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Görtz has a new managing director, Frank Revermann, who will...
Görtz has a new managing director, Frank Revermann, who will replace Thorsten Hermelink. The 46-year-old will be responsible at the German shoe retail group for sales, marketing, e-commerce and expansion, joining two other members of the executive board, Christian Moritz and Stephan Tendam. Revermann has spent 13 years at Bonita, ...
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Elizabeth Murdoch, daughter of the media magnate Rupert Murdoch, has...
Elizabeth Murdoch, daughter of the media magnate Rupert Murdoch, has joined the board of Jimmy Choo as a non-executive director
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Leomil says it is expanding its cooperation with the Walt...
Leomil says it is expanding its cooperation with the Walt Disney Company to Latin America. It has already started to market Frozen and Minnie shoes in Colombia and Surinam, where it will also work with an upcoming Disney film, The Good Dinosaur. Its partnership for Spider-man is heading into Colombia, ...
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Sports Connection, the distributor of Skechers in the Nordic countries,...
Sports Connection, the distributor of Skechers in the Nordic countries, says that its sales grew by more than 125 percent so far this year. The biggest growth took place in Denmark, the distributor's home market, but the other three Nordic countries – Sweden, Norway and Finland – also registered an ...
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Roger L. Rawlins, executive vice president and chief innovation officer...
Roger L. Rawlins, executive vice president and chief innovation officer of DSW, will succeed the current chief executive of the American shoe retail chain, Michael R. MacDonald, on Jan. 1. Rawlings will also join DSW's board of directors. He has spent almost ten years in various functions at the company, ...
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Nicholas Kirkwood's co-founder and chief executive, Christopher Suarez, has left...
Nicholas Kirkwood's co-founder and chief executive, Christopher Suarez, has left the company to pursue other interests effective Oct. 30. After LVMH acquired a majority stake in the company in Sept. 2013, a two-year plan was put in place to prepare the company for the next stage of development. Suarez's departure ...
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Peter Lamble is set to leave as chairman and chief...
Peter Lamble is set to leave as chairman and chief executive of Start-Rite after 25 years with the British children's footwear firm, but he is prepared to stay in his post until the appointment of a successor. Start-Rite has been owned by Lamble's family for eight generations. Its holding company, ...
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Carrie Teffer will join Crocs' management as executive vice president...
Carrie Teffer will join Crocs' management as executive vice president and as its new chief financial officer on Dec. 16, while resigning from its board of directors. She previously ran financial affairs at PetSmart, Weber-Stephens and Timberland. Mike Smith has been acting as interim CFO at Crocs. In another appointment ...
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Shoe Carnival, which wants to more than double the number...
Shoe Carnival, which wants to more than double the number of its stores in the U.S., has appointed Jeff Fink as senior vice president for real estate
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Global Brands Group has hired Edmundo Castillo as executive vice...
Global Brands Group has hired Edmundo Castillo as executive vice president and creative director of Aquatalia, a brand men's and women's shoes founded and led by Marvin Krasnow. Castillo has worked for major brands such as Donna Karan, Ralph Lauren and Sergio Rossi. He most recently developed his eponymous brand ...
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Franco Spalla, chief executive of Basicnet, is now expected to...
Franco Spalla, chief executive of Basicnet, is now expected to continue his collaboration with the group after passing the helm to Gianni Crespi at the shareholders' meeting next April. Marco Boglione, chairman of the board and major shareholder of the Italian-based group, plans to propose the appointment of Spalla to ...
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Hunter Boots has announced that its chief executive, James Seuss,...
Hunter Boots has announced that its chief executive, James Seuss, will resign at the end of this month to pursue a new, unspecified opportunity. The fast-growing British company has formed an interim leadership committee to manage the business. Seuss worked for Cole Haan, Stella McCartney, Tiffany and Tourneau before taking ...
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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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Crocs has promoted Terence Reilly from vice president of global...
Crocs has promoted Terence Reilly from vice president of global marketing to senior vice president and chief marketing officer
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Diesel has created a new regional Diesel Europe unit, run...
Diesel has created a new regional Diesel Europe unit, run by Joanna Onland, for a more direct and consistent management of its key accounts. Onland has been with Diesel for five years, first as general manager for the Benelux countries and then as regional director for Southern Europe. Thorsten Link, ...
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Two top managers of Deichmann are leaving the company. Karsten...
Two top managers of Deichmann are leaving the company. Karsten Schütt, managing director in charge of information technology and logistics, has decided to quit after 17 years with the group. Another managing director in charge of purchasing, Wolfram Hall, will leave the company by mutual consent after four years in ...
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Kering, the parent company of Gucci, Saint Laurent, Puma and...
Kering, the parent company of Gucci, Saint Laurent, Puma and other brands, has announced the departure of Louise Beveridge, communication director, after five years in the post. The 53-year-old French-Irish manager, who was responsible for the change in the company's name from PPR, was also a member of the group's ...
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Gerli, owner of the Dockers brand of shoes in Europe,...
Gerli, owner of the Dockers brand of shoes in Europe, has appointed Anja Hermann to a new position as marketing and advertising manager
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Bob Mullaney, an executive with more than two decades of...
Bob Mullaney, an executive with more than two decades of experience in the footwear sector, has been appointed to the new position of president and chief operating officer of ShoeBuy, the Boston-based online shoe retailer, reporting to its chief executive, Mike Sorabella. Most recently, Mullaney served as president of Rockport ...
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Paul Mason has been made non-executive chairman of Dr. Martens,...
Paul Mason has been made non-executive chairman of Dr. Martens, taking the place of David Suddens, who is leaving the fast-growing brand acquired by the Permira investment fund last year. Suddens spent 13 years at the helm of the company, achieving its turnaround. Mason had acted briefly as non-executive chairman ...
