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Puma partnering with stylist June Ambrose

Sportswear brand Puma has announced that June Ambrose, Jay-Z and Missy Elliott’s longtime stylist, is its newest creative partner with her first products for the brand expected in 2021. Ambrose will focus on creating “premium offerings that merge style with performance,” explained the sportswear brand in a statement, with pieces it adds that...

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Kim Jones to design womenswear at Fendi

Italian fashion house Fendi has confirmed that British designer Kim Jones will join the label as artistic director of haute couture, ready-to-wear and fur collections for women. Jones, succeeds Karl Lagerfeld who died in 2019 and had designed for the fashion house since 1965. The fashion house added that Jones will work closely with Silvia...

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Amazon promotes John Boumphrey to UK country manager

Online retail giant Amazon has named vice president of fashion, John Boumphrey as the new boss of its UK operations. Boumphrey joined Amazon nine years ago as director of media in the UK, before taking over the role of vice president of Amazon Fashion Europe, where he launched new fashion brands and programmes, including Prime Wardrobe,...

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Murray Lambell named eBay’s new UK general manager

Online marketplace eBay has confirmed that Murray Lambell has been promoted from vice president of UK trading to the UK’s general manager. Lambell, who has been running the UK trading team since 2017, responsible for all of eBay UK’s business to consumer and sales and operations activities, will take over from Rob Hattrell, who has been promoted...

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Revolve appoints Melanie Cox to the board of directors

US fashion e-tailer Revolve has announced that retail industry veteran Melanie Cox is joining its board of directors, as well as the audit and compensation committees, effective immediately. Cox who is chief executive of Backcountry, a leading online retailer of premium outdoor sports gear and apparel, has more than 25 years of industry...

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Senreve appoints acting chief growth officer

Senreve, the digitally native luxury handbag brand, has confirmed the appointment of longtime advisor Mark Chou as acting chief growth officer. With more than a decade of experience in e-commerce and finance, Chou will expand his role at Senreve, lending his expertise as a leader and operator in high growth companies to support Senreve's overall...

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Hunter creative director Alasdhair Willis steps down

British heritage footwear and outdoor brand Hunter has confirmed that Alasdhair Willis is stepping down from his role as creative director on July 31. Willis, who has been creative director at Hunter since 2013, will stay on as a senior advisor to Atypical Partner, the umbrella company controlling Pall Mall Legacy, Hunter’s new majority...

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Pandora appoints new chief supply officer

Pandora has promoted experienced jewellery manufacturing executive Jeerasage Puranasamriddhi to chief supply officer, with immediate effect. The jewellery brand stated that Puranasamriddhi, currently senior vice president of manufacturing overseeing Pandora’s operations in Thailand, will become the brand’s chief supply officer to lead its global...

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Givenchy names new creative director

LVMH-owned luxury French fashion house Givenchy has announced that Matthew M. Williams, the founder of luxury streetwear-inspired label 1017 ALYX 9SM, is the brand’s new creative director. This appointment marks Williams first major creative director role and will see the American designer succeeding Clare Waight Keller, who announced her...

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The Kooples names artistic director

French fashion brand The Kooples has named Tom Van Dorpe as its new artistic director, as the label looks to strengthen its positioning as the “most distinctive contemporary Maison”. Belgian-born Van Dorpe will be responsible for setting a new global creative vision for The Kooples’ women’s, men’s, and accessory collections, explained the...

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Ted Baker appoints a global creative director

British retailer Ted Baker has confirmed that Arcadia’s Anthony Cuthbertson will join the company in the newly created role of global creative director. Cuthbertson is currently global design director for Topshop, a role in which he oversees all design and product as well as designer collaborations, Idol and boutique collections. He will join...

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Paul O’Regan joins Toshi as chief commercial officer

Former chief executive at Galvan, Paul O’Regan has been named as the chief commercial officer at Toshi, the retail company that offers in-store services directly to the customer, at home, on-demand. O’Regan has been acting as a strategic advisor to the company for the past three months and will assume full-time responsibilities immediately in...