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Geox has announced the appointment of Ernesto Esposito as its...
Geox has announced the appointment of Ernesto Esposito as its new designer for women's shoes. Esposito has a long experience in the luxury shoe sector, having worked for brands such as Bruno Magli, Sergio Rossi, Louis Vuitton, Chloé and Marc Jacobs. The first creations by Esposito are set to be ...
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Coach has announced the appointment of Joshua Schulman as brand...
Coach has announced the appointment of Joshua Schulman as brand president and chief executive of the Coach brand, a newly-created role, effective June 5. He will report directly to Victor Luis, the chief executive of Coach Inc., which also owns the Stuart Weitzman shoe brand. The change in leadership structure ...
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Robert Clergerie has appointed Perry Oosting as its chief executive...
Robert Clergerie has appointed Perry Oosting as its chief executive officer. He succeeds Eva Taub, who joined the French luxury house in 2012 after it was acquired by First Heritage Brands. Oosting served most recently as general manager for Hasselblad, the Swedish camera maker, but prior to that he had ...
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Sequential Brands has appointed Karen Murray as its new chief...
Sequential Brands has appointed Karen Murray as its new chief executive officer. Most recently, Murray served as president of VF Sportswear, a wholly-owned subsidiary of VF Corp. She replaces Yehuda Shmidman, who is stepping down from his position and as a member of the board of directors. Murray joined VF ...
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Footwear News reports that Steve Hill, president of Zappos, informed...
Footwear News reports that Steve Hill, president of Zappos, informed the company's employees that he will leave the U.S. online shoe retailer in June, after more than 12 years with the company, which is owned by Amazon. Hill said he would join another company veteran, Fred Mossler, to launch a ...
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Two years after his company was sold to Coach for...
Two years after his company was sold to Coach for $575 million, Stuart Weitzman, who is now 75 years old, is getting ready to retire in May. He will be replaced by a new creative director, Giovanni Morelli, who comes from Loewe, according to Footwear News. Discussing his future plans, ...
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A. Testoni has signed a distribution agreement with Oasis Fashion...
A. Testoni has signed a distribution agreement with Oasis Fashion to bring its new I29 brand to China. Through this agreement, Testoni plans to open 70 stores in the Asian country over the next six years. A. Testoni was founded in Bologna, Italy by Amedeo Testoni in 1929, hence the ...
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Aldo Group has announced the appointment of David Bensadoun, the...
Aldo Group has announced the appointment of David Bensadoun, the current president of Aldo North America, as chief executive officer of the group, effective April 3. He will replace Patrick Frisk, who has held the role since 2014. David is the eldest son of the company's founder, Aldo Bensadoun. He ...
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Diego Mohadeb is taking over as chief executive of Alpargatas...
Diego Mohadeb is taking over as chief executive of Alpargatas Argentina from Javier Goñi
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Rocky Brands promotes Thomas Robertson from senior financial analyst to...
Rocky Brands promotes Thomas Robertson from senior financial analyst to chief financial officer, taking the place left vacant by the resignation of James E. McDonald
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Golden Goose's new owners, The Carlyle Group, have appointed Giorgio...
Golden Goose's new owners, The Carlyle Group, have appointed Giorgio Presca as the new chief executive of the brand. Carlyle has completed the acquisition of Golden Goose Deluxe Brand, the Italian luxury lifestyle fashion company, from a pool of investors led by Ergon Capital Partners, and has picked Presca to ...
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Oliver Sweeney has appointed Chris Webster as managing director and...
Oliver Sweeney has appointed Chris Webster as managing director and chief operating officer. Webster was previously venture architect director at BCG Digital Ventures, a corporate investment and incubation firm, where he was responsible for incubating and scaling up digital businesses for its clients. Prior to that, he worked at Ebay ...
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Wolverine Worldwide has appointed two new managers for its Wolverine...
Wolverine Worldwide has appointed two new managers for its Wolverine brand. John Estes will serve as vice president of global sales and Andy Shripka as vice president of marketing. Estes has been with Wolverine for 22 years, working most recently as vice president and general manager of Sebago. Shripka worked ...
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Caleres has appointed Chris Cavalline as senior vice president of...
Caleres has appointed Chris Cavalline as senior vice president of e-commerce and Karlyn Mattson as chief merchandising officer of its Famous Footwear division. They will both report to Rick Ausick, president of the division. Cavalline will be responsible for e-commerce and consumer engagement, including oversight of famous.com and the customer ...
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Ports International Enterprises has appointed Jenny Tan as its new...
Ports International Enterprises has appointed Jenny Tan as its new chief executive officer, and Matteo De Rosa as managing director of the group's Ports 1961 label. Jenny Tan is the daughter of Edward Tan, who founded the company in 1993 with his brother Alfred. She has 20 years of experience ...
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Shoe Zone promotes Jonathan Fearn, who has been the U.K....
Shoe Zone promotes Jonathan Fearn, who has been the U.K. chain's finance director since last July, to the position of chief financial officer
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Sabrina Bonesi has joined Burberry in the newly created role...
Sabrina Bonesi has joined Burberry in the newly created role of design director for leathergoods and footwear. She will be reporting directly to Christopher Bailey, who is relinquishing the post of chief executive to concentrate on his role as chief creative officer. Bonesi comes from Christian Dior. She previously worked ...
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Yue Yuen Industrial Holdings has dismissed Chen Kuo-Lung, the chief...
Yue Yuen Industrial Holdings has dismissed Chen Kuo-Lung, the chief financial officer of its 62.41 percent owned distribution and retail subsidiary, Pou Sheng International, and its chief executive, Kwan Heh-Der, has resigned. The reason given by Yue Yuen is the discovery of “certain incorrect sales data,” but the discrepancies with ...
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The new owners of the Hamm Reno Group (HR Group)...
The new owners of the Hamm Reno Group (HR Group) have appointed a new chief executive for the German shoe distribution and retail company. Wolfram Hail, who spent the last five years as a member of the executive board of Deichmann and as its chief product officer, became the CEO ...
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Kyle Houseman will be the new president of Native Shoes,...
Kyle Houseman will be the new president of Native Shoes, the Canadian casual footwear company based in Vancouver. He worked previously on the international executive team of Lululemon, the big Vancouver-based chain of yoga and sports apparel stores, where he ran most recently its expansion into Australia. Houseman is taking ...
