All Executive changes articles – Page 71
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Dansko's executive vice president of sales and marketing, David Murphy,...
Dansko's executive vice president of sales and marketing, David Murphy, will be retiring at the end of April. He will continue to serve in his current role as director on Dansko's board of directors. Murphy joined Dansko in 2006. In his 35-year career in the footwear industry, he also had ...
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Two Ten Footwear Foundation has elected two new officers and...
Two Ten Footwear Foundation has elected two new officers and six members to its 2014-2015 board of directors. Blake Krueger will be the chairman of the new board. He is chairman, president and chief executive of Wolverine Worldwide. Diane Sullivan, president and chief executive of Brown Shoe Company, will be ...
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Stephan Krug, a veteran of the shoe industry, is replacing...
Stephan Krug, a veteran of the shoe industry, is replacing Marcus Meyer as president and chief executive of Highline United Europe, which markets the brands Ash, French Connection, Julian Hakes, Elie Tahari and Nylon for Max Oriental in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Krug, 51, set up his own ...
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Leucio Ferri, 43, who previously worked for IS International Sourcing...
Leucio Ferri, 43, who previously worked for IS International Sourcing and the Rieker Group, joined Peter Kaiser, German shoe brand, as head of sourcing on Jan. 1
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Frank Stefan, sales director at Kennel & Schmenger, left the...
Frank Stefan, sales director at Kennel & Schmenger, left the company at the beginning of this year, and the German brand has not yet announced his successor
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Andrew Lee has left as licensing, franchising and wholesale director...
Andrew Lee has left as licensing, franchising and wholesale director of Kurt Geiger, after working for the company since 2006, according to Drapers. The British retailer, which is owned by Jones Group, saw its sales rise by 9 percent to £230 million last year, thanks especially to a 21 percent ...
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R.G. Barry Brands has promoted Jeff Cosgrove to head up...
R.G. Barry Brands has promoted Jeff Cosgrove to head up its Foot Petals business unit. He worked at U.S. Shoe Corp. in sales and operations and at Rockport as executive vice president of sales and marketing before joining R.G. Barry as vice president of sales, marketing and off-price sales.
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Roy Goossens has joined Wolverine Worldwide as brand manager responsible for...
Roy Goossens has joined Wolverine Worldwide as brand manager responsible for the Cat Footwear and Sebago brands in Germany, Switzerland, Austria and the Netherlands. The 53-year-old, who started working for Wolverine in December, had worked since January 2006 for Bosum Trading, handling sales of O'Neill, Marutti, Wolverine and Australian footwear in ...
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Rocket Dog, the U.S.-based producer of women's and children's footwear,...
Rocket Dog, the U.S.-based producer of women's and children's footwear, has hired Scott Weaver as vice president of sales in charge of the kids business. He was previously general manager of Steve Madden Kids. Prior to that, he acted as the president for Superga North America at Steve Madden, where ...
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Lür Holler is the new sales manager for Clarks in...
Lür Holler is the new sales manager for Clarks in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, filling a vacant position. He previously worked as a sales manager for Geox. Prior to that, he was involved with Belmondo, a brand of women's shoes owned by Görtz.
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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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Francesco Russo, who recently left as artistic director of Sergio...
Francesco Russo, who recently left as artistic director of Sergio Rossi, has been hired by Christian Dior to develop its shoe collections, starting with the autumn/winter 2014/15 season. Russo has also opened a workshop in Paris to launch a line of shoes under his own name. Prior to Sergio Rossi, ...
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Gina R. Boswell, executive vice president of Unilever in charge...
Gina R. Boswell, executive vice president of Unilever in charge of personal care products, is joining the board of directors of Wolverine Worldwide. Blake W. Krueger, Wolverine's chairman and chief executive, says that she has an impressive track record of building global brands, executing business strategy, and growing market share ...
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Laurent Potdevin is stepping down as president of Toms Shoes...
Laurent Potdevin is stepping down as president of Toms Shoes in January to act as the new chief executive of Lululemon Athletica, a big Canadian-based activewear company. The Swiss-born executive is credited with setting up a world-class management team at Toms and broadening its strong cultural identity since he began ...
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Joe Salzano, who left as vice president of sales at...
Joe Salzano, who left as vice president of sales at Clarks North America last October, has became a senior advisor to his former boss, Bob Infantino, for the development of the Drydock Footwear Group. This is a joint venture formed in May 2011 between Infantino and New Balance to manage ...
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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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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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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.
