News Briefs – Page 41
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Samuel Nettey, former head buyer for men's shoes at Next,...
Samuel Nettey, former head buyer for men's shoes at Next, the British fast-fashion retailer, has joined Sugi International as head of design and development for the U.K. He will run Sugi's first U.K. office as head of design and development for clients in the country. Asos, Matalan, Next, River Island ...
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Palladium has a new brand director, Douglas Segal, and a...
Palladium has a new brand director, Douglas Segal, and a new marketing manager, Amy Liu Schatt. Segal previously held similar positions at Dr. Martens and Camper. Schatt worked most recently for Telestar Corp. as director of marketing, business development and sales. Segal will report directly to Christophe Mortemousque, president of ...
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Chritian Böhm, 35, will become head of sales and marketing...
Chritian Böhm, 35, will become head of sales and marketing for Wendel, one of Wortmann's subsidiaries, starting in June and reporting to Wendel's chief executive, Carsten Humke. Böhm has been with Wortmann since 2008, handling sales and marketing for one of the group's brands, Marco Tozzi. In June 2015, he ...
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Renzo Dall'Olmo, who has been serving most recently as Italian...
Renzo Dall'Olmo, who has been serving most recently as Italian sales manager for Puma, has been appointed by the Nike group as general manager of Converse for Spain, Italy and Portugal. He had already spent almost 20 years with Nike in Italy before joining Puma. Dall'Olmo takes the place left ...
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Nine West Holdings has appointed Joel Oblonsky as chief executive...
Nine West Holdings has appointed Joel Oblonsky as chief executive for the Nine West and Bandolino brands with immediate effect. Most recently, he has served as president of Ralph Lauren's footwear and accessories. Oblonsky had previously worked for the Nine West group, serving in a number of management roles from ...
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Salvatore Ferragamo has appointed a new marketing and communications director,...
Salvatore Ferragamo has appointed a new marketing and communications director, Antonio Barrello. After working for L'Oréal and Scott, he joined LVMH as sales and marketing director for Moët-Hennessy. He moved to Zegna in 1996 as corporate communications director. In 2009, he was promoted as the company's chief marketing officer.
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Shoes For Crews has announced the arrival of Jim O'Connor...
Shoes For Crews has announced the arrival of Jim O'Connor as vice president and general manager of its industrial shoe business. O'Connor joins from Timberland, where he spent 14 years serving in a variety of leadership positions. Most recently, he was general manager and vice president of the Timberland Pro ...
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Salvatore Ferragamo has appointed a new chief financial officer, Ugo...
Salvatore Ferragamo has appointed a new chief financial officer, Ugo Giorcelli, who will take office next March 15. Coinciding with the release of the company's results for 2016, he will succeed Ernest Greco, who has been in charge of general administration, finance and controlling since 2007, helping the company to ...
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Morten Bay Jensen has taken over the management of the...
Morten Bay Jensen has taken over the management of the supply chain on the executive board of Legero, the Austrian children's footwear company, from Jens Christian Meier. Both have worked for many years at Ecco in Denmark. Jensen has been with Ecco continuously since 1991, handling the global supply chain ...
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David Short, who left the management of the Jones Bootmaker...
David Short, who left the management of the Jones Bootmaker and Brantano chains in the U.K. in October, following a change in ownership, has a six-month contract as interim buying, merchandising and logistics director for KRM, a company that manages Ecco shops in 18 markets.
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Mike Brooks is again the chief executive of Rocky Brands...
Mike Brooks is again the chief executive of Rocky Brands on a permanent basis. He has been chairman of the board since 1991. He served as CEO between 1991 and 2011. Last Sept. 8, he took over the post again on an interim basis, following the resignation of David Sharp.
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Holger Lang, who has worked for Sioux and the Astormueller...
Holger Lang, who has worked for Sioux and the Astormueller Group, will relaunch the Aerosoles brand in Germany next year, backing up the effort with marketing activities and opening a dedicated website next spring. He should also aim at Austria, Switzerland, the Benelux countries and France in due course.
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Bernd Hillen has left the Berkemann Group, where he was...
Bernd Hillen has left the Berkemann Group, where he was responsible for sales strategies and synergies among its brands – Berkemann, Solidus and Marc Shoes – to undertake a new challenge early next year as German country manager for an unnamed foreign group. After 20 years with Birkenstock, where he ...
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The Berkemann Group has promoted Yvonne Breinlinger, 37, to the...
The Berkemann Group has promoted Yvonne Breinlinger, 37, to the position of joint managing director of Solidus, along with Thomas Bauerfeind. She has spent five years as sales director for the company. One of her tasks will be to pursue the internationalization of this German brand of comfort shoes. She ...
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Salvatore Ferragamo, the Italian luxury brand, confirmed in November that...
Salvatore Ferragamo, the Italian luxury brand, confirmed in November that it was appointing three designers at the top of its creative team, marking a major reorganization of the brand under its new chief executive, Eraldo Poletto. Fulvio Rigoni and Guillaume Meilland will respectively become design directors for women's and men's ...
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CCC Shoes & Bags, the rapidly expanding Polish shoe retailer,...
CCC Shoes & Bags, the rapidly expanding Polish shoe retailer, has placed Gerald Zimmermann in charge of its development in Germany, taking the place of Fabian Kampa who is leaving the company. Zimmermann will continue to be responsible for the CCC Austria subsidiary, which also covers Croatia and Slovenia. He ...
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Michael Tackenberg has been appointed as the new president of...
Michael Tackenberg has been appointed as the new president of PFI, the well-known footwear testing laboratory in Pirmasens, succeeding Ralph Rieker, who was president of the institute for the past 16 years. Maximilian Müller was elected as first vice president and Jörg van Elten as second vice president. Dr. Kerstin ...
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Footasylum has appointed Matalan's former financial controller, Danielle Davis, as...
Footasylum has appointed Matalan's former financial controller, Danielle Davis, as its first chief financial officer. He will oversee the British retailer's financial strategy as it opens a further 10 stores in 2017
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Susan Saidman has been promoted by Amazon to the position...
Susan Saidman has been promoted by Amazon to the position of European vice president for fashion, replacing Sergio Bucher who has become the chief executive of Debenhams, the British department store chain. Saidman has been with Amazon since November 2013, acting first as head of global vendor management in Seattle ...
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Alberto Guardiani has appointed Mario Rinaldi as its new global...
Alberto Guardiani has appointed Mario Rinaldi as its new global brand director, with responsibilities including product, distribution and communication. The function had been performed up to now by members of the Guardiani family. In 2017, Alberto Guardiani will celebrate its 70th anniversary. Prior to joining the Italian shoe brand, Rinaldi ...
