News Briefs – Page 14
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Tod’s’ creative director leaves
After four years in the job, Walter Chiapponi is stepping down as creative director of Tod’s. He will leave the Italian luxury shoemaker after the presentation of his latest collection at the Milan Fashion Week on Sept. 22. Tod’s said that the name of the new creative director will be ...
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Designer Brands names new head for DSW
Designer Brands has appointed Laura Denk as president of DSW Designer Shoe Warehouse and executive vice president of Designer Brands, effective as of July 24. Denk will be responsible for leading DSW’s nearly 500 U.S. store locations and e-commerce channel, DSW.com. She will report directly to Designer Brands’ chief executive ...
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Clarks names Bob Neville as head for the U.K. and Ireland
Clarks appointed Bob Neville as its managing director for the U.K. and the Republic of Ireland, effective in August. He will report to Jon Ram, the CEO of the British brand. Neville returns to the U.K. from Hong Kong, where he spent 30 years working for Under Armour, New Balance ...
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Hooijer reorganizes the sales team for Lazamani, Heydude and Scholl
The Dutch distribution and wholesale company Hooijer Footwear Group reorganized the sales team for its own brand Lazamani as well as for the Heydude and Scholl brands. Randolf Friedel, who has been head of sales since April, has entrusted Sascha Patchoull, Marcus Brunke, Torsten Pöhner, Gerd Neubauer and Hans-Jörg ...
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ANWR Group appoints new top managers
The German footwear buying group ANWR has reshuffled its board as some members go into retirement and new talents are promoted. The board member Fritz Terbuyken stepped down after 15 years and on June 19, 2023 was succeeded in the role by Tobias Eichmeier, the Mainhausen-based organization announced in a ...
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Assocalzaturifici’s youth section picks a new president
Federica De Pascale is the new president of the Young Entrepreneurs of Assocalzaturifici, the trade association group Italian shoemakers. Born in 1999, she takes over from Elisa Lanciotti and will remain in office for the four-year term ending in 2027. Currently enrolled in the Economics and Business School of the ...
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Vans appoints former Nike, Timberland executive as global marketing chief
Vans has appointed Drieke Leenknegt as global chief marketing officer, effective July 5. In her new role, she will report directly to Kevin Bailey, Vans global brand president. Leenknegt has held marketing and communications roles for more than 20 years. Most recently, she has served as global CMO at Timberland ...
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OrthoLite appoints new GM for India
OrthoLite, the U.S.manufacturer and provider of insoles and material solutions for footwear, announced the appointment of Vikash Bajargyan as the new general manager of OrthoLite India (OIN). In his new position, Bajargyan will oversee OIN’s overall operations. This includes leading manufacturing and business development, as well as building and managing ...
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Manolo Blahnik hires Elodie Bougenault as chief commercial officer
Manolo Blahnik has appointed Elodie Bougenault as chief commercial officer, effective June 26. She replaces Andrew Wright, who will ”focus permanently on delivering the significant long-term growth plans for the Americas.” In 2019, Wright became president of the Americas for the brand on top of his position as chief commercial ...
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Tecnica Footwear restructures DACH sales team
Following the establishment of the new Tecnica Footwear business unit under the leadership of Adriano Rossato in February, the Italian footwear manufacturer has restructured its sales team for Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Fabian Steinmetz took over the position of sales manager for Germany on May 1. After working for Blizzard ...
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Santoni appoints Eraldo Poletto as CEO
Santoni has appointed Eraldo Poletto as chief executive, the first non-member of the Santoni family to hold the position. With the appointment, Giuseppe Santoni transitions to chairman and executive president of the family-owned Italian brand of high-end shoes. Poletto, who is already a member of Santoni’s board, is a veteran ...
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Bally names Simone Bellotti as design director
Bally has appointed Simone Bellotti as design director, replacing Rhuigi Villasenor who left the company in May after a tenure of just over a year. He will debut his first collection during the Milan Fashion Week in September. Bellotti spent 16 years at Gucci before joining Bally in October 2022. ...
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Sorel’s president steps down
Columbia Sportswear Company announced that Mark Nenow, president of the Sorel brand, has resigned to focus on his health. Nenow joined the company in 2007 to lead footwear. He recognized a unique opportunity to transform the Sorel brand, from primarily a men’s winter work boot to a fashion-forward, all-season women’s ...
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Gabor’s CEO Achim Gabor resigns
Achim Gabor, the CEO of the German shoe manufacturer Gabor Shoes AG, announced that he will be leaving the company by mid July 2023 for health reasons. Business operations will continue without restrictions, the Rosenheim-based company said in a statement. “All our customers, suppliers and partners can rely ...
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Uwe Decker joins Solidus as CEO
The German shoe retailer Solidus announced a change at its helm. The Tuttlingen-based company has appointed an industry veteran, Uwe Decker, as CEO, succeeding Yvonne Breinlinger-Scheuring effective from Aug. 1, according to a statement. Over the course of his long career, Decker has held various management positions at well-known ...
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Nike appoints new Converse CEO
Nike has announced a new president and CEO for Converse. Jared Carver succeeded Scott Uzzell on June 1. Carver reports to John Donahoe, president and CEO of Nike, Inc. Uzzell has transitioned to a new role as vice president and general manager, North America for Nike. Carver brings to the ...
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Timberland has a new sales structure for northern Europe
Under the leadership of Alwin van Dijk as sales director, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Scandinavia and Benelux now form the new sales region Central/North at Timberland. This step creates new synergies and competencies within the team to meet the changing market conditions and further push the qualitative growth in the region ...
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Wolverine looking for new Saucony brand president
Anne Cavassa, who joined Saucony as the brand’s first woman president in May 2018 after more than 20 years working for the likes of Brooks Running, Timberland, Nike, and Reebok, recently left Wolverine Worldwide. Senior company executives disclosed her departure during the conference call on first-quarter earnings. In the quarter, ...
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Sergio Rossi names Paul Kotrba interim CEO
Sergio Rossi, the Italian luxury footwear brand owned by Lanvin Group, has named Paul Kotrba interim chief executive officer, replacing Riccardo Sciutto. Kotrba was chief operating officer at Wolford, which is also controlled by Lanvin Group. Sciutto joined Sergio Rossi in April 2016 from Hogan, the luxury sneaker brand owned ...
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Allbirds’ co-CEO Tim Brown demoted to chief innovation officer
According to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Allbirds indicated that its co-founder Tim Brown was stripped of his role of co-CEO and transitioned on May 4 to the non-executive position of chief innovation officer. With the decision, Joey Zwillinger, who was already co-CEO, becomes the sole ...
