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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
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After numerous changes in management, Sixty Group, the Italian company...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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,...
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,...
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,...
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 ...
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Steve Madden has hired the twin sisters Ashley and Mary-Kate...
Steve Madden has hired the twin sisters Ashley and Mary-Kate Olsen as creative directors for Superga. Madden has the license for North America for the sneaker brand, owned by BasicNet. The partnership will start with a co-branding initiative for the spring/summer 2012 collection between Superga and The Row, a brand ...
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Fabrizio Salvatori, a former Geox manager who became production...
Fabrizio Salvatori, a former Geox manager who became production and sourcing director for the shoe division of Sixty Group, is the latest of a string of executives who has left the Italian company
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Olga Berluti will take over the role of creative director...
Olga Berluti will take over the role of creative director of the Berluti Art line, owned by LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton. She is known as a pre-eminent bootmaker, one of the rare women in the field, and takes the job from her former position as artistic director for the ...
