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Walter Neuroth, managing director of the Deichmann group and responsible...
Walter Neuroth, managing director of the Deichmann group and responsible for the expansion of the group, will be leaving the company by the end of the year, and retiring at the age of 64 years. He has been working for 16 years on the executive board of the group. In ...
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Ingela Larsson has taken over the position of chief executive...
Ingela Larsson has taken over the position of chief executive at Nilson Group, the largest shoe retailing group in Sweden, operating under the Din Sko, Skopunten, Nilson and Jerns banners. Larsson replaces Magnus Tillsten, who left the company in September. Larsson has worked within the company since 1985 in many ...
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Collective Brands has created a new position as European manager...
Collective Brands has created a new position as European manager of its lifestyle shoe brands, responsible for Keds, Pro-Keds and Sperry Top-Sider. The post has been given to Michael Schmitz, a 34-year-old manager who has worked for the group for four years, coordinating its sales in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and ...
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MBT has selected Ben May to be its new managing...
MBT has selected Ben May to be its new managing director for the U.K. and Ireland. He's a former MBT retailer, and he also oversees the company's operations in Portugal, Andorra and Spain. MBT opened five new stores in the U.K. in the last few weeks, and it is said ...
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Jean-François Palus, the young manager who has been running the...
Jean-François Palus, the young manager who has been running the finance division of PPR Group since 2005, masterminding the acquisition of Puma and Volcom, has seen his responsibilities enlarged with the promotion to a new position as group managing director in charge of new strategic, operational and organizational orientations. He ...
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Max Kibardin has been selected to be the new creative...
Max Kibardin has been selected to be the new creative director of Bruno Magli, starting with the fall/winter 2012-13 collection, which will be presented in the company's new showroom in Milan. The young designer, who was born in Siberia, has his own line of shoes and accessories, and he has ...
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Returning from her maternity leave, Gila Meier-Menge is assuming the...
Returning from her maternity leave, Gila Meier-Menge is assuming the post as head of product for shoes at Timezone. Since October, the 33-year-old has been responsible for the conceptual and creative product development of Timezone's shoe collections. Meier-Menge has been with the company for four years. In her new post, ...
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Esprit has confirmed the appointment of a new global marketing...
Esprit has confirmed the appointment of a new global marketing director, Arnd Mueller, replacing Jan Erik van Dijk who left in September. Among other stations, Mueller, 41, has spent 12 years with Walt Disney, where he has been in charge of clothing, shoes and accessories. Meanwhile, Chew Fook Aun, chief ...
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Alpargatas Europe, the subsidiary of the eponymous Brazilian group based...
Alpargatas Europe, the subsidiary of the eponymous Brazilian group based in Spain, will be coordinating the distribution in the continent of Dupé, a more affordable brand of sandals than Havaianas, starting with the spring 2012 selling season. The brand has been sold lately by distributors in Italy, France and Spain.
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Salvatore Ferragamo has decided not to extend its agreement for...
Salvatore Ferragamo has decided not to extend its agreement for the sale of its products In Korea, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore and Indonesia with a Korean company, Trinity Ltd., which is going to expire at the end of 2012, but it is ready to examine ways to restructure their relationship. Observers ...
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Uwe Janzen, 52, has been assigned by Ecco to a...
Uwe Janzen, 52, has been assigned by Ecco to a new position as sales director for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, starting on Jan. 1. He will be based at the Ecco EMEA office in Amsterdam. Reporting to Søren D. Stier, deputy managing director of Ecco EMEA, Janzen will ...
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Sebastian Suhl has left Prada after 10 years with the...
Sebastian Suhl has left Prada after 10 years with the group, where he had been working since 2009 as chief operating officer. He previously ran its operations in France and in the Asia-Pacific region. The group's founders, Patrizio Bertelli and Miuccia Prada, have taken over his responsibilities pending the appointment ...
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Michael McBreen has left his position as president of the...
Michael McBreen has left his position as president of the global operations group at Wolverine World Wide to join Collective Brands. He will take on the position of divisional senior vice president of product development for PaylessShoeSource. He had been with Wolverine since 2008; before that he was at Furniture ...
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Klaus Kennel is retiring at the end of this year...
Klaus Kennel is retiring at the end of this year from Kennel & Schmenger Schuhfabrik (K&S), the German company in which he is a managing partner. The transition has been prepared for a long time. Most recently, last month, Stefan Frank, who has been responsible for sales and marketing since ...
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Epic Footwear, a division of Fresh Footwear, is going to...
Epic Footwear, a division of Fresh Footwear, is going to introduce Xti of Spain into the British market for spring/summer 2012
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Mahendra Gupta, dean of Olin Business School at Washington University...
Mahendra Gupta, dean of Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis, has been elected as a member of the board at Brown Shoe Company to provide advice on managerial accounting, strategic cost management, information technology and marketing management and strategy
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Pollini has confirmed the British designer Nicholas Kirkwood as its...
Pollini has confirmed the British designer Nicholas Kirkwood as its creative director until 2015. He started working for Pollini with the 2011 spring/summer collection.
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Olga Berluti will take over the role of creative director...
Olga Berluti will take over the role of creative director of the Berluti Art line, owned by LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton. She is known as a pre-eminent bootmaker, one of the rare women in the field, and takes the job from her former position as artistic director for the ...
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Fabrizio Salvatori, a former Geox manager who became production...
Fabrizio Salvatori, a former Geox manager who became production and sourcing director for the shoe division of Sixty Group, is the latest of a string of executives who has left the Italian company
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Steve Madden has hired the twin sisters Ashley and Mary-Kate...
Steve Madden has hired the twin sisters Ashley and Mary-Kate Olsen as creative directors for Superga. Madden has the license for North America for the sneaker brand, owned by BasicNet. The partnership will start with a co-branding initiative for the spring/summer 2012 collection between Superga and The Row, a brand ...
