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Deckers Brands, the parent company of Teva and Hoka One...
Deckers Brands, the parent company of Teva and Hoka One One, announced that it will make room for two new independent directors, replacing two who are retiring from its board. Marcato Capital Management, the activist investor that has been criticizing the company's management, asking to sell all the group's brands ...
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Zalando has switched out bosses for its domestic market with...
Zalando has switched out bosses for its domestic market with Linus Glaser succeeding Moritz Hau as German country manager, in charge also of Austria and Switzerland. Glaser has been involved with the Berlin-based online fashion retailer since 2011 after joining from Mango where he was senior product manager. His first ...
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Umberto Macchi di Cellere has been named as the new...
Umberto Macchi di Cellere has been named as the new managing director of Tod's, replacing Stefano Sincini from Dec. 1. Diego Della Valle remains chairman and chief executive. Macchi has been the global sales director of Bulgari in the last nine years. He worked for Johnson & Johnson for four ...
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RG Barry Brands has a new president and chief executive,...
RG Barry Brands has a new president and chief executive, Rob Mullaney, following the departure of Greg Tunney after 12 years with the American company, which produces slippers and other types of shoes under the Dearfoams, Baggallini and Foot Petals brands. Mullaney has spent 20 years in the footwear industry, ...
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Constanze van de Sand has been appointed by Ecco as...
Constanze van de Sand has been appointed by Ecco as marketing director for Central Europe, taking the place of Matthias Schwarte who left the group at the end of August. She comes from Cartier, where she spent the last four years as marketing director for fragrances and sunglasses in Northern ...
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Guenther Berchtenbreiter has abruptly left the management team at Legero...
Guenther Berchtenbreiter has abruptly left the management team at Legero after a stay of only a few months. He joined the Austrian children's shoe manufacturer last May as executive vice president in charge of branding, marketing and digital. Before moving to the company in Graz, he was responsible for the ...
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Manuel Torres has joined Nexgen Packaging as managing director for...
Manuel Torres has joined Nexgen Packaging as managing director for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The U.S. company designs, manufactures and distributes brand identification products to apparel and shoe manufacturers and retailers. It offers woven and printed labels, heat transfers, graphic tags, price tickets, RFID labels and wrap bands. ...
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Geox has appointed Fabrizio Gamberini as chief executive in charge...
Geox has appointed Fabrizio Gamberini as chief executive in charge of North America. Previously, for seven years up to January 2017, Gamberini was in charge of the North American business for Marcolin, one of Italy's major eyewear groups. Between 2003 and 2008, he worked for Nike, ending up as general ...
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Skechers has appointed a new chief financial officer, John Vandermore....
Skechers has appointed a new chief financial officer, John Vandermore. He takes over the related responsibilities from David Weinberg, who will continue as chief operating officer of the company. Vandermore spent the last two years as CFO of Mattel. He previously worked for 12 years with the Walt Disney Company ...
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Merrell has appointed a new chief marketing officer, Strick Walker,...
Merrell has appointed a new chief marketing officer, Strick Walker, and a new senior product director for active lifestyle, Johanna Koeberle. Walker comes from Spindrift Beverage company, where he had a similar job. He worked previously for Patagonia and Converse. Koeberle is an Adidas veteran who has also worked for ...
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Alpargatas Argentina is investing 100 million Argentinian pesos (€4.9m-$5.7m) to reintroduce...
Alpargatas Argentina is investing 100 million Argentinian pesos (€4.9m-$5.7m) to reintroduce the Havaianas brand to the local retail market. Alpargatas Argentina is looking to invest the money over a three-year period, first by introducing the brand in retail chains and then later by opening mono-brand stores. Alpargatas Argentina is the local ...
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Many e-tailers announced record sales in Europe during last week's...
Many e-tailers announced record sales in Europe during last week's Black Friday promotion. Zalando clicked more than 2,000 orders per minute, clearly up from 1,500 order per minute a year ago. It won over more than 100,000 new customers for the shopping event.
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Chaussea is entering the Italian market. The French shoe retailer...
Chaussea is entering the Italian market. The French shoe retailer has just inaugurated its first Italian store at the Globo shopping mall in Busnago, northeast of Milan. It will be followed by a second shop in Silvi Marina, near Teramo, then a third one in Bussolengo, near Verona, and a ...
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Lacoste's management has reportedly indicated its intention to dedicate a...
Lacoste's management has reportedly indicated its intention to dedicate a whole wall to its footwear and other accessories in its stores, starting with new locations in London, Paris and Los Angeles. The footwear range will be expanded. Licensed by Pentland Brands, the Lacoste footwear collection has represented about one-quarter of ...
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Leiser continues to shut down stores as its tries to...
Leiser continues to shut down stores as its tries to get out of insolvency proceedings. One of them is the Leiser store on Berlin's Friedrichstrasse, which has been patronized by German Chancellor Angela Merkel and other high-caliber politicians. Another one is the big Schuh Eisner store on Hamburg's Mönchenbergstrasse, which ...
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Birkenstock opened its first company-owned mono-brand store in the U.K....
Birkenstock opened its first company-owned mono-brand store in the U.K. on Nov. 16. The store is located on Neal Street in London's Covent Garden. A New York store is also in the cards in the near future. The company's new store in London is about 60 square meters and features ...
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Hunter has opened its first stand-alone store in North America....
Hunter has opened its first stand-alone store in North America. The 2,800-square-foot store is located at the Yorkdale Shopping Centre in Toronto, Canada. The store marks Hunter's third stand-alone store globally. To celebrate the opening, Hunter has released a limited-edition backpack in Canada's red and white national colors, called the ...
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Sergio Rossi has developed a new store concept for its...
Sergio Rossi has developed a new store concept for its store in Paris' rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré and others in Tokyo and elsewhere. It will also be applied next year to its flagship stores in Rome and Milan, coinciding with the 50th anniversary of the brand.
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Vagabond recently opened its fourth company-owned store in Germany. The Swedish shoe...
Vagabond recently opened its fourth company-owned store in Germany. The Swedish shoe brand, which has over 39 mono-brand stores worldwide, most of them in Scandinavia and Eastern Europe, works also with some 2,000 retailers in 42 countries. Its global sales grew last year to €74.7 million from €73.6 million in 2015.
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The ANWR Group has introduced Risk Check, a new consulting...
The ANWR Group has introduced Risk Check, a new consulting tool for shoe retailers that identifies business risks and suggests ways to counteract them. The analysis ranges from key financial figures to personnel planning and market presence to checking the online capability of inventory management and related logistics processes. Together ...
