All Executive changes articles – Page 80
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Stéphane Vais has joined Sarenza, one of the two major...
Stéphane Vais has joined Sarenza, one of the two major French online shoe retailers, as deputy general manager in charge of administration, finance, business intelligence and legal matters. The executive worked most recently as finance director of Photobox, a leading provider of photo services over the internet. Among other stations, ...
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Robert Natter will continue as one of the top managers...
Robert Natter will continue as one of the top managers of Garant Schuh + Mode until at least March 2014. Natter has been running the international German-based buying group since 2004. After its takeover last year by Ariston-Nord-West-Ring, he has been responsible for membership services, international development, personnel, controlling and ...
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The new general manager for footwear at Reckitt Benckiser is...
The new general manager for footwear at Reckitt Benckiser is Lars Tandrup. He has been responsible for all activities of the group in the footwear segment since the end of February. Reckitt Benckiser recently acquired SSL International, the British company that owns the Scholl brand of sandals and foot care ...
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Mike Bradica has been hired as the new general manager...
Mike Bradica has been hired as the new general manager for Canada for the Rockport Company, and Mike Sullivan is the new vice president for sourcing and operations. Bradica will oversee the company's strategy and expansion in the country, reporting to Nicolas Duran, the vice president for the Americas. He ...
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Assomac, the tanning machinery manufacturers' association of Italy, elected Giovannie...
Assomac, the tanning machinery manufacturers' association of Italy, elected Giovannie Bagini of the Sabal Group to a two-year term as president at its meeting at the end of June. It also chose Gabriella Marchioni Bocca, from the blade manufacturer Lamebo, to be its new vice president. At the meeting, it ...
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As reported in the previous issue, Armin Müller has been...
As reported in the previous issue, Armin Müller has been appointed chief executive of Bruno Magli. The position is permanent. The 54-year-old German national is going to take a close look at all the operations of the company and its position in the different markets before making any decisions together ...
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Chaco has appointed Todd Gordon, formerly with Timberland and Fila,...
Chaco has appointed Todd Gordon, formerly with Timberland and Fila, and Colin Butts as directors of sales and marketing, respectively
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Boa Technology, the American company that markets the proprietary Boa...
Boa Technology, the American company that markets the proprietary Boa closure system for shoes, has made several management changes. Ilya Minkin has become product manager, replacing Jimmy Capra who is now heading up the company's medical business unit. Chuck Mason, the new vice president of sales and marketing for the ...
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The German shoe industry federation, HDS, has unanimously re-elected Ralph...
The German shoe industry federation, HDS, has unanimously re-elected Ralph Rieker of Ricosta as its chairman. Two older executives, Wilhelm Möhlmann of Marc Shoes and Hans-Joachim Wolter of Waldi-Schuhfabrik (Finncomfort), are leaving the executive board, and Ralph Wolter, son of Hans-Joachim, is joining it. Norbert Furche, the longtime manager of ...
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Paul Gomez, the senior vice president for global events and...
Paul Gomez, the senior vice president for global events and brand entertainment at Hurley, is the new chief executive of Podium Distribution, owner of DVS shoes, Matix apparel and Diamond Footwear
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Crocs is now directly managing the distribution of its shoe...
Crocs is now directly managing the distribution of its shoe collections in Portugal and Slovakia. Before, Crocs had been selling its product line in these countries by means of a distributor. At the moment, Crocs manages the distribution of its products directly in altogether 15 countries. In the future, the ...
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Red Wing Shoe Company opened a European head office in...
Red Wing Shoe Company opened a European head office in Amsterdam at the start of July. The American group has been trading in the Netherlands and in other European countries for the last 10 years, but its rapid growth in the last five years called for an expanded European team ...
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Joe Filipas, who has worked for Hi-Tec Sports, Columbia and...
Joe Filipas, who has worked for Hi-Tec Sports, Columbia and Sorel, has joined Wolverine World Wide as senior footwear developer for its newly acquired Chaco brand
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Rebecaa Blair, who has worked for John Varvatos, Juicy Couture,...
Rebecaa Blair, who has worked for John Varvatos, Juicy Couture, Sergio Rossi, Betsy Johnson and Tory Burch, has been hired by Schwartz & Benjamin as president of its Diane von Fürstenberg footwear division
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Eduardo Smaniotto, who has been export manager of Dumond for...
Eduardo Smaniotto, who has been export manager of Dumond for five years, has left the Paquetà group to work for Priority, another Brazilian group that owns the West Coast and Cravo & Canela brands. With 18 years of experience in the shoe sector, he has joined Priority to supervise sales ...
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Richard L. Markee has been named to the board of...
Richard L. Markee has been named to the board of directors at Collective Brands for a three-year term. He is the executive chairman at Vitamin Shoppe, where he was the chief executive until April 4. The 58-year-old has also held leadership positions with Babies ‘R' Us and Toys ‘R' Us.
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Mike Sorabella has been chosen to be the new chief...
Mike Sorabella has been chosen to be the new chief executive of Shoebuy.com after the sudden departure of Scott Savitz from the company. He will be leading all strategies and operations of Shoebuy as well as its sister sites, Bagsbuy.com and Outletbuy.com. Sorabella previously was the chief financial officer for ...
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Rino Mastrotto has been elected chairman of Unic, the Italian...
Rino Mastrotto has been elected chairman of Unic, the Italian tanners' association, succeeding Graziano Balducci for the next two years. The 64-year-old entrepreneur oversees a group bearing his family name with an annual turnover of €250 million and a staff of 1,100 people. Besides its five tanneries at Arzignago in ...
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Hans-Hermann Deters will be joining the executive board of Ara...
Hans-Hermann Deters will be joining the executive board of Ara Shoes as of Aug. 1, filling a new position where he will have responsibility for marketing, distribution and sales. The 51-year-old was most recently the chief executive of Kettler, the leading German manufacturer of fitness equipment, tennis tables and playgrounds. ...
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Dennis Beute, who was appointed director of Garant Schoenen +...
Dennis Beute, who was appointed director of Garant Schoenen + Mode last May, has become general manager of ANWR-Garant Nederland, a newly merged entity that resulted from ANWR eG's acquisition of a majority stake in Garant Schuh AG. Beute previously worked as sales manager for Fossil Europe, an accessories brand, ...
