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Asos appoints William Barker to its board
Asos has appointed William Barker as a non-executive director. Barker is the founder and CEO of Camelot Capital Partners, a California-based investment management company. Camelot Partners holds 16,722,381 ordinary shares in Asos, representing 14.02 percent of the issued share capital of the British online fashion retailer. “Asos has a long-standing ...
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Rocky Brands’ CFO leaves after a six months in the job
On Sept. 12, Rocky Brands said that its senior vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer, Sarah O’Connor, has resigned from her position, effective immediately. O’Connor had joined the company in mid-March to replace Tom Robertson, who had been promoted to the newly created role of chief operating officer. The ...
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Caleres appoints its first chief design & product officer
Caleres has promoted, with immediate effect, Natelle Baddeley to the newly created post of chief design & product officer. In her new role, Baddeley has creative oversight for the majority of the Caleres brand portfolio, including Naturalizer, Vionic, Dr. Scholl’s, Veronica Beard, Vince, Franco Sarto, Blowfish Malibu and LifeStride. She ...
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The Aura blockchain appoints a new CEO
The Aura Blockchain Consortium has appointed Romain Carrere as chief executive officer and general secretary. He replaces the general secretary Daniela Ott. Ott was appointed general secretary in June 2021, a few weeks after the launch of the project. The consortium is a non-profit association based in Switzerland promoting socially ...
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Zalando's co-CEOs confirmed until end 2023
Zalando’s founders Robert Gentz and David Schneider will continue to lead the company as co-CEOs. The supervisory board made the decision at its regular third-quarter meeting and extended both contracts by another four years until December 2027. Gentz and Schneider will drive the strategy to establish Zalando as the first ...
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Designer Brands president William Jordan to leave
Designer Brands announced that William (Bill) Jordan, the president of the company and president of Camuto LLC, will step down from his positions on a date that is expected to be on or before Dec. 1, 2023. The announcement was made in 8-K filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange ...
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Crocs hires a new head of investor relations
Crocs has hired Erinn Murphy as senior vice president, investor relations and corporate strategy. She will join the company’s leadership team on Sept. 5, reporting directly to the group’s executive vice president and chief financial officer, Anne Mehlman. Murphy joins the company from the investment bank Piper Sandler. She built ...
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OrthoLite strengthens its sales team in China
OrthoLite, a U.S.manufacturer and provider of insoles and material solutions for footwear, is bolstering its Chinese sales management team with the hiring of Chuck Yu as director of sales strategy and John Liu as sales manager. Yu and Liu will be responsible for supporting OrthoLite China’s domestic brand partners as ...
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Görtz’s CEO has left
Görtz’s CEO Frank Revermann has left the company after almost eight years at the helm. Revermann, who joined the Hamburg shoe retailer in November 2015 after working for the textile retailer Bonita, stepped down at the end of July “at his own request”, according to reports. Tobias Volgmann ...
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Impo International names a new chief revenue officer
The Californian footwear company Impo International has appointed Bruce Kaplan as its new chief revenue officer. Kaplan has over 45 years of experience in retail and wholesale. Most recently, he was executive vice president of Ara North America.
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VF appoints a new chief people officer
VF Corp. has named Brent Hyder chief people officer (CPO), effective Sept. 5. Hyder will report to president and CEO Bracken Darrell and will be a member of the company’s leadership team. He succeeds Anita Graham, who departed to join Labcorp earlier this year. Hyder joins VF after spending nearly ...
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OrthoLite Cirql has a new general manager
Performance footwear insoles OrthoLite has announced that Matt Thwaites is the new vice president and general manager of OrthoLite Cirql, the footwear solution that enables circularity for brands and factories. Thwaites brings more than two decades of experience in sales and operations in the textile industry to his new role. ...
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Oofos president Steve Gallo leaves
The recovery footwear brand Oofos said that its president, Steve Gallo, has left the company he had joined in 2018. “While we are very sorry to see Steve Gallo leave Oofos, we are extremely grateful for his contributions and the immense impact he has had in building this brand and ...
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ArticleAuthentic Brands Group takes over Rockport
Authentic Brands Group (ABG) is taking over the troubled U.S. footwear firm The Rockport Company, following a decision by the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware, and will rely on Marc Fisher Footwear to develop the brand in the United States. Further partnerships for Rockport are expected ...
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Gap names a new CEO from Mattel
Gap Inc. has appointed Richard Dickson as president and CEO, effective Aug. 22. Dickson joins Gap from his most recent role as president and chief operating officer of Mattel, where he was ”a lead architect in a global corporate transformation that has reinvigorated Mattel’s iconic brands, including Barbie, Hot Wheels ...
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Xero Shoes hires new chief product officer
Following the retirement of Dennis Driscoll after a nearly 50-year career in the footwear industry, Xero Shoes has hired Michael Pao as its new chief product officer, effective immediately. Pao joins Xero from Timberland, where he served as vice president of global merchandising. In his 20-year career, the former professional ...
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VF promotes Andreas Olsson to general manager EMEA for the Vans brand
VF Corp. has announced the promotion of Andreas Olsson, current vice president of sales at Vans for the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region, to VP and general manager Vans EMEA. Olsson previously held a variety of roles at Vans and The North Face. He has also served as ...
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Marco Bizzarri quits Gucci
Marco Bizzarri, the president and CEO of Gucci since 2015, will leave the company effective Sept. 23. Bizzarri ”has masterminded the execution of Gucci’s outstanding growth strategy since 2015,” said the French luxury goods company Kering, the owner of Gucci. The manager has been a member of Kering’s executive committee ...
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Zegna names Lello Gavazza to head Tom Ford Fashion
Ermenegildo Zegna has appointed Lello Gavazza to the new position of chief executive officer of the Italian fashion house’s Tom Ford Fashion label. Gavazza will take on the position on Sept. 18. He has over 20 years of experience in the global luxury sector. He joins Zegna from French luxury ...
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Ponto names a new brand president
Ponto, a footwear brand based in Encinitas, California, has appointed Barry McGeough as brand president. ”McGeough’s appointment marks a significant milestone in Ponto’s journey towards growth and sustainability,” the company said in a statement. He previously held leadership roles at VF, PVH, Google and Wolverine World Wide. Most recently, McGeough ...
