News Briefs Distribution – Page 10
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Clarks has appointed a new chief financial officer, Paul Kenyon,...
Clarks has appointed a new chief financial officer, Paul Kenyon, who will start in August. He held senior financial roles at several companies including Nomad Foods and Iglo Goods. He previously worked in finance for other companies such as Allied Domecq, Mars, Courtaulds and AstraZeneca. Kenyon will take the place ...
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Supra has hired Kara Duffy as the brand's new senior...
Supra has hired Kara Duffy as the brand's new senior global director of product, with immediate effect. She will report directly to Cape Capener, the brand's president. Most recently, Duffy was global director of footwear operations at DC Shoes, part of Quiksilver. In her new role at Supra, she will ...
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Angel Martinez, who retired as chief executive of Deckers Brands...
Angel Martinez, who retired as chief executive of Deckers Brands a year ago, after 11 years in the post, had decided to run for mayor of his home town, Santa Barbara, California. The election will be held next November. Martinez, who left Cuba in 1958 to emigrate to the U.S., ...
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Thomas Stein, the well-known German shoe agent, has agreed to...
Thomas Stein, the well-known German shoe agent, has agreed to represent the European Aerosoles collection of MoveOn in the German-speaking countries. He currently represents also Maypol.
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Bernd Hillen, a veteran of the German shoe industry, is...
Bernd Hillen, a veteran of the German shoe industry, is now taking care of the distribution of Blundstone in Germany and Austria as general manager of a new company, Central Trade Germany. Hillen worked for many years in top positions at Birkenstock and in the Bauerfeind group.
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Jimmy Choo has taken over partial ownership of its store...
Jimmy Choo has taken over partial ownership of its store franchises in South Korea and the Middle East. According to a report in FashionNetwork, these important operations will be run by joint ventures with local partners, the Hyundai group in Korea and Al Tayer in Dubai, starting in July. Jimmy ...
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Aldo Group has announced the appointment of David Bensadoun, the...
Aldo Group has announced the appointment of David Bensadoun, the current president of Aldo North America, as chief executive officer of the group, effective April 3. He will replace Patrick Frisk, who has held the role since 2014. David is the eldest son of the company's founder, Aldo Bensadoun. He ...
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The new owners of the Hamm Reno Group (HR Group)...
The new owners of the Hamm Reno Group (HR Group) have appointed a new chief executive for the German shoe distribution and retail company. Wolfram Hail, who spent the last five years as a member of the executive board of Deichmann and as its chief product officer, became the CEO ...
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Golden Goose's new owners, The Carlyle Group, have appointed Giorgio...
Golden Goose's new owners, The Carlyle Group, have appointed Giorgio Presca as the new chief executive of the brand. Carlyle has completed the acquisition of Golden Goose Deluxe Brand, the Italian luxury lifestyle fashion company, from a pool of investors led by Ergon Capital Partners, and has picked Presca to ...
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Oliver Sweeney has appointed Chris Webster as managing director and...
Oliver Sweeney has appointed Chris Webster as managing director and chief operating officer. Webster was previously venture architect director at BCG Digital Ventures, a corporate investment and incubation firm, where he was responsible for incubating and scaling up digital businesses for its clients. Prior to that, he worked at Ebay ...
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Sabrina Bonesi has joined Burberry in the newly created role...
Sabrina Bonesi has joined Burberry in the newly created role of design director for leathergoods and footwear. She will be reporting directly to Christopher Bailey, who is relinquishing the post of chief executive to concentrate on his role as chief creative officer. Bonesi comes from Christian Dior. She previously worked ...
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Two years after his company was sold to Coach for...
Two years after his company was sold to Coach for $575 million, Stuart Weitzman, who is now 75 years old, is getting ready to retire in May. He will be replaced by a new creative director, Giovanni Morelli, who comes from Loewe, according to Footwear News. Discussing his future plans, ...
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Wolverine Worldwide has appointed two new managers for its Wolverine...
Wolverine Worldwide has appointed two new managers for its Wolverine brand. John Estes will serve as vice president of global sales and Andy Shripka as vice president of marketing. Estes has been with Wolverine for 22 years, working most recently as vice president and general manager of Sebago. Shripka worked ...
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Caleres has appointed Chris Cavalline as senior vice president of...
Caleres has appointed Chris Cavalline as senior vice president of e-commerce and Karlyn Mattson as chief merchandising officer of its Famous Footwear division. They will both report to Rick Ausick, president of the division. Cavalline will be responsible for e-commerce and consumer engagement, including oversight of famous.com and the customer ...
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Kyle Houseman will be the new president of Native Shoes,...
Kyle Houseman will be the new president of Native Shoes, the Canadian casual footwear company based in Vancouver. He worked previously on the international executive team of Lululemon, the big Vancouver-based chain of yoga and sports apparel stores, where he ran most recently its expansion into Australia. Houseman is taking ...
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Ports International Enterprises has appointed Jenny Tan as its new...
Ports International Enterprises has appointed Jenny Tan as its new chief executive officer, and Matteo De Rosa as managing director of the group's Ports 1961 label. Jenny Tan is the daughter of Edward Tan, who founded the company in 1993 with his brother Alfred. She has 20 years of experience ...
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Yue Yuen Industrial Holdings has dismissed Chen Kuo-Lung, the chief...
Yue Yuen Industrial Holdings has dismissed Chen Kuo-Lung, the chief financial officer of its 62.41 percent owned distribution and retail subsidiary, Pou Sheng International, and its chief executive, Kwan Heh-Der, has resigned. The reason given by Yue Yuen is the discovery of “certain incorrect sales data,” but the discrepancies with ...
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A. Testoni has signed a distribution agreement with Oasis Fashion...
A. Testoni has signed a distribution agreement with Oasis Fashion to bring its new I29 brand to China. Through this agreement, Testoni plans to open 70 stores in the Asian country over the next six years. A. Testoni was founded in Bologna, Italy by Amedeo Testoni in 1929, hence the ...
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Bonvita Footwear has opened an office for the distribution of...
Bonvita Footwear has opened an office for the distribution of Bundgaard in Germany, which will also service the Benelux countries. Bonvita, a Danish company that acted mainly as a distributor, took over Bundgaard and two other brands in two stages from Sanita Footwear, working initially through a company called Nordic ...
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We have already reported about the merger between Shoepassion, the...
We have already reported about the merger between Shoepassion, the specialist German men's footwear retailer, and one of its suppliers, Heinrich Dinkelacker. Christoph Renner has left as sales manager of Dinkelacker, after ten years with the company, to form his own sales agency for the German market, called Edelschuhe (=noble ...
