News Briefs – Page 8
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Leadership changes at Dior and Louis Vuitton
The French luxury goods company LVMH announced management changes at two of its top brands. It said that Delphine Arnault has been appointed the chairwoman and CEO of the brand Christian Dior. Christine Arnault, the daughter of Bernard Arnault, who is the chairman and CEO of LVMH, replaces Pietro Beccari, ...
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ANWR Garant Austria appoints a new managing director
ANWR Garant Austria is appointing a new managing director. On March 1, 2023, the former professional soccer player Andreas Mayer will succeed Georg Schachl, who will retire at the end of April. For the past five years, 48-year-old Mayer led the retail consulting department for the Sport 2000 Österreich ...
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Go Sport names a turnaround specialist at its head
About two weeks before Grenoble’s commercial court is expected to rule on the possible insolvency of Go Sport, its parent company Hermione, People & Brands (HPB) announced that Patrick Puy was appointed as the new general manager of the French sports chain, effective Jan. 4. Go Sport, based in Sassenage ...
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Asos names a new board member
The British online fashion retailer Asos has appointed Marie Gulin-Merle as non-executive director. Gulin-Merle has more than 20 years of experience in marketing and digital transformation, working in technology, beauty and fashion. She is currently Google’s global vice president of ads marketing, based in New York, leading all marketing activities ...
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Musk to step down as Twitter CEO when successor found
Elon Musk said he would step down as chief executive of the social media platform Twitter once he has found a replacement. The announcement follows a poll Musk launched on the platform that showed that users wanted him to resign. Musk has owned Twitter since Oct. 27 and has been ...
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Asos appoints a new board member
Asos has appointed Wei Gao as non-executive director of its board. Wei was previously chief operating officer at Hopin, an online events platform, and brings over 16 years of e-commerce and data experience in senior roles at Amazon. Wei will join the board on Feb. 1, 2023 and will ...
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The Prada brand appoints a new CEO
Gianfranco D’Attis was appointed chief executive of the Prada brand, effective Jan. 2. D’Attis is president for the Americas at Christian Dior. Prada previously said that Andrea Guerra would be the new chief executive of the group. The appointment will be made at board meeting scheduled on Jan. 26.
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New management at Havaianas’ European hub
Havaianas has made several changes to the executive suite at its European hub in Madrid, according to Modaes. The Alpargatas-owned brand has promoted Vanessa Sosa, a 12-year brand veteran formerly with Tommy Hilfiger, from head of Spain to sales director for Europe, the Middle East and India. To succeed Sosa ...
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Christian Dior names Antoine Arnault CEO
The French fashion house Christian Dior, a unit of the luxury goods conglomerate LVMH, has named Antoine Arnault as chief executive and vice chairman of the board, succeeding Sidney Toledano. The company said that the nomination was made in the context of the conversion on Dec. 6 of Financière Agache, ...
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Rocky Brands names a new director, downsizes its board
Rocky Brands has appointed Dwight E. Smith as a Class I director of the company, effective as of Jan. 1, 2023. Smith has served as the president and CEO of Sophisticated Systems since July 1990. He has also served as a member of the board of The Federal Reserve Bank ...
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Allbirds announces promotions within its executive leadership team
Allbirds has announced promotions within its executive leadership team. Kate Ridley, chief brand officer, has been promoted to chief brand and product officer. Benny Joseph, chief technology officer, has been promoted to chief technology and culture officer. Co-CEO Tim Brown will expand his focus to include leadership of Allbirds’s innovation ...
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Puma appoints a new chief product officer
Puma is appointing Maria Valdes as chief product officer and a member of the board of management effective January 1, 2023. In her new role, Valdes, who is currently the general manager of the German company’s largest business unit Sportstyle, will be responsible for the business units Sportstyle, Motorsport, Teamsport, ...
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Prada confirms Andrea Guerra’s appointment as CEO
Prada said that it will appoint Andrea Guerra as its next chief executive officer, replacing the current co-CEOs, the designer Miuccia Prada Bianchi and her husband Patrizio Bertelli, confirming reports in the Italian media. The board of the Italian fashion house scheduled on Jan. 26 will recommend Guerra for the ...
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Asos’ interim CFO steps down
Asos’ interim chief financial officer, Katy Mecklenburgh, will be leaving to take up a new role as CFO at Softcat, a provider of IT infrastructure. Mecklenburgh will continue in her current role at the British online retailer for the next six months, in line with her notice period, as Asos ...
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Prada hires Andrea Guerra as CEO
Prada has decided to hire Andrea Guerra as its CEO, effective from mid-January, according to the Italian media. The decision was made by Patrizio Bertelli, the 76-year old CEO of the Italian fashion house, his wife, the designer Miuccia Prada, 73, and their 34-year old son Lorenzo. Guerra, ...
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Gucci’s creative director leaves
Gucci’s creative director, Alessandro Michele, has stepped down after holding the job since 2015. During his tenure, Michele revived the Italian brand owned by the French luxury goods company Kering. In a statement, Kering said that Michele had “played a fundamental part in making the brand what it is today.” ...
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OrthoLite Cirql names sales director in Vietnam
U.S.-based insole specialist OrthoLite has introduced Juan Cutina as sales director for its recently launched OrthoLite Cirql division. Cirql – an EVA foam that is plastic-free, recyclable, biodegradable and industrially compostable – is a patented solution for footwear that helps brands and factories to create a circular business. OrthoLite Cirql ...
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Oboz Footwear has a new head of finance
Oboz Footwear, an American outdoor footwear company based in Bozeman, has hired Rob Leo as its vice president of finance. Leo joins the company from Skullcandy, a provider of headphones, earphones and other devices. “Rob brings a wealth of knowledge, great ideas and enthusiasm to our finance team,” said Amy ...
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Kamik hires a new COO
Kamik, a family-owned Canadian footwear and apparel manufacturer, has appointed Steeve Côté as chief operating officer. Côté will be in charge of Kamik’s global operations including supply chain management, manufacturing and logistics. Côté was most recently the vice president of operations at Joseph Ribkoff, a leading player in the Canadian ...
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Wolverine Worldwide appoints new lead independent director
Wolverine World Wide, Inc. appointed Nicholas T. “Tom” Long as lead independent director of the company’s board of directors, effective Nov. 4. Long, who has been a member of Wolverine Worldwide’s board of directors since 2011 and currently chairs the compensation committee, succeeds David T. Kollat, who will continue to ...
