News Briefs – Page 33
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Thomas Nassua, chief executive and sales director of Shoes.com, licensee...
Thomas Nassua, chief executive and sales director of Shoes.com, licensee of the s.Oliver shoe brand and subsidiary of the Wortmann group, will be leaving the company next year. Nassua has been chief executive for the past 13 years. Heiko Hüdepohl will be assuming his position in June 2019. Hüdepohl previously ...
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Munich, the sports and lifestyle shoe brand based in Barcelona,...
Munich, the sports and lifestyle shoe brand based in Barcelona, has made Xavier Artigas its new export sales manager. Artigas has previously worked, in both retail and wholesale, for the jewelers Majorica and Carrera y Carrera, the shoemaker Castañer and the watchmaker Grupo Cadarso/Ice-Watch, mostly as a director of national ...
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Chi Lo-Jen is being promoted to be the new chief...
Chi Lo-Jen is being promoted to be the new chief executive of Stella International on Jan. 1, taking the place of Lawrence Chen who will continue as an executive director and a member of the executive committee of the Chinese shoe company. Chi has 23 years of experience in the ...
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Chris Pawlus is the new vice president of product design...
Chris Pawlus is the new vice president of product design and innovation at Keen, the Portland-based maker of outdoor shoes. He will oversee the Outdoor, Lifestyle and Kids departments. Pawlus joins Keen from Timberland, where he spent 21 years, most recently as creative director and vice president of global product ...
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Santoni has announced that Marco Zanini, its clothing designer, will...
Santoni has announced that Marco Zanini, its clothing designer, will be leaving the brand. The two parties have decided to end their collaboration at the natural end of the contract. Zanini has been in charge of the ready-to-wear collections of the Italian shoe brand for four seasons. He accompanied Santoni ...
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Lowa has announced that Alexander Nicolai will join the top...
Lowa has announced that Alexander Nicolai will join the top management on Jan. 1 as joint managing director alongside Werner Riethmann, the German company's longtime chief executive, and Rudolf Limmer and Matthias Wanner, the commercial director and international sales manager. Nicolai has been heading up design and product development at ...
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Peter Frericks joined Hamm Market Solutions as international sales manager...
Peter Frericks joined Hamm Market Solutions as international sales manager for the Scotch & Soda brand this November. Hamm has signed a new licensing deal for a line of men's and women's shoes that will be launched under the Scotch & Soda brand in the spring of 2019. Frericks, who ...
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Jeton Bujupi, former chief executive at Hamm Market Solutions, responsible...
Jeton Bujupi, former chief executive at Hamm Market Solutions, responsible for operations and sales, will be leaving the company at his own request at the end of February 2019. Bujupi has worked for the German-based family business for the past 20 years. Since 2003, he has been a member of the ...
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Kering has announced Ginevra Elkann as a new independent member...
Kering has announced Ginevra Elkann as a new independent member of its board of directors. Her nomination will be submitted to shareholders for approval at the next Annual General Meeting, to be held on April 24, 2019. She replaces Laurence Boone, who has resigned following her appointment as chief economist ...
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Rainer Worbs, chief executive of Roland and MyShoes, the German...
Rainer Worbs, chief executive of Roland and MyShoes, the German shoe retailers that are part of the Deichmann group, will retire on June 30, 2019. At MyShoes, Helén Billkrantz, who recently joined the company as executive director, responsible for purchasing, will replace him. The 44-year-old previously worked as chief buyer ...
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Sabine Schmitz is leaving Legero to join the Josef Seibel...
Sabine Schmitz is leaving Legero to join the Josef Seibel group on Jan. 1 as designer of lounge shoes for its Romika brand. That has been her specialty at Legero since 2004. Prior to that, she worked for Elefanten.
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Timberland has appointed Christopher Raeburn, the British fashion designer, to...
Timberland has appointed Christopher Raeburn, the British fashion designer, to be its first global artistic director. He will be splitting his time between his own Christopher Raeburn brand, based in London, and Timberland's offices in New Hampshire, Switzerland and Hong Kong. Known for his green philosophy and use of recycled ...
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Zalando appointed two new vice presidents this month. Sara Diez,...
Zalando appointed two new vice presidents this month. Sara Diez, previously working as senior buying director for Europe and the Middle East at Nike, became vice president for Zalando's product line for woman. Diez succeeds Dalbir Bains, who left Zalando after four years. Before her career at Nike, Diez worked ...
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Vivarte has recruited a 25-year expert in fashion retailing, Laurent...
Vivarte has recruited a 25-year expert in fashion retailing, Laurent Portella, to run San Marina, one of its remaining footwear chains, charging him with repositioning the banner, renovating its stores and developing it internationally. On Oct. 1, he took the place of Axelle Mathery, who founded another shoe retail chain ...
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ANWR Schuh has appointed Jan Brinkmann as head of its...
ANWR Schuh has appointed Jan Brinkmann as head of its wholesale division. He will be responsible for the buying group's wholesale activities in the areas of sport, vertical concepts and private labels. Brinkmann has worked in leading positions at Rieker and Gabor. Most recently, he worked as managing partner for ...
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Golden Goose Deluxe Brand has announced Silvio Campara as its...
Golden Goose Deluxe Brand has announced Silvio Campara as its new chief executive. Campara, who joined the brand in 2013, was most recently Golden Goose's commercial director. He replaces Giorgio Presca, who has resigned from the role. Presca, who had joined Golden Goose when the brand was acquired by Carlyle ...
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Another top manager is leaving Gabor Footwear while its negotiations...
Another top manager is leaving Gabor Footwear while its negotiations over the renewal of its long-standing footwear license with Camel Active continue. Marc Martin, director of sales and marketing for Camel Active Footwear, will be leaving the group at the end of this year at his own request to take ...
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Buffalo Boots, the German footwear brand acquired by Deichmann two...
Buffalo Boots, the German footwear brand acquired by Deichmann two years ago, has appointed Annette Domhardt as head of global sales. She previously served as head of international markets for Liebeskind.
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Digel, a big German brand of tailored menswear that launched...
Digel, a big German brand of tailored menswear that launched its own line of shoes in the autumn of last year, has appointed Markus Dietrich to the newly created position of head of international sales for footwear. The 42-year-old will be responsible for the development of an international distribution network ...
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Patricia Sancho has been appointed deputy director of Tempe, the...
Patricia Sancho has been appointed deputy director of Tempe, the Spanish shoe manufacturing and sourcing company in which the Inditex group owns half of the shares, according to Moda.es. Sancho, who has been running a British fashion company, Temperley London, will report to Tempe's general manager, Antonio Garcia. With operations ...
