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    Max Oriental is looking for a new president and chief...

    2014-06-13T00:00:00Z

    Max Oriental is looking for a new president and chief executive for Highline United, the company that owns or licenses the Ash, French Connection, Luxury Rebel and Elie Tahari brands, following the resignation of Rick Paterno. Based in New York, Paterno has effectively reorganized Highline United's American and international business ...

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    Reiner Schröder joined Rexor this month. He will be working...

    2014-06-13T00:00:00Z

    Reiner Schröder joined Rexor this month. He will be working for the German buying group controlled by ANWR in the segment of comfort and orthopedic shoes. He was previously a sales representative for Berkemann, Spiess and Schein in Germany.

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    Alan White, who retired as chief executive of N Brown...

    2014-05-20T00:00:00Z

    Alan White, who retired as chief executive of N Brown at the end of last year, has been appointed chairman of Hotter Shoes, following the recently reported investment by a private equity firm, Electra, in the British producer of comfort shoes. White, who is also serving as a non-executive director ...

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    Crocs has appointed a new president, Andrew Rees, who founded...

    2014-05-20T00:00:00Z

    Crocs has appointed a new president, Andrew Rees, who founded an led a global management consulting company for 14 years after working at Reebok International as vice president of strategic polanning and vice president of retail operations. Crocs' current chairman, Tom Smach, has agreed to act as interim chief executive ...

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    Anne-Marie Gaultier has been appointed by Bally to the new...

    2014-05-20T00:00:00Z

    Anne-Marie Gaultier has been appointed by Bally to the new position of vice president of global marketing and communications. Based in London, she reports to Frédéric de Narp, who was appointed last September as chief executive of the Swiss company, owned by Labelux. Gaultier has been in charge of marketing ...

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    Thomas Bast, currently co-chief executive officer of Quick Schuh with...

    2014-05-20T00:00:00Z

    Thomas Bast, currently co-chief executive officer of Quick Schuh with Alfred Pusswald, will become chief operating officer of ANWR Garant International in Düsseldorf. Volker Gromer, currently division manager of the corporate management department of the ANWR group will succeed Bast in his former position at Quick Schuh. Bast will support the ...

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    Tobias Zimmerer will join the executive board of Josef Seibel...

    2014-05-20T00:00:00Z

    Tobias Zimmerer will join the executive board of Josef Seibel Holding on June 1, acting as one of its three managing directors, with a concentration on product development, sourcing and production. He handled largely the same domains while he acted as chief executive of Ara Shoes, a position that he ...

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    Kering, parent company of Puma, Volcom, Gucci and other brands,...

    2014-05-20T00:00:00Z

    Kering, parent company of Puma, Volcom, Gucci and other brands, has appointed Daniela Riccardi to be a member of its board directors. The 54-year-old executive has been running Baccarat since June 2013. She previously gained experience in business development and branding at Procter & Gamble, where she worked for 25 ...

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    Grupo Priority, the Brazilian company that markets the West Coast...

    2014-05-20T00:00:00Z

    Grupo Priority, the Brazilian company that markets the West Coast and Cravo + Canela brands of footwear, has appointed a new export manager, Diogo Zobaran (sic). Working closely with Eduard Smaniotto, the company's sales director, he takes the place of John Smith, who has left the company.

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    Camilla Schiavone, who is the chief executive of Elsa Schiaparelli...

    2014-05-20T00:00:00Z

    Camilla Schiavone, who is the chief executive of Elsa Schiaparelli since 2012, has added the role of managing director for Roger Vivier, the brand licensed by Tod's, according to WWD. The fashion house of Schiaparelli was taken over eight years ago by the president of Tod's, Diego della Valle.

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    DSW has a new chief financial officer, Mary Meixelsperger, who...

    2014-05-20T00:00:00Z

    DSW has a new chief financial officer, Mary Meixelsperger, who comes from a regional chain of discount stores, Shopko Stores

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    Two executives of Görtz have left the German shoe retailing...

    2014-05-20T00:00:00Z

    Two executives of Görtz have left the German shoe retailing group, in which Afinum is set to acquire a 40 percent stake. One is Jörn Peters, joint managing director in charge of finance, whose four-year contract was due to expire at the end of this year. The other one is ...

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    Mads Hahnemann, 49, has assumed the responsibilities of Alex Nicolai...

    2014-04-16T00:00:00Z

    Mads Hahnemann, 49, has assumed the responsibilities of Alex Nicolai as head of the sports business unit of Ecco, covering its athletic and outdoor shoes, but not its golf footwear. Hahnemann has been with the Danish group for 14 years, working in logistics, sales, business planning and product management. Prior ...

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    Deckers Outdoor has announced the appointment of two senior executives...

    2014-04-16T00:00:00Z

    Deckers Outdoor has announced the appointment of two senior executives who will work on the continued expansion of the company's omni-channel infrastructure and resources. Brad Willis has been appointed senior vice president, information technology. He was previously chief information officer and vice president of information technology at West Marine, where ...

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    Matthias Grevener, member of the executive board of the ANWR...

    2014-04-16T00:00:00Z

    Matthias Grevener, member of the executive board of the ANWR Group and chief executive officer of ANWR Garant International, is now chairman of the supervisory board of Rexor. In this position, he succeeds Robert Natter, who already left the executive board of ANWR Garant International on March 30 to go ...

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    Nicole Stark has been appointed product manager of BNS Bergal,...

    2014-04-16T00:00:00Z

    Nicole Stark has been appointed product manager of BNS Bergal, the German company behind the Nico and Solitaire brands of footwear accessories, responsible especially for branding and internationalization

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    Hans-Hermann Deters has informed the supervisory board of Ara Shoes...

    2014-04-16T00:00:00Z

    Hans-Hermann Deters has informed the supervisory board of Ara Shoes that he will not extend his contract as executive board member in charge of sales and marketing after it expires on July 31, 2014. Deters, who joined Ara three years ago after serving in senior roles at Reebok and Kettler, ...

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    Native Shoes, the five-year-old Canadian brand of foam-injected EVA shoes,...

    2014-04-16T00:00:00Z

    Native Shoes, the five-year-old Canadian brand of foam-injected EVA shoes, has boosted its product management team. Silvana Rivadeneiera, who has spent 14 years in the footwear industry, working with suppliers from around the world, most recently at John Fluevog, has joined the company as product line manager. Kevin Reid, who ...

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    Lorenzo Grabbau is replacing Mia Brunell as chief executive of...

    2014-04-16T00:00:00Z

    Lorenzo Grabbau is replacing Mia Brunell as chief executive of Kinnevik, the main shareholder in Zalando and other companies. The Italian manager is already on the board of directors of some of these companies, including Zalando. A former partner in Goldman Sachs, he has been running for almost three years ...

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    Daniel Griffel, 30, has been assigned to the new position...

    2014-03-20T00:00:00Z

    Daniel Griffel, 30, has been assigned to the new position of export manager for Ricosta, the big German brand of children's footwear