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Skechers appoints a new board member
Skechers has appointed Yolanda Macias to its board. The appointment brings the total number of directors to eight, including five independent members. Macias has been at Cinedigm Entertainment Group since 2013, currently serving as the chief content officer where she oversees global content acquisitions, in addition to digital and physical ...
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Zappos confirms Scott Schaefer as CEO
Zappos.com has confirmed Scott Schaefer as chief executive officer. He had been acting CEO since December 2021. Prior to becoming CEO, Schaefer served as vice president of finance which was preceded by multiple positions with financial, operational, and strategic scopes at the company. Before joining the U.S. online retailer of ...
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News briefsLululemon hires two executives for its new footwear business
Just days after announcing its first own footwear line, Lululemon is bolstering its executive team with the hiring of Simon Atkins as SVP of footwear and Phil Dickinson as SVP, global creative director. Atkins most recently led basketball and U.S. sports at Adidas and has held several senior management and ...
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News briefsFrank Schuffelen appointed CEO of ANWR Group
Source: ANWR Frank Schuffelen, ANWR The ANWR Group, headquartered in Mainhausen, Germany, has appointed Frank Schuffelen as CEO, effective April 1. Schuffelen was previously spokesman of the board and responsible, among other things, for corporate development, human resources, finance, controlling and corporate communications. He will now head ...
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Dr. Martens names a new global creative director
Dr. Martens has appointed Darren McKoy as its new global creative director. McKoy has been in the job since December 2021. He joined Dr. Martens in January 2015 as global category manager for footwear and in October 2017 become global category product director. Prior to the British footwear company, ...
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News briefsOrthoLite appoints a sales manager for Portugal
OrthoLite has appointed Marisa Costa sales manager for Portugal as the U.S. producer of insoles expands its sales team in Europe. Costa has an extensive background in footwear development and design, working with both brands and factories, according to OrthoLite. Most recently, she was an account manager and product developer ...
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News briefsMerrell appoints chief merchant officer
Source: Merrell Sumi Scott, Chief Merchant Officer Merrell Merrell has announced the appointment of industry veteran Sumi Scott as the brand’s chief merchant officer. With nearly 20 years of experience in product development and retail merchandising, Scott will drive the development of Merrell’s global growth strategies while ...
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Prada names a new CFO
Prada has appointed Andrea Bonini as chief financial officer replacing Alessandra Cozzani from May 2. Bonini will report to the chief executive officers Miuccia Prada and Patrizio Bertelli, and will be responsible of the group’s administration, finance, control, tax and investor relations departments. Cozzani held the job since 2016. She ...
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Gabor’s production director steps down
Michael Tackenberg, the production and technology director of the German shoe manufacturer Gabor, has stepped down. The manager and the Rosenheim-based company agreed to “end the cooperation with immediate effect”, after Gabor’s supervisory board decided not to extend Tackenberg’s contract, which was due to expire on Dec. 31, 2022. ...
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VF veteran Kevin Bailey back at Vans as global brand president
VF Corp. has appointed Kevin Bailey to the position of global brand president of Vans. Bailey will continue to report to VF chairman, president and CEO Steve Rendle and will serve on the company’s executive leadership team. With this appointment, Bailey returns within the group to the Vans brand after ...
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Assocalzaturifici's general manager to leave on April 5
Tommaso Cancellara, the general manager of the Italian footwear association Assocalzaturifici, will be leaving on April 5 to join Italian Exhibition Group (IEG) and manage their wholly-owned North American unit, IEG USA. Cancellara also oversaw Assocalzaturifici’s Milan-based trade show Micam. Assocalzaturifici still has to announce Cancellara’s replacement. IEG noted that ...
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Schuh Mücke appoints a new managing director
Schuh Mücke, the German shoe and sporting goods retail chain within the ANWR Group, has undergone a management change. The retail expert Thomas Klein was appointed as the new managing director after Inge Schardt left the ANWR subsidiary due to differing views on the strategic direction of the company. ...
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Ferragamo hires a new creative director
Salvatore Ferragamo has appointed Maximilian Davis, 25, as its creative director, effective March 16. Born in Manchester, he graduated from the London College of Fashion and founded his eponymous brand in 2020. Davis takes over from Paul Andrew who held the job from 2019 to March 2021. Andrew last worked ...
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ArticleClarks hires the head of Champion as its new CEO
Clarks announced that Jonathan Ram will be its new CEO in April, taking the place of Victor Herrero. Ram will be leaving the U.S. clothing group HanesBrands, where he is president of global activewear, on March 31 to join the British shoemaker. Ram already spent more than four years in ...
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Michael Kors' CEO leaves
Joshua Schulman stepped down as the head of Michael Kors only seven months after taking the job. Schulman was also slated to take over the helm of Capri Holdings, the parent company of the U.S. fashion brand and owner of Versace and Jimmy Choo. Schulman joined Capri in August 2021, ...
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Unbound Group hires a chief product officer
Unbound Group, the owner of the footwear brand Hotter Shoes, has appointed Sarah Davies as chief product officer. Davies, who has over 20 years of experience in the fashion retail industry will oversee strategy and product development for Hotter, as well as lead on the development of Unbound’s apparel categories. ...
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Superfeet makes management changes
Washington-based insole manufacturer Superfeet has announced a series of promotions and a new hire. In addition to hiring a new chief financial officer, Cambria Schmidt, five employees were promoted to VP level: Matt Gooch is now VP Product & Innovation, Frits Kuper VP International Sales, Michael Lindeman VP IT, Brian ...
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Clarks hires two new managers
Clarks has hired Olivier Motteau as the head of its European business, excluding the U.K. and Ireland. Motteau spent 14 years with New Balance. He was initially hired in 2007 as country manager for France and was promoted to run the European operations in 2010. He expanded the European footprint ...
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Kamik’s new CEO comes from Keds
Gillian Meek has been hired as the new CEO of Kamik, a family-owned Canadian company. Meek was previously president of Keds, a brand of canvas sneakers and leather shoes owned by Wolverine Worldwide. Meek was part of Wolverine’s senior leadership team. She is also a member of Women in Footwear ...
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Sympatex strengthens footwear business with new hire
Christoph Alexander Schnell will join Sympatex in February as business development manager for the footwear segment. Situated in Munich, the company provides high-tech functional materials used in apparel, footwear, accessories, contract & work wear and technical applications since 1986. A trained shoe technician, Schnell has designed formative projects at ...
