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Roger L. Rawlins, executive vice president and chief innovation officer...
Roger L. Rawlins, executive vice president and chief innovation officer of DSW, will succeed the current chief executive of the American shoe retail chain, Michael R. MacDonald, on Jan. 1. Rawlings will also join DSW's board of directors. He has spent almost ten years in various functions at the company, ...
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Nicholas Kirkwood's co-founder and chief executive, Christopher Suarez, has left...
Nicholas Kirkwood's co-founder and chief executive, Christopher Suarez, has left the company to pursue other interests effective Oct. 30. After LVMH acquired a majority stake in the company in Sept. 2013, a two-year plan was put in place to prepare the company for the next stage of development. Suarez's departure ...
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Peter Lamble is set to leave as chairman and chief...
Peter Lamble is set to leave as chairman and chief executive of Start-Rite after 25 years with the British children's footwear firm, but he is prepared to stay in his post until the appointment of a successor. Start-Rite has been owned by Lamble's family for eight generations. Its holding company, ...
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Carrie Teffer will join Crocs' management as executive vice president...
Carrie Teffer will join Crocs' management as executive vice president and as its new chief financial officer on Dec. 16, while resigning from its board of directors. She previously ran financial affairs at PetSmart, Weber-Stephens and Timberland. Mike Smith has been acting as interim CFO at Crocs. In another appointment ...
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Shoe Carnival, which wants to more than double the number...
Shoe Carnival, which wants to more than double the number of its stores in the U.S., has appointed Jeff Fink as senior vice president for real estate
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Global Brands Group has hired Edmundo Castillo as executive vice...
Global Brands Group has hired Edmundo Castillo as executive vice president and creative director of Aquatalia, a brand men's and women's shoes founded and led by Marvin Krasnow. Castillo has worked for major brands such as Donna Karan, Ralph Lauren and Sergio Rossi. He most recently developed his eponymous brand ...
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Franco Spalla, chief executive of Basicnet, is now expected to...
Franco Spalla, chief executive of Basicnet, is now expected to continue his collaboration with the group after passing the helm to Gianni Crespi at the shareholders' meeting next April. Marco Boglione, chairman of the board and major shareholder of the Italian-based group, plans to propose the appointment of Spalla to ...
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Hunter Boots has announced that its chief executive, James Seuss,...
Hunter Boots has announced that its chief executive, James Seuss, will resign at the end of this month to pursue a new, unspecified opportunity. The fast-growing British company has formed an interim leadership committee to manage the business. Seuss worked for Cole Haan, Stella McCartney, Tiffany and Tourneau before taking ...
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Richard (Rick) Mina has become president of WSS, an American...
Richard (Rick) Mina has become president of WSS, an American shoe retailer with 68 stores, catering to Latin American and other urban communities, which has started to expand from its base in Southern California. Mina, who replaces Mark Archer, has a long history in the specialty retail sector. Among other ...
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Nine West Holdings has entered into a production and sourcing...
Nine West Holdings has entered into a production and sourcing agreement with Camuto Group for its Nine West, Bandolino and Anne Klein footwear brands. The company will continue to work with other production and sourcing partners while it plans to reduce its own Asian sourcing team. The design, merchandising, marketing ...
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Roberto Botticelli has signed an agreement with Fairton International, based...
Roberto Botticelli has signed an agreement with Fairton International, based in Hong Kong and Shanghai, to expand in China. After the recent opening in Shenyang, the Italian footwear brand plans openings in Hangzhou and Beijing. Under the new agreement, Roberto Botticelli intends to open overall ten new shops in the ...
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Marc Shoes has a new agent for France, Claude Cerri...
Marc Shoes has a new agent for France, Claude Cerri
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Frank Wright has engaged CO1 SL as a distribution partner...
Frank Wright has engaged CO1 SL as a distribution partner for the Spanish market. The British brand, which belongs to the Jacobson Group, had formed a U.S. distribution arm earlier this year, with agents for the East and West Coasts. It now has also an agent for the Midwest.
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Skechers has set up a new sales subsidiary in Panama...
Skechers has set up a new sales subsidiary in Panama to oversee more than 30 countries in Latin America including Panama, Peru, Colombia and Costa Rica. It will trade directly in these four markets instead of working with its largest distributor in the region, Dabsan International, which had some financial ...
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Leomil has announced the launch of a “revolutionary” B2B online...
Leomil has announced the launch of a “revolutionary” B2B online platform for its retail clients that allows its customers to access the collections anytime and anywhere around the world. Specializing in licensed character children's shoes, Leomil belongs to the Cortina group, and its website is embarked on the Cortina's new ...
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Birkenstock is taking over the distribution in Austria from its...
Birkenstock is taking over the distribution in Austria from its local partner, Fuschlberger, starting on July 1. The company has appointed a regional manager for Austria, Michael Bachmayer, who has been working as a sales rep for Rohde since the beginning of 2013. He previously worked for a shoe importer, ...
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Ash, the 15-year-old Italian footwear brand, has taken over the...
Ash, the 15-year-old Italian footwear brand, has taken over the distribution of its collection in the German-speaking area from Highline United Europe, starting with the spring/summer 2016 line, and set up a subsidiary in the country, based in Munich. It will be run by Marcel Melzig, former sales manager of ...
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Roberto Botticelli has signed a deal with Fairton International for...
Roberto Botticelli has signed a deal with Fairton International for the distribution of its shoes in China. The Chinese company, which is celebrating its 60th anniversary, will open mono-brand stores for the Italian shoe brand in ten cities in the next five years. The first one is scheduled to start ...
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Hunter Boots has formed a joint venture for the Japanese...
Hunter Boots has formed a joint venture for the Japanese market with Itochu Corporation. It has launched a web store for Japanese customers and it is looking for a suitable location for a flagship store in Tokyo, but it is also seeking wholesale partners in the country.
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Stegmann Clogs, the Austrian brand specializing in wool felt clogs,...
Stegmann Clogs, the Austrian brand specializing in wool felt clogs, will be distributed in the U.S. through AGS Footwear Group, from this spring. Stegmann has been making wool felt, handmade footwear since 1888. The footwear is created using natural sheep's wool, mountain water and contoured soles. AGS, based in Virginia, ...
