News Briefs – Page 22
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Ferragamo’s creative director leaves
Salvatore Ferragamo’s creative director Paul Andrew will leave the company in May to pursue other professional opportunities. The Italian luxury goods company said that the existing in-house team will be entrusted with creation and design. “After five years, with pride and a heavy heart, I’ve decided it’s time for a ...
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Saucony appoints Fábio Tambosi as chief marketing officer
Saucony has announced the appointment of Fábio Tambosi as its new chief marketing officer, effective immediately. Tambosi has more than 18 years of experience in global brand-building, most recently serving as Adidas’ global head of brand, planning and activation for its Sports Performance categories. Prior to Adidas, he served as ...
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VF reshuffles its management in EMEA
VF Corp. has announced several changes to its management for the EMEA region. Andreas Olsson has switched from VF’s director of group digital accounts to regional general manager of Dickies EMEA. He has been with VF since 2009, working in sales and marketing for Vans and The North Face. He ...
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FitFlop hires its CEO from Lacoste’s footwear unit
The brand of fashion comfort shoes, FitFlop, has hired Gianni Georgiades as its new CEO, effective April 6. He replaces Michael Lockett, who left the company in August. Georgiades comes from Lacoste’s footwear joint venture with Pentland Brands, where he was CEO for nearly three years. He was previously vice ...
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Zalando splits its marketing department
Zalando’s head of global marketing, Barbara Daliri-Freyduni, has resigned. She had been with the German e-commerce company since October 2019, when she was hired to be its senior vice president of demand. Before that, she was at or near the top in the management of marketing operations at Microsoft for ...
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Texon appoints a new sales director
Texon, the producer of materials for the footwear industry, has appointed Bryan Whitfield as group sales director, replacing Matt Smith, who left the company after almost a decade of “successful service.” Whitfield was previously involved in sales and business development with major international companies such as Avery Dennison, Velcro and ...
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Footway hires Tom Söderlund as CTO
Footway, the international Swedish-based shoe e-tailer, has hired Tom Söderlund as chief technology officer. He will be in charge of the company’s technical infrastructure and architecture. Söderlund comes from Weld, which develops marketing platforms for e-retailers, where he was the co-founder and CEO. He previously worked for a string of ...
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Shoepassion expands its advisory board
The Berlin-based footwear company Shoepassion has added the design and branding expert Elmar Schüller to its advisory board. He joins the other board members Wendelin Wiedeking, Norbert Lehmann and Thomas Treß. Schüller is the president of the Innovative Living Institute and has helped shape the Red Dot Design Award for ...
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News briefsPorta appointed permanent CEO of Hunter Boots
British brand Hunter Boots has confirmed Paolo Porta as permanent CEO. Porta has held the position on an interim basis since replacing Vincent Wauters in June 2020. Prior to joining Hunter, he was senior vice president of merchandising and licensing at Jimmy Choo. Before that, he held roles in merchandising, ...
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Amazon Fashion has a new president
Amazon Fashion has named Muge Erdirik Dogan president, replacing Christine Beauchamp, who was promoted to head the online retailing group’s consumer categories in North America. Dogan has been with Amazon for nearly 14 years, during which she managed various category, technology and operations teams.
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Capri names a new chief information officer
Capri Holdings, the parent company of Jimmy Choo, Versace and Michael Kors, has appointed Alejandro Martinez-Galindo as chief information officer (CIO) of the group, reporting to Thomas Edwards, the chief financial officer and chief operating officer. The appointment is effective March 8. Martinez-Galindo has held executive roles across several industries ...
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News briefsSusie Mulder is Timberland’s new global brand president
VF Corp. has appointed Susie Mulder as global brand president of Timberland. She will start her new role with the New Hampshire-based brand on April 5 and report to VF’s chairman, president and CEO, Steve Rendle. She will also serve on VF’s executive leadership team. Mulder joins Timberland from women’s ...
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Clarks undergoes a management shake-up
According to various sources, Clarks has undergone a management reshuffle after its takeover by the Hong Kong-based private equity firm LionRock Capital. The chief executive, Giorgio Presca, the chief commercial officer, Massimo Barzaghi, and the head of human resources, Difna Blamey, have left the company, they indicated. Meanwhile, Victor Herrero, ...
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Hunter’s global brand director quits
After nearly eight years in job, Ali Lowry announced he was stepping down as global brand director at Hunter. In a message posted on LinkedIn called “Given Hunter The Boot”, Lowry wrote that after seven years and eight months ”I leave on a high and at a time that feels ...
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Deckers appoints DTC and digital specialist to its board
Deckers Brands has appointed Maha S. Ibrahim to its board of directors, effective Feb. 1. Mike Devine, chairman of the board, said he especially values her experience identifying trends and driving growth in the direct-to-consumer and technology sectors. He also said Ibrahim’s insights and capabilities align with management’s focus on ...
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Crocs hires a manager from Nike
Emma Minto has joined Crocs as senior vice president and general manager in charge of all the operations of the fast-growing brand of comfort shoes in North America. She had spent 16 years with Nike in various roles, most recently as vice president and general manager for Nike Women’s in ...
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ANWR Schuh’s Albert Mayer retires
ANWR Schuh’s head of purchasing and goods Albert Mayer will retire at the end of Jan. The sixty-four-year-old manager has worked in the industry for 47 years and has been serving in his current position at ANWR Schuh for the past 12 years. ANWR’s managing director Tobias Eichmeier will ...
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Cortina hires a new global marketing manager
Cortina has hired Karen Bellinck as global marketing manager. Bellinck joins the company from the luggage maker Samsonite, where she worked for nearly 20 years and became wholesale director. Cortina is a Belgium-based company producing private label footwear as well as footwear and apparel under licensed and house brands. The ...
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Camel Active Footwear changes sales manager
Markus Roth quit his job as sales manager of Camel Active Footwear at the end of December. The decision was reached by mutual agreement with HC Footwear, a unit of Hamm Market Solutions which holds the Camel Active license for footwear. His position is taken over by Claus Gese, the ...
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News briefsSteve Madden names Maria Teresa Kumar to the board
Steve Madden has appointed María Teresa Kumar to the board of directors. With this appointment, the board expands to ten directors, eight of whom are independent. Kumar will be a member of the company’s corporate social responsibility committee. Kumar is the president and CEO of Voto Latino, which she co-founded ...
