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Capri names a new chief information officer
Capri Holdings, the parent company of Jimmy Choo, Versace and Michael Kors, has appointed Alejandro Martinez-Galindo as chief information officer (CIO) of the group, reporting to Thomas Edwards, the chief financial officer and chief operating officer. The appointment is effective March 8. Martinez-Galindo has held executive roles across several industries ...
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News briefsSusie Mulder is Timberland’s new global brand president
VF Corp. has appointed Susie Mulder as global brand president of Timberland. She will start her new role with the New Hampshire-based brand on April 5 and report to VF’s chairman, president and CEO, Steve Rendle. She will also serve on VF’s executive leadership team. Mulder joins Timberland from women’s ...
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Clarks undergoes a management shake-up
According to various sources, Clarks has undergone a management reshuffle after its takeover by the Hong Kong-based private equity firm LionRock Capital. The chief executive, Giorgio Presca, the chief commercial officer, Massimo Barzaghi, and the head of human resources, Difna Blamey, have left the company, they indicated. Meanwhile, Victor Herrero, ...
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ArticleECC appoints second managing director
The European-Clearing-Center (ECC), which acts as a platform for electronic data exchange between producers and retailers in the footwear and fashion sector, is strengthening its management team. As of April 1, Stefan Nicolai, an expert in inventory and data management, will become managing director for marketing and sales as a ...
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Hunter’s global brand director quits
After nearly eight years in job, Ali Lowry announced he was stepping down as global brand director at Hunter. In a message posted on LinkedIn called “Given Hunter The Boot”, Lowry wrote that after seven years and eight months ”I leave on a high and at a time that feels ...
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ArticleKickz reshuffles management after takeover
The German chain of streetwear and sneaker stores Kickz is reorganising its management team and is gearing up for the future after its recent takeover. The new co-CEOs Mark Petereit and Denis Horvat will take the helm on Feb. 15, a dual leadership that should steer the company through ...
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Deckers appoints DTC and digital specialist to its board
Deckers Brands has appointed Maha S. Ibrahim to its board of directors, effective Feb. 1. Mike Devine, chairman of the board, said he especially values her experience identifying trends and driving growth in the direct-to-consumer and technology sectors. He also said Ibrahim’s insights and capabilities align with management’s focus on ...
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ArticleBezos hands over leadership of Amazon
Jeff Bezos will hand over the chairmanship of Amazon’s board in the third quarter of 2021 to Andy Jassy, the head of the cloud business Amazon Web Services (AWS). Bezos founded Amazon in 1994 and built the company from an online bookstore into a trillion-dollar corporation. According to Bloomberg, ...
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Crocs hires a manager from Nike
Emma Minto has joined Crocs as senior vice president and general manager in charge of all the operations of the fast-growing brand of comfort shoes in North America. She had spent 16 years with Nike in various roles, most recently as vice president and general manager for Nike Women’s in ...
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ANWR Schuh’s Albert Mayer retires
ANWR Schuh’s head of purchasing and goods Albert Mayer will retire at the end of Jan. The sixty-four-year-old manager has worked in the industry for 47 years and has been serving in his current position at ANWR Schuh for the past 12 years. ANWR’s managing director Tobias Eichmeier will ...
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Cortina hires a new global marketing manager
Cortina has hired Karen Bellinck as global marketing manager. Bellinck joins the company from the luggage maker Samsonite, where she worked for nearly 20 years and became wholesale director. Cortina is a Belgium-based company producing private label footwear as well as footwear and apparel under licensed and house brands. The ...
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Camel Active Footwear changes sales manager
Markus Roth quit his job as sales manager of Camel Active Footwear at the end of December. The decision was reached by mutual agreement with HC Footwear, a unit of Hamm Market Solutions which holds the Camel Active license for footwear. His position is taken over by Claus Gese, the ...
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ANWR Schuh names new managing director
The German footwear buying group ANWR Schuh, ANWR Group’s footwear division, kicked off 2021 with a management shake-up. Starting from Jan. 15, Helmut Wies, who served as head of retail consulting at ANWR Schuh for many years, will take up the post of managing director in charge of consulting, ...
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News briefsSteve Madden names Maria Teresa Kumar to the board
Steve Madden has appointed María Teresa Kumar to the board of directors. With this appointment, the board expands to ten directors, eight of whom are independent. Kumar will be a member of the company’s corporate social responsibility committee. Kumar is the president and CEO of Voto Latino, which she co-founded ...
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News briefsMarc Durie becomes president of J.M. Weston
Marc Durie, 45 years old, has become the president of J.M. Weston, replacing Thierry Oriez. Durie was previously the global head of the men’s shoe division and customer relationship management department at Christian Louboutin, a position he held for over four years. He is expected to focus on the international ...
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News briefsCaleres reshuffles its senior management
Caleres has reshuffled its senior management, a move which it expects will ensure “greater alignment with its strategic direction, accelerate its growth initiatives, unlock the power of its portfolio of brands and drive sustainable, long-term value for its shareholders.” Under the reorganization announced in December, Jay Schmidt was named president ...
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News briefsNative Shoes appoints Kyle Housman CEO
Native Shoes, the Canadian footwear company, has promoted Kyle Housman to the position of CEO with immediate effect. He replaces Scott Hawthorne, who becomes executive chairman. Housman was previously president and has been credited by the company for having contributed to “significant revenue growth” by bolstering its direct-to-consumer business. Housman ...
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Wolverine makes two big executive appointments
Wolverine Worldwide has made a couple of executive appointments to ring in the new year. It has expanded the duties of Jim Zwiers, the current president of its international group. Zwiers is now also president of Wolverine’s global operations group, overseeing portfolio-wide sourcing, logistics, distribution, customer service and information technology. ...
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Zalando hires a “circularity director” away from H&M
Laura Coppen, who has been a major contributor to H&M’s sustainability efforts for almost five years, is joining Zalando to serve as “circularity director,” charged with implementing a program to promote greater transparency among its partner brands in the area of environmental protection. Her appointment follows a number of initiatives ...
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FDRA promotes Thomas Crockett to vice president
The U.S. trade association Footwear Distributors & Retailers of America (FDRA) has promoted Thomas Crockett to vice president in charge of government affairs. Crockett has served the last six years as director overseeing government and regulatory affairs. He is currently responsible for managing FDRA’s advocacy on issues impacting ...
