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Thorsten Hermelink will be new chief executive for the “brands”...
Thorsten Hermelink will be new chief executive for the “brands” business unit at Görtz from the second quarter of 2012. He will be responsible for further developing the company's own brands, for direct sourcing and the international wholesale business, and for the retail concepts Görtz 17 and Görtz Shoes. Previously, ...
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The Performance + Lifestyle Group of Collective Brands has named...
The Performance + Lifestyle Group of Collective Brands has named Rick Blackshaw to be the new president of the Keds brand. He comes from Converse, where he was the vice president and general manager for the Chuck Taylor All-Star Division. He also has industry experience with Timberland and the former ...
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The Jones Group is losing its chief marketing officer, Stacy...
The Jones Group is losing its chief marketing officer, Stacy Lastrina, who has been with the company for 21 years. Lastrina, 48, joined the company in 1991 as director of marketing for Nine West Group, which The Jones Group bought in 1999. She eventually moved up to executive vice president ...
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Crocs is strengthening the management at its European office in...
Crocs is strengthening the management at its European office in the Netherlands with three new senior managers. Besides Ann Chan, who has already been reported as joining the operation as European retail manager, Adrian Holloway will act as chief financial officer of Crocs Europe, and Michael Marshall-Clarke as marketing director. ...
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Lloyd Shoes has recruited a sales director for France, who...
Lloyd Shoes has recruited a sales director for France, who is setting up a sales network in the country. The man is Jacky Bellemin. He has previously worked for other important brands such as Geox and Replay.
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Steen Rasmussen, a 54-year-old manager who previously ran a Danish...
Steen Rasmussen, a 54-year-old manager who previously ran a Danish children's wear company, Kapooki, is the new chief esxecutive of Sanita. He joins Claus Thomsen, former CEO and present chief operating officer, on the executive board of the Danish shoe company. Separately, Sanita has appointed a new CEO for the ...
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Selfridges, the British department store chain, has appointed Abigail Rainer,...
Selfridges, the British department store chain, has appointed Abigail Rainer, formerly with Harrods and House of Fraser, to serve as buying director for accessories and children's items
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Creating a new role for the purpose, Clarks has appointed...
Creating a new role for the purpose, Clarks has appointed Nick Cullen group supply chain director, reporting directly to Melissa Potter, chief executive of the group. He will be responsible to improve costs and services across the the three operations of the group in the U.K., in North America and ...
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Massimo Macchi has been appointed to the board of directors...
Massimo Macchi has been appointed to the board of directors of Antichi Pellettieri, the Italian company than controls Baldinini and other brands of leather products
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Berndt Hauptkorn, who became chief executive of Bally in November...
Berndt Hauptkorn, who became chief executive of Bally in November 2009, one year after its takeover from Texas Pacific Group, has left the company at his own wish. He had joined Labelux, the holding company of Bally, at the end of 2007, serving as its chief executive. In that role, ...
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A new management structure has been established for the Fink...
A new management structure has been established for the Fink Schuhe + Sport chain of 50 shoe and sports stores in Germany, following the death of its main owner, Günther Nold, last July. According to Textilwirtschaft, his widow, Sylvelie Nold, has joined the executive board along with her son-in-law Ralph-Peter ...
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Ferruccio Ferragamo has been confirmed as president of Polimoda, the...
Ferruccio Ferragamo has been confirmed as president of Polimoda, the fashion school in Florence
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Beverly Feldman has signed up with a new distributor for...
Beverly Feldman has signed up with a new distributor for the U.S. market, Michael Abrams, putting a friendly end to her 11-year-old relationship with another distributor. The American designer is also bringing out a new collection from Spain, called B….. Glamour&Comfort.
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Björn Gulden is leaving his position on the executive board...
Björn Gulden is leaving his position on the executive board of Deichmann on Feb. 28 to become chief executive of Pandora, the large jeweler based in Copenhagen. The Norwegian executive, who joined Deichmann in 2000 after working for Adidas, has been most recently responsible for purchasing as well as chief ...
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Bob Galvin, formerly president of the Camuto Group of Connecticut,...
Bob Galvin, formerly president of the Camuto Group of Connecticut, reportedly left that position as of Jan. 1
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Van Bommel has hired a new export manager, Patrick Meijers,...
Van Bommel has hired a new export manager, Patrick Meijers, who has previously worked for Levi Strauss & Co., Puma, Diesel, Adidas and Converse. He reports to Pepijn van Bommel, commercial director of the Dutch firm. Following his appointment, the company has stopped working with a German agency for its ...
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Mark Schmitt is the new chief information officer for Brown...
Mark Schmitt is the new chief information officer for Brown Shoe Company, coming to lead the company's IT initiatives with experience under his belt from UPS, Anheuser-Busch InBev and Express Scripts
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Since the end of the last year, Sven Bürkle has...
Since the end of the last year, Sven Bürkle has assumed the newly created post of head of marketing at the Bernd Hummel for the Kangaroos brand, following a recently introduced change in the brand's segmentation. In his function he will be reporting directly to Julia C. Hummel, managing director ...
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Kristin Burrows is leaving at the end of next week...
Kristin Burrows is leaving at the end of next week Collective Brands, where she has been acting as president of Keds. The company says that she and her team made significant progress in repositioning the brand and developing a strategy that will deliver meaningful growth in the future. In fact, ...
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Ricosta is taking over the distribution of its collections in...
Ricosta is taking over the distribution of its collections in Switzerland after parting ways with André Fonry, who covered the market, until a successor is found
