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Another top manager is leaving Gabor Footwear while its negotiations...
Another top manager is leaving Gabor Footwear while its negotiations over the renewal of its long-standing footwear license with Camel Active continue. Marc Martin, director of sales and marketing for Camel Active Footwear, will be leaving the group at the end of this year at his own request to take ...
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Golden Goose Deluxe Brand has announced Silvio Campara as its...
Golden Goose Deluxe Brand has announced Silvio Campara as its new chief executive. Campara, who joined the brand in 2013, was most recently Golden Goose's commercial director. He replaces Giorgio Presca, who has resigned from the role. Presca, who had joined Golden Goose when the brand was acquired by Carlyle ...
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Vibram North America has announced that Michael Gionfriddo will retire...
Vibram North America has announced that Michael Gionfriddo will retire as the company's president and chief executive effective Dec. 31, and that Fabrizio Gamberini has been hired as the new president of the U.S. operation. Also, the company has announced that Richard Riegel, currently a member of U.S. company's board ...
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Buffalo Boots, the German footwear brand acquired by Deichmann two...
Buffalo Boots, the German footwear brand acquired by Deichmann two years ago, has appointed Annette Domhardt as head of global sales. She previously served as head of international markets for Liebeskind.
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Breuninger has hired a new buyer for shoes and accessories,...
Breuninger has hired a new buyer for shoes and accessories, Simon Jäger, who previously worked for Zalando and About You, a subsidiary of the Otto group
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Vivarte has recruited a 25-year expert in fashion retailing, Laurent...
Vivarte has recruited a 25-year expert in fashion retailing, Laurent Portella, to run San Marina, one of its remaining footwear chains, charging him with repositioning the banner, renovating its stores and developing it internationally. On Oct. 1, he took the place of Axelle Mathery, who founded another shoe retail chain ...
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Creating a new position, Ortholite has appointed Marty Greenwald as...
Creating a new position, Ortholite has appointed Marty Greenwald as global sales director
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Fagus, the German last maker, has appointed a veteran of...
Fagus, the German last maker, has appointed a veteran of the Chinese shoe industry, Erick Wu, as regional sales manager for Southeast Asia and Oceania
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Vivarte has announced the appointments of Benoît de Roux and...
Vivarte has announced the appointments of Benoît de Roux and Noël Moussali as the group's financial director and real estate director, respectively. De Roux, 58, started his career at Arthur Andersen, where he spent 15 years, three of which as associate director of the Corporate Finance branch. He then joined ...
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+ Britain's Schuh Group has appointed Alice Clearly as chief...
+ Britain's Schuh Group has appointed Alice Clearly as chief marketing officer, reporting to the chain's managing director, Colin Temple
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Lars Jorgensen, a Danish manager who worked for Aldo as...
Lars Jorgensen, a Danish manager who worked for Aldo as European head of retail for a few months, left recently and is now working for Boardriders, a big action sports company that came out a few months ago from the merger of Billabong and Quiksilver
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Benjamin Krümel, 38, assumed this week the position of international...
Benjamin Krümel, 38, assumed this week the position of international chief procurement officer at Deichmann. He will also be a member of Deichmann's executive board, and he will be supporting the company's internationalization. Krümel worked previously as vice president of Zalando in charge of men's products. He joined Zalando as ...
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Moritz Hamm assumed on Aug. 1 the position of chief...
Moritz Hamm assumed on Aug. 1 the position of chief executive of Hamm Market Solutions, the German-based footwear licensee for Gant and previously also for Napapijri. He has been a member of the executive board for four years. In his new position as CEO, he succeeds his father, Hans-Peter Hamm, ...
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Sebastian Hasebrink assumed the newly created position of chief digital...
Sebastian Hasebrink assumed the newly created position of chief digital officer at Deichmann on Aug. 1. He was also made a member of Deichmann's executive board. Deichmann was one of the first German retailers that sold shoes online. The group manages currently 36 different online shops, which are recording sales ...
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First Heritage Brands has appointed Perry Oosting, the chief executive...
First Heritage Brands has appointed Perry Oosting, the chief executive of its Robert Clergerie subsidiary, to run also Sonia Rykiel, a French fashion label that it took over recently. First Heritage Brands, which belongs to Li & Fung group, also owns a Belgian leathergoods brand, Delvaux. Oosting worked as a ...
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Bally has announced two new executive appointments with a focus...
Bally has announced two new executive appointments with a focus on marketing in the Europe, Middle East and Africa (Emea) region. The luxury footwear brand has hired Eva Quirrenbach as chief marketing officer. Also, the company has promoted Silvia Onofri to chief executive of Emea, where she will be responsible ...
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Fragiacomo has appointed Alessio Spinelli as its new creative director....
Fragiacomo has appointed Alessio Spinelli as its new creative director. Spinelli has collaborated with other shoe brands including Jimmy Choo, René Caovilla, Lanvin and Prada. He has worked for Roma-based fashion houses such as Roberto Capucci, Sarli and Gattinoni. Meanwhile, he has been developing personal projects, which helped him win ...
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Thomas Lange, who started Keen Europe together with Richard Litzel...
Thomas Lange, who started Keen Europe together with Richard Litzel and two other managers 13 years ago, is leaving the company in mid-October to become the new general manager of GEB, a German voluntary group of shoe retailers specializing in higher-end footwear. The members include big names like Prange and ...
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Tim Schwander, chief sales officer at Legero United, has left...
Tim Schwander, chief sales officer at Legero United, has left the Austrian shoe company behind the Legero, Superfit, Think! and Vios brands. He joined the company one year ago and left this month for personal reasons. His responsibilities for group's sales and marketing divisions will be divided among Rudy Haslbeck, ...
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Stefano Cantino, marketing, communications and business development director for the...
Stefano Cantino, marketing, communications and business development director for the Prada group, has stepped down. Since he joined the group in 1997, he has worked as general manager of Car Shoe, brand director for Church's and marketing director for Prada. His departure coincides with an overhaul of the communications department, ...
