All Executive changes articles – Page 56
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Marcus Englert, a management consultant, is taking over from Norbert...
Marcus Englert, a management consultant, is taking over from Norbert Lang as chairman of Rocket Internet's supervisory board
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A new management headed up by Jutta Horezky is conducting...
A new management headed up by Jutta Horezky is conducting the re-launch of Tiggers, a German footwear brand that gets its shoes made in Portugal. It has launched its own web store and it is planning to show at the GDS, presenting an innovative boot. The brand and other assets ...
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Mellow Yellow, a brand that belongs to the Eram group...
Mellow Yellow, a brand that belongs to the Eram group for a few years, has a young new creative director, Thomas Lieuvin, who worked for Jean-Charles de Castalbajac before launching his own brand in 2012. He replaces Julien Granero who is leaving the company after five years in the role.
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David Friedrich, who has been the international sales director for...
David Friedrich, who has been the international sales director for Napapijri footwear for the past two years, is switching over to Gant footwear in the same position, starting with the sales campaign for the autumn/winter 2016/17 season. Both lines are licensed to Hamm Market Solutions.
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Impactiva, the leading quality assurance and supply chain optimization service,...
Impactiva, the leading quality assurance and supply chain optimization service, has hired three new senior executives. It has also expanded the territory covered by Paul Frowijn, who will also handle sales in the Netherlands after successfully developing the German market in the last four years. One of the three new ...
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The Idana Group has made two important appointments. Marino Knezevic...
The Idana Group has made two important appointments. Marino Knezevic has been taking care of international sales since Dec. 1 for the German shoe company. Jörg Glaztz has been placed in charge of its children's footwear lines, including its Indigo collection. Founded in 1078, the German company specializes in the ...
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Camuto Group has appointed Susan Pellish-Thaler as group president of...
Camuto Group has appointed Susan Pellish-Thaler as group president of footwear of Vince Camuto and Louise et Cie. In her new role, she will oversee the shoe businesses for both brands in the U.S. Pellish-Thaler was most recently general manager of Sam Edelman. Previously, she served at Nine West Corp., ...
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Superfeet, a leading American supplier of comfort insoles, has created...
Superfeet, a leading American supplier of comfort insoles, has created two new positions to stimulate further growth in the U.S. and abroad. Brad Parry, who has been with the company for eight years, has been appointed vice president of international sales. A regional sales manager of Superfeet, Miko Houser, becomes ...
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Reiner Pfeiffer, formerly with Jack Wolfskin, will act as sales...
Reiner Pfeiffer, formerly with Jack Wolfskin, will act as sales manager of Kangaroos in Germany and the other markets covered by its licensee, Bernd Hummel
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Jim Fox is taking over on Jan. 1, 2016 as...
Jim Fox is taking over on Jan. 1, 2016 as president of Dansko from Mandy Cabot, co-founder of the American brand of clogs and other comfort shoes. Cabot will continue as chairperson and chief executive of the company. Fox has been the chief financial officer of Dansko since 2006, and ...
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Mirapodo, the online shoe store of the Otto Group, has...
Mirapodo, the online shoe store of the Otto Group, has an experienced new head buyer, Heike Isemann. She has been working since the start of 2014 as shoe buyer for KaDeWe, the former premium department store operation of Karstadt. Prior to that she spent three years in the women's footwear ...
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Bugatti is getting ready for a generational change. Markus and...
Bugatti is getting ready for a generational change. Markus and Julius Brinkmann are going to support the work of their respective fathers, Wolfgang and Klaus Brinkmann, who have been jointly running since 1986 the family holding company, Bugatti Holding Brinkmann, founded in 1947 by their father, Friedrich Wilhelm Brinkmann. Markus, ...
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Marco Lachner is going to leave Birkenstock at the end...
Marco Lachner is going to leave Birkenstock at the end of 2015 after only one year as brand manager of the fast-growing company, but he may continue to be involved in specific projects. He had previously worked for Levi's, Vaude, Legero and Kangaroos.
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Wolfgang Schnellbügel has been appointed as French country manager of...
Wolfgang Schnellbügel has been appointed as French country manager of Rohde, replacing Serge Lemelle. Schnellbügel, a German executive who is married to a Frenchwoman, spent the last 14 years in the sporting goods industry, first as managing director of Sport 2000 Germany and then since 2006 as head of Sport ...
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Start-rite has announced that Stephen Riley has joined the company's...
Start-rite has announced that Stephen Riley has joined the company's board as non-executive chairman. The move follows the announcement in October that Peter Lamble, Start-rite's chairman and chief executive, is to step down from the business after 25 years. Riley brings international consumer and brand experience. He has worked with ...
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The Bestseller Group, owner of Jack & Jones, Vero Moda...
The Bestseller Group, owner of Jack & Jones, Vero Moda and other brands, has appointed Alexander Korosec as country manager for Austria and Eastern Europe
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Richard (Rick) Mina has become president of WSS, an American...
Richard (Rick) Mina has become president of WSS, an American shoe retailer with 68 stores, catering to Latin American and other urban communities, which has started to expand from its base in Southern California. Mina, who replaces Mark Archer, has a long history in the specialty retail sector. Among other ...
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Lime Green Agencies, which has been representing Gola Sport in...
Lime Green Agencies, which has been representing Gola Sport in Ireland, will also be the agent for Gola Classics in the country
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After parting ways with Aokang, Belle International and other local...
After parting ways with Aokang, Belle International and other local distributors, Geox has signed a deal with Pou Sheng International, the retail arm of Pou Chen and its subsidiary Yue Yuen, for the exclusive distribution of its adult collections in China. The contract calls for the opening of 350 mono-brand ...
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A new top manager, Michael Dornseifer, has joined Rohde in...
A new top manager, Michael Dornseifer, has joined Rohde in the position of international sales director. The 48-year-old, who worked already for the German company from 1997 to 2007, will work closely with the two members of its executive board, Harald Neisser and Patrick Ruiz Martin.
