All Executive changes articles – Page 76
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Frank Schmitz is the new head of sales at Bugatti...
Frank Schmitz is the new head of sales at Bugatti Shoes from the beginning of this month. In the previous eight years, he has worked for Ecco; the last four years as sales director of the brand. Holger Land, previously head of sales at Bugatti Shoes, has left the company ...
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Vivarte, the large French retail group that owns shoe retail...
Vivarte, the large French retail group that owns shoe retail chains such as André and Minelli, has appointed a new finance director, Jérôme Baniol, who will report to Didier Couerbe, secretary general and deputy managing director. He worked previously at Rexel. Another new key appointment is that of Antoine Menet, ...
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Vivarte, the large French retail group that owns shoe...
Vivarte, the large French retail group that owns shoe retail chains such as André and Minelli, has appointed a new finance director, Jérôme Baniol, who will report to Didier Couerbe, secretary general and deputy managing director
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Sioux has strengthened its management and distribution. Adnan Bilgi assumed...
Sioux has strengthened its management and distribution. Adnan Bilgi assumed the post of head of operations last Jan. 15. As a member of the executive board in the field of production and sourcing, he is responsible for quality control of Sioux products. Berthold Niehörster assumed the post of key account ...
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After several management changes, it's now the turn of Martin...
After several management changes, it's now the turn of Martin Burkhard to leave Peter Kaiser, with immediate effect. He was a member of the executive board in charge of production, collections and purchasing. The reason for the split is said to be a difference of views about the production structure, ...
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Ted Baker Footwear, one of the shoe licenses held by...
Ted Baker Footwear, one of the shoe licenses held by Pentland Group, has a new European territory manager. He is Florian Werner, and he will be in charge of coordinating the national sales teams and to handle key retail accounts. The manager has already been working in Pentland's international sales ...
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Frank Schuffelen, a member of the board of management at...
Frank Schuffelen, a member of the board of management at ANWR Garant International, AGI, resigned from his post on Feb. 28. Before assuming the post in December 2012, the German financial expert had already been a member of the board of management of Garant Schuh + Mode for seven years.
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Important changes have taken place at Mirapodo, the online shoe...
Important changes have taken place at Mirapodo, the online shoe retail platform of Germany's Otto Group, which is probably having a hard time competing with the likes of Zalando and Amazon (see the article on Amazon in the Results & Statistics). Stephanie Caspar, who has been the chief executive of ...
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Starting on Feb. 1, HG Diffusion is responsible for the...
Starting on Feb. 1, HG Diffusion is responsible for the distribution of Gabor shoes in France
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Ivan Dompé, 40, former corporate communications director of Luxottica, he...
Ivan Dompé, 40, former corporate communications director of Luxottica, he became director of financial and corporate communications of Yoox, the global online retailing platform for branded apparel, shoes and other accessories. Before Luxottica, he worked in Edison and Pirelli.
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Adnan Bilgi is returning to Sioux as head of operations,...
Adnan Bilgi is returning to Sioux as head of operations, handling production, procurement and quality control. He had already worked for the German company from 1997 to 2010, before stints at Mephisto and Lorenz Shoe Group. Also at Sioux, Berthold Niehörster is appointed as key account manager for the German ...
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Gerhard Aigner will be the new chief executive of Ferdinand...
Gerhard Aigner will be the new chief executive of Ferdinand Richter, the Austrian specialist for children's shoes. He replaces Alf Netek, who will concentrate on his responsibilities as CEO of the parent company, Shoe & Shirt Group. Aigner previously was the CEO of Think Shoe, the Austrian producer for women's ...
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Tod's has hired Alessandra Facchinetti as the new creative director...
Tod's has hired Alessandra Facchinetti as the new creative director of its women's collections. The Italian designer, aged 40, graduated from Istituto Marangoni di Milano and then worked for some of the most prestigious fashion houses in the world. She started with Prada in 1994 as designer and coordinator of ...
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Frank Jung has been named international sales director of Müller...
Frank Jung has been named international sales director of Müller & Meirer, taking the place of Rainer Lüers, the former international director of Lloys, which has left the German company after two years in the job
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Frank Wright, the footwear brand owned by the Jacobson Group,...
Frank Wright, the footwear brand owned by the Jacobson Group, has continued to expand its international footprint with the appointment of agents for three new markets. Nick Dimitriadis will be covering Greece and Cyprus. Eduardo Viegas will take care of Portugal.
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Henri Huck is the new distributor for the Högl brand...
Henri Huck is the new distributor for the Högl brand in France
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Major changes are going to take place on the supervisory...
Major changes are going to take place on the supervisory board of Macintosh Retail Group, the Dutch parent company of Scapino, Brantano, Jones Bootmaker and other footwear chains, at the company's general shareholders meeting on April 25. A. Nühn, chairman of the board, and another director, J.E. Lagerweij, will have to ...
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Francesco Russo is no longer creative director of Sergio Rossi,...
Francesco Russo is no longer creative director of Sergio Rossi, the Italian brand of high-end women?s shoes owned by PPR. He had been in the position since October 2008. In discussing the group?s results for 2012, PPR said that Sergio Rossi?s sales gross margins and operating profits improved. Sales were ...
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Erik Van Heuven has left the Hamm Reno Group, where...
Erik Van Heuven has left the Hamm Reno Group, where he acted as chief operating officer and international chief executive, citing personal reasons. He had joined the German group, which runs the Reno chain of shoe stores among other activities, in June 2009, to take care of the wholesale business ...
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As expected, the general meeting of Fice, the Spanish shoe...
As expected, the general meeting of Fice, the Spanish shoe industry association, has elected José Juan Sanchís Busquier as its new president, taking the place of Rafael Calvo, who has run the organization for more than 20 years. Born in Elda and graduated from the University of Valencia, he moved ...

