All Executive changes articles – Page 82
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Colin Clark recently quit as international director of Deckers Outdoor...
Colin Clark recently quit as international director of Deckers Outdoor Corporation, but it has been impossible for us to determine so far whether he has a successor
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Laura Lendrum has quit her position as head of Gucci...
Laura Lendrum has quit her position as head of Gucci for the Americas
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More managers are leaving Rohde. This time it's Mirko Ostendörfer...
More managers are leaving Rohde. This time it's Mirko Ostendörfer and Daniel Tibroni, and they are quitting at their own wish. A former manager of Marc Shoes, Ostendörfer had been appointed sales manager of Rohde after obtaining excellent results as product manager for Rohde's licensed Daniel Hechter collection. He is ...
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The Adidas Group has promoted Tobias Reiss-Schmidt, 38, to the...
The Adidas Group has promoted Tobias Reiss-Schmidt, 38, to the position of president and chief executive of Rockport, with effect from July 1. He will continue until then as senior vice president of Rockport for global retail and the Americas. Reiss-Schmidt has been with the company since 2008, holding various ...
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Achim Leidel is leaving as country manager of Scholl Footwear...
Achim Leidel is leaving as country manager of Scholl Footwear for Germany, Austria and Switzerland
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The Italian shoe designer Alberto Del Biondi has stopped his...
The Italian shoe designer Alberto Del Biondi has stopped his 10-year-old collaboration with Pirelli PZero
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Genesco has appointed Thurgood Marshall Jr. to its board of...
Genesco has appointed Thurgood Marshall Jr. to its board of directors. He is a partner at Bingham McCutchen LLP in Washington, D.C., and has held numerous U.S. government posts.
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Massimo Donda has been confirmed as president of Federcalzature, the...
Massimo Donda has been confirmed as president of Federcalzature, the Italian shoe retailers' association, with 77% of the votes
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Beverly Felmann has a new distributor in Greece, Sorbet in...
Beverly Felmann has a new distributor in Greece, Sorbet in Fashion, which already markets Arche in the country
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TP Sports will market the boots of LaCrosse Footwear in...
TP Sports will market the boots of LaCrosse Footwear in Germany
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Wolverine Worldwide has promoted Elliot Brown to the position of...
Wolverine Worldwide has promoted Elliot Brown to the position of Northern European sales director for its lifestyle and heritage brands. He was most recently U.K. sales manager for the division. Prior to that, he was the managing director of Converse in the U.K. and sales director of Levi Strauss in ...
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Skechers USA is going to start handling its own business...
Skechers USA is going to start handling its own business in Japan with its own subsidiary, Skechers Japan. Hirokazu Iwasaki, who has worked previously with Nike, Adidas and Puma, will lead the Japanese operations, which plans to fully enter the market with the coming fall/winter collection. Skechers hopes to double ...
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Torsten Schmidt is leaving Head, where he held the position...
Torsten Schmidt is leaving Head, where he held the position of business manager for shoes and bags. Simon Brenneis, product manager for the division, will take over some of his responsibilities until a successor is on board.
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Vans is opening a subsidiary in Sweden this year, and...
Vans is opening a subsidiary in Sweden this year, and taking over the distribution in Norway and Finland in 2013, according to a local report
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Mephisto has a new agent in Sweden, Gabriëlle Zwart of...
Mephisto has a new agent in Sweden, Gabriëlle Zwart of Maran Shoes
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Italy's Ciao Bimbi has a new agent in France, IFC...
Italy's Ciao Bimbi has a new agent in France, IFC
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Airwalk is entering the Indian market through a local manufacturing...
Airwalk is entering the Indian market through a local manufacturing company, Wiesner Worldwide Creations, which will use the brand name for a line of children's shoes and clothing
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Clarks has appointed Helen Thomson to the new role of...
Clarks has appointed Helen Thomson to the new role of European Region director, reporting go Ken Dobinson, the company's international director. She previously ran Clark's successful international store franchising program. The Europe Region is one of four operational regions created by Clarks, somewhat on the model of Ecco. The others ...
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Base London continues to make new inroads into the other...
Base London continues to make new inroads into the other markets. The 17-year-old British footwear brand has announced new agency agreements with Show Too in Italy, Peoples Concept in Belgium, Silverplate in the Netherlands and Five Stars in Spain, adding to those that it signed earlier in Germany and France. ...
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Hevea, which owns the Dunlop brand for protective footwear, has...
Hevea, which owns the Dunlop brand for protective footwear, has a new chief executive, Allard Bijlsma. He is taking over the helm from Peter Traas, who has successfully built up the brand in the last 15 years and is now joining Hevea's board of directors. Bijlsma already joined the company ...
