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Molly Adams has been appointed as the new president of...
Molly Adams has been appointed as the new president of the Famous Footwear chain by Caleres, the U.S. company led by Diane Sullivan. Adams, who has served as executive vice president of global merchandising and product development at The Walt Disney Company since 2008, will assume her new role on ...
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Gianni Georgiades has been appointed as the new head of...
Gianni Georgiades has been appointed as the new head of the joint venture recently formed by Pentland Brands and Lacoste for the management of Pentland's long-standing Lacoste footwear license. He has been working most recently for Coach. He was previously in charge of European operations for Deckers' Ugg brand.
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The reorganization of Legero United, the Austrian company behind the...
The reorganization of Legero United, the Austrian company behind the Legero, Superfit, Think§ and Vios brands, is still going on. An experienced manager, Rudy Haslbeck has been assigned to the newly created position of director for the Legero business unit, starting in September, while Angelika Lübben will fill the newly ...
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Sophie Bambuck, who has served as senior brand director for...
Sophie Bambuck, who has served as senior brand director for Nike Sportswear for Western Europe for the past two years, has become chief marketing officer of Converse. She takes the place of Julien Cahn, who had moved to Converse from Nike in 2016. According to Bloomberg, he is going to ...
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Dior has appointed Jens Riewenherm as its new chief digital...
Dior has appointed Jens Riewenherm as its new chief digital officer. Prior to Dior, Riewenherm served for six years as managing director at Mytheresa.com, which he left last October. He began his career at Payback, a multichannel platform, where he reached the position of head of brand management. He later ...
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Berluti has appointed Kris Van Assche as its new creative...
Berluti has appointed Kris Van Assche as its new creative director. The Belgian designer succeeds Haider Ackermann, who only stayed for 18 months. Van Assche recently left Dior Homme, which he had led the creative department since 2008, replacing Hedi Slimane. He will present his first collection for Berluti in ...
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Gianni Georgiades has been appointed as the new head of...
Gianni Georgiades has been appointed as the new head of the joint venture recently formed by Pentland Brands and Lacoste for the management of Pentland's long-standing Lacoste footwear license. He has been working most recently for Coach. He was previously in charge of European operations for Deckers' Ugg brand.
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Jörg Windsheimer will assume the position of sales director at...
Jörg Windsheimer will assume the position of sales director at Peter Kaiser from July 1. He replaces Peter Bangelmeier, who left the company at the end of March. Winsheimer worked for 17 years for Högl, where he was most recently working as sales director, responsible for the German-speaking markets as ...
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Bernd Grillitsch, European export sales director at Högl, will now...
Bernd Grillitsch, European export sales director at Högl, will now also be responsible the Austrian shoe brand in the key markets of Austria, Germany and Switzerland. In his new position, he reports to Harald Winzer, sales director at Högl, who works hand in hand with Gerhard Bachmaier, responsible for brand ...
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Three top managers of Groupe Royer have left the French...
Three top managers of Groupe Royer have left the French company in the last few months. Fidel Fernandez, a veteran of the group, has reportedly set up his own business. He was most recently in charge of a couple of brands owned by the group, Luxat and Pare Gabia, and ...
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Rainer Luers, a veteran of the German shoe industry who...
Rainer Luers, a veteran of the German shoe industry who had recently strayed away into the world of leathergoods, is now working for Mephisto. He is taking care of some important markets in Eastern Europe and the Asia-Pacific region like Russia, Ukraine, China, Korea and Australia.
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Henri Hempe, a 41-year-old former manager of Obi, has been...
Henri Hempe, a 41-year-old former manager of Obi, has been promoted by the Polish CCC retail group from head of sales to country manager for Germany
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Birgit Adels, a former partner of Heidrick & Struggles in...
Birgit Adels, a former partner of Heidrick & Struggles in charge of recruitment in the fashion and luxury sectors, is the new chief executive of Liebeskind Berlin. Among other stations, she has been running Viktor & Rolf and the Northern European operations of the Prada Group.
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Ecco has announced the appointment of Patrick S. Iversen as...
Ecco has announced the appointment of Patrick S. Iversen as general manager West at Ecco EMEA, effective March 1st. Iversen takes over from Erik Heldoorn, who has held the dual role of general manager West and sales director of core Europe since May 2016. Heldoorn has now expanded responsibilities as ...
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Thomas A. George has announced his resignation as chief financial...
Thomas A. George has announced his resignation as chief financial officer of Deckers Brands, after nine years with the company, remaining in the role until a successor is found
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Diego Porro has been appointed as the new chief executive...
Diego Porro has been appointed as the new chief executive of Philippe Model by 21 Investimenti, which took over the popular sneaker brand in 2016. The 43-year-old manager comes from Hugo Boss. He previously worked for Burberry, Dunhill, Zegna and Serapian. He takes the place of Andrea Pesaresi.
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Vans has boosted its design team with the appointment of...
Vans has boosted its design team with the appointment of Erwin Federizo to the position of global executive creative director, who was previously engaged as art director in the New York office of Wieden + Kennedy. Federizo will report to Jaimie Reilly, Vans' global vice president of creative operations.
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Erica Vilkauls, a former merchandise director of L.K. Bennett, has...
Erica Vilkauls, a former merchandise director of L.K. Bennett, has been appointed chief executive of the British brand of shoes and accessories. Next month, she will replace Darren Topp, who has held the post since September 2016. Topp was credited with an outstanding job at the company after it returned ...
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The outgoing chief executive and managing director of Tod's, Stefano...
The outgoing chief executive and managing director of Tod's, Stefano Sincini, will receive a €3.7 million severance package when he leaves the group at the next annual shareholder meeting, to be held on April 16 or 26. The package includes €1.8 million for a two-year non competition clause valid in ...
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Wolverine Worldwide has named Greg Tunney, a former chief executive...
Wolverine Worldwide has named Greg Tunney, a former chief executive of RG Barry and current president of the Two Ten Foundation, as president of its Hush Puppies brand, replacing Bill Mirecki who is moving to Asia to foster the growth of the Merrell brand in the region
