All Executive changes articles – Page 17
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Clarks hires two new managers
Clarks has hired Olivier Motteau as the head of its European business, excluding the U.K. and Ireland. Motteau spent 14 years with New Balance. He was initially hired in 2007 as country manager for France and was promoted to run the European operations in 2010. He expanded the European footprint ...
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Kamik’s new CEO comes from Keds
Gillian Meek has been hired as the new CEO of Kamik, a family-owned Canadian company. Meek was previously president of Keds, a brand of canvas sneakers and leather shoes owned by Wolverine Worldwide. Meek was part of Wolverine’s senior leadership team. She is also a member of Women in Footwear ...
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Sympatex strengthens footwear business with new hire
Christoph Alexander Schnell will join Sympatex in February as business development manager for the footwear segment. Situated in Munich, the company provides high-tech functional materials used in apparel, footwear, accessories, contract & work wear and technical applications since 1986. A trained shoe technician, Schnell has designed formative projects at ...
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Surf4shoes expands its management team in online push
The German shoe retailer Surf4shoes has expanded its top management team to push further the development and implementation of its online strategy. Janis Salmen, 37, who has been with the company as chief operating officer since March 2021, joined the management board on Dec. 15, 2021. Salmen, an expert ...
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Earth Shoes names former Aerosoles head
Earth Shoes has apppointed Alison Bergen as CEO. She takes over day-to-day management from the former president Mark Parsley, who left the company. She reports to the company’s founder and chairman Phil Meynard. Bergen was previously CEO of Aerosoles for over three years. She relaunched the company that was bought ...
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Unbound starts trading on AIM and renews its management
Unbound Group, the owner of the British footwear retailer Hotter Shoes, started trading on the AIM segment of the London Stock Exchange on Feb. 1. The company, which was previously called Electra Private Equity, previously announced that it was moving from the stock exchange’s main market to the AIM as ...
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Pikolinos CEO leaves
Pikolinos’ CEO, Manel Jadraque, is leaving the Spanish footwear company as the founding family takes over full control. The company explained that the three children of the founder Juan Perán Ramos, who have been with the company for more than a decade, are taking on all executive powers in ...
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Sabu launches new business and organizational development unit
Sabu launched a new business and organizational development division that will be led, effective immediately, by Kay Wegerhoff. The new unit will allow to more closely identify the current and future needs of members and suppliers, sort them by priority and implement projects and measures as needed, in the ...
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Deichmann hires new digital director from About You
The German footwear company Deichmann has hired a new digital director in a bid to further expand its online business. Alexander Bellin, 33, previously chief revenue officer at the online fashion retailer About You, will join the Essen-based shoe chain on February 1. He will take the helm of ...
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Bally hires a new creative director
Bally has appointed Rhuigi Villaseñor as its new creative director. He will oversee the artistic direction across the brand and his first collection for the brand is scheduled for the spring-summer 2023 season. A Filipino-American, Villaseñor was born in Manila and emigrated to the U.S. aged nine. He has been ...
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Paul Green has a new management team
Paul Green has appointed a team of new managing directors as part of a generational change at the Austrian footwear manufacturer, which specializes in women’s shoes. From Jan. 1, Barbara Aichinger, who is responsible of sales and marketing, Jürgen Posch, who oversees production, Torsten Tesche, who is charge of ...
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Church’s has a new CEO
The Prada Group has appointed Denni Manzatto as the CEO of Church’s & Co, the luxury British footwear brand bought by the Italian fashion house in 1999. The appointment is effective from January and Manzatto replaces Anthony Romano, who was with Church’s since 2017. Manzatto has been with the ...
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ArticleFootwear loses importance in OR Group’s online sales
Between Jan. 1 and Jan. 10, which corresponds to the Orthodox Christmas holidays, OR Group’s online sales grew by more than 30 percent compared to the same period in 2021. Household goods were the fastest-growing segment, with their share reaching 32 percent of total online sales. The company reported that ...
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News briefsEcco USA with new CEO
Source: Ecco USA Tom Berry Danish footwear brand Ecco has appointed Tom Berry as president and CEO of Ecco USA, based in Londonderry, New Hampshire, effective immediately. After more than 20 years with the brand, former president Dave Quel had announced his retirement last summer, with CFO ...
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Sergio Rossi appoints Evangelie Smyrniotaki as artistic director
The Italian shoe maker Sergio Rossi has appointed Evangelie Smyrniotaki, the founder in 2011 of the fashion blog Style Heroine, as its new artistic director. Smyrniotaki has frequently collaborated with high-end fashion brands such as Chanel, Prada and Versace. She will manage the brand’s image, including the supervision of the ...
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CTC names Françoise Nicolas as general director
Centre Technique du Cuir (CTC), the French-based research and training group that redistributes funds collected among its members to support the national leather industry, has appointed Françoise Nicolas as its general director. Her primary objectives will be to support the leather industry in digital transition, sustainable development and skills management. ...
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Eram appoints a new head for its downtown stores
The French footwear retailer Eram has appointed Antony Bâcle to head its retail business, which includes the group’s Eram, Texto, Bocage and Mellow Yellow stores, operating in downtown areas. Bâcle, who has been with the Eram group for nearly 13 years, was previously in charge of operations for the business, ...
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Aeffe’s managing director leaves
Marcello Tassinari, the managing director of Aeffe, the Italian fashion house that owns Pollini and other brands, reached an agreement for the ”consensual termination” of his employment with the company, with a termination date set on Dec. 31, 2021. Tassinari had been with the company for over 19 years, of ...
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ArticleSkechers downsizes its board
Skechers has reduced the size of its board of directors to seven members, following the resignation of four current members and the addition of a new one, Zulema Garcia, who will serve on the company’s audit committee. Garcia spent 24 years at KPMG before joining Herbalife Nutrition as senior vice ...
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Michele Norsa to leave Ferragamo at year end
Salvatore Ferragamo’s executive vice chairman Michele Norsa will leave on Dec. 31, 2021, ahead of the arrival of the company’s new chief executive, Marco Gobbetti, who starts on Jan. 1, 2022. Norsa was the company’s CEO from 2006 to 2016. He rejoined the company in May 2020 to help ...
