All Executive changes articles – Page 85
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Jean-François Palus, the young manager who has been running the...
Jean-François Palus, the young manager who has been running the finance division of PPR Group since 2005, masterminding the acquisition of Puma and Volcom, has seen his responsibilities enlarged with the promotion to a new position as group managing director in charge of new strategic, operational and organizational orientations. He ...
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Max Kibardin has been selected to be the new creative...
Max Kibardin has been selected to be the new creative director of Bruno Magli, starting with the fall/winter 2012-13 collection, which will be presented in the company's new showroom in Milan. The young designer, who was born in Siberia, has his own line of shoes and accessories, and he has ...
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MBT has selected Ben May to be its new managing...
MBT has selected Ben May to be its new managing director for the U.K. and Ireland. He's a former MBT retailer, and he also oversees the company's operations in Portugal, Andorra and Spain. MBT opened five new stores in the U.K. in the last few weeks, and it is said ...
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Collective Brands has created a new position as European manager...
Collective Brands has created a new position as European manager of its lifestyle shoe brands, responsible for Keds, Pro-Keds and Sperry Top-Sider. The post has been given to Michael Schmitz, a 34-year-old manager who has worked for the group for four years, coordinating its sales in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and ...
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Ingela Larsson has taken over the position of chief executive...
Ingela Larsson has taken over the position of chief executive at Nilson Group, the largest shoe retailing group in Sweden, operating under the Din Sko, Skopunten, Nilson and Jerns banners. Larsson replaces Magnus Tillsten, who left the company in September. Larsson has worked within the company since 1985 in many ...
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Walter Neuroth, managing director of the Deichmann group and responsible...
Walter Neuroth, managing director of the Deichmann group and responsible for the expansion of the group, will be leaving the company by the end of the year, and retiring at the age of 64 years. He has been working for 16 years on the executive board of the group. In ...
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The Wortmann Group has assigned Achim Tischler to act as...
The Wortmann Group has assigned Achim Tischler to act as chief executive of Wortmann Internationale Schuhproduktionen, a subsidiary that oversees the workings of Tamaris. In this function he will be responsible for this brand of the group, for which he has been handling most of the collections. After finishing his ...
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The ANWR Schuh cooperative has created the new position of...
The ANWR Schuh cooperative has created the new position of a marketing manager to develop new marketing and sales strategies for the 3,100-plus retail stores that belong to the German group. The position will be occupied by Michael Fischer, a 45-year-old marketing and communication expert who has worked for other ...
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Quick Schuh, the retail franchising operation run by the ANWR...
Quick Schuh, the retail franchising operation run by the ANWR group, is bringing two new employees to the executive suite of its company. Together, Alfred Pusswald and Thomas Bast will be succeeding Jochen Obrecht in his post as chief executive. The 51-year old longtime CEO will be leaving in order ...
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Tom Jungell, former CEO of Omnicon Media Group, has become...
Tom Jungell, former CEO of Omnicon Media Group, has become CEO of Footbalance, replacing the company's founder, Erkki Hakkala, who will concentrate on R&D
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Jeffrey Thorp has been named vice president and creative director...
Jeffrey Thorp has been named vice president and creative director for the Jones New York brand, one of the divisions of The Jones Group. He was formerly the creative director at Magaschoni, and his previous experience also include Barneys and Ann Taylor. In a separate appointment, Stefani Greenfield will take ...
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Two new engineers have been brought onboard to help Delcam...
Two new engineers have been brought onboard to help Delcam Crispin continue on its path of strong growth. Ian Burgess and Lauren Whitaker join the maker of softwear for footwear design and production. Burgess has been a footwear designer doing work for Georgina Goodman, LXY Brands, Alexander McQueen and Zandra ...
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Nick Vance is no longer responsible for sales of Deckers...
Nick Vance is no longer responsible for sales of Deckers Corporation's brands in the U.K. Stephen Murray, who became president of Deckers' operations in Europe, the Middle East and Africa last June, will take over his responsibilities. Vance joined the company last July, filling the void that was left ...
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Schuhkurier reports on the departure of Thomas Engelkamp from Kaufhof,...
Schuhkurier reports on the departure of Thomas Engelkamp from Kaufhof, the German department store chain, where he was in charge of purchasing for footwear, leathergoods and other accessories, in addition to menswear
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Dominique Gaudet, a former official of Nike, has left as...
Dominique Gaudet, a former official of Nike, has left as French commercial director of Fitflop to join the French office of Wolverine World Wide, where he will be responsible for the Hush Puppies and Cushe brands. He will be replaced at Fitflop by Anne Louvet, who comes from a French ...
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Rainer Worbs, the German retail executive who quit as managing...
Rainer Worbs, the German retail executive who quit as managing direct of Görtz in charge of purchasing a few weeks ago, after 25 years with the company, is on his way to another job to run Roland, the higher-end chain of the Deichmann group, starting next year
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Georges Plassat is said to be on his way out...
Georges Plassat is said to be on his way out as chief executive of Vivarte, the French group that runs André, Minelli and other chains of shoe and clothing stores, to replace Lars Oloffson, the chief executive of Carrefour, which has not been doing well lately. Vivarte has no comment ...
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Holly Li will be leaving her post as vice president...
Holly Li will be leaving her post as vice president and general manager North China for Adidas AG to join Espirit as the company's chief executive for Chinese operations. In this role, which she will assume as of Feb. 1, 2012, Li will oversee Espirit's efforts to expand in China, ...
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Anders Börve, 38, has been named chief executive for Selected...
Anders Börve, 38, has been named chief executive for Selected Brands Nordic AB, a distribution company for fashion and shoe products in Scandinavia and the Baltic countries. It works for brands such as Hush Puppies, Caterpillar, Teva, Peak Performance, Lacoste and others. Anders spent 10 years working for Diesel and ...
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Rainer Kundörfer, a 49-year-old top executive of Leder & Schuh...
Rainer Kundörfer, a 49-year-old top executive of Leder & Schuh who recently left the Austrian-based retail chain after more than 15 years of service, has set up his own consultancy, providing advice in the areas of international expansion and retail development
