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Francois Kress has been appointed to the new role of...
Francois Kress has been appointed to the new role of global president at Stuart Weitzman. He has been most recently president and chief operating office of The Row. He has previously acted as chief executive of Prada's and Miu Miu's U.S. subsidiary and managing director of Bulgari America. At Weitzman, ...
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Thomas O'Neill has been appointed to replace Peter Davies as...
Thomas O'Neill has been appointed to replace Peter Davies as chairman of the Clarks Group. He is already a non-executive member of the board of directors, and he has extensive experience with global retail brands. O'Neill acted as president of Burberry in London between 2001 and 2004, and he spent ...
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Jocelyne Vassoille has been appointed director of human resources at...
Jocelyne Vassoille has been appointed director of human resources at Vivarte, the big French shoe and apparel retailing group
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Simon Stechel has joined the buying office of the Salamander...
Simon Stechel has joined the buying office of the Salamander chain of stores managed by the Klauser group in Germany. He has been a buyer for Göertz and ANWR Schuh, specializing in men's and sports shoes.
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Paul Blum, who spent many years in senior positions at...
Paul Blum, who spent many years in senior positions at Kenneth Cole Productions in two stages until 2011, is leaving as chief executive of an American fashion company, Juicy Couture, following its sale to Authentic Brands
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Ira Hernowitz, an executive from the toy industry, has been...
Ira Hernowitz, an executive from the toy industry, has been appointed by Wolverine Worldwide as the new president of its Stride Rite Children's Group. He will be in charge of the recently acquired Stride Rite brand as well as the children's shoe offering of other brands within the group such ...
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Genesco's board of directors has a new member, Joanna Barsh,...
Genesco's board of directors has a new member, Joanna Barsh, who became director emeritus of McKinsey & Company last March, after more than 30 years with the consultancy, where she has served as a senior partner since 1994
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David Friedrich assumes the position of international sales manager for...
David Friedrich assumes the position of international sales manager for Napapijri footwear, which is licensed to an offshoot of the Hamm-Reno group in Osnabrück, Germany. He succeeds Marc Plückebaum, who left the company last month. Friedrich previously worked as international sales manager for Crocs Europe and within the Birkenstock group ...
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Wolverine Worldwide has appointed Frank Annunziata as the new vice...
Wolverine Worldwide has appointed Frank Annunziata as the new vice president and general manager of its Sebago brand. The 30-year footwear veteran has been most recently a senior vice president of sales at Clarks' North American subsidiary. He previously worked for Bostonian, Rockport and G.H. Bass.
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Crocs has appointed a new general manager for the Americas...
Crocs has appointed a new general manager for the Americas region, Greg Sullivan, who has spent 20 years with Wal-Mart. The region comprises North, Central and South America.
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Andy Simister, who has worked for Pentland Group for 17...
Andy Simister, who has worked for Pentland Group for 17 years, has left the company, where he has been acting lately as global vice president for Lacoste Footwear. His responsibilities are expected to be assumed on an interim basis by Richard Newcombe, vice president of global sales, and Paul Webber, ...
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Thomas Ridder has finally left the HR Group, the parent...
Thomas Ridder has finally left the HR Group, the parent company of Hamm Market Solutions and Reno, where he has been acting as a member of the executive board since May 2011. Citing personal reasons, he had been placed on a leave of absence since January. Ridder previously worked in ...
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W. Lee Capps, former chief financial officer and chief operating...
W. Lee Capps, former chief financial officer and chief operating officer at Kellwood Company, has become a member of Brown Shoe Company's board of director and audit committee
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Richard Messegaward, formerly with VF Corporation, has become general manager...
Richard Messegaward, formerly with VF Corporation, has become general manager of Rockport for the U.K. and Ireland
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Thomas Stockhammer assumed the position as head of production at...
Thomas Stockhammer assumed the position as head of production at Peter Kaiser on Oct. 1. Previously, he worked as facility manager for Ara Shoes at its factory in Valea lui Mihai in Romania. In his new post at Peter Kaiser, he succeeds Martin Burkhard, who left the company in March ...
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Crocs appoints Tim Lyons as its European retail manager, running...
Crocs appoints Tim Lyons as its European retail manager, running the company's 115 corporate stores and the 98 franchises in 45 countries. Lyons, who was previously in charge of Nike's factory outlets in western Europe, will report to Ann Chan, European commercial director of Crocs. Prior to the Swoosh, Lyons ...
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Bally has appointed Frédéric de Narp as its new chief...
Bally has appointed Frédéric de Narp as its new chief executive, effective Nov. 4. He fills the post left vacant by Berdnt Hauptkorn, who left the Swiss brand in January 2012 to take up the role of chief financial officer at Fast Retailing Europe. Reinhard Mieck, chief executive of Bally's ...
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Ronald Van der Vis has been appointed to the supervisory...
Ronald Van der Vis has been appointed to the supervisory board of Macintosh Retail Group, the diversified Dutch retailer that owns Brantano, Jones Bootmaker, Scapino and other shoe retail chains. The Dutch executive has run important companies such as Royal Ahrend, Pearle Europe and, until recently, Esprit Holdings.
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Wolverine Worldwide has promoted Jodi K. Watson to the new...
Wolverine Worldwide has promoted Jodi K. Watson to the new position of president of consumer direct operations, reporting directly to Blake W. Krueger, chairman, chief executive and president of the growing American footwear group, which is committed to expanding the online and retail operations of its brands around the world. ...
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Thorsten Lettau will manage the new order center of the...
Thorsten Lettau will manage the new order center of the ANWR group from October 15. He assumes the strategic and operative management of the group's O1 order center of its campus in Mainhausen. He will be responsible for all renting processes, the commercial, technical and infrastructural tasks of the order ...
