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    Two new engineers have been brought onboard to help Delcam...

    2011-11-28T00:00:00Z

    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...

    2011-11-28T00:00:00Z

    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,...

    2011-11-28T00:00:00Z

    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...

    2011-11-28T00:00:00Z

    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...

    2011-11-28T00:00:00Z

    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...

    2011-11-28T00:00:00Z

    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...

    2011-11-28T00:00:00Z

    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...

    2011-11-04T00:00:00Z

    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...

    2011-11-04T00:00:00Z

    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

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    After numerous changes in management, Sixty Group, the Italian company...

    2011-11-04T00:00:00Z

    After numerous changes in management, Sixty Group, the Italian company that markets brands such as Miss Sixty, Energie and Killah, has a general manager. His name is Michel Lhoste and he reports to Sixty's chief executive, Pietro Bongiovanni. Lhoste was previously the general manager of Clothing Company, the Italian firm ...

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    Giovanni Stella is stepping down as chief executive of Antichi...

    2011-11-04T00:00:00Z

    Giovanni Stella is stepping down as chief executive of Antichi Pellettieri (AP) for personal reasons. Stella owns 240,000 shares in AP, representing about 0.5 percent of the ordinary capital of the Italian company, which controls Baldinini and other brands of leather products. His resignation comes as AP is still discussing ...

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    Bernd Hummel, the German-based licensee for the KangaROOS brand, has...

    2011-11-04T00:00:00Z

    Bernd Hummel, the German-based licensee for the KangaROOS brand, has signed a new distribution contract for the Austrian market with Steger Sportagentur

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    Harrys of London has promoted Claire Marino to U.S. president....

    2011-11-04T00:00:00Z

    Harrys of London has promoted Claire Marino to U.S. president. Marino, who is based in New York, previously held executive sales, marketing and merchandising positions with Lambertson Truex, Anne Klein, Prada USA and Barneys New York.

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    Rocket Dog has hired a former executive of Timberland and...

    2011-11-04T00:00:00Z

    Rocket Dog has hired a former executive of Timberland and Wolverine World Wide, Derek Bowen, to act as managing director for Europe, starting on Nov. 28. He replaces Tony Greenfield, a former importer of the brand who became its European managing director after selling his operation to Rocket Dog a ...

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    Harrys of London has joined forces with a Japanese importer...

    2011-11-04T00:00:00Z

    Harrys of London has joined forces with a Japanese importer of apparel and fashion items, AOI Company Limited, to expand its footwear brand in Japan. Harrys has opened a shop-in-shop inside the Hankyu men's flagship store in the Ginza district of Tokyo and another one in Hankyu's Osaka store. Harrys ...

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    Ralf Hahnbück from the agency Markenkontor Ralf Hahnbück has been...

    2011-10-14T00:00:00Z

    Ralf Hahnbück from the agency Markenkontor Ralf Hahnbück has been the distributor of the Spanish shoe brand Sacha London in Germany, Austria and Switzerland since July. He is responsible for the distribution of the women's and men's collections sold under the brands Sacha London, Sacha Too and Sachelle. Hahnbrück is ...

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    Jacques Royer, president of Groupe Royer, and his brother Alain,...

    2011-10-14T00:00:00Z

    Jacques Royer, president of Groupe Royer, and his brother Alain, vice president, are getting extra help in running his fast-growing conglomerate. Nathalie Montaldier Henock, a seasoned 50-year-old executive, has been appointed to the new position of deputy general manager to handle mainly the operational side. She worked at Leo Burnett, ...

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    Andrea Beltrami has been appointed commercial director of Voile Blanche,...

    2011-10-14T00:00:00Z

    Andrea Beltrami has been appointed commercial director of Voile Blanche, one of the adult shoe brands of Falc, which also owns the Naturino and Falcotto brands of children's footwear

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    Michael Brumme has been appointed publisher of Verlag Otto Sternefeld,...

    2011-10-14T00:00:00Z

    Michael Brumme has been appointed publisher of Verlag Otto Sternefeld, which puts out Schuhkurier and other footwear magazines in German. He takes the position of his father, Horst Sternefeld, who died at the beginning of this year at the age of 86. Brumme has been the general manager of the ...

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    Vito Artioli, chairman of the European shoe industry federation, CEC,...

    2011-10-14T00:00:00Z

    Vito Artioli, chairman of the European shoe industry federation, CEC, is recruiting a new general manager for the Brussels-based organization as Eline Van Audenaerd quit her job after only a few months in office. She was supposed to take the place of Roeland Smets, who is retiring at the end ...