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Calvin Klein appoints new global CMO

PVH-owned brand Calvin Klein has appointed Linh Peters as its new global chief marketing officer (CMO), effective 2 November. Peters’ role will include data-driven and product marketing, driving an engaging brand experience and overseeing all aspects of Calvin Klein’s consumer marketing organisation. The fashion retailer’s current chief brand...

21 hours ago

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Stitch Fix appoints Youtube's chief product officer to board

US online styling service Stitch Fix has appointed Youtube’s chief product officer Neal Mohan to its board of directors. Mohan has been at the Google-owned video platform for five years where he’s responsible for YouTube products, user experience, and trust and safety on all platforms and devices globally. Prior to that, he was senior vice...

1 day ago

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Coty makes two new appointments to leadership team

Coty has made two new additions to its leadership team: Isabelle Bonfanti has been named new chief commercial officer (CCO), luxury - while Jean-Denis Mariani has been appointed to the newly-created role of chief digital officer (CDO). In her new position, Bonfanti will be responsible for developing and executing Coty’s global luxury sales...

22 Oct 2020

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Watches of Switzerland appoints non-executive chairman

Watches of Switzerland has appointed Ian Carter as non-executive chairman of the board, effective 1 November 2020. Carter has over 30 years of international and retail experience and has for the past 15 years been CEO of multinational hospitality company Hilton International. He has also worked on the board of Burberry, a position he held...

16 Oct 2020

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Superdry CFO Nick Gresham exits

Superdry chief financial officer Nick Gresham has stepped down with immediate effect. The retail veteran joined the British retailer in June 2019, in the midst of its radical transformation strategy kicked off with the contentious return of co-founder Julian Dunkerton to the helm of the company after leaving years earlier. Gresham was brought in...

16 Oct 2020

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Amazon appoints Ruth Diaz as head of Amazon Fashion Europe

Amazon has named Ruth Diaz as the new head of Amazon Fashion Europe. Diaz, who has spent nine years at the US retail giant in various positions across marketing and retail leadership, will now be responsible for all aspects of the European fashion business. Working alongside the European Consumer senior leadership, her new responsibilities...

15 Oct 2020

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Urban Outfitters names new COO amid management reshuffle

Fashion and lifestyle company Urban Outfitters Inc, whose portfolio includes brands Anthropologie, Free People, Terrain and Urban Outfitters, has announced a flurry of management changes, which includes the departure of chief operating office Calvin Hollinger. Hollinger will be leaving at the end of this month in order to “pursue other...

14 Oct 2020

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Li & Fung names Spencer Fung as Executive Chairman and Joseph Phi as new CEO

Li & Fung Limited has announced new leadership appointments following the recent privatization of the company. With immediate effect, the company said in a statement, Joseph Phi, group president, is appointed Group Chief Executive Officer of Li & Fung and Spencer Fung succeeds William Fung as Executive Chairman. William Fung will sit on the...

9 Oct 2020

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García Bello: “Being on the streets helps me know my consumers better”

After winning first prize in the sustainable fashion competition Redress Design 2020, Juliana García Bello became the centre of attention in Argentina’s fashion industry. Originally from Río Grande, Tierra del Fuego, she chose the city of Arnhem in the Netherlands to settle and continue developing her brand using zero-waste techniques....

9 Oct 2020

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Primark appoints trading director for menswear

Primark has appointed Jon Bennett as its new menswear trading director. He joins from Arcadia, where he has worked since 2012, most recently as global sourcing director for Topshop/Topman. Prior to that, he held senior buying positions at River Island, Next and Tesco’s F&F fashion brand. Primark said he will bring “extensive buying, sourcing and...

8 Oct 2020

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J.Jill announces new CEO

J.Jill, Inc. has announced the appointment of Claire Spofford as CEO and a member of the board of directors, effective no later than February 15. Spofford will be taking over the position from Jim Scully, who was in the position for ten months. Scully will remain interim CEO to ensure Spofford’s transition to the role. She will be making a...

8 Oct 2020

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Diesel taps Y/Project's Glenn Martens as new creative director

Y/Project’s Glenn Martens has been appointed as the new creative director of OTB-owned Italian label Diesel. The Belgian designer will join the company immediately and will oversee style, communications and interior design, WWD reports. It is unclear when his first collection for the label will drop. Martens was promoted to the creative helm of...

8 Oct 2020