News Briefs Distribution – Page 23
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The shoe designer Eric Rutberg has been named creative director...
The shoe designer Eric Rutberg has been named creative director of Betsey Johnson Footwear, and has also sealed a 50-50 deal with Steven Madden Ltd. for his Eric Rutberg Transparent. The brand will fall under the Madden's luxury brand umbrella. Rutberg will still design, but Madden's staff will handle sales ...
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Stefan Brandt is adding the responsibility of director of footwear...
Stefan Brandt is adding the responsibility of director of footwear at Sympatex Technologies. The 45-year-old manager, who previously worked for W.L. Gore, had joined Sympatex in mid-2011 to take care of applications in the medical and automotive sectors. Brandt takes the place of the former footwear manager, Monica Billes, who ...
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BASF, the manufacturer of leather chemicals, has named Alex Wartini,...
BASF, the manufacturer of leather chemicals, has named Alex Wartini, a 13-year veteran of the company, to be its new vice president for global business management of leather chemicals. He most recently was senior process manager for BASF's performance chemicals division in Ludwigshafen, Germany. He started with the company in ...
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Joya is in the middle of a consolidation process. While...
Joya is in the middle of a consolidation process. While the company is still present in 24 countries, it aims to concentrate on only 10 markets in the future. During the first half of this year, Joya ended relationships with its partners in the U.S., Spain and Germany. As reported ...
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Barefooters is setting up its international distribution. The company signed...
Barefooters is setting up its international distribution. The company signed a new distribution agreement for Germany and Austria with Campo Monaco, also distributing the French comfort shoe brand Glagla. For the Benelux countries, Barefooters signed a distribution contract with Essential Basics one month ago. Essential Basics also sells the Canadian ...
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Pierre Denis is the new chief executive of Jimmy Choo,...
Pierre Denis is the new chief executive of Jimmy Choo, succeeding Joshua Schulman, who left the company for Bergdorf Goodman in late 2011. Denis comes from John Galliano SA, where he was general manager. He also worked as managing director at Christian Dior Couture both for Asia and for Europe, ...
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Debora Klein is the new buying director of Karstadt in...
Debora Klein is the new buying director of Karstadt in charge of lingerie, hosiery, footwear and accessories. She worked previously for Vroom & Dreesmann, a Dutch retailer that, as noted by Textilwirtschaft, has many concessions. Her appointment appears to be linked to the management's desire to push the concession business ...
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Wolfgang Roessing, chief executive of Rexor, will leave the German...
Wolfgang Roessing, chief executive of Rexor, will leave the German footwear buying group at the end of this year. Roessing will retire after working for the company for almost 42 years. The supervisory board decided to appoint Niek Jansen to the executive board of the company to handle merchandising and ...
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Wolfgang Schulze will assume the distribution of the comfort shoe...
Wolfgang Schulze will assume the distribution of the comfort shoe brand Joya in Germany. The contract with the previous distributor, Joya Germany, managed by Michael Scheike, has been canceled by Joya International. Major discrepancies in the orientation of the distribution in Germany led to this decision. Joya was excluded for ...
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Thomas Kneck is the new country manager for Bonvita in...
Thomas Kneck is the new country manager for Bonvita in Sweden. The Danish company is the Scandinavian distributor for the shoe brands Wolverine, Harley-Davidson, K-Swiss, Sperry Top-Sider, Generic Surplus, Pro-Keds, Keds and Cushe. It also shares the ownership of a brand of clothing, Brand8. Previously, Kneck was country manager for ...
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Desigual, a very eccentric Spanish fashion brand that has developed...
Desigual, a very eccentric Spanish fashion brand that has developed an equally eccentric shoe collection, has announced the departure of Manel Adell, its chief executive and shareholder, as of Jan. 1, 2013. He said that he was to start new professional and personal projects. Adell has been with the fast-growing ...
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The brothers Xavier Berneda Martín and David Berneda Martín left...
The brothers Xavier Berneda Martín and David Berneda Martín left the Spanish sports shoe brand Munich at the beginning of July. Xavier Berneda, marketing director, and David Berneda, chief financial officer, will no longer be part of the companies Berneda S.A., Bernher SA and Munich SL. The two brothers will ...
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Brian Atwood has hired Savvas Kaminarides as senior vice president...
Brian Atwood has hired Savvas Kaminarides as senior vice president for global sales, a newly created position. Most recently, Kaminarides was vice president for wholesale at Jimmy Choo, where he worked for 10 years. Brian Atwood's brand of footwear is part of The Jones Group.
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EMU Australia has appointed Scott Sible as chief executive for...
EMU Australia has appointed Scott Sible as chief executive for North America. Sible has 25 years of experience in the footwear and apparel business. He had retired from Wolverine Worldwide as president of Merrell in 2010.
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Pantofola d'Oro is signing a deal with Europe Asia Industrial...
Pantofola d'Oro is signing a deal with Europe Asia Industrial for the marketing and distribution of its lines for men, women and children in China. This adds to the inauguration of 45 single-brand stores and 50 corners in China's leading shopping centers. The new partner will also be authorized to ...
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Wave & Motion has agreed to represent Melissa, the high-brand...
Wave & Motion has agreed to represent Melissa, the high-brand of Grendene, on the German market. Wave & Motion already sells two other brands of Grendene, Ipanema and Rider, in Germany and Austria.
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Royal Elastics will be distributed in the U.K. by Calice...
Royal Elastics will be distributed in the U.K. by Calice and in France by an agent working under Calice. Royal Elastics is currently searching for a German distributor. This brand, a former property of K-Swiss, is relaunching itself on the European market with next year's spring/summer collection, which was presented ...
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United Nude has opened up its own showroom in New...
United Nude has opened up its own showroom in New York, after ending its relationship with Highline United, which previously ran the company's sales and showroom. The 2,500-square-foot space is in addition to the 9-year-old brand's flagship store in the city's SoHo neighborhood. Two new collections will be added for ...
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Otto Group, which claims to be the second-largest online retailer...
Otto Group, which claims to be the second-largest online retailer in the world after Amazon, is bringing all its varied e-commerce platforms under the responsibility of one manager, Rainer Hillebrand, starting next August. The 56-year-old executive will continue to take care of strategic planning. Mirapodo, the recently launched online shop ...
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Timo Schmidt-Eisenhart is moving to the U.K. as VF Corporation...
Timo Schmidt-Eisenhart is moving to the U.K. as VF Corporation has appointed him vice president and general manager of Timberland Europe, directly reporting to Richard O'Rourke, who remains senior vice president in charge of international operations, based in the U.K. Schimdt-Eisenhart has worked most recently in Switzerland as European sales ...
