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Tod’s’ CEO steps down after less than 2 years in the job
John Galantic, the Chief Executive Officer of Tod’s, has stepped down less than two years after taking the helm at the Italian luxury goods company. The company has not named a replacement yet, according to the news agency Bloomberg. Tod’s appointed Galantic in September 2024. The former Chief Operating ...
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Caleres confirms its interim CFO in the job
On May 20, Caleres announced the appointment of Dan Karpel as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective immediately. He will serve as the company’s principal financial officer and principal accounting officer. Karpel rejoined Caleres as Chief Accounting Officer in October 2025 and was appointed to the role of ...
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Saucony hires a new Chief Marketing Officer
Saucony has hired Wendy Kula as its Chief Marketing Officer (CMO). She replaces Joy Allen-Altimare, who left the company in November 2025. Rob Griffiths, Saucony’s Brand President, was serving as interim CMO. Kula will lead the running brand’s global marketing function, overseeing brand strategy, digital marketing, creative, and go-to-market execution. ...
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Bogner appoints Puma's former head as its CEO
The German luxury brand Willy Bogner has appointed Arne Freundt, Puma’s former head, as its new Chief Executive Officer, a position that had been vacant since the former CEO, Gerrit Schneider, left at the end of 2022. The sports and lifestyle expert will take up the position on June ...
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Coats names a new Chair
Coats announced that Tim Cobbold will join the board as a Non-Executive Director and Chair Designate with effect from July 1. He will also join the nomination committee at this time. Further to the succession plan announced in March 2024, David Gosnell will retire as Chair and from the board ...
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ANWR Group appoints new head of product at ANWR Schuh
The German buying group ANWR Group has appointed Melina Gerstand as head of the Product Business Unit at its footwear division, ANWR Schuh. In her new role, Gerstand will oversee the strategic and operational development of the product business, including improving access to cost-efficient sourcing, optimizing purchasing and internal processes ...
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Wolverine Worldwide reshapes Work Group leadership
Wolverine Worldwide announced several leadership appointments within its Work Group as the company looks to accelerate product innovation and global brand growth across its work and occupational footwear portfolio. Mike Maloney has been promoted to the newly created role of Global General Manager for the Wolverine brand. Previously chief ...
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Genesco appoints a Chief Accounting Officer
Genesco appointed Ashley Randolph as Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer, effective May 5. A 20-year veteran of the US footwear company, Randolph most recently served as Vice President and Corporate Controller, a role she held since 2024. In her new role, Randolph will oversee the company’s accounting operations, financial ...
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Berkemann hires new International Sales Manager
The German comfort shoe manufacturer Berkemann Group has named Johannes Schnütgen as its new International Sales Manager. In his new role, Schnütgen will oversee the expansion of the company’s international business, focusing on core European markets as well as selected high-growth markets outside the region. He will also manage existing ...
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Deichmann appoints new Head of Communications
Deichmann has appointed a new Head of Corporate Communications to oversee national and international corporate communications, internal communications and fashion PR of the German footwear retailer. Christopher Zurheiden has taken on the role, succeeding Christian Hinkel, who left the company after more than five years to pursue a new professional ...
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JD’s Chair steps down
JD Sports Fashion announced that Andrew Higginson has informed the board of his intention to step down as Chair at the conclusion of the company’s annual general meeting (AGM) on July 21, 2026. He joined the business as Chair in July 2022 and has overseen the transformation of the group’s ...
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ArticleFerragamo names Fabrizio Freda as Special Strategic Advisor
Ferragamo Finanziaria, the holding company of the Ferragamo family and the controlling shareholder of Salvatore Ferragamo, appointed Fabrizio Freda, the former head of Estée Lauder, as Special Strategic Advisor. “We are pleased to begin this collaboration with Fabrizio Freda, a manager of recognized international standing, whose experience will represent an ...
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ArticleDolce & Gabbana reorganizes its top management
Dolce & Gabbana has appointed a co-Chief Executive Officer, Stefano Cantino, who will work alongside Alfonso Dolce, the current CEO and Chairman. Cantino was previously CEO at Gucci and has had a long career in the fashion industry. According to a statement from Italian the company, Cantino’s appointment “follows Dolce ...
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ArticleDr. Martens appoints General Managers for key markets and sets up an executive team
Dr. Martens appointed General Managers (GM) for all its major markets to simplify its operating model and push its new consumer-concentric strategy. “In order to embed and deliver the new strategy, we have made several organisational changes, moving to a market level structure to be closer to the consumer, combined ...
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ArticleH&M’s Q1 sales decline but earnings rise
H&M Hennes & Mauritz posted net sales of SEK 49.607 billion (€4.5bn) in the first quarter ended Feb. 28, from SEK 55.333 billion a year earlier. In local currencies, sales fell by 1 percent, with around 4 percent fewer stores at the end of the quarter compared with the same ...
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Marc Fisher Footwear’s President retires
Susan Itzkowitz, the President of Marc Fisher Footwear, will retire on April 15 after 40 years in the footwear industry. She will remain an adviser to the company she helped found in 2005. “It has been the greatest privilege to have Susan as my partner in building Marc Fisher Footwear ...
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Samuel Deichmann becomes Snipes Europe’s General Manager
Samuel Deichmann, a board member of the German footwear retailer Deichmann Group since 2020 and a fourth-generation member of the founding family, has assumed operational leadership of Snipes Europe with immediate effect. Deichmann replaces Dennis Schröder, who will remain available to the business in an advisory capacity through the end ...
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Footasylum appoints Hannah Mercer as CEO
Footasylum has named Hannah Mercer as Chief Executive Officer, effective from the start of May, as the UK streetwear and athleisure retailer accelerates an international expansion push under private equity ownership. Mercer succeeds David Pujolar, who stepped down from the role in February after approximately two years at the helm. ...
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Jomos appoints new sales manager for Eastern German region
Jomos has appointed a new sales manager for Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia as Matthias Kieschkar retires after 25 years with German comfort shoe brand. Starting with the autumn/winter 2026/27 sales season, Marko Leib will take over the role and will be responsible for the eastern German sales ...
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Pölking appoints a new regional sales manager
The German shoe wholesaler Pölking has appointed a new regional sales manager, with Jörn Schroeter succeeding Martin Klekamp, who has retired after almost 47 years with the company. Klekamp joined Pölking in 1979 as an apprentice in wholesale and export and has worked in sales since 1988. He was ...
