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Roots has appointed Jim A. Gabel as president and chief...
Roots has appointed Jim A. Gabel as president and chief executive officer. The company has also announced the appointment of Jim Rudyk as its chief financial officer. Both appointments are effective as of Feb. 24. Gabel brings more than 24 years of experience in the footwear and apparel industry. Most ...
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Native Shoes has appointed Michael Belgue as creative director and...
Native Shoes has appointed Michael Belgue as creative director and vice president of marketing, with immediate effect. He will report to Native's president, Darren Hawrish, and will be based in Vancouver, at the brand's global headquarters. Belgue has 18 years of experience in fashion and footwear. He has previously worked ...
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Marcus Meyer has become the new chief executive of Navyboot,...
Marcus Meyer has become the new chief executive of Navyboot, taking the place of Philippe Gaydoul who remains as chairman of the Swiss firm. This former manager of Benetton Sportsystem ran Geox in Germany and Switzerland for more than eight years until his departure in 2011. After a brief interlude ...
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Lothar Lanz has been designated as the new executive chairman...
Lothar Lanz has been designated as the new executive chairman of Zalando at the company's annual meeting on May 31. The former manager of ProSieben and Axel Springer will also sit on the supervisory board of Kinnevik, the company's largest shareholder with a stake of nearly 32 percent. A member ...
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Klaus Michael Muus has been named product manager of Ricosta,...
Klaus Michael Muus has been named product manager of Ricosta, the leading German brand of children's shoes. He has spent 30 years in the footwear sector, working initially for Ecco in Denmark and Portugal. He subsequently worked for other firms, both in Europe and in Asia.
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Bernd Hummel has promoted Torsten Schmidt to the new position...
Bernd Hummel has promoted Torsten Schmidt to the new position of vice president and chief executive for its licensed Kangaroos brand. He joined the company in 2012 in the position of business development manager, with responsibility for sourcing, R&D and international sales. He previously worked for Puma, Jack Wolfskin and ...
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K-Swiss Global Brands is promoting Christophe Mortemousque as global president...
K-Swiss Global Brands is promoting Christophe Mortemousque as global president of its Palladium brand, in charge of product, sales and marketing. He will continue to be based in Lyon, France, where he has been running the brand's French operations lately. Mortemousque has been with Palladium since 1997, when it became ...
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Matt Rubel, former chief executive of Collective Brands and Cole...
Matt Rubel, former chief executive of Collective Brands and Cole Haan, is now CEO of Varsity Brands, which recently acquired Lids Team Sports from Genesco
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Daniela Ritter will succeed Claudia Rohr in mid-March as buyer...
Daniela Ritter will succeed Claudia Rohr in mid-March as buyer of women's shoes for Dielmanns
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Håkon Nygård, chief executive of Viking Outdoor Footwear, left the...
Håkon Nygård, chief executive of Viking Outdoor Footwear, left the company last week. The Norwegian company's chairman said that Nygård is retiring and that the chief executive's functions were handed over ad interim to Christoffer Jahr, one of the company's board members and a partner at XO executive advisers. Nygård ...
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Jörg Wtzel is replacing Lloyd Shoes' outgoing chief financial officer,...
Jörg Wtzel is replacing Lloyd Shoes' outgoing chief financial officer, Thomas Wahle
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Suprisingly, Claus Topp left Fagus at the end of February...
Suprisingly, Claus Topp left Fagus at the end of February after many years as its chief executive. The German last-maker attributed the move to personal reasons. A shareholder of Fagus, Kai Greten, is taking over the management on an interim basis.
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Helen Thomson started last month as managing director of Toms...
Helen Thomson started last month as managing director of Toms Shoes for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), taking the place of Martin Johnston who left last summer after a little over a year in the position. She comes from Ecco, where she had led its EMEA business out ...
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Jill Williams is leaving as finance director of Pittards...
Jill Williams is leaving as finance director of Pittards
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Goodiez is taking over the distribution of Kickers' shoes for...
Goodiez is taking over the distribution of Kickers' shoes for adults in Germany and Austria
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John Haugh, a former executive of Luxottica and Mars, will...
John Haugh, a former executive of Luxottica and Mars, will be the new president and chief executive of Iconix Brand Group, the company that owns many sports and fashion brands including Umbro, Starter, Ocean Pacific and Danskin. On April 1, he will take the place left vacant last August by ...
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Magnus Bubini, a manager with 20 years of experience in...
Magnus Bubini, a manager with 20 years of experience in the footwear industry, is the new chief executive for Rockport in Scandinavia since last month. He and began working for Rockport in 2011 and was most recently key accounts manager for the Nordic countries. Rockport has two stores in Scandinavia. ...
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Daniel Karpel, senior vice president, chief accounting officer and treasurer...
Daniel Karpel, senior vice president, chief accounting officer and treasurer of Caleres, had given notice that he will be leaving the company, formerly called Brown Shoe Co., on Feb. 16. Kenneth Hannah, senior vice president and chief financial officer, will serve as the company's principal accounting officer after his departure.
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Richter appointed Ad Timmers as new product manager on Jan....
Richter appointed Ad Timmers as new product manager on Jan. 12. He worked previously as product manager for Legero Superfit. In his new position at Richter, he replaces Judith Coule, who is now working as product manager for Superfit.
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At Berluti, a brand in LVMH's portfolio, Alessandro Sartori –...
At Berluti, a brand in LVMH's portfolio, Alessandro Sartori – the current artistic director - could be replaced by Alexandre Mattiussi, according to reports on fashionmag.com. Mattiussi is the French designer who founded the AMI label in 2011. AMI is in fact the acronym for Alexandre Mattiussi, plus the last ...
