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Sanita has stopped representing Lola Ramona, a Danish brand of...
Sanita has stopped representing Lola Ramona, a Danish brand of fashionable footwear, to focus on its own core business. The brand's owner, Gitte Sandqvist, has set up a new company, THIS, that has been taking orders since April 1.
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Peter Simma is set to join the executive board of...
Peter Simma is set to join the executive board of Leder & Schuh as financial director next September after leaving a similar position at Walford
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Raf Simons has been confirmed as the new creative director...
Raf Simons has been confirmed as the new creative director of Christian Dior, taking the place of John Galliano, who was fired a year ago because of his racist and anti-Semitic statements
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Michel Bergerac, a former president and chief merchant of Bakers...
Michel Bergerac, a former president and chief merchant of Bakers Footwear Group, has joined Payless ShoeSource as senior vice president and general manager for the chain's collections of women's shoes and accessories
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Reinhard Mewes, responsible at Ariston-Nord-West-Ring for the Best Partner trading...
Reinhard Mewes, responsible at Ariston-Nord-West-Ring for the Best Partner trading concept, is going to retire in the middle of this year. Mewes designed the concept, which was launched in 1998. His responsibility will be handed over to Michael Fischer, who has been in charge of the marketing department at ANWR ...
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Guido Heck has been appointed new managing director for Germany...
Guido Heck has been appointed new managing director for Germany of MBT, replacing Uwe Schäfer, who has switched to K-Swiss' operations in the same country. Heck, a former manager of Nike, Rohde and Mephisto, will keep his position as international sales director, which he took on early last year. Heck ...
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Dansko has hired Sal Agati to be its new vice...
Dansko has hired Sal Agati to be its new vice president for sourcing, in charge of sourcing, product development and commercialization processes for its footwear and health care apparel segments. He comes from Donna Karan, where he was executive vice president for footwear. He has also served the role of ...
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Alpargatas has further boosted the staff its 4-year-old European office...
Alpargatas has further boosted the staff its 4-year-old European office in Madrid. As part of the reorganization, Emily Abbott has joined the company in the new position of EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) manager of Havaianas distributors, and Guillaume Prou has come on board as EMEA financial director. On ...
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Vans is opening a subsidiary in Sweden this year, and...
Vans is opening a subsidiary in Sweden this year, and taking over the distribution in Norway and Finland in 2013, according to a local report
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Torsten Schmidt is leaving Head, where he held the position...
Torsten Schmidt is leaving Head, where he held the position of business manager for shoes and bags. Simon Brenneis, product manager for the division, will take over some of his responsibilities until a successor is on board.
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Skechers USA is going to start handling its own business...
Skechers USA is going to start handling its own business in Japan with its own subsidiary, Skechers Japan. Hirokazu Iwasaki, who has worked previously with Nike, Adidas and Puma, will lead the Japanese operations, which plans to fully enter the market with the coming fall/winter collection. Skechers hopes to double ...
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Wolverine Worldwide has promoted Elliot Brown to the position of...
Wolverine Worldwide has promoted Elliot Brown to the position of Northern European sales director for its lifestyle and heritage brands. He was most recently U.K. sales manager for the division. Prior to that, he was the managing director of Converse in the U.K. and sales director of Levi Strauss in ...
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TP Sports will market the boots of LaCrosse Footwear in...
TP Sports will market the boots of LaCrosse Footwear in Germany
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Beverly Felmann has a new distributor in Greece, Sorbet in...
Beverly Felmann has a new distributor in Greece, Sorbet in Fashion, which already markets Arche in the country
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Massimo Donda has been confirmed as president of Federcalzature, the...
Massimo Donda has been confirmed as president of Federcalzature, the Italian shoe retailers' association, with 77% of the votes
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Genesco has appointed Thurgood Marshall Jr. to its board of...
Genesco has appointed Thurgood Marshall Jr. to its board of directors. He is a partner at Bingham McCutchen LLP in Washington, D.C., and has held numerous U.S. government posts.
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The Italian shoe designer Alberto Del Biondi has stopped his...
The Italian shoe designer Alberto Del Biondi has stopped his 10-year-old collaboration with Pirelli PZero
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Achim Leidel is leaving as country manager of Scholl Footwear...
Achim Leidel is leaving as country manager of Scholl Footwear for Germany, Austria and Switzerland
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The Adidas Group has promoted Tobias Reiss-Schmidt, 38, to the...
The Adidas Group has promoted Tobias Reiss-Schmidt, 38, to the position of president and chief executive of Rockport, with effect from July 1. He will continue until then as senior vice president of Rockport for global retail and the Americas. Reiss-Schmidt has been with the company since 2008, holding various ...
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Move On will not have a stand at the Micam...
Move On will not have a stand at the Micam and GDS shows this month, but the Aerosoles brand will be there as before. As we have previously reported, the Portuguese company has decided to stop selling shoes under its Move On brand name and to go back to the ...
