News Briefs Distribution – Page 28
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Collective Brands has created a new position as European manager...
Collective Brands has created a new position as European manager of its lifestyle shoe brands, responsible for Keds, Pro-Keds and Sperry Top-Sider. The post has been given to Michael Schmitz, a 34-year-old manager who has worked for the group for four years, coordinating its sales in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and ...
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MBT has selected Ben May to be its new managing...
MBT has selected Ben May to be its new managing director for the U.K. and Ireland. He's a former MBT retailer, and he also oversees the company's operations in Portugal, Andorra and Spain. MBT opened five new stores in the U.K. in the last few weeks, and it is said ...
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Esprit has confirmed the appointment of a new global marketing...
Esprit has confirmed the appointment of a new global marketing director, Arnd Mueller, replacing Jan Erik van Dijk who left in September. Among other stations, Mueller, 41, has spent 12 years with Walt Disney, where he has been in charge of clothing, shoes and accessories. Meanwhile, Chew Fook Aun, chief ...
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Returning from her maternity leave, Gila Meier-Menge is assuming the...
Returning from her maternity leave, Gila Meier-Menge is assuming the post as head of product for shoes at Timezone. Since October, the 33-year-old has been responsible for the conceptual and creative product development of Timezone's shoe collections. Meier-Menge has been with the company for four years. In her new post, ...
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Salvatore Ferragamo has decided not to extend its agreement for...
Salvatore Ferragamo has decided not to extend its agreement for the sale of its products In Korea, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore and Indonesia with a Korean company, Trinity Ltd., which is going to expire at the end of 2012, but it is ready to examine ways to restructure their relationship. Observers ...
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Alpargatas Europe, the subsidiary of the eponymous Brazilian group based...
Alpargatas Europe, the subsidiary of the eponymous Brazilian group based in Spain, will be coordinating the distribution in the continent of Dupé, a more affordable brand of sandals than Havaianas, starting with the spring 2012 selling season. The brand has been sold lately by distributors in Italy, France and Spain.
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Vito Artioli, chairman of the European shoe industry federation, CEC,...
Vito Artioli, chairman of the European shoe industry federation, CEC, is recruiting a new general manager for the Brussels-based organization as Eline Van Audenaerd quit her job after only a few months in office. She was supposed to take the place of Roeland Smets, who is retiring at the end ...
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Jacques Royer, president of Groupe Royer, and his brother Alain,...
Jacques Royer, president of Groupe Royer, and his brother Alain, vice president, are getting extra help in running his fast-growing conglomerate. Nathalie Montaldier Henock, a seasoned 50-year-old executive, has been appointed to the new position of deputy general manager to handle mainly the operational side. She worked at Leo Burnett, ...
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Klaus Kennel is retiring at the end of this year...
Klaus Kennel is retiring at the end of this year from Kennel & Schmenger Schuhfabrik (K&S), the German company in which he is a managing partner. The transition has been prepared for a long time. Most recently, last month, Stefan Frank, who has been responsible for sales and marketing since ...
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Olga Berluti will take over the role of creative director...
Olga Berluti will take over the role of creative director of the Berluti Art line, owned by LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton. She is known as a pre-eminent bootmaker, one of the rare women in the field, and takes the job from her former position as artistic director for the ...
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Michael McBreen has left his position as president of the...
Michael McBreen has left his position as president of the global operations group at Wolverine World Wide to join Collective Brands. He will take on the position of divisional senior vice president of product development for PaylessShoeSource. He had been with Wolverine since 2008; before that he was at Furniture ...
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Steve Madden has hired the twin sisters Ashley and Mary-Kate...
Steve Madden has hired the twin sisters Ashley and Mary-Kate Olsen as creative directors for Superga. Madden has the license for North America for the sneaker brand, owned by BasicNet. The partnership will start with a co-branding initiative for the spring/summer 2012 collection between Superga and The Row, a brand ...
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Michael Brumme has been appointed publisher of Verlag Otto Sternefeld,...
Michael Brumme has been appointed publisher of Verlag Otto Sternefeld, which puts out Schuhkurier and other footwear magazines in German. He takes the position of his father, Horst Sternefeld, who died at the beginning of this year at the age of 86. Brumme has been the general manager of the ...
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Pollini has confirmed the British designer Nicholas Kirkwood as its...
Pollini has confirmed the British designer Nicholas Kirkwood as its creative director until 2015. He started working for Pollini with the 2011 spring/summer collection.
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Ralf Hahnbück from the agency Markenkontor Ralf Hahnbück has been...
Ralf Hahnbück from the agency Markenkontor Ralf Hahnbück has been the distributor of the Spanish shoe brand Sacha London in Germany, Austria and Switzerland since July. He is responsible for the distribution of the women's and men's collections sold under the brands Sacha London, Sacha Too and Sachelle. Hahnbrück is ...
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USG Brands is opening a new subsidiary in France to...
USG Brands is opening a new subsidiary in France to distribute the increasing number of sports fashion brands for which it has the rights in the country. It is starting off with Valsport and Tenson, which it owns, and with Pantofola d'Oro, for which it has a license covering France ...
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Overland Shoes, the global licensee for G-Star Raw footwear, is...
Overland Shoes, the global licensee for G-Star Raw footwear, is going to try to expand the brand in the North American market through a new distribution partnership with Contest Footwear group. Along with sales into the U.S. and Canada, G-Raw plans to revise its pricing structure, amp up its marketing ...
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Move On, the brand from Portugal, has signed new distribution...
Move On, the brand from Portugal, has signed new distribution contracts in the last three months. Innova will be the company's new distributor in Spain and Migato will handle distribution in Greece and Cyprus. Move On is currently in discussions with potential distributors in France, the U.K., Russia and the ...
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Brandmasters, distributor of Airstep in Germany, Switzerland and Austria, will...
Brandmasters, distributor of Airstep in Germany, Switzerland and Austria, will from now on also take care of the brand's distribution in the U.K. Brandmasters recently acquired 50 percent of the trademark rights for Airstep, and the company designs all its men's and women's shoe collections. The shoes are produced in ...
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Bally has inked a deal for the opening of several...
Bally has inked a deal for the opening of several stores in India with Bird Group, a company that already works with Porsche Design, BMW and other major foreign players. The first Bally store in India will open before the end of this year in the DLF Emporium shopping center ...
