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30 Mar

Michelle Stein to Step Down as President of Aeffe

After a 40-year tenure, Michelle Stein, president of Aeffe USA is stepping down, effective Friday. Stein plans to turn into a consultant within the short term and is exploring recent opportunities. Stein opened Aeffe’s first U.S. office and showroom in 1983 and established a status for identifying promising European designers, introducing them to the U.S. market and driving their growth. As president of Aeffe USA, she built a full-scale organization answerable for sales, marketing, public relations and distribution. Aeffe’s brands consist of Alberta Ferretti, Moschino, Philosophy di Lorenzo Serafini and Pollini. On Wednesday, following the recent departure of Jeremy Scott as creative director, Moschino’s general manager said he can even be leaving the corporate. Within the U.S., Stein can be succeeded by...
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26 Mar

Michelle Gass on Life at Levi Strauss

Michelle Gass has placed on the trucker jacket — and it appears to be wearing in nicely. The previous chief executive officer of Kohl’s Corp. landed at Levi Strauss & Co. as president in January. And now that she’s accomplished her first leg as CEO-to-be, Gass is able to step back out into the highlight, talking to WWD in her first interview since taking the high-profile post.  It’s been a whirlwind few months with trips from the Levi’s homebase in San Francisco to Barcelona, Paris and London as she gets to know the corporate from the within while also overseeing the flagship brand in addition to digital and business operations.    Gass has been working closely with Levi’s CEO Chip Bergh, who she described...
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18 Jan

Ulta Beauty Names Michelle Crossan-Matos Chief Marketing Officer –

Ulta Beauty has named Michelle Crossan-Matos chief marketing officer. Crossan-Matos, who began Monday, will oversee all integrated marketing, loyalty, creative operations, store design, public relations, consumer insights and media activities, the corporate said in a press release. “Joining a company of Ulta Beauty’s caliber is an incredible opportunity for me, professionally and personally. As a beauty enthusiast myself, I couldn't be more excited to deliver on the brand’s mission and tap even further into the superpowers of this category,” said Crossan-Matos in a press release. Most recently, Crossan-Matos was the chief marketing, citizenship and communications officer at Samsung Electronics America, where she was chargeable for the corporate’s U.S. consumer and business-to-business marketing and communications strategy and oversaw corporate citizenship and...
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20 Dec

15 Ways Michelle Obama Has Inspired Us – Essence

NAACP via Getty Images) Michelle Obama has encouraged us to make use of our voices to effect change, give back, and follow our passions. In honor of her recent book, “The Light We Carry”– a follow-up to her best-selling memoir, “Becoming”– we reflect on a few of our ceaselessly First Lady’s most inspiring quotes and moments. 01 That Style And Grace Michelle Obama has solidified her legacy as a fashion icon along with her many accomplishments. There are such a lot of noteworthy fashion selections made by the primary lady that it’s difficult to select only one, but she at all times slays. 02 Advocacy For Girls Education She and Barack began the Let Girls Learn initiative in 2015 with the goal of encouraging girls to...
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