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It has been revealed that Morton Brownstein, former president of...

2013-07-26T00:00:00Z

It has been revealed that Morton Brownstein, former president of the Canadian Browns Shoes chain founded by his father, died on May 23 at the age of 85. He is said to have been the first North American executive in the sector to go to Europe to place an order ...

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Joachim Gabor, co-founder and lately honorary member of the board of...

2013-04-26T00:00:00Z

Joachim Gabor, co-founder and lately honorary member of the board of directors of Gabor Shoes, has passed away at the age of 84. He came from a family of shoemakers in Upper Silesia. His parents had a store for leathergoods and shoes. Until 1948, he worked in a shoe factory in ...

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Ivo Nuti, the founder of the eponymous tanning group in...

2013-03-02T00:00:00Z

Ivo Nuti, the founder of the eponymous tanning group in Santa Croce sull'Arno, in Tuscany, has died at the age of 79. Nuti started his business in 1955, when he produced suede splits for shoes with a workforce of 15. In the early days, production was entirely made for the ...

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Joan Mascaró, the head of Calzados Ferreries, a local Spanish...

2013-01-31T00:00:00Z

Joan Mascaró, the head of Calzados Ferreries, a local Spanish footwear brand, was murdered in Minorca on Jan. 17. A local fisherman confessed to the murder, which is being called a crime of passion. Mascaró's father and uncle founded Calzados Ferreries, then his uncle started the brand Jaime Mascaró, which ...

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Francisco Vicente, a prominent figure in Spain's shoe industry during...

2012-09-15T00:00:00Z

Francisco Vicente, a prominent figure in Spain's shoe industry during its boom years of the 1980s and '90s, died last month. He was the president of the Elche Footwear Industry Association, AICE, and pushed for the creation of regional footwear associations around the country. He also helped create strong ties ...

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Ronald Page, a footwear industry veteran, died on Sept. 6...

2012-09-15T00:00:00Z

Ronald Page, a footwear industry veteran, died on Sept. 6 at the age of 75. He worked for Polo Ralph Lauren, Ellesse and Nike before he joined Deckers Outdoor Corporation in the early 1990s as the vice president for sales at Teva. He oversaw the brand's biggest growth years, and ...

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David Phillips, the chief financial officer at the Two Ten...

2012-08-08T00:00:00Z

David Phillips, the chief financial officer at the Two Ten Footwear Foundation, died on July 16 at the age of 63. He had been the vice president for finance and administration for 14 years. Before that, he held financial management positions with the Stride Rite Corporation for 14 years, having ...

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Robert J. “Bob” Gamm, the founder and inventor of KangarOOS...

2012-08-08T00:00:00Z

Robert J. “Bob” Gamm, the founder and inventor of KangarOOS athletic shoes, died at his home near St. Louis on July 13. He was 91 and was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease more than five years ago. As an architect and a jogger himself, Gamm designed an athletic shoe with a ...

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John Hartshorn, 60, the managing director of Skechers' Canadian operations,...

2012-08-08T00:00:00Z

John Hartshorn, 60, the managing director of Skechers' Canadian operations, died in June after fighting cancer. He started out with the company as the Skechers brand manager for its distributor, Bata, and later joined Skechers' management team. The company formed its own Canadian subsidiary in 2003. Hartshorn's wife, Janet; daughter, ...

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Enrico Fabi, one of the founders of Italy's Fabi Shoes,...

2012-07-09T00:00:00Z

Enrico Fabi, one of the founders of Italy's Fabi Shoes, died a few days ago after falling ill on the beach in the seaside resort of Civitanova Marche, on the Adriatic coast. Local media said he died before a medical team could reach him. He was 78. He founded Fabi ...

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David Helpern, who founded Joan & David with his then-wife,...

2012-06-14T00:00:00Z

David Helpern, who founded Joan & David with his then-wife, Joan Helpern, in 1967, has died at the age of 94. The couple's label Joan & David came out in 1977, and eventually the portfolio expanded to include David & Joan men's wear, Joan & David Too, and women' ready-to-wear ...

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Wolf-Dieter Herzog, who led Sabu for many years, died last...

2012-05-07T00:00:00Z

Wolf-Dieter Herzog, who led Sabu for many years, died last month after a long illness at the age of 89. He worked for the German cooperative between 1955 and 1986, the last five as its general manager.

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Horst Keil, who has been a member of Nord-West-Ring's top...

2012-05-07T00:00:00Z

Horst Keil, who has been a member of Nord-West-Ring's top management for many years, has passed away at the age of 89 years. He was mainly responsible for product before and after the cooperative merged with the former Ring-Schuh in 1971. He retired after 30 years with the group in ...

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Dorino Della Valle, the founder of what later became Tod's,...

2012-04-12T00:00:00Z

Dorino Della Valle, the founder of what later became Tod's, died on March 27 at the age of 87. His father, Filippo, was a shoemaker, and Della Valle started his company, called Della Valle, in the 1940s by making footwear for such names as Calvin Klein, Azzedine Alaïa and Neiman ...

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Alfonso Melluso, founder of the shoe company bearing his name...

2012-04-12T00:00:00Z

Alfonso Melluso, founder of the shoe company bearing his name in the Naples area, has died at the age of 83 years, after a long illness

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Dick Braeger, one of the founders of Cole Haan as well as the owner of...

2012-03-05T00:00:00Z

Dick Braeger, one of the founders of Cole Haan as well as the owner of the Garys specialty men’s stores, has died at the age of 74

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Roeland Smets, who retired at the end of last year...

2012-03-04T00:00:00Z

Roeland Smets, who retired at the end of last year as general manager of the Confederation of the European Shoe Industry (CEC) after 40 years in office, died on Feb. 7 at the age of 69. He had been ill for some time. The dedicated and temperamental Belgian lobbyist ran ...

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Marcel Piquet has passed away. He was 81 years old....

2012-03-04T00:00:00Z

Marcel Piquet has passed away. He was 81 years old. The French entrepreneur was the founder of two shoe retail chains, Minelli and France Arno. They were subsequently taken over by the former Groupe André and by Eram, respectively. Groupe André is now Vivarte.

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The Otto Group has announced the death of Werner Otto,...

2011-12-28T00:00:00Z

The Otto Group has announced the death of Werner Otto, the visionary German businessman who founded the world's largest mail-order company in 1949. He died on Dec. 21 at the age of 102. The son of a merchant, he set up the former Otto Versand with capital of 6,000 German ...

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C&J Clark International has announced that Nathan Clark, who designed...

2011-07-11T00:00:00Z

C&J Clark International has announced that Nathan Clark, who designed the Clarks Originals Desert Boot in 1949, died on June 23. The company called him “a lifelong ambassador of Clarks” in a release. He joined the family business in 1947. Jim Salzano, the new president of The Clarks Companies N.A., ...