All Distribution articles – Page 42
-
News briefs
Effective Monday, Paul Blum will be the new chief executive...
Effective Monday, Paul Blum will be the new chief executive at Kenneth Cole Productions. He will join the board of directors and will report to Kenneth Cole, who stays on as chairman and chief creative officer. Blum returned to the company last March, when he was brought on board as ...
-
News briefs
Jon Paul Grogan has been named sales executive for Babycham...
Jon Paul Grogan has been named sales executive for Babycham in the U.K., selling the footwear brand to key accounts. He will continue as well in his sales position at Jacobson Group for Gola Classics footwear and bags.
-
News briefs
Peggy Reilly Tharp is the new vice president-investor relations for...
Peggy Reilly Tharp is the new vice president-investor relations for Brown Shoe Company. She was previously senior director of investor relations at Savvis, a cloud infrastructure provider, and director of investor relations for Superior Essex, a producer of copper wire and cable. In addition, Timothy J. Joyce is now the ...
-
News briefs
Gaetano Micciché, a general manager of Intesa Sanpaolo, has joined...
Gaetano Micciché, a general manager of Intesa Sanpaolo, has joined the board of directors of Prada, replacing Marco Cerrina Feroni. Intesa owns a 5 percent stake in Prada.
-
Short stops
KangaROOS will be sold online exclusively by Zappos.com in the...
KangaROOS will be sold online exclusively by Zappos.com in the U.S.
-
News briefs
Kavat is now selling its ecological shoes product range in...
Kavat is now selling its ecological shoes product range in Australia. The shoes are sold in the Birkenstock by Nature chain in Sydney. The Kavat Eco range is the first shoe product range in Europe to carry the European Union Environmental Accreditation symbol.
-
News briefs
A new president is due to be elected at the...
A new president is due to be elected at the annual meeting of Anci, the Italian shoe industry association, next Thursday. For the moment, the only two candidates are Antonio Brotini from Tuscany and Cleto Sagripanti from the Marche region. Brotini, who led Anci successfully from 1999 to 2003, runs ...
-
Short stops
Claus Lenzmann, a top executive of Deichmann's Roland chain responsible...
Claus Lenzmann, a top executive of Deichmann's Roland chain responsible for purchasing, has left the company by mutual consent
-
News briefs
Bruno Magli has a new designer for its handbags and...
Bruno Magli has a new designer for its handbags and leathergoods. She is Natalia Brilli, an Italo-Belgian designer who graduated from the Institut Français de la Mode in Paris who has already worked for several international brands and started a line under her own name in 2004. She will report ...
-
Short stops
Pierre Bouissou, former chief executive of Berluti, is switching to...
Pierre Bouissou, former chief executive of Berluti, is switching to PPR to become president and CEO of Boucheron, the high-end French jeweler, in the place of Jean-Christophe Bedos
-
News briefs
Geox has appointed Giorgio Presca to the new position of...
Geox has appointed Giorgio Presca to the new position of general manager in charge of marketing and product development. He worked most recently as chief executive of Citizens of Humanity, a high-end denim jeans company in California. The Italian manager worked previously for Diesel, Levi Strauss & Co., Benetton Group ...
-
News briefs
Albert Scherer is resigning as real estate manager of the...
Albert Scherer is resigning as real estate manager of the Hamm Reno Group and leaving the company, for which he worked for 20 years. He will continue as president of the German Council of Shopping Centers. Scherer's responsibilities at HRG will be taken over by Jens Gransee, sales manager of ...
-
News briefs
Wolverine World Wide is making new inroads in Europe with...
Wolverine World Wide is making new inroads in Europe with its Wolverine brand. Bosum Trading is selling the Wolverine brand of classical, heritage and outdoor shoes in Germany, Austria and Switzerland exclusively under a new licensing and distribution agreement that took effect at the beginning of this year. The German ...
-
News briefs
MBT has been restructuring its sales management and is now...
MBT has been restructuring its sales management and is now counting on synergy effects between Germany and Austria. Hubertus Effinger will be assuming the sales management for both countries after the departure of Claus Meier. Effinger has been working as country manager for the MBT office in Austria and will ...
-
News briefs
Skeanie, the Australian-based designer foot-friendly shoes for children, will be...
Skeanie, the Australian-based designer foot-friendly shoes for children, will be entering the European market with a newly appointed U.K.-based distributor, United Brand Management. Skeanie was founded by Natasha Barber, who was unhappy with the offerings of footwear for children in terms of style and quality. Her shoes are made of ...
-
News briefs
Alessandro Sartori is the man picked by Antoine Arnault, son...
Alessandro Sartori is the man picked by Antoine Arnault, son of LVMH's big boss, as creative director of Berluti, the high-end brand of men's footwear owned by the group that he has started to run. Sartori's main task will be the development of Berluti's first line of men's clothing, scheduled ...
-
News briefs
LK Bennett has assigned Odgers Berndston as recruitment agent to...
LK Bennett has assigned Odgers Berndston as recruitment agent to find a new chief executive to replace Margaret McDonald, who left the British shoe retail company in April 2010, after 18 months in the job. Robert Bensoussan, the former chief executive of Jimmy Choo who owns LK Bennett together with ...
-
News briefs
After six months in the position, Randolf Friedel is leaving...
After six months in the position, Randolf Friedel is leaving as one of the two general managers of Quick Schuh, the German discount-oriented chain of shoe shops franchised by Ariston-Nord-West-Ring. A statement says he resigned due to divergent opinions about the company's general orientation. The other general manager, Jochen Obrecht, ...
-
News briefs
Susan Duffy has joined Stuart Weitzman Holdings as its new...
Susan Duffy has joined Stuart Weitzman Holdings as its new senior vice president for global marketing and communications. This is a new position, responsible for coming up with and implementing marketing strategies for the company. Duffy has worked in advertising, marketing and public relations for luxury brands for more than ...
-
News briefs
Eastland Shoe Corporation has named Marc Gold to be its...
Eastland Shoe Corporation has named Marc Gold to be its new director of business development. His main focus will be the handcrafted leather footwear company's men's collections. He's worked in the footwear industry for more than 25 years, including executive positions at Frye Boot Company, Skechers and Vida Group International.
