News Briefs Distribution – Page 26
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Dansko has hired Sal Agati to be its new vice...
Dansko has hired Sal Agati to be its new vice president for sourcing, in charge of sourcing, product development and commercialization processes for its footwear and health care apparel segments. He comes from Donna Karan, where he was executive vice president for footwear. He has also served the role of ...
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Sanita has stopped representing Lola Ramona, a Danish brand of...
Sanita has stopped representing Lola Ramona, a Danish brand of fashionable footwear, to focus on its own core business. The brand's owner, Gitte Sandqvist, has set up a new company, THIS, that has been taking orders since April 1.
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The Adidas Group has promoted Tobias Reiss-Schmidt, 38, to the...
The Adidas Group has promoted Tobias Reiss-Schmidt, 38, to the position of president and chief executive of Rockport, with effect from July 1. He will continue until then as senior vice president of Rockport for global retail and the Americas. Reiss-Schmidt has been with the company since 2008, holding various ...
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Torsten Schmidt is leaving Head, where he held the position...
Torsten Schmidt is leaving Head, where he held the position of business manager for shoes and bags. Simon Brenneis, product manager for the division, will take over some of his responsibilities until a successor is on board.
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Wolverine Worldwide has promoted Elliot Brown to the position of...
Wolverine Worldwide has promoted Elliot Brown to the position of Northern European sales director for its lifestyle and heritage brands. He was most recently U.K. sales manager for the division. Prior to that, he was the managing director of Converse in the U.K. and sales director of Levi Strauss in ...
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Genesco has appointed Thurgood Marshall Jr. to its board of...
Genesco has appointed Thurgood Marshall Jr. to its board of directors. He is a partner at Bingham McCutchen LLP in Washington, D.C., and has held numerous U.S. government posts.
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Skechers USA is going to start handling its own business...
Skechers USA is going to start handling its own business in Japan with its own subsidiary, Skechers Japan. Hirokazu Iwasaki, who has worked previously with Nike, Adidas and Puma, will lead the Japanese operations, which plans to fully enter the market with the coming fall/winter collection. Skechers hopes to double ...
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Clarks has appointed Helen Thomson to the new role of...
Clarks has appointed Helen Thomson to the new role of European Region director, reporting go Ken Dobinson, the company's international director. She previously ran Clark's successful international store franchising program. The Europe Region is one of four operational regions created by Clarks, somewhat on the model of Ecco. The others ...
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Hevea, which owns the Dunlop brand for protective footwear, has...
Hevea, which owns the Dunlop brand for protective footwear, has a new chief executive, Allard Bijlsma. He is taking over the helm from Peter Traas, who has successfully built up the brand in the last 15 years and is now joining Hevea's board of directors. Bijlsma already joined the company ...
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Nicola McLeod is the new general manager of Walter's Shoe...
Nicola McLeod is the new general manager of Walter's Shoe Care, a supplier of high-quality shoe care and foot comfort products based in Toronto. She is tasked with expanding the business globally, and will also sit on the board of the parent company, E.F. Walter. McLeod has worked in the ...
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Move On will not have a stand at the Micam...
Move On will not have a stand at the Micam and GDS shows this month, but the Aerosoles brand will be there as before. As we have previously reported, the Portuguese company has decided to stop selling shoes under its Move On brand name and to go back to the ...
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Base London continues to make new inroads into the other...
Base London continues to make new inroads into the other markets. The 17-year-old British footwear brand has announced new agency agreements with Show Too in Italy, Peoples Concept in Belgium, Silverplate in the Netherlands and Five Stars in Spain, adding to those that it signed earlier in Germany and France. ...
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Converse has extended its licensing and distribution agreement in France...
Converse has extended its licensing and distribution agreement in France with Royer Group, with whom it has worked since 2001. The new deal runs through 2015. Financial details were not disclosed. It is reported that Converse is looking to have an office in Paris that would handle marketing, communication and ...
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Vans has decided to go direct on the Danish market....
Vans has decided to go direct on the Danish market. The brand's distribution contract with Bonvita is coming to an end after many years with the fall/winter 2012-13 season.
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Per Schaadt, whose company Aceline sells the successful line of...
Per Schaadt, whose company Aceline sells the successful line of Kawasaki shoes internationally, has obtained the agency for the Ugg brand in Denmark. The two lines are presented separately because Schaadt is concentrating on the high end of the market for Ugg.
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Alberto Guardiani is opening a new showroom of more than...
Alberto Guardiani is opening a new showroom of more than 500 square meters on Corso Venezia in Milan. Its parent company, Nuova Centauro, has reported stable sales of €32 million for 2011, with an operating margin (Ebitda) of 19 percent. About 60 percent of the turnover is generated in Italy.
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Vagabond will be exhibiting in Shanghai at the Novomania trade...
Vagabond will be exhibiting in Shanghai at the Novomania trade show in March in order to search for retailers in the Chinese market. In Europe, the company aims to expand the shop-in-shop concept, which is working very well in Scandinavia and Finland. Many new shop-in-shops were opened in Scandinavia and ...
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Hunter's distributor for Germany and Switzerland, ACM Boots, will from...
Hunter's distributor for Germany and Switzerland, ACM Boots, will from now on also take care of the Czech Republic. Hunter already has 16 clients in the Czech market, most of them in Prague. The company developed its first outerwear collection last year, with the first products to be sold during ...
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Kennel & Schmenger wants to enter the North American and...
Kennel & Schmenger wants to enter the North American and Chinese markets. For this purpose, the German company will be exhibiting at the Fashion Coterie trade show in New York at the end of February and at the CHIC – China International Clothing & Accessories – trade show in Beijing ...
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The Spanish shoe brand Paco Gil recorded a good business...
The Spanish shoe brand Paco Gil recorded a good business year in 2011. Sales grew by 8 percent in volume and by 12 percent in value. Since the middle of the last year, the brand has been sold in the U.K. and France with the help of sales agents. The ...
