News Briefs – Page 24
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News briefsGenesco appoints an investment banker to its board
Genesco has appointed John F. Lambros to its board of directors. Lambros is president of GCA-U.S., a global investment bank. He serves as the head of GCA’s digital media banking practice, is a member of its board of directors and executive committee, and is the head of the firm’s New ...
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Nike manager switches to Snipes
The Deichmann group has appointed a long-time Nike manager to the new position of European general manager for Snipes, its international chain of sneaker shops. Starting on Nov. 1, he will join Snipes’ founder and chief executive, Sven Voth, and Tim Spickenborn, the chief financial officer, as the third member ...
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News briefsUFG has a new DACH sales manager for license brands
Unlimited Footwear Group (UFG) has appointed Dirk Pues as sales manager covering Germany, Austria and Switzerland, the DACH business region, for its Brands-360 subsidiary which is in charge of licensed brands. Pues is scheduled to start on Dec. 1. A veteran of the footwear industry, Pues has been working as ...
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News briefsCaleres appoints VP of diversity, equity and inclusion
Caleres has appointed Amy Hunter as vice president of diversity, equity and inclusion. ”Hunter will help drive the company’s diversity, equity and inclusion strategy development and organization, including overseeing the company’s affirmative action plans,” the American footwear company said. Hunter will guide the company in its efforts around the focus ...
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News briefsHavaianas creates international division
The Brazilian footwear group Alpargatas has created an international division for its flip-flop brand Havaianas. The division is based in Spain and run by Frédéric Lévy, a seasoned senior manager. Lévy was previously chief executive and president of Coravin, an America startup manufacturing products for the wine industry and currently ...
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Li & Fung shuffles its top management
Li & Fung, which went private in May of this year, is shifting Joseph Phi from group president to chief executive. Spencer Fung, CEO since 2014, is in turn moving to executive chairman. He will be replacing William Fung, who is taking a seat alongside his brother, Victor Fung, on ...
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Paul Green reshuffles its management
Paul Green, a Austrian footwear manufacturer specializing in women’s shoes, has undergone a management restructuring with Gerald Huber remaining the sole managing director after Gerhard Feger, Thomas Seiler and Guido Strebel stepped down but remained shareholders. Huber, 55, has been with the company since 2001. The company appointed Torsten Tesche, ...
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Sabu hires Zalando procurement manager
Sabu, the German shoe retailers’cooperative, has hired Johanna Ferner to fill the newly created position of head of purchasing fashion and accessories. The 44-year old will join the company on Oct. 1. Ferner comes from the German e-tailer Zalando, where she was senior buyer in charge of accessories, overseeing bags, ...
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Alexandra Dornérus leaves NilsonGroup for Ellos Group
Alexandra Dornérus is leaving the Swedish footwear group NilsonGroup, where she was head of digital sales for over a year, and is joining on the Swedish e-commerce company Ellos Group, as new business development manager, on Oct. 1. Dornérus estimates that Ellos Group has great potential to attract new clients ...
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Michelle Poole becomes president of Crocs
Michelle Poole has been promoted to the position of president of Crocs, taking over one of the former functions of Andrew Rees, the company’s chief executive. After working for Kangol, Timberland, Converse and Sperry Top-Sider, Poole joined Crocs in 2014 as senior vice president of global merchandising, adding responsibility for ...
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Camper names Achilles Ion Gabriel global creative director
The Spanish shoe maker Camper has appointed Achilles Ion Gabriel as its global creative director. In 2019, the Finnish shoe designer was named creative director of the company’s sub-brand CamperLab. His first Camperlab collection was presented in January and has been available in the stores since the end of August. ...
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News briefsSuzanne McKenna manages Clarks brand
Suzanne McKenna was appointed managing director of C. & J. Clark International in August and is in charge of developing the core Clarks brand in all markets. She reports to the company’s chief executive Giorgio Presca, the former head of Geox and Golden Goose. McKenna was previously global head of ...
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Shoe Zone CEO and chairman increase their stakes
Anthony Smith, the chief executive of Shoe Zone, and Charles Smith, the company’s chairman, have increased their stakes in the British footwear retailer by buying the shares owned by Jeremy Sharman, a non‐executive director of the company who has decided to leave the board after holding a seat for nine ...
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Buffalo beefs up its sales team
Buffalo, the German footwear brand acquired by Deichmann in October 2016, has hired three new sales representatives for the German and Austrian markets. Torben-Friis Steffen will oversee the East/West region in Germany, Klaus Kaiser will cover Southern Germany and Austria and Magnus von Dobbeler will be responsible for customers in ...
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Li & Fung appoints chief customer officer
Li & Fung of Hong Kong has appointed Deepika Rana to the new post of chief customer officer. A 17-year veteran of at the international sourcing group, Rana will retain the titles of president of supply chain solutions, president of the executive office, and executive vice president and country director ...
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Amazon’s head of European retail is stepping down
Xavier Garambois, who has been running Amazon’s European retail operations for the past eight years, is leaving the company. According to The Telegraph, he will be replaced by Jorrit Van der Meulen, Amazon’s vice president for Europe, who has also been in charge of Amazon Devices (Alexa, Vesta, etc.) outside ...
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News briefsHannah Colman confirmed as Jimmy Choo’s CEO
Hannah Colman has been appointed chief executive officer of the luxury shoe maker Jimmy Choo, reporting to John Idol, the chairman and CEO of the parent company, Capri Holdings. She has been holding the job on an interim basis since May. Colman was one of the brand’s earliest employees when ...
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Zappos’ CEO Tony Hsieh steps
Tony Hsieh, 46, has retired as the chief executive of the online shoe and clothing retailer Zappos.com after nearly 20 years at the helm. He has been replaced by the company’s chief operating officer Kedar Deshpande. Zappos started as Shoesite.com, founded by Nick Swinmurn. The company’s name was changed to ...
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APLF director Perrine Ardouin leaves
Perrine Ardouin is leaving her post as a director of the exhibition company APLF after 24 years in charge of the portfolio of trade fairs and events. She has decided to leave Hong Kong and move on to a new page of her life. After her departure, she will continue ...
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Birkenstock’s retail head leaves
Birkenstock’s retail director, Oliver Jansen, left in August to join Bahlsen Outlets, the outlet business of the German biscuit maker Bahlsen Group. The German sandal maker has yet to announce a successor Prior to joining Birkenstock in March 2018, Jansen worked for the fashion group Esprit, between October 2015 and ...
