Executive Changes – Page 2

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    SafeSize beefs up its management team

    2023-07-10T06:34:00Z

    SafeSize, a retail tech company providing shoe fitting solutions for physical and online stores, has appointed three senior members to its sales and operations team as part of its international push. Bote Galema joins as strategic account director for Northern Europe, Roel van der Wielen as strategic account director for ...

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    VF names a new CEO

    2023-06-20T13:23:00Z

    VF Corporation, the U.S. owner of leading brands such as Vans, Timberland and The North Face, said that its board has appointed Bracken Darrell as president and chief executive officer, effective July 17. Darrell joins VF from Logitech International, a Swiss computer peripherals and software maker, where he has served ...

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    Alibaba’s chairman and CEO resigns to focus on Alibaba Cloud

    2023-06-20T11:05:00Z

    Daniel Zhang has unexpectedly resigned as chairman and CEO of Alibaba Group. He has served as CEO for the past eight years and as chairman for the past four years. The successors for the two vacant positions have already been determined: Joseph C. Tsai, currently executive vice chairman, will succeed ...

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    Wolverine Worldwide appoints new company president and key brand leaders

    2023-06-01T16:16:00Z

    Wolverine World Wide, Inc. (WWW), owner of lifestyle and footwear brands including Merrell, Saucony, Sperry, Sweaty Betty, Hush Puppies, Wolverine, Chaco and Stride Rite, this week made several executive appointments. The changes were made “to help drive future growth and accelerate its global brand-building efforts” and build on the strategic ...

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    ​Rocky Brands sees 2023 sales down 7-9% after 18% dip in Q4

    2023-02-27T10:54:00Z

    Rocky Brands said it expects sales to decline by about 7-9 percent in 2023 to $560-570 million from the $615.5 million seen in 2022 as it pointed to continued economic uncertainty after posting an 18.0 percent decline in revenues in the fourth quarter of 2022. “With the outlook for the ...

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    Designer Brands appoints a new CEO

    2023-01-17T17:04:00Z

    Designer Brands said that its board has appointed Doug Howe, currently the president of the group’s footwear chain DSW, to succeed Roger Rawlins as chief executive officer, effective April 1, 2023. Rawlins, who has been CEO for seven years, will also quit the board but will continue to work with ...

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    VF's CEO steps down

    2022-12-06T11:01:00Z

    VF Corp. announced that Benno Dorer, lead independent director of the VF board of directors, has been appointed interim president and chief executive officer, effective immediately. Richard Carucci, who has served on the board since 2009, will serve as interim chairman of the board. Dorer’s appointment follows Steve Rendle’s decision ...

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    Caleres’ CEO to step down in January

    2022-07-28T16:12:00Z

    Diane Sullivan, who has served as Caleres’ chief executive officer for more than a decade, will retire as CEO on Jan. 15, 2023, and will assume the role of executive chairman. At that time, Jay Schmidt will succeed her as chief executive officer. Schmidt was named president of the ...

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    Management changes at Primark aim at boosting international expansion, digital sales

    2022-07-25T09:04:00Z

    Associated British Foods (ABF), the parent company of Primark, has poached the finance chief of Marks & Spencer (M&S) and reinforced the management structure of its apparel retailing subsidiary. The two moves are expected to help Primark in its international expansion, especially in the U.S., and improve its online offering. ...

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    Tecovas poaches Deckers Brands’ CCO

    2022-06-15T09:53:00Z

    Tecovas, an Austin-based western footwear, apparel, and accessories brand, announced that David Lafitte is joining the company as its chief executive officer starting June 27. Lafitte currently serves as chief operating officer at Deckers Brands, where he has led all global operations for the past seven years, including the brands ...

  • Clarks
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    Clarks hires the head of Champion as its new CEO

    2022-03-15T16:12:00Z

    Clarks announced that Jonathan Ram will be its new CEO in April, taking the place of Victor Herrero. Ram will be leaving the U.S. clothing group HanesBrands, where he is president of global activewear, on March 31 to join the British shoemaker. Ram already spent more than four years in ...

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    Footwear loses importance in OR Group’s online sales

    2022-01-21T17:12:00Z

    Between Jan. 1 and Jan. 10, which corresponds to the Orthodox Christmas holidays, OR Group’s online sales grew by more than 30 percent compared to the same period in 2021. Household goods were the fastest-growing segment, with their share reaching 32 percent of total online sales. The company reported that ...

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    Skechers downsizes its board

    2021-12-24T16:17:00Z

    Skechers has reduced the size of its board of directors to seven members, following the resignation of four current members and the addition of a new one, Zulema Garcia, who will serve on the company’s audit committee. Garcia spent 24 years at KPMG before joining Herbalife Nutrition as senior vice ...

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    Clarks CEO steps down after 10 months in role as strike drags on

    2021-11-09T16:32:00Z

    The embattled British shoemaker Clarks said that its chief executive, Victor Herrero, has stepped down after only months in the job to take on “broader” responsibilities at its private equity parent firm. The announcement comes amid an ongoing strike by workers at the company’s Westway warehouse in Somerset over controversial ...

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    Weyco sees an improvement in supply deliveries in Q4

    2021-11-04T09:10:00Z

    The U.S. group Weyco enjoyed a rebound in sales and earnings in the third quarter of 2021, but bottlenecks in the supply chain caused delays in the delivery of merchandise from suppliers and hurt the sales of its outdoor brand Bogs. In October, however, the company began to see an ...

  • Salvatore Ferragamo
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    Ferragamo hires 2 new managers

    2021-10-12T11:03:00Z

    The Italian fashion company Salvatore Ferragamo has bolstered its management structure for North America and the EMEA region, with the nomination of two new managers. Daniella Vitale will join Ferragamo on Oct. 18 in the role of CEO for North America while Vincenzo Equestre has already covered the position of ...

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    Crocs seeks to block import of counterfeits into the U.S.

    2021-06-14T08:14:00Z

    Crocs filed a complaint with the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) seeking an investigation of allegedly ”unlawfully imported shoes” into the U.S. in ”violation of its registered trademarks.” With the complaint, Crocs is seeking to block the importation and subsequent sale of products into the U.S. that infringe ...

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    HR Group promotes Steffen Rosenbauer CEO

    2021-04-07T16:36:00Z

    The German shoe retailer HR Group has appointed a new CEO. Steffen Rosenbauer , the managing director of the group’s Reno footwear chain, took up the post on April 1 as Peter Wolf resigned after a three-year tenure to return focusing on the role of chairman of ...

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    Ferragamo confirms CEO staying on board

    2021-03-31T16:11:00Z

    The majority shareholder in Salvatore Ferragamo has presented its slate of candidates for the Italian luxury group’s new board, with Micaela Le Divelec Lemmi confirmed as CEO despite speculation of a management shakeup. Executive deputy chairman Michele Norsa, the CEO of Ferragamo from 2006 to 2016 who rejoined ...

  • Shoe Carnival
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    ​Shoe Carnival names a new CEO

    2021-03-22T07:00:00Z

    Shoe Carnival ’s board has unanimously elected Mark Worden as the next CEO, effective Sept. 30. Worden is the chief customer officer of the American footwear retailer and will succeed Cliff Sifford , who will step down as CEO but will continue as vice chairman of the board. Sifford ...