All Distribution articles – Page 27
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Stratégies is to take Romans CAD into the Indian market....
Stratégies is to take Romans CAD into the Indian market. The Romans CAD Software Suite is a set of dedicated products for the footwear, luggage and soft materials industry. The French technology provider, specializing in CAD and PDM solutions for the footwear and luggage industry, will work with local distributors ...
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Melissa, the Brazilian brand of PVC shoes owned by Grendene,...
Melissa, the Brazilian brand of PVC shoes owned by Grendene, exhibited for the first time at Premium, instead of the Bread & Butter show. The German distributor of the line, Wave & Motion, which re-assumed the distribution of the brand one year ago and started with its first deliveries in ...
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Kangaroos has hired a new sales agency, Vixen Brands, for...
Kangaroos has hired a new sales agency, Vixen Brands, for the sale of its shoe collections in Belgium from spring/summer 2014. In France, a sales team of currently eight employees from the sales agency Gin takes care of the brand. For the Polish market, Kangaroos is about to decide on ...
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Artcrafts International, the Florence-based distributorship of Attilio Ponziani, is adding...
Artcrafts International, the Florence-based distributorship of Attilio Ponziani, is adding OTZ Shoes to its large portoflio of brands for which it has the distribution rights in Italy
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Philip Hallerfelt, an agent who represents Loake Shoemakers in Sweden,...
Philip Hallerfelt, an agent who represents Loake Shoemakers in Sweden, was awarded the title of Agent of the Year 2012 at the recent annual meeting of IUCAB, the international agents association. For the past two years, with Hallerfelt in charge, Swedish sales of Loake shoes have doubled, turning Sweden into ...
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Kelly Wallrich, former vice president of product at Keen Footwear,...
Kelly Wallrich, former vice president of product at Keen Footwear, is now doing the same job at Bogs Footwear
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Drapers says that Malcolm Collins has left as buying director...
Drapers says that Malcolm Collins has left as buying director for footwear and accessories at New Look after 16 years with the British fast fashion chain
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The Dune Group continues its international expansion. The British shoe...
The Dune Group continues its international expansion. The British shoe retailer has hired Richard Kelsey to take care of its new operations in the U.S., where it wants to find wholesale customers for its collections and open an online store and a flagship store in the second half of this ...
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Faris Momani is leaving Navyboot, the Swiss brand of shoes...
Faris Momani is leaving Navyboot, the Swiss brand of shoes and leathergoods. The company's owner, Philippe Gaydoul, is taking over the management as of June 1. Momani has been running Navyboot since March 2011.
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Euro Brand Management, the German distribution company of Luigi Grosso,...
Euro Brand Management, the German distribution company of Luigi Grosso, has announced that its chief operating officer, Massimo Amato, is leaving and returning to Rome for personal reasons
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David Kahan is the new chief executive officer of Birkenstock...
David Kahan is the new chief executive officer of Birkenstock USA, a position that has been vacant for some time. The appointment is part of a company-wide restructuring process, as reported by Shoe Intelligence previousLy. One of the objectives for the reorganization is to bring all brands, including Birki's, Tatami, Alpro, Footprints ...
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Sarah Thornley has been named merchandising director at LK Bennett....
Sarah Thornley has been named merchandising director at LK Bennett. She previously worked at Harvey Nichols, Burberry and Matches, a British chain of luxury goods stores. At Burberry, she acted as European and online merchandising director.
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Wolfgang Goerlich of Brazil has been unanimously re-elected as president...
Wolfgang Goerlich of Brazil has been unanimously re-elected as president of the International Leather Council, with Italy's Rino Mastrotto acting as vice president
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Christoph Fülscher has assumed the position of IT manager at...
Christoph Fülscher has assumed the position of IT manager at Ludwig Görtz, the big German chain of shoe stores. Previously, he worked for Amplifon, a retail chain for hearing aids. He began his career at Hermes Logistik Group, working as project manager and introducing software solutions and a data warehouse. ...
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Heike Discher has joined the board of management of ANWR...
Heike Discher has joined the board of management of ANWR Garant International (AGI), along side its two joint chief executives, Robert Natter and Matthias Grevener. AGI is the new company that took over operating the former Ariston Nord West Ring, becoming a limited liability corporation in April. Discher, 36, served her ...
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Prada will probably open a store in Angola next year,...
Prada will probably open a store in Angola next year, said the company's chief executive, Patrizio Bertelli, at the company's recent annual shareholders' meeting in Milan, pointing to the fact that the African continent is “starting to give the first signs” of progress in the luxury goods sector. He said ...
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Vivarte, the large French retail group that owns shoe retail...
Vivarte, the large French retail group that owns shoe retail chains such as André and Minelli, has appointed a new finance director, Jérôme Baniol, who will report to Didier Couerbe, secretary general and deputy managing director. He worked previously at Rexel. Another new key appointment is that of Antoine Menet, ...
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Vivarte, the large French retail group that owns shoe...
Vivarte, the large French retail group that owns shoe retail chains such as André and Minelli, has appointed a new finance director, Jérôme Baniol, who will report to Didier Couerbe, secretary general and deputy managing director
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Frank Schmitz is the new head of sales at Bugatti...
Frank Schmitz is the new head of sales at Bugatti Shoes from the beginning of this month. In the previous eight years, he has worked for Ecco; the last four years as sales director of the brand. Holger Land, previously head of sales at Bugatti Shoes, has left the company ...
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Vanessa Malinowski, who has been sales manager in Germany for...
Vanessa Malinowski, who has been sales manager in Germany for Fornari, the parent company of Fornarina, has been promoted country manager for Germany and Switzerland. Meanwhile, Andrea Sanchioni has been appointed as the group's global brand manager for clothing.
