All Short stops articles – Page 148
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Fred Schneider, chief financial officer of Leonard Green & Partners,...
Fred Schneider, chief financial officer of Leonard Green & Partners, joins Skechers’ board of directors
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Georges Plassat, the strong-minded manager who left as CEO of...
Georges Plassat, the strong-minded manager who left as CEO of Vivarte last year because of a difference of views on the group’s strategy, is said to be likely to return to the helm of the French retail group if PAI Partners takes over control
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Hal J. Upbam, chairman and CEO of Kellwood, is joining...
Hal J. Upbam, chairman and CEO of Kellwood, is joining the board of directors of Brown Shoe Company
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Tim Parker, the former CEO of Clarks who restructured the...
Tim Parker, the former CEO of Clarks who restructured the group completely and left it in 2002 to run Kwik-Fit, is now joining the board of directors of Boots, the large British drugstore chain, which is now in a reorganization mode
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Genfoot, the Canadian parent company of Kamik, has started a...
Genfoot, the Canadian parent company of Kamik, has started a global shoe licensing agreement with Spyder Active, and appointed Elan as Kamik’s distributor in Austria (more in Sporting Goods Intelligence Europe)
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There are increasing rumors of a possible management buyout of...
There are increasing rumors of a possible management buyout of Britain’s Faith chain of shoe shops, which is controlled by Jonathan Faith, with a plan by its managing director, Jackie O’Neill, to push it from 50 to 150 stand-alone units
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More brands have signed up at the last minute for...
More brands have signed up at the last minute for next month's MIDEC show in Paris, taking up to 50 the number of new entrants.
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Dieter Meinke, who has been in charge of leather purchasing...
Dieter Meinke, who has been in charge of leather purchasing for the Ara group and who has handled the establishment of its factories in Romania and Indonesia, is retiring from the executive board and moves into the supervisory board
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Philippe Bacou, one of the major shareholders of Bacou-Dalloz, has...
Philippe Bacou, one of the major shareholders of Bacou-Dalloz, has sold some of his shares and he now owns 4.63% of the equity and 5.74% of the voting rights
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A modern new flagship store on Madison Avenue is the...
A modern new flagship store on Madison Avenue is the second concept store opened in New York by Furla, the famous Italian brand of handbags whose coordinated footwear range, now in its 5th season, is contributing more and more to group revenues
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The Australian government is getting involved in Deckers Corporation’s trademark...
The Australian government is getting involved in Deckers Corporation’s trademark dispute with local manufacturer of sheepskin boots over its successful UGG brand, which is now manufactured mainly in China
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Aster, a French manufacturer of children’s shoes, has won a...
Aster, a French manufacturer of children’s shoes, has won a lawsuit against Franco Romagnoli, an Italian company based in Morrovalle that it had accused of counterfeiting its brand
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The Argentinian shoe industry reportedly raised its production by some...
The Argentinian shoe industry reportedly raised its production by some 35% last year
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New Balance has appointed Bill Dodge as marketing manager of...
New Balance has appointed Bill Dodge as marketing manager of its boot company, Dunham
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Martin Nunn, an expert in biomechanics, has been appointed as...
Martin Nunn, an expert in biomechanics, has been appointed as podiatry adviser for the hot British Hotter Comfort shoe brand
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Two young fashion apparel designers, Maxime Vibert and Laurence Doligé,...
Two young fashion apparel designers, Maxime Vibert and Laurence Doligé, have put together an exclusive capsule collection of 10 models of coordinated clothing, shoes and accessories for sale in Vivarte’s André shoes throughout France this Spring
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Rocket Dog, the trendy American women’s footwear brand, which is...
Rocket Dog, the trendy American women’s footwear brand, which is already in about 1,000 stores in the UK, has presented a men’s footwear line, which will be distributed more selectively, and a collection for teenage girls for Fall/Winter 2004/05
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Allison Spinelli is promoted as vice president and controller of...
Allison Spinelli is promoted as vice president and controller of GBMI, the growing US-based footwear company controlled by Killick Datta
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Alain Dumenil, the French real estate group that took over...
Alain Dumenil, the French real estate group that took over recently Stephane Kélian, has re-branded its fashion division, which also includes the Emmanuelle Kahn, Harel, Jacques Fath, Jean-Louis Scherrer and Smalto, from France Luxury Group into Alliance Designers to make it more international
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K-Swiss says its recently acquired Royal Elastics brand of footwear...
K-Swiss says its recently acquired Royal Elastics brand of footwear enjoyed growth of about 45 percent last year to $5.5 million
