All Executive changes articles – Page 30
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Michael Kors has left the board of directors of Capri...
Michael Kors has left the board of directors of Capri Holding, the company formerly called Coach that has bought his eponymous brand, but he will remain as honorary chairman
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Bernd Hummel, the long-time German-based licensee of Pentland Group for the Kangaroos brand,...
Bernd Hummel, the long-time German-based licensee of Pentland Group for the Kangaroos brand, has appointed Andreas Hemprich as European senior key account manager for its recently launched Rooskickx brand of children's sneakers. The 37-year-old joined Kangaroos on May 1. He reports directly to Daniel Kraus, vice president for marketing and sales at Kangaroos. ...
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Josef Renner has become the new chief executive of Ferdinand...
Josef Renner has become the new chief executive of Ferdinand Richter, the Austrian children's shoe producer. He has been involved in sales at Legero since 2001. Prior to that he worked at Leder & Schuh, starting as a buyer in 1986. Renner takes the place of two joint managing directors ...
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Bally has promoted Nicolas Girotto to the role of chief...
Bally has promoted Nicolas Girotto to the role of chief executive. He takes over from Frédéric de Narp, who has served as Bally's chief executive since 2013. Narp will remain on the board as vice-chairman. Prior to his recent appointment, Girotto served as Bally's chief operations officer. Girotto, was born ...
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Darren Topp, who arranged the sale of LK Bennett to...
Darren Topp, who arranged the sale of LK Bennett to Rebecca Feng a few weeks ago, is going back to his role as chief executive of the British upmarket shoe and apparel retailer
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Thomas Nassua has been appointed to the newly created position...
Thomas Nassua has been appointed to the newly created position of sales director for Germany, Austria and Switzerland at the Unlimited Footwear Group (UFG), based in Waalwijk, Netherlands, starting on June 1. The Dutch firm sells shoes under the Bullboxer, Rehab Footwear, Gaastra and Supertrash brands and has licenses for ...
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Genesco has appointed Mimi Eckel Vaughn as chief operating officer,...
Genesco has appointed Mimi Eckel Vaughn as chief operating officer, effective May 1. In addition to her new role, she will continue as chief financial officer until a new chief financial officer is named. Vaughn is a 15-year veteran of the company, which she joined in 2003 as vice-president of ...
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Zalando has announced that Christian Baier and Jan Wilmking, both...
Zalando has announced that Christian Baier and Jan Wilmking, both managing directors of zLabels, will be leaving the company. zLabels, the e-tailer's nine-year-old private label division, was closed on April 1, although the company has indicated that it will continue to offer “everyday essential” clothing and footwear products under 11 ...
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Lloyd Shoes has promoted Andreas Schaller to a position similar...
Lloyd Shoes has promoted Andreas Schaller to a position similar to that of a chief executive as “speaker” of the executive board. He will focus on global brand management and product development, while driving the expansion of the German men's footwear manufacturer into women's shoes and accessories. Schaller has been ...
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Alpargatas, which owns the Havaianas brand of rubber shoes, has...
Alpargatas, which owns the Havaianas brand of rubber shoes, has made Scott Ziegler its new retail director for Europe, the Middle East and Asia (EMEA), with responsibility for the region's 170 Havaianas points of sale, from mono-brand stores to franchisees and concessions. Ziegler is no stranger to the region, having ...
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Groupe Royer has named a German industry veteran, Alfred Pusswald,...
Groupe Royer has named a German industry veteran, Alfred Pusswald, as international sales director for the Scholl brand in Europe, the Middle East and Asia (EMEA), responsible for establishing it more widely in the shoe retail segment. The French-based trading group acquired a license to market the brand at the ...
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Kai Dirks is replacing Michael Stoll at the Hamm-Reno Group...
Kai Dirks is replacing Michael Stoll at the Hamm-Reno Group the end of April as the executive board member in charge of retailing. His tasks will include the repositioning of the Reno banner and the integration of the 80-odd CCC stores in Germany that the group took over a few ...
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Victor Herrero, a former chief executive of Guess, and Stephen...
Victor Herrero, a former chief executive of Guess, and Stephen Bolton, a former top executive of Unilever and Diageo, joined the board of directors of Clarks earlier this month as non-executive directors. Another new manager with experience in real estate and equity investment, Peter Clark, joined the board last November. ...
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Hunter Boots has appointed Mark Reed to the post of...
Hunter Boots has appointed Mark Reed to the post of chief financial officer. The former CFO, Benedict Smith, left the British company in August 2018 and is now group CFO at a marketing firm, Willams Lea Tag. Reed joins Hunter from Anya Hindmarch, a London-based accessories brand, where he had been CFO ...
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Schuh has announced that its buying director, David Spencer, is...
Schuh has announced that its buying director, David Spencer, is leaving the company. Spencer spent 21 years at the Scotland-based footwear retailer.
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Zalando has announced that Christian Baier and Jan Wilmking, both...
Zalando has announced that Christian Baier and Jan Wilmking, both managing directors of zLabels, will be leaving the company. zLabels, the e-tailer's nine-year-old private label division, was closed on April 1, although the company has indicated that it will continue to offer “everyday essential” clothing and footwear products under 11 ...
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Alpargatas, which owns the Havaianas brand of rubber shoes, has...
Alpargatas, which owns the Havaianas brand of rubber shoes, has made Scott Ziegler its new retail director for Europe, the Middle East and Asia (EMEA), with responsibility for the region's 170 Havaianas points of sale, from mono-brand stores to franchisees and concessions. Ziegler is no stranger to the region, having ...
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The Tod's brand has hired the designer Alber Elbaz to...
The Tod's brand has hired the designer Alber Elbaz to work on its Tod's Factory project, which involves the contribution of external designers on a rotating basis. Elbaz was creative director at the French fashion house of Lanvin from 2001 to 2015. He will be the second designer to take ...
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Salamander has appointed Jochen Haag, 51, to the executive board...
Salamander has appointed Jochen Haag, 51, to the executive board responsible for international retail operations, effective on April 1. The German-based shoe producer and retailer, which has been fully owned by the Ara Group since 2016, also appointed Jens Keller, manager of commercial operations at Salamander since 2012, as “speaker” ...
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Lars Hemming, a 45-year-old Danish expert in digital marketing, brand...
Lars Hemming, a 45-year-old Danish expert in digital marketing, brand building and transformation, is set to become a new member of Ecco's executive board at the Danish company's annual meeting on May 29. He will join the six other members of the executive board, led by Hanni Toosbuy Kasprzak.
