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Gordon Zacks, who is credited with turning R.G. Barry Corp....
Gordon Zacks, who is credited with turning R.G. Barry Corp. into the world's largest producer of soft and washable slippers, died after a brief illness at his home in Ohio at the age of 80. He joined the family business in 1955 and became its president a decade later. He ...
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Pietro Torielli passed away last Dec. 6 at the age...
Pietro Torielli passed away last Dec. 6 at the age of 75. He was a current member of UNIDO's “Leather Panel,” the organization that outlines worldwide strategies for the leather and footwear sector. He was also European chairman for the technical committee on safety regulations for footwear machinery, chairman of ...
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Petr Hlavacek, dean emeritus at the Tomas Bata University in...
Petr Hlavacek, dean emeritus at the Tomas Bata University in Zlin, died on Jan. 10 at the age of 63. The well-known Czech scholar started off as a footwear technician but spent most of his professional career at the university, conducting research on footwear hygiene, children's shoes and shoes for ...
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Klaus Diehl, former chief executive of the German leathergoods industry...
Klaus Diehl, former chief executive of the German leathergoods industry federation (BVLK) and former chief executive of the exhibition center in Offenbach, passed away at the age of 73. From 1975 to 2000, he ran the BVLK, which merged with the German shoe industry federation, HDS, in January 2012. From ...
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Jean-Louis Descours, who was one of the leading personalities in...
Jean-Louis Descours, who was one of the leading personalities in the French shoe retail sector for many decades, has died at the age of 97 years. His name is closely associated with the development of the former Groupe André, which changed its name to Vivarte in 2001. The son of ...
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Ilenia Santoni, managing director of Italian luxury shoemaker that carries...
Ilenia Santoni, managing director of Italian luxury shoemaker that carries her family's name, has died in Macerata at the young age of 41 after a serious illness. In the past, she had held various positions at Confindustria, the Italian employers' federation. Ilenia Santoni, sister of Giuseppe Santoni, the company's chief ...
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Peter Vogels, former owner of Gallus, the German brand of...
Peter Vogels, former owner of Gallus, the German brand of men's shoes subsequently bought by Deichmann, passed away on May 19 at the age of 75. In the 1970's, Bernd and Peter Vogels were the fourth generation to manage the shoe factory in Mönchengladbach, Germany. A second plant was created ...
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It has been revealed that Morton Brownstein, former president of...
It has been revealed that Morton Brownstein, former president of the Canadian Browns Shoes chain founded by his father, died on May 23 at the age of 85. He is said to have been the first North American executive in the sector to go to Europe to place an order ...
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Joachim Gabor, co-founder and lately honorary member of the board of...
Joachim Gabor, co-founder and lately honorary member of the board of directors of Gabor Shoes, has passed away at the age of 84. He came from a family of shoemakers in Upper Silesia. His parents had a store for leathergoods and shoes. Until 1948, he worked in a shoe factory in ...
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Ivo Nuti, the founder of the eponymous tanning group in...
Ivo Nuti, the founder of the eponymous tanning group in Santa Croce sull'Arno, in Tuscany, has died at the age of 79. Nuti started his business in 1955, when he produced suede splits for shoes with a workforce of 15. In the early days, production was entirely made for the ...
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Joan Mascaró, the head of Calzados Ferreries, a local Spanish...
Joan Mascaró, the head of Calzados Ferreries, a local Spanish footwear brand, was murdered in Minorca on Jan. 17. A local fisherman confessed to the murder, which is being called a crime of passion. Mascaró's father and uncle founded Calzados Ferreries, then his uncle started the brand Jaime Mascaró, which ...
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Francisco Vicente, a prominent figure in Spain's shoe industry during...
Francisco Vicente, a prominent figure in Spain's shoe industry during its boom years of the 1980s and '90s, died last month. He was the president of the Elche Footwear Industry Association, AICE, and pushed for the creation of regional footwear associations around the country. He also helped create strong ties ...
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Ronald Page, a footwear industry veteran, died on Sept. 6...
Ronald Page, a footwear industry veteran, died on Sept. 6 at the age of 75. He worked for Polo Ralph Lauren, Ellesse and Nike before he joined Deckers Outdoor Corporation in the early 1990s as the vice president for sales at Teva. He oversaw the brand's biggest growth years, and ...
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David Phillips, the chief financial officer at the Two Ten...
David Phillips, the chief financial officer at the Two Ten Footwear Foundation, died on July 16 at the age of 63. He had been the vice president for finance and administration for 14 years. Before that, he held financial management positions with the Stride Rite Corporation for 14 years, having ...
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Robert J. “Bob” Gamm, the founder and inventor of KangarOOS...
Robert J. “Bob” Gamm, the founder and inventor of KangarOOS athletic shoes, died at his home near St. Louis on July 13. He was 91 and was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease more than five years ago. As an architect and a jogger himself, Gamm designed an athletic shoe with a ...
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John Hartshorn, 60, the managing director of Skechers' Canadian operations,...
John Hartshorn, 60, the managing director of Skechers' Canadian operations, died in June after fighting cancer. He started out with the company as the Skechers brand manager for its distributor, Bata, and later joined Skechers' management team. The company formed its own Canadian subsidiary in 2003. Hartshorn's wife, Janet; daughter, ...
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Enrico Fabi, one of the founders of Italy's Fabi Shoes,...
Enrico Fabi, one of the founders of Italy's Fabi Shoes, died a few days ago after falling ill on the beach in the seaside resort of Civitanova Marche, on the Adriatic coast. Local media said he died before a medical team could reach him. He was 78. He founded Fabi ...
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David Helpern, who founded Joan & David with his then-wife,...
David Helpern, who founded Joan & David with his then-wife, Joan Helpern, in 1967, has died at the age of 94. The couple's label Joan & David came out in 1977, and eventually the portfolio expanded to include David & Joan men's wear, Joan & David Too, and women' ready-to-wear ...
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Wolf-Dieter Herzog, who led Sabu for many years, died last...
Wolf-Dieter Herzog, who led Sabu for many years, died last month after a long illness at the age of 89. He worked for the German cooperative between 1955 and 1986, the last five as its general manager.
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Horst Keil, who has been a member of Nord-West-Ring's top...
Horst Keil, who has been a member of Nord-West-Ring's top management for many years, has passed away at the age of 89 years. He was mainly responsible for product before and after the cooperative merged with the former Ring-Schuh in 1971. He retired after 30 years with the group in ...
