News Briefs – Page 30
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Dirk Pues left Hamm Market Solutions, the German-based footwear licensee for...
Dirk Pues left Hamm Market Solutions, the German-based footwear licensee for the Gant and Scotch & Soda brands, on June 30 at his own request. As chief product officer, he was responsible for product development and the procurement of shoe collections for the company's licensing business. He will be replaced by Marc ...
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Farfetch has appointed Kshitij Kumar and Holli Rogers to the...
Farfetch has appointed Kshitij Kumar and Holli Rogers to the newly created roles of chief data officer and chief brand officer, respectively. In his new role as chief data officer, Kshitij Kumar is expected to drive forward the company's use of artificial intelligence and data science. He joins from Zalando, ...
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CamperLab, a sub-brand of Camper, has appointed Achilles Ion Gabriel...
CamperLab, a sub-brand of Camper, has appointed Achilles Ion Gabriel as its new creative director. The Finnish shoe designer, who also has his own eponymous footwear brand, will oversee CamperLab's design team and global brand image. In addition, he is expected to design the creative strategy for all brand communication ...
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Kering has announced that Cédric Charbit has joined the group's...
Kering has announced that Cédric Charbit has joined the group's executive committee, effective July 1. Charbit, 41, has led Balenciaga, part of the group, since November 2016. He began his career at Printemps in 2001 as luxury goods buyer, later becoming deputy purchasing director of the department store. In 2009, ...
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Tretorn, the Swedish footwear and outerwear brand, has appointed Magnus...
Tretorn, the Swedish footwear and outerwear brand, has appointed Magnus Månsson as its new chief executive. Most recently, from May 2017 to June this year, he served as chief executive at Gina Tricot, the Swedish fashion chain. Prior to that, he was chief executive of Nelly, the fashion e-tailer. He ...
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Keen Footwear appointed Dieter Klingenberg last month to the recently...
Keen Footwear appointed Dieter Klingenberg last month to the recently created position of sales and business development director for Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Slovenia and Scandinavia. Simultaneously, Perry Laukens was appointed to the newly created position of sales and business director for the U.K., France, the Netherlands, Spain, Italy and nine ...
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OrthoLite, the American insole specialist, has hired Milton Brice as...
OrthoLite, the American insole specialist, has hired Milton Brice as chief financial officer and Mark Coffield as general manager for Vietnam, where OrthoLite has recently inaugurated a manufacturing plant. Brice has previously worked for The Hershey Company in Asia and South America. Coffield, who will lead Ortholite's new Vietnamese factory, ...
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Ferdinand Richter, the Austrian children's shoe producer, has appointed another...
Ferdinand Richter, the Austrian children's shoe producer, has appointed another seasoned executive, Thomas Ridder, to the position of joint managing director. He will work together with Josef Renner, who had been appointed to the same position in April. Renner has been involved in sales at Legero since 2001. Prior to ...
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Camper is looking for a new creative director following the...
Camper is looking for a new creative director following the departure of Romain Kremer, who last signed off the Spanish company's autumn/winter 2019/20 collection. He had been working with the company since 2009, acting as a consultant until he was made creative director in 2014.
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Keen Footwear appointed Dieter Klingenberg last month to the recently...
Keen Footwear appointed Dieter Klingenberg last month to the recently created position of sales and business development director for Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Slovenia and Scandinavia. Simultaneously, Perry Laukens was appointed to the newly created position of sales and business director for the U.K., France, the Netherlands, Spain, Italy and nine ...
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Tapestry, the New York based luxury accessories and lifestyle group...
Tapestry, the New York based luxury accessories and lifestyle group whose holdings include Stuart Weitzman, has hired Thomas A. Glaser to be its chief operations officer. Glaser will have full charge of the supply chain and functional oversight of product development and manufacturing resources, distribution, logistics, replenishment, e-commerce fulfillment and ...
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OrthoLite, the American insole specialist, has hired Milton Brice as...
OrthoLite, the American insole specialist, has hired Milton Brice as chief financial officer and Mark Coffield as general manager for Vietnam, where OrthoLite has recently inaugurated a manufacturing plant. Brice has previously worked for The Hershey Company in Asia and South America. Coffield, who will lead Ortholite's new Vietnamese factory, ...
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VF Corp. has appointed Cameron Bailey as vice-president of global...
VF Corp. has appointed Cameron Bailey as vice-president of global supply chain, effective June 1. He replaces Tom Glaser, who has left VF after 18 years to take over the role of chief operations officer at Tapestry, formerly known as Coach Inc. Bailey has spent his entire career in manufacturing ...
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La Halle has announced the departure of Philippe Thirache, who...
La Halle has announced the departure of Philippe Thirache, who has been the president of the big French apparel and footwear retailer since 2016. Thirache has been replaced with immediate effect by Stéphane Roche, who has been the managing director of Vivarte, La Halle's parent company, for the past two ...
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Inditex, the owner of Zara, has announced the promotion of...
Inditex, the owner of Zara, has announced the promotion of Carlos Crespo to chief executive. Crespo, who was most recently the company's chief operating officer, will take over some of the functions of Pablo Isla, who had the dual role of chief executive and chairman. The company is now splitting ...
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Josef Renner has become the new chief executive of Ferdinand...
Josef Renner has become the new chief executive of Ferdinand Richter, the Austrian children's shoe producer. He has been involved in sales at Legero since 2001. Prior to that he worked at Leder & Schuh, starting as a buyer in 1986. Renner takes the place of two joint managing directors ...
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Thomas Nassua has been appointed to the newly created position...
Thomas Nassua has been appointed to the newly created position of sales director for Germany, Austria and Switzerland at the Unlimited Footwear Group (UFG), based in Waalwijk, Netherlands, starting on June 1. The Dutch firm sells shoes under the Bullboxer, Rehab Footwear, Gaastra and Supertrash brands and has licenses for ...
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Bernd Hummel, the long-time German-based licensee of Pentland Group for the Kangaroos brand,...
Bernd Hummel, the long-time German-based licensee of Pentland Group for the Kangaroos brand, has appointed Andreas Hemprich as European senior key account manager for its recently launched Rooskickx brand of children's sneakers. The 37-year-old joined Kangaroos on May 1. He reports directly to Daniel Kraus, vice president for marketing and sales at Kangaroos. ...
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Vionic has made Jerry Williamson its senior vice president of...
Vionic has made Jerry Williamson its senior vice president of global sales, in charge of the company's domestic, international, home shopping and medical teams. The American footwear brand, which was recently taken over by Caleres, has also made Angela Caltagirone its senior vice president of digital and brand marketing, in ...
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Bally has promoted Nicolas Girotto to the role of chief...
Bally has promoted Nicolas Girotto to the role of chief executive. He takes over from Frédéric de Narp, who has served as Bally's chief executive since 2013. Narp will remain on the board as vice-chairman. Prior to his recent appointment, Girotto served as Bally's chief operations officer. Girotto, was born ...
