News Briefs Distribution – Page 9
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Cole Haan has announced a long-term retail, wholesale and e-commerce...
Cole Haan has announced a long-term retail, wholesale and e-commerce distribution agreement with Sitoy Retailing, a subsidiary of Sitoy Group Holdings, for Greater China. Sitoy will bring Cole Haan to consumers in Hong Kong, Macau and China through various retail channels from summer 2017. The deal covers all distribution of ...
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Shoe retailers in Germany will get a selection of products...
Shoe retailers in Germany will get a selection of products for their stores from Nike if they belong to ANWR or Sabu Schuh Marketing, the two major voluntary groups in the sector, starting from the spring/summer 2018 season. Nike will issue a single bill to each of the ...
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Bernd Hummel, the main European licensee of Kangaroos and the...
Bernd Hummel, the main European licensee of Kangaroos and the owner of the Flip Flop brand, has officially announced a contract for the distribution of shoes, clothing and accessories under the Beachbody brand name, starting with the spring/summer 2018 season. The products are licensed by Global Brand Partners, a company ...
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Ecco has struck a joint venture deal with its French...
Ecco has struck a joint venture deal with its French retail partner, L.S. Diffusion, which opened its first retail store in the country in 2014. The joint venture will change its name to Ecco France and will be led by Laura Steinmetz, who has been running L.S. Diffusion since then. ...
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Diesel has reorganized the sales structure for its footwear lines...
Diesel has reorganized the sales structure for its footwear lines in the Austrian and German markets in order to grow the business. The Fashion Brands Agency, a sales agency based in Munich, has taken over the distribution in the territory. Previously, Diesel directly supplied about 80 retailers with its shoes, ...
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Bernd Hillen, the seasoned former executive of Birkenstock and Berkemann,...
Bernd Hillen, the seasoned former executive of Birkenstock and Berkemann, is adding the distribution in Germany and Austria of Simple Shoes and the Samuel Hubbard collection of “ridiculously comfortable” shoes from the U.S., to the previously announced distribution of Blundstone. As previously reported, he is now running Central Trade Germany, ...
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American Sneakers, a subsidiary of the Bos Group based in...
American Sneakers, a subsidiary of the Bos Group based in the Netherlands, is expanding the distribution of Pro Keds, after a period of three seasons during which it has been sold more selectively in Germany, Austria and Switzerland and the Benelux countries. The Pro Keds brands will now also be ...
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Viking Footwear will not renew its license of Kangaroos in...
Viking Footwear will not renew its license of Kangaroos in Scandinavia. The license agreement between Kangaroos and Viking will be terminated at the end of this year. It has not been decided yet who will continue with the Kangaroos license in Scandinavia from 2018. Bernd Hummel, the licensee of the ...
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Wolfgang Illers, the long-time chief financial officer of the Wortmann...
Wolfgang Illers, the long-time chief financial officer of the Wortmann Group, has announced his retirement from the firm after 26 years. Tobias Seng, who has functioned as co-CFO of the big shoe producer since April, now assumes full responsibility for the position. The Wortmann Group, based in Detmold, Germany, is ...
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Peter Prange, chief executive of the Klauser/Salamander group, left the...
Peter Prange, chief executive of the Klauser/Salamander group, left the company as planned on June 1, but will support it in an advisory capacity. Uwe Gradias and Heinrich Traude who joined the executive board of the company on May 1, following the acquisition of Salamander Germany and Schuhaus Klauser by ...