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Timberland has appointed Christopher Raeburn, the British fashion designer, to...
Timberland has appointed Christopher Raeburn, the British fashion designer, to be its first global artistic director. He will be splitting his time between his own Christopher Raeburn brand, based in London, and Timberland's offices in New Hampshire, Switzerland and Hong Kong. Known for his green philosophy and use of recycled ...
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Zalando appointed two new vice presidents this month. Sara Diez,...
Zalando appointed two new vice presidents this month. Sara Diez, previously working as senior buying director for Europe and the Middle East at Nike, became vice president for Zalando's product line for woman. Diez succeeds Dalbir Bains, who left Zalando after four years. Before her career at Nike, Diez worked ...
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Jeton Bujupi, former chief executive at Hamm Market Solutions, responsible...
Jeton Bujupi, former chief executive at Hamm Market Solutions, responsible for operations and sales, will be leaving the company at his own request at the end of February 2019. Bujupi has worked for the German-based family business for the past 20 years. Since 2003, he has been a member of the ...
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Rainer Worbs, chief executive of Roland and MyShoes, the German...
Rainer Worbs, chief executive of Roland and MyShoes, the German shoe retailers that are part of the Deichmann group, will retire on June 30, 2019. At MyShoes, Helén Billkrantz, who recently joined the company as executive director, responsible for purchasing, will replace him. The 44-year-old previously worked as chief buyer ...
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Peter Frericks joined Hamm Market Solutions as international sales manager...
Peter Frericks joined Hamm Market Solutions as international sales manager for the Scotch & Soda brand this November. Hamm has signed a new licensing deal for a line of men's and women's shoes that will be launched under the Scotch & Soda brand in the spring of 2019. Frericks, who ...
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Sabine Schmitz is leaving Legero to join the Josef Seibel...
Sabine Schmitz is leaving Legero to join the Josef Seibel group on Jan. 1 as designer of lounge shoes for its Romika brand. That has been her specialty at Legero since 2004. Prior to that, she worked for Elefanten.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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ANWR Schuh has appointed Jan Brinkmann as head of its...
ANWR Schuh has appointed Jan Brinkmann as head of its wholesale division. He will be responsible for the buying group's wholesale activities in the areas of sport, vertical concepts and private labels. Brinkmann has worked in leading positions at Rieker and Gabor. Most recently, he worked as managing partner for ...
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Patricia Sancho has been appointed deputy director of Tempe, the...
Patricia Sancho has been appointed deputy director of Tempe, the Spanish shoe manufacturing and sourcing company in which the Inditex group owns half of the shares, according to Moda.es. Sancho, who has been running a British fashion company, Temperley London, will report to Tempe's general manager, Antonio Garcia. With operations ...
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Steve Madden has appointed Liz Rodbell as group president of...
Steve Madden has appointed Liz Rodbell as group president of retail, accessories and licensing, a newly created role. Rodbell has more than 30 years of experience in the retail industry. She joins from Hudson's Bay Company, where she served most recently as president of the group's Lord & Taylor brand. ...
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Micaela Le Divelec Lemmi, who was recently appointed chief executive...
Micaela Le Divelec Lemmi, who was recently appointed chief executive of Salvatore Ferragamo, is relinquishing the initially added position of general manager
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Digel, a big German brand of tailored menswear that launched...
Digel, a big German brand of tailored menswear that launched its own line of shoes in the autumn of last year, has appointed Markus Dietrich to the newly created position of head of international sales for footwear. The 42-year-old will be responsible for the development of an international distribution network ...
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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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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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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
