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Bearpaw Footwear of Citrus Heights, California, announced a distribution deal...
Bearpaw Footwear of Citrus Heights, California, announced a distribution deal with Accent Group for Australia and New Zealand. The company's vice president and international business director, Rich Marten, also indicated that it will enter the Mexican market later this year, after re-entering the Canadian market this summer through Gredico Footwear.
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Leonard Armato is leaving his position as president of Skechers...
Leonard Armato is leaving his position as president of Skechers Fitness Group to join Leverage Agency, a sports-marketing firm. There, he will continue to work with his former employer in building its performance footwear platform.
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Walter Breuer, who has been working for Högl in export...
Walter Breuer, who has been working for Högl in export sales for many years, has become general manager of Think Marko, a German shoe company based in Kopfing. The 43-year-old has succeeded Gerhard Aigner who has left Think after ten years in the job.
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Bill Taylor is said to have resigned as managing director...
Bill Taylor is said to have resigned as managing director of Sanita USA. He worked previously for Rockport, GBMI, Aicad and Birki's.
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Boa Technology has hired Elizabeth Moore as marketing manager and...
Boa Technology has hired Elizabeth Moore as marketing manager and Claire Sprague as senior graphic designer
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Three new sales personnel have joined Rocket Dog Brands International...
Three new sales personnel have joined Rocket Dog Brands International of the U.K. to expand sales of the brand there as well as Europe. Alex Cloote is the new EU export manager, coming to the company from Blowfish footwear. David O'Malley is U.K. sales manager, bringing his experience with Timberland ...
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Kate Maconie, the up and coming British designer, has...
Kate Maconie, the up and coming British designer, has opened a showroom in São Paulo
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Thomas E. Wenzel is the new chief executive of MBT...
Thomas E. Wenzel is the new chief executive of MBT Group, replacing Jan Stig Andersen. The seasoned executive has been interim manager and consultant at several companies since 2001, after holding important sales and marketing positions since 1982 at various companies including Henkel, Mars and Villeroy & Boch. Andersen, who ...
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Thomas Tang has joined Esprit as chief financial officer and...
Thomas Tang has joined Esprit as chief financial officer and executive director, succeeding Chew Fook Aun, who left last December for personal reasons. Tang, 56, was previously executive director and chief financial officer of Sino Land Company and Sino Hotel (Holdings), property developers. Esprit has appointed Thomas Tang Wing Young ...
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Thomas Grote, former president of Esprit, has now left as...
Thomas Grote, former president of Esprit, has now left as chief executive of Mexx
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Sven Simonsen is taking over as sales manager of Palladium...
Sven Simonsen is taking over as sales manager of Palladium for the German-speaking countries from Robert Dosert, who is leaving the brand at his own wish. Simonsen, 50, worked previously for other brands such as Diesel, Oilily and Crocs. Palladium is still the property of K-Swiss Inc., where a new ...
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Alpargatas has further boosted the staff its 4-year-old European office...
Alpargatas has further boosted the staff its 4-year-old European office in Madrid. As part of the reorganization, Emily Abbott has joined the company in the new position of EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) manager of Havaianas distributors, and Guillaume Prou has come on board as EMEA financial director. On ...
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Dansko has hired Sal Agati to be its new vice...
Dansko has hired Sal Agati to be its new vice president for sourcing, in charge of sourcing, product development and commercialization processes for its footwear and health care apparel segments. He comes from Donna Karan, where he was executive vice president for footwear. He has also served the role of ...
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Guido Heck has been appointed new managing director for Germany...
Guido Heck has been appointed new managing director for Germany of MBT, replacing Uwe Schäfer, who has switched to K-Swiss' operations in the same country. Heck, a former manager of Nike, Rohde and Mephisto, will keep his position as international sales director, which he took on early last year. Heck ...
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Reinhard Mewes, responsible at Ariston-Nord-West-Ring for the Best Partner trading...
Reinhard Mewes, responsible at Ariston-Nord-West-Ring for the Best Partner trading concept, is going to retire in the middle of this year. Mewes designed the concept, which was launched in 1998. His responsibility will be handed over to Michael Fischer, who has been in charge of the marketing department at ANWR ...
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Michel Bergerac, a former president and chief merchant of Bakers...
Michel Bergerac, a former president and chief merchant of Bakers Footwear Group, has joined Payless ShoeSource as senior vice president and general manager for the chain's collections of women's shoes and accessories
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Raf Simons has been confirmed as the new creative director...
Raf Simons has been confirmed as the new creative director of Christian Dior, taking the place of John Galliano, who was fired a year ago because of his racist and anti-Semitic statements
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Peter Simma is set to join the executive board of...
Peter Simma is set to join the executive board of Leder & Schuh as financial director next September after leaving a similar position at Walford
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Sanita has stopped representing Lola Ramona, a Danish brand of...
Sanita has stopped representing Lola Ramona, a Danish brand of fashionable footwear, to focus on its own core business. The brand's owner, Gitte Sandqvist, has set up a new company, THIS, that has been taking orders since April 1.
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Joshua Schulman, who left recently as chief executive of Jimmy...
Joshua Schulman, who left recently as chief executive of Jimmy Choo, will become president of Bergdorf Goodman next month. Schulman has been in the luxury goods business for about 20 years. His previous stations included a job as executive vice president of Gucci Group. He has also been president of ...
