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ArticleFerragamo confirms CEO staying on board
The majority shareholder in Salvatore Ferragamo has presented its slate of candidates for the Italian luxury group’s new board, with Micaela Le Divelec Lemmi confirmed as CEO despite speculation of a management shakeup. Executive deputy chairman Michele Norsa, the CEO of Ferragamo from 2006 to 2016 who rejoined the company ...
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FitFlop hires its CEO from Lacoste’s footwear unit
The brand of fashion comfort shoes, FitFlop, has hired Gianni Georgiades as its new CEO, effective April 6. He replaces Michael Lockett, who left the company in August. Georgiades comes from Lacoste’s footwear joint venture with Pentland Brands, where he was CEO for nearly three years. He was previously vice ...
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Zalando splits its marketing department
Zalando’s head of global marketing, Barbara Daliri-Freyduni, has resigned. She had been with the German e-commerce company since October 2019, when she was hired to be its senior vice president of demand. Before that, she was at or near the top in the management of marketing operations at Microsoft for ...
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Texon appoints a new sales director
Texon, the producer of materials for the footwear industry, has appointed Bryan Whitfield as group sales director, replacing Matt Smith, who left the company after almost a decade of “successful service.” Whitfield was previously involved in sales and business development with major international companies such as Avery Dennison, Velcro and ...
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Footway hires Tom Söderlund as CTO
Footway, the international Swedish-based shoe e-tailer, has hired Tom Söderlund as chief technology officer. He will be in charge of the company’s technical infrastructure and architecture. Söderlund comes from Weld, which develops marketing platforms for e-retailers, where he was the co-founder and CEO. He previously worked for a string of ...
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Shoepassion expands its advisory board
The Berlin-based footwear company Shoepassion has added the design and branding expert Elmar Schüller to its advisory board. He joins the other board members Wendelin Wiedeking, Norbert Lehmann and Thomas Treß. Schüller is the president of the Innovative Living Institute and has helped shape the Red Dot Design Award for ...
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ArticleShoe Carnival names a new CEO
Shoe Carnival’s board has unanimously elected Mark Worden as the next CEO, effective Sept. 30. Worden is the chief customer officer of the American footwear retailer and will succeed Cliff Sifford, who will step down as CEO but will continue as vice chairman of the board. Sifford joined the company ...
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News briefsPorta appointed permanent CEO of Hunter Boots
British brand Hunter Boots has confirmed Paolo Porta as permanent CEO. Porta has held the position on an interim basis since replacing Vincent Wauters in June 2020. Prior to joining Hunter, he was senior vice president of merchandising and licensing at Jimmy Choo. Before that, he held roles in merchandising, ...
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ArticleVictor Herrero confirmed as Clarks CEO after LionRock completes deal
LionRock Capital has completed its deal to take a majority stake in the struggling British shoe maker Clarks and confirmed senior management changes, with Victor Herrero replacing Giorgio Presca as CEO after weeks of speculation. The departures of the chief commercial officer, Massimo Barzaghi, and of the head of human ...
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ArticleShoe Zone warns on profits
Shoe Zone has warned that profits are unlikely to return to pre-Covid pandemic levels for the “foreseeable future,” after it swung to a full-year loss, citing the impact of store closures during lockdowns. The company said revenues for the year to Oct. 3, 2020 slumped by 24 percent to £122.6 ...
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Amazon Fashion has a new president
Amazon Fashion has named Muge Erdirik Dogan president, replacing Christine Beauchamp, who was promoted to head the online retailing group’s consumer categories in North America. Dogan has been with Amazon for nearly 14 years, during which she managed various category, technology and operations teams.
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Capri names a new chief information officer
Capri Holdings, the parent company of Jimmy Choo, Versace and Michael Kors, has appointed Alejandro Martinez-Galindo as chief information officer (CIO) of the group, reporting to Thomas Edwards, the chief financial officer and chief operating officer. The appointment is effective March 8. Martinez-Galindo has held executive roles across several industries ...
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News briefsSusie Mulder is Timberland’s new global brand president
VF Corp. has appointed Susie Mulder as global brand president of Timberland. She will start her new role with the New Hampshire-based brand on April 5 and report to VF’s chairman, president and CEO, Steve Rendle. She will also serve on VF’s executive leadership team. Mulder joins Timberland from women’s ...
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Clarks undergoes a management shake-up
According to various sources, Clarks has undergone a management reshuffle after its takeover by the Hong Kong-based private equity firm LionRock Capital. The chief executive, Giorgio Presca, the chief commercial officer, Massimo Barzaghi, and the head of human resources, Difna Blamey, have left the company, they indicated. Meanwhile, Victor Herrero, ...
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ArticleECC appoints second managing director
The European-Clearing-Center (ECC), which acts as a platform for electronic data exchange between producers and retailers in the footwear and fashion sector, is strengthening its management team. As of April 1, Stefan Nicolai, an expert in inventory and data management, will become managing director for marketing and sales as a ...
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Hunter’s global brand director quits
After nearly eight years in job, Ali Lowry announced he was stepping down as global brand director at Hunter. In a message posted on LinkedIn called “Given Hunter The Boot”, Lowry wrote that after seven years and eight months ”I leave on a high and at a time that feels ...
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ArticleKickz reshuffles management after takeover
The German chain of streetwear and sneaker stores Kickz is reorganising its management team and is gearing up for the future after its recent takeover. The new co-CEOs Mark Petereit and Denis Horvat will take the helm on Feb. 15, a dual leadership that should steer the company through ...
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Deckers appoints DTC and digital specialist to its board
Deckers Brands has appointed Maha S. Ibrahim to its board of directors, effective Feb. 1. Mike Devine, chairman of the board, said he especially values her experience identifying trends and driving growth in the direct-to-consumer and technology sectors. He also said Ibrahim’s insights and capabilities align with management’s focus on ...
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ArticleBezos hands over leadership of Amazon
Jeff Bezos will hand over the chairmanship of Amazon’s board in the third quarter of 2021 to Andy Jassy, the head of the cloud business Amazon Web Services (AWS). Bezos founded Amazon in 1994 and built the company from an online bookstore into a trillion-dollar corporation. According to Bloomberg, ...
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Crocs hires a manager from Nike
Emma Minto has joined Crocs as senior vice president and general manager in charge of all the operations of the fast-growing brand of comfort shoes in North America. She had spent 16 years with Nike in various roles, most recently as vice president and general manager for Nike Women’s in ...
