All Executive changes articles – Page 12
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Boot Barn's COO retires
Boot Barn Holdings said that Gregory V. Hackman, its executive vice president and chief operating officer, plans to retire later this year. He will continue with the U.S. footwear retailer until his retirement date, currently estimated for June, and transition his responsibilities to other executives. Hackman has been Boot Barn’s ...
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Boohoo appoints a new deputy chairman
Boohoo has appointed Alistair McGeorge as a non executive director. He will succeed Brian Small as the deputy chairman of the British online fashion retailer from March 31. McGeorge will also act as interim chair of the audit committee until the search for an additional non-executive director to fulfill the ...
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Macy’s head to retire in February 2024
Macy’s said that its chairman and chief executive officer, Jeff Gennette, plans to retire in February 2024 after serving the company for 40 years. It added that Tony Spring, Macy’s’ executive vice president and Bloomingdale’s chairman and chief executive officer, has been appointed by the board of directors as the ...
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Dr. Martens appoints a new board member
Dr. Martens said that Andrew Harrison will join the board of the British footwear brand as an independent non-executive director with effect from May 1. Harrison is a managing partner at the consumer brand investment firm Freston Ventures and senior independent director at Ocado Group, a British company providing technology ...
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SMCP names a new CEO for Maje
SMCP, the French fashion group that owns the brands Sandro, Maje, Claudie Pierlot and Fursac, is appointing Elina Kousourna chief executive of Maje, effective April 17. Kousourna has been running the Fursac brand for three years and will replace Charlotte Tasset Ferrec, who has been CEO of Maje since January ...
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Shoe Carnival names a new CFO
Shoe Carnival has named Erik Gast as executive vice president, chief financial officer, effective April 24, 2023. Gast will join the U.S. footwear retailer from Fleet Farm Group, where he has been the executive vice president and chief financial officer since 2020. He succeeds W. Kerry Jackson, who will be ...
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Wolverine Worldwide names new chairman, directors
Tom Long, the lead independent director for Wolverine Worldwide and former CEO of MillerCoors, LLC, will become chairman of Wolverine on May 4 following the retirement of Blake Krueger, chairman and retired CEO. Meanwhile, earlier this week, the parent of the Merrell and Saucony brands, among others, named three ...
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Burberry names a new CFO
Burberry has appointed Kate Ferry as chief financial officer and executive director, joining the British luxury goods company by early September 2023 at the latest. She will be responsible for finance and business services functions and will become a member of Burberry’s board and executive committee. Ferry is currently CFO ...
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Gap makes management changes as it streamlines
Gap Inc., which manages the banners Old Navy, Gap, Banana Republic and Athleta, announced several changes to its executive leadership team and additional cost-cutting measures. The U.S. retailer said that it will further simplify and optimize its operating mode, including decreasing management layers to improve the quality and speed of ...
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Roel Roelofs joins Hooijer Footwear Group to lead Jan Jansen Amsterdam brand
The footwear industry veteran Roel Roelofs joined Hooijer Footwear Group as managing director of the Jan Jansen Amsterdam brand on March 1. Roelofs will be in charge of all activities, from design to sales, and will focus, among other things, on further strengthening the collection and expanding sales abroad. ...
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News briefsLloyd revamps its sales structure
The German shoe maker Lloyd Shoes has revamped its sales structure as part of an organizational overhaul. The company is reorganizing its sales division in southwestern Germany, comprising the landers of Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland, Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria, and in Luxembourg starting from the autumn/winter 2023 sales season. Responsibilities for ...
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Snipes hires a general manager for Europe
Dennis Schröder, the chief marketing officer who just left 11teamsports, will take over the position of general manager for Europe at the sneaker specialist Snipes from May 1, 2023, supporting its founder and CEO Sven Voth in the day-to-day operations. In addition to Voth, CFO Tim Spickenbom and COO Peter ...
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Zalando hires head of retail from Nike
Benjamin Wolf, who served as Nike’s director of retail operations from March 2019 to January 2023, posted on LinkedIn that he has joined Zalando as head of retail, effective immediately. In total, Wolf spent roughly 15.5 years at Nike. On social media, he commented on the new job at the ...
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Marc O’Polo hires Jan Brinkmann to head the footwear division
The Swedish-German fashion label Marc O’Polo hired the industry veteran Jan Brinkmann as the new director of its footwear division, as the company continues to expand in the sector. Brinkmann will join Marc O’Polo on July 1, 2023 and initially focus on sales and marketing, working alongside the current ...
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ArticleRocky Brands sees 2023 sales down 7-9% after 18% dip in Q4
Rocky Brands said it expects sales to decline by about 7-9 percent in 2023 to $560-570 million from the $615.5 million seen in 2022 as it pointed to continued economic uncertainty after posting an 18.0 percent decline in revenues in the fourth quarter of 2022. “With the outlook for the ...
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Alpargatas hires a new head of finance
Following the resignation of Julian Garrido Del Val Neto, vice president of finance and investor relations, effective April 1, the board of directors of Alpargatas S.A., the Brazilian owner of the Havaianas flip-flop sandal brand, has elected André Corrêa Natal as his successor. His term will begin on April 1 ...
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Louis Vuitton names Pharrell Williams as creative director for the men’s collection
Louis Vuitton has appointed the American singer and fashion designer Pharrell Williams as the creative director of its men’s collection with immediate effect. His first collection with the French fashion house will be revealed in June during the men’s fashion week in Paris. ”Pharrell Williams is a visionary whose creative ...
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Snipes appoints a COO
Peter Buse has been appointed chief operating officer of Snipes, a new role at the Cologne-based sneaker and streetwear retailer. Most recently, Buse held the same role at Momox, from July 2019 to July 2022. He previously worked at Netrada, also as COO, and at Arvato as logistics manager. This ...
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News briefsAsos hires ex Matchesfashion finance boss as interim CFO
Asos has appointed former Matchesfashion chief financial officer Sean Glithero as its new interim CFO as the British online fashion retailer pursues its ‘Driving Change’ transformation programme. Glithero will replace the current interim CFO Katy Mecklenburgh, who leaves in May. He has already joined the company to allow for a ...
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Ara Shoes creates a new sales position to serve retail partners
Ara Shoes reshuffled its sales team, appointing Sven Krafft to the newly created position of “sales manager for specialist retailers Germany” effective from Jan. 1, 2023. With the organizational overhaul, the German shoe company aims to strengthen the specialist trade division in the country following the introduction of the ...
