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News briefsMerrell names new chief marketing officer
Merrell has announced the appointment of Janice Tennant as chief marketing officer. She will be reporting directly to the brand’s global brand president, Chris Hufnagel, and joining its senior leadership team. Tennant has more than 18 years of global brand-building experience, most recently serving as chief marketing officer for Cat ...
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Galeria's CEO Stephan Fanderl is expected to leave
Stephan Fanderl is said to be leaving the position of chief executive of Galeria Karstadt Kaufhof (Galeria), the holding company formed in 2018 from the merger of the Galeria Kaufhof and Karstadt department stores. He has suggested a consensual separation to the Austrian-based Signa Retail Group, parent company of Galeria, ...
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Hunter goes under review as CEO quits
Vincent Wauters, the former president of Arc’teryx who became the chief executive of Hunter Boot Ltd in 2016, will be stepping down “by mutual agreement” at the end of July to pursue new opportunities, said the Edinburgh-based company, adding that it is launching a “strategic review” of its operations. ...
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Daniel Kraus leaves Bernd Hummel
On May 31, Daniel Kraus left Bernd Hummel, the German-based licensee of Kangaroos and owner of the Flip Flop brand. In May 2018, Bernd Hummel had appointed Kraus to the newly created position of vice president for sales and marketing, responsible for sales of the Kangaroos and Flip Flop brands ...
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Klekt taps Sally Scott as first CEO
Online sneaker and streetwear marketplace Klekt hired Sally Scott to be its chief executive, a newly created position at the group. Scott comes to Klekt from beauty box subscription service Birchbox, where she was UK managing director from July 2018 until February 2020.
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Walter Breuer to leave Think!
Walter Breuer, long-time chief executive of Think!, is leaving. This shoe brand is owned and managed by Legero United, the Austrian-based footwear group that also markets brands such as Superfit, Legero and Vios. Legero United is integrating Think! into the sales organization of its Superfit and Legero shoe brands, and ...
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Felix Finger has left the HR Group
Felix Finger, a member of the executive board of the Hamm-Reno Group, left the German shoe retailing company on March 31 by mutual agreement. He was responsible for IT, logistics and e-commerce. Finger joined the HR Group in 2002 and was mainly responsible for the development of the group’s online ...
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Rautureau hires Riccardo Ribolla as sales manager
The French company Rautureau Apple Shoes has hired Riccardo Ribolla to head its sales team. He started on May 11. Before moving to Rautureau, Ribolla worked for S&Co, a French distributor of fashion brands such as Elisabetta Franchi, M Missoni and TwinSet. Prior to that, he worked in Italy until ...
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Klaus Magele leaves Salamander Austria
Klaus Magele, chief executive of Salamander Austria, will be leaving the company after 25 years. Salamander Austria, which is owned by the Ara Group, manages the Salamnder stores in Austria as well as Hungary, the Czech Republic, Poland and Slovakia. The Delka shoe retail chain is also part of Salamander ...
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ArticleFerragamo calls back Michele Norsa as deputy chairman
Salvatore Ferragamo reformed its corporate governance and appointed its former chief executive Michele Norsa, 71, as executive deputy chairman, rekindling speculation of a possible change of ownership.
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Zalando to appoint Rent the Runway CEO to its supervisory board
The nomination committee of the supervisory board of Zalando has proposed to elect Jennifer Hyman to the board replacing Alexander Samwer, who has been a director since 2013. Hyman is the chief executive and co-founder of the company Rent the Runway, a New York-based online service that provides designer dress ...
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Cat Footwear has a new global brand president
Cat Footwear, a division of Wolverine Worldwide, has appointed Chip Coe as its global brand president. He will be reporting to Chris Hufnagel, who belongs to Wolverine’s executive team and is global brand president of Merrell. Coe has been with Wolverine since 2010, serving as president of the Chaco brand ...
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ANWR Schuh appoints a new chief executive
Tobias Eichmeier was appointed joint chief executive of ANWR Schuh on May 1. He will be leading the German buying group shoe retailers together with Heike Discher. Eichmeier, 44, previously worked for Globetrotter, responsible for purchasing and the development of the German outdoor retail chain’s product range. Before that, he ...
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Rhenoflex names Marco de Gier director of marketing and sales
The German shoe component manufacturer Rhenoflex has appointed Marco de Gier as its new director of marketing and sales for global footwear. His task will be to guarantee “further professionalization of the global sales operations of the Rhenoflex Group, the expansion of international customer relations in the US, Europe and ...
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Asos raises £247 million in capital increase
Asos raised £247 million pounds (€281m-$308m) with the placement of 15,805,943 new ordinary shares. The British online fashion retailer said that the cash call was intended to protect it against a prolonged downturn stemming from the current Covid-19 pandemic and to position the business for long-term growth.
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+++ Andrew Tam Siu Ming, a former executive with Li & Fung, will succeed Don Lee Kwok Ming as the new chief financial officer of Stella International, with immediate effect +++
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+++ Nancy Green, president and chief executive of Old Navy and former CEO of Athleta, has joined the board of directors of Allbirds +++
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VF appoints director for its foundation
VF Corp. has announced the appointment of Gloria Schoch as director of the VF Foundation & global impact. The VF Foundation is the private grant-making organization funded by VF Corp. In her new role, Schoch will lead the foundation’s support of non-profit organizations that promote sustainable and active lifestyles, as ...
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Sanuk's GM resigns
Magnus Wedhammar has left Sanuk. He had been the surf-inspired footwear brand’s general manager since July 2016, when it moved within California from Irvine to Goleta, the location of Deckers’ headquarters. Deckers purchased Sanuk – founded by Jeff Kelley in 1997 – for $120 million in cash in 2011. Before ...
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Toms appoints CEO
Toms, the charitable U.S. shoe brand, has appointed Magnus Wedhammar as its new chief executive, to succeed Jim Alling. Wedhammar was vice president and general manager at Sanuk until he left the company in December. Prior to that role, he was vice president of product at Sperry and also worked ...
