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Gap’s CEO steps down amid flagging sales
Gap’s president and chief executive officer Sonia Syngal has stepped down from her position and from the company’s board, and will depart the company following a brief transition. Syngal has been with the company for 18 years and was CEO since March 2020. She leaves as Gap suffers declining sales. ...
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JD Sports names a new chairman
JD Sports Fashion has named Andrew Higginson as chairman of the British sports, outdoor brands and fashion retailer, effective on July 11. Higginson has over 28 years of continuous non-executive director experience on the boards of public limited companies, including senior leadership roles over nearly 15 years at the U.K. ...
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Inov-8 appoints a new CEO
The British sports brand Inov-8 has appointed Mike Snell as its new CEO. Snell is commercial director for the supermarket chain Asda and will join Inov-8 in October. Inov-8 is currently managed by its founder Wayne Edy, who bought back the company in 2020 after selling it to Descente in ...
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Boohoo names a new CFO
Boohoo has appointed Shaun McCabe as chief financial officer. He will succeed Neil Catto, who will become an executive director, remaining on the board of the British online fashion retailer, with responsibility for strategic projects. McCabe is expected to take up his new role later this year. Catto will remain ...
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Prada names Roberto Massardi as chief business development officer
Prada appointed Roberto Massardi as chief business development officer in May. He is responsible for the strategic development of the group through the pursuit of new business opportunities. At the start of his career, Massardi held different positions at Italian tyre manufacturer Pirelli before joining a first time Prada in ...
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Piquadro names Francesco Giovagnoni as general manager
The Italian leather goods group Piquadro has appointed Francesco Giovagnoni as its new general manager. Giovagnoni comes to Piquadro with a lengthy experience in the luxury goods sector, having held management positions at Sara Lee Branded Apparel, Bulgari, DBApparel, Damiani and Campo Marzio. He said this is a ”decisive moment” ...
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Designer Brands hires Doug Howe as head of DSW
Designer Brands has appointed Doug Howe as president of DSW Designer Shoe Warehouse and executive vice president of Designer Brands, effective late May. ”Howe’s appointment brings continued strength and momentum to Designer Brands putting customers, brands and speed at the forefront of the retailer’s 519 U.S. store locations and ...
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News briefsWendy Yang steps down from Deckers Brands’ performance lifestyle division
Deckers Brands has announced that Wendy Yang will step down from her role as president of performance lifestyle at the end of the month after seven years of leading the Hoka and Teva brands. Stefano Caroti, president of omnichannel and a 30-year industry veteran, will assume Yang’s duties on an ...
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ANWR Garant expands management board
ANWR Garant International has expanded its management board to promote and oversee the ever-increasing internationalization of wholesale trade within its partner network. On May 1, the company appointed its long-standing commercial director Thomas Bast to the board. Bast, who has worked for companies in the ANWR Group in various ...
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News briefsCrocs appoints Deanna Bratter as vice president and global head of sustainability
Following Crocs’ announcement of its ambitious sustainability strategy in July 2021, under which it aims to achieve a net-zero footprint by 2030 and become a more sustainable brand overall, the company has now announced that Deanna Bratter has joined the company as vice president and global head of sustainability. In ...
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Skechers appoints a new board member
Skechers has appointed Yolanda Macias to its board. The appointment brings the total number of directors to eight, including five independent members. Macias has been at Cinedigm Entertainment Group since 2013, currently serving as the chief content officer where she oversees global content acquisitions, in addition to digital and physical ...
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Zappos confirms Scott Schaefer as CEO
Zappos.com has confirmed Scott Schaefer as chief executive officer. He had been acting CEO since December 2021. Prior to becoming CEO, Schaefer served as vice president of finance which was preceded by multiple positions with financial, operational, and strategic scopes at the company. Before joining the U.S. online retailer of ...
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News briefsLululemon hires two executives for its new footwear business
Just days after announcing its first own footwear line, Lululemon is bolstering its executive team with the hiring of Simon Atkins as SVP of footwear and Phil Dickinson as SVP, global creative director. Atkins most recently led basketball and U.S. sports at Adidas and has held several senior management and ...
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News briefsFrank Schuffelen appointed CEO of ANWR Group
Source: ANWR Frank Schuffelen, ANWR The ANWR Group, headquartered in Mainhausen, Germany, has appointed Frank Schuffelen as CEO, effective April 1. Schuffelen was previously spokesman of the board and responsible, among other things, for corporate development, human resources, finance, controlling and corporate communications. He will now head ...
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Dr. Martens names a new global creative director
Dr. Martens has appointed Darren McKoy as its new global creative director. McKoy has been in the job since December 2021. He joined Dr. Martens in January 2015 as global category manager for footwear and in October 2017 become global category product director. Prior to the British footwear company, ...
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News briefsOrthoLite appoints a sales manager for Portugal
OrthoLite has appointed Marisa Costa sales manager for Portugal as the U.S. producer of insoles expands its sales team in Europe. Costa has an extensive background in footwear development and design, working with both brands and factories, according to OrthoLite. Most recently, she was an account manager and product developer ...
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News briefsMerrell appoints chief merchant officer
Source: Merrell Sumi Scott, Chief Merchant Officer Merrell Merrell has announced the appointment of industry veteran Sumi Scott as the brand’s chief merchant officer. With nearly 20 years of experience in product development and retail merchandising, Scott will drive the development of Merrell’s global growth strategies while ...
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Prada names a new CFO
Prada has appointed Andrea Bonini as chief financial officer replacing Alessandra Cozzani from May 2. Bonini will report to the chief executive officers Miuccia Prada and Patrizio Bertelli, and will be responsible of the group’s administration, finance, control, tax and investor relations departments. Cozzani held the job since 2016. She ...
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Gabor’s production director steps down
Michael Tackenberg, the production and technology director of the German shoe manufacturer Gabor, has stepped down. The manager and the Rosenheim-based company agreed to “end the cooperation with immediate effect”, after Gabor’s supervisory board decided not to extend Tackenberg’s contract, which was due to expire on Dec. 31, 2022. ...
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VF veteran Kevin Bailey back at Vans as global brand president
VF Corp. has appointed Kevin Bailey to the position of global brand president of Vans. Bailey will continue to report to VF chairman, president and CEO Steve Rendle and will serve on the company’s executive leadership team. With this appointment, Bailey returns within the group to the Vans brand after ...
