?s sales gross margins and operating profits improved. Sales were ...
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Erik Van Heuven has left the Hamm Reno Group, where...
Erik Van Heuven has left the Hamm Reno Group, where he acted as chief operating officer and international chief executive, citing personal reasons. He had joined the German group, which runs the Reno chain of shoe stores among other activities, in June 2009, to take care of the wholesale business ...
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As expected, the general meeting of Fice, the Spanish shoe...
As expected, the general meeting of Fice, the Spanish shoe industry association, has elected José Juan Sanchís Busquier as its new president, taking the place of Rafael Calvo, who has run the organization for more than 20 years. Born in Elda and graduated from the University of Valencia, he moved ...
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Stephan Fricke, who joined Solidschuhwerk as chief executive in July 2012,...
Stephan Fricke, who joined Solidschuhwerk as chief executive in July 2012, left the company at the start of 2013. Fricke worked previously for Clarks. Thomas Bauerfeind is assuming his position. Bauerfeind is managing partner of Berkemann, which bought Solidschuhwerk and its brands Solidus and Vivo a few years ago.
