Urban Outfitters rises as Street cheers executive appointment
Shares of Urban Outfitters Inc rose as much as 7 percent, after the women's apparel retailer said Tedford Marlow will return to the company as the chief executive of its namesake brand.
Appointments
Nike names new Vice President and General Manager of Western Europe
Bert Hoyt, 56, was vice president International Trade in the Europe Middle East Africa region. He now takes over from Brent Scrimshaw who is retiring after 18 years at Nike. Bert Hoyt...
Fox Head : Matthieu Bazil will direct European activities
Fox Head has appointed Matthieu Bazil as Director General Europe. The manager joins the American company after having left, to everyone’s great surprise, his duties as President of Oxbow...
Reef reorganizes its apparel team
Reef has entrusted Eric Gigler with the task of developing the brand's identity. For the past two years, he has served as senior menswear designer for the for the VF brand. He now takes...
Puig names ex-Chloe head as fashion president
Spanish fashion and perfume group Puig, which last year became the majority owner of Jean-Paul Gaultier, named the former head of fashion company Chloe, Ralph Toledano, president of its...
De Beers appoints Anglo's Mostyn as CFO
De Beers, the world's largest diamond miner, has appointed Anglo American's head of corporate finance, Gareth Mostyn, as its new chief financial officer.
UGG Australia appoints a creative director
The newly appointed director, who has experience of over 20 years in the footwear industry, had served as Vice President of Product during the previous seven years at Deckers.
L’Oréal invests in its luxury products division with a new role
Vincent Boinay has just been selected for the role of International Retail Director for L’Oréal’s luxury products division.
Hublot : Ricardo Guadalupe takes the reigns
Hublot makes the passing of the baton official. The watch brand has just annouced the appointment of Ricardo Guadalupe as CEO. He succeeds Jean-Claude Biver, with whom he worked for...
Esprit: Melody Harris Jensbach named chief product and design officer
After four years on the Executive Board of Puma, the manager returns to Esprit, where she had been employed from 1998 to 2007. She joins the Management Board to manage design, sourcing...
Selfridges appoints new buying directors for childrenswear and womenswear
Abigail Rainer and Judd Crane are the latest top recruits at Selfridges. The former will head women's accessories and childrenswear, and the latter womenswear respectively.
Örjan Andersson leaves Cheap Monday
The co-founder of the Swedish brand, acquired by the H&M group in 2010, will not renew his contract. Ann-Sofie Back, who arrived in 2009 to support creator Örjan Andersson, will now be in...
Net-a-Porter appoints Alison Loehnis as Managing Director
The Net-a-Porter Group has named Alison Loehnis as Managing Director of the on-line luxury fashion etailer Net-a-Porter.com. Loehnis joins Ian Tansley and Stephanie Phair who are...
Sears names ex-Brookstone CEO merchandising chief
Sears Holdings Corp named former Brookstone Inc chief executive Ron Boire as its chief merchandising officer as it tries to tackle criticism that it did not have enough executives with...
Mulberry names Bruno Guillon chief executive
British leather goods maker Mulberry has named the managing director of Hermes France Bruno Guillon as chief executive to replace Godfrey Davis who will move into a non-executive chairman...