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Armin Wild, a former sales manager for Lacoste Footwear, has...
Armin Wild, a former sales manager for Lacoste Footwear, has left SPM Shoetrade, the Dutch trading company, where he was taking care of sales in the German-speaking countries
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Tracy Stone has left LK Bennett, where she spent the...
Tracy Stone has left LK Bennett, where she spent the last two years as commercial director, in charge of the U.K. and the rest of Europe
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Salvatore Ferragamo, the Italian luxury brand, confirmed in November that...
Salvatore Ferragamo, the Italian luxury brand, confirmed in November that it was appointing three designers at the top of its creative team, marking a major reorganization of the brand under its new chief executive, Eraldo Poletto. Fulvio Rigoni and Guillaume Meilland will respectively become design directors for women's and men's ...
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Patrick Buchanan, former marketing director of Creative Recreation, has...
Patrick Buchanan, former marketing director of Creative Recreation, has become the new director of global marketing for K-Swiss
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Don Grimes, the former chief financial officer of Wolverine Worldwide...
Don Grimes, the former chief financial officer of Wolverine Worldwide who left last year to join Neiman Marcus in June 2015 as chief operating officer, executive vice president and CFO, has resigned now from this post
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Aerosoles has promoted Sandy Coviello to chief product officer, a...
Aerosoles has promoted Sandy Coviello to chief product officer, a newly-created role with an international dimension, and has rehired Alena Margolis for the role of senior vice president and general manager of USA Wholesale and First Cost. In her role as chief product officer, Coviello will spearhead design and technology ...
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Alberto Guardiani has appointed Mario Rinaldi as its new global...
Alberto Guardiani has appointed Mario Rinaldi as its new global brand director, with responsibilities including product, distribution and communication. The function had been performed up to now by members of the Guardiani family. In 2017, Alberto Guardiani will celebrate its 70th anniversary. Prior to joining the Italian shoe brand, Rinaldi ...
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Susan Saidman has been promoted by Amazon to the position...
Susan Saidman has been promoted by Amazon to the position of European vice president for fashion, replacing Sergio Bucher who has become the chief executive of Debenhams, the British department store chain. Saidman has been with Amazon since November 2013, acting first as head of global vendor management in Seattle ...
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Timberland has appointed Bob Sineni as vice president and general...
Timberland has appointed Bob Sineni as vice president and general manager of the Timberland PRO line, which serves the workwear markets. He joins the outdoor brand from Majestic Athletic, where he has served as director of the strategic channel since 2011. Majestic Athletic is also part of VF Corp. Prior ...
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Deckers Brands has appointed Maggie Winkel as the general manager...
Deckers Brands has appointed Maggie Winkel as the general manager of Teva, a newly created role under the Performance Lifestyle Group at Deckers Brands. The appointment will be effective on Oct. 24. In this new position, Winkel will manage global product and brand marketing for Teva as well as the ...
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Nik Baker, sales manager of Sole Technology Europe, will soon...
Nik Baker, sales manager of Sole Technology Europe, will soon take over as general manager of the Dutch-based operation, responsible for the brands Etnies, Emerica, Thirtytwo and Altamont Apparel. He is taking the place of Greg Cleghorn, who is returning to South Africa to develop his distribution business through Intende ...
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Patrick Buchanan, former marketing director of Creative Recreation, has become...
Patrick Buchanan, former marketing director of Creative Recreation, has become the new director of global marketing for K-Swiss
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Frederic De Beule replaces Trisha Hegg as direct of product...
Frederic De Beule replaces Trisha Hegg as direct of product for Sanuk
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LK Bennett, the British retailer of accessible luxury women's shoes, which...
LK Bennett, the British retailer of accessible luxury women's shoes, which has diversified into clothing, has appointed Darren Topp, the former head of BHS, as its new chief executive. Topp succeeds Robert Bensoussan, who will move to the role of non-executive director after two years as interim chief executive. Bensoussan will ...
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Kering has appointed Carlo Alberto Beretta to the newly-created position...
Kering has appointed Carlo Alberto Beretta to the newly-created position of chief client & marketing officer, effective Oct. 4. He will report directly to François-Henri Pinault, the group's chairman and chief executive. He will also remain a member of Kering's executive committee. In his new role, Beretta is expected to ...
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Alteri Investors has announced that David Short intends to step...
Alteri Investors has announced that David Short intends to step down as chief executive of Jones Bootmaker and Brantano in October. During his tenure, Short has led the restructuring of the group following the acquisition by Alteri in October 2015. Alteri has also announced the appointment of David Riddiford as ...
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Shoes.com, the North American e-tailer based in Canada, has appointed...
Shoes.com, the North American e-tailer based in Canada, has appointed Brad Wilson as president. He was most recently the general manager of Expedia. He was prior to that the marketing manager of Travelocity. Roger Hardy, who controls the company, remains chairman and chief executive of Shoe.com, whose sales jumped by ...
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ANWR Schuh has appointed a new management for the Quick...
ANWR Schuh has appointed a new management for the Quick Schuh chain of 300-odd franchised stores in Germany and Austria, which will be integrated into its own operations from Jan. 1 following approval of the merger by at least 160 franchisees. It will be run by Guido Scholl, who has ...
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Salvatore Ferragamo has appointed a new creative director for women's...
Salvatore Ferragamo has appointed a new creative director for women's shoes, Paul Andrew, and a new creative director for women's wear, Fulvio Rigoni. A British native living in New York, Andrew founded his eponymous label three years ago. Rigoni worked with Christian Dior between 2012 and 2015. He previously worked ...
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Bearpaw, the U.S. chain of shoe shops, has appointed a...
Bearpaw, the U.S. chain of shoe shops, has appointed a new chief financial officer, Jason J. Martini, and a new marketing director, Edna De Pamphilis. Martini did a similar job at JanSport, the American brand of backpacks.

