All Executive changes articles – Page 72
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Oliver Greiser assumed the newly-created position of brand manager at...
Oliver Greiser assumed the newly-created position of brand manager at Highline United Europe on June 1. He is responsible for all of Highline's brands. Previously, Greiser worked for Geox and Paul Green as product manager. Marcus Meyer, chief executive officer of Highline United Europe, also worked for Geox between 2002 ...
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Sanuk, one of the brands of Deckers Outdoor Corportation, has...
Sanuk, one of the brands of Deckers Outdoor Corportation, has hired Jeff Booth, most recently with Billabong, as core national sales mager for the U.S., and Tommy Campagne, formerly with Young & Rubicam and Verizon Wireless, as core marketing manager
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Cornelia Müller, who has handling purchases of footwear for C&A,...
Cornelia Müller, who has handling purchases of footwear for C&A, is heading up the shoe division of Marc O'Polo, replacing Thomas Bergbauer who has moved to Navyboot
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Dirk Pues, one of the managing directors of Hamm Market...
Dirk Pues, one of the managing directors of Hamm Market Solutions, responsible for product development and sales, has left the German company, which is the global footwear licensee for Gant and Napapijri and the European distributor for the corresponding lines. Jeton Bujupi and Anja Frers will now be responsible for ...
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Sharon Stone has resigned as president of the Stride Rite...
Sharon Stone has resigned as president of the Stride Rite Children's Group, which was taken over by Wolverine Worldwide along with other properties last October. She is returning to the toy industry, acting as chief executive of Build-a-Bear Workshop. Wolverine is looking for her replacement.
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On June 1, Thomas Kamm assumed the position of country...
On June 1, Thomas Kamm assumed the position of country manager for Austria and Germany at Merrell and Chaco, two of the brands of Wolverine Worldwide. He replaces Michael Dörner, who managed the sales of Merrell in central Europe for seven years. Dörner has left the group to become area ...
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François Feijoo, 53, has left the Vivarte group to run...
François Feijoo, 53, has left the Vivarte group to run the Eram and Texto chains of shoe shops, starting on July 1. With 400 and 200 stores, respectively, and combined annual sales of around €300 million, they are among the main assets of the French Eram group, which had a ...
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Mike Abbott will be the new president of Keen Footwear...
Mike Abbott will be the new president of Keen Footwear from July 8, 2013. He has nearly two decades of experience in global operations, most recently as chief operating officer of Specialized Bicycles, where he first joined as general manager in 2009. Before entering the bike industry, he acted as ...
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Nina Footwear has appointed Alan Johnson as president of the...
Nina Footwear has appointed Alan Johnson as president of the company, a new position for the New York-based design house and producer, which sells footwear under the Nina and Delman brands. The former president of Delman, Lance DeShazo, and the former brand manager of Nina, Michael Shirey, have both left the company. In ...
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Andreas Zimmermann will assume the position of sales manager for...
Andreas Zimmermann will assume the position of sales manager for the German market at Ecco from Sept. 1. In this position, he succeeds Frank Schmitz, who left the company at the end of March. Zimmermann is currently working as sales manager for Southern Germany at Puma. Previously, he held executive ...
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Brown Shoe Company has announced the appointment of Diane Sullivan as...
Brown Shoe Company has announced the appointment of Diane Sullivan as chairman of the board, effective Feb. 2, 2014. She will add the new duties to her existing roles as president and chief executive, when Ron Fromm steps down from his role as chairman. He will remain a member of the company's ...
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In another important change of management since the arrival of...
In another important change of management since the arrival of Marc Lelandais at its helm last year, Vivarte has created a new position by appointing another new executive, Monique Fischer, to lead the group's international development. She is also joining the group's executive board. Fischer, 49, studied fashion in Munich, ...
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Shoe Carnival has appointed a new vice president of e-commerce,...
Shoe Carnival has appointed a new vice president of e-commerce, Kent Zimmermann, who was previously doing a similar job at an American chain of sporting goods stores, The Finish Line
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Paul Janssen, the former general manager of Hugo Boss's shoe...
Paul Janssen, the former general manager of Hugo Boss's shoe division who has been responsible lately on Sioux executive board for the development of the German company's collections, will be leaving the company after the expiration of his three-year contract at the end of June. Another former member of the executive ...
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Manfred Kindler is leaving as buying director of Leiser, the...
Manfred Kindler is leaving as buying director of Leiser, the German shoe retail chain taken over by Josef Seibel. The group is reorganizing operations at Leiser and its sister chain, Schuhhof.
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Prada will probably open a store in Angola next year,...
Prada will probably open a store in Angola next year, said the company's chief executive, Patrizio Bertelli, at the company's recent annual shareholders' meeting in Milan, pointing to the fact that the African continent is “starting to give the first signs” of progress in the luxury goods sector. He said ...
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Heike Discher has joined the board of management of ANWR...
Heike Discher has joined the board of management of ANWR Garant International (AGI), along side its two joint chief executives, Robert Natter and Matthias Grevener. AGI is the new company that took over operating the former Ariston Nord West Ring, becoming a limited liability corporation in April. Discher, 36, served her ...
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Christoph Fülscher has assumed the position of IT manager at...
Christoph Fülscher has assumed the position of IT manager at Ludwig Görtz, the big German chain of shoe stores. Previously, he worked for Amplifon, a retail chain for hearing aids. He began his career at Hermes Logistik Group, working as project manager and introducing software solutions and a data warehouse. ...
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Sarah Thornley has been named merchandising director at LK Bennett....
Sarah Thornley has been named merchandising director at LK Bennett. She previously worked at Harvey Nichols, Burberry and Matches, a British chain of luxury goods stores. At Burberry, she acted as European and online merchandising director.
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Wolfgang Goerlich of Brazil has been unanimously re-elected as president...
Wolfgang Goerlich of Brazil has been unanimously re-elected as president of the International Leather Council, with Italy's Rino Mastrotto acting as vice president
