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Roland Mouret has been appointed creative director of Robert Clergerie,...
Roland Mouret has been appointed creative director of Robert Clergerie, the French shoe company recently acquired by Marc Loubier and an investment fund controlled by the owners of Li & Fung in Hong Kong. The 49-year-old French designer worked for the same company in the early 1990s, before a glorious ...
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Simon van Loon has been appointed commercial director of Van...
Simon van Loon has been appointed commercial director of Van Lier, the Dutch men's footwear brand. He will be in charge of sales throughout the company's distribution network. Van Loon succeeds his father, Jan van Loon, who held this position for nearly 20 years and saw its transformation from a ...
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Skechers is hoping to expand its brand awareness among the...
Skechers is hoping to expand its brand awareness among the online demographic through its new partnership with Virtual Greats. The virtual goods sales and distribution agency will produce and distribute Skechers branded virtual products through various online social media destinations; it already has deals with Meez.com and WeeWorld, social media ...
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Toms Shoes, the American company known for its lightweight shoes...
Toms Shoes, the American company known for its lightweight shoes based on the Argentine alpargata design, is looking to open an office in London next autumn or winter to support its growing European business. It will serve the company's activities in greater Europe, including Russia. For the moment, Toms Shoes ...
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VF Corporation has signed an agreement with Arvind Group for...
VF Corporation has signed an agreement with Arvind Group for the distribution of Vans in the country. As part of the deal, two Vans stores will be opening in Bangalore and Delhi in the next few weeks. The Arvind Group has had a close partnership with VF for its jeans ...
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Günter Dür has become the agent for Move On and...
Günter Dür has become the agent for Move On and Stork Steps in Austria, reporting to D-Box of Luxembourg, which also distributes the two brands in Germany and Switzerland
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Birgit Edtbauder's new agency, EBS Agency, is going to take...
Birgit Edtbauder's new agency, EBS Agency, is going to take care of Durea in Austria, starting with the spring/summer 2012 collection
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Clarks has promoted 48-year-old Jim Salzano to the position of...
Clarks has promoted 48-year-old Jim Salzano to the position of president of Clarks Companies of North America, replacing Bob Infantino, who left in January and is now working with New Balance. Salzano has worked for 16 years with Clarks, most recently as executive vice president for the American operation. In ...
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Enrico Pesallaccia is leaving as the manager of Sixty Group's...
Enrico Pesallaccia is leaving as the manager of Sixty Group's footwear division, which he set up ten years ago, after pushing its sales to an annual level of 1.6 million pairs, with revenues of €60 million. The division handles the brands Miss Sixty, Energie, Killah and Murphy & Nye. New ...
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Erich Rohde has made some changes in management recently. Mirko...
Erich Rohde has made some changes in management recently. Mirko Ostendörfer, the former executive of Marc Shoes who has been developing Rohde's licensed line of Daniel Hechter shoes, is now sales director of both Rohde and Hechter for all the German-speaking countries. Andreas Schulz is in charge of the group's ...
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Michele Zonno has left as chief executive of Bruno Magli....
Michele Zonno has left as chief executive of Bruno Magli. He has been replaced by Armin Müller. Nothing could be learned about the circumstances of the change of management. At last report, Fortelus Capital Management, the London-based hedge fund that took over the Italian shoe company from Opera in 2006, ...
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Effective Monday, Paul Blum will be the new chief executive...
Effective Monday, Paul Blum will be the new chief executive at Kenneth Cole Productions. He will join the board of directors and will report to Kenneth Cole, who stays on as chairman and chief creative officer. Blum returned to the company last March, when he was brought on board as ...
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Jon Paul Grogan has been named sales executive for Babycham...
Jon Paul Grogan has been named sales executive for Babycham in the U.K., selling the footwear brand to key accounts. He will continue as well in his sales position at Jacobson Group for Gola Classics footwear and bags.
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Peggy Reilly Tharp is the new vice president-investor relations for...
Peggy Reilly Tharp is the new vice president-investor relations for Brown Shoe Company. She was previously senior director of investor relations at Savvis, a cloud infrastructure provider, and director of investor relations for Superior Essex, a producer of copper wire and cable. In addition, Timothy J. Joyce is now the ...
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Gaetano Micciché, a general manager of Intesa Sanpaolo, has joined...
Gaetano Micciché, a general manager of Intesa Sanpaolo, has joined the board of directors of Prada, replacing Marco Cerrina Feroni. Intesa owns a 5 percent stake in Prada.
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KangaROOS will be sold online exclusively by Zappos.com in the...
KangaROOS will be sold online exclusively by Zappos.com in the U.S.
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Kavat is now selling its ecological shoes product range in...
Kavat is now selling its ecological shoes product range in Australia. The shoes are sold in the Birkenstock by Nature chain in Sydney. The Kavat Eco range is the first shoe product range in Europe to carry the European Union Environmental Accreditation symbol.
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A new president is due to be elected at the...
A new president is due to be elected at the annual meeting of Anci, the Italian shoe industry association, next Thursday. For the moment, the only two candidates are Antonio Brotini from Tuscany and Cleto Sagripanti from the Marche region. Brotini, who led Anci successfully from 1999 to 2003, runs ...
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Claus Lenzmann, a top executive of Deichmann's Roland chain responsible...
Claus Lenzmann, a top executive of Deichmann's Roland chain responsible for purchasing, has left the company by mutual consent
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Bruno Magli has a new designer for its handbags and...
Bruno Magli has a new designer for its handbags and leathergoods. She is Natalia Brilli, an Italo-Belgian designer who graduated from the Institut Français de la Mode in Paris who has already worked for several international brands and started a line under her own name in 2004. She will report ...
