Guess? makes organizational changes & global structure realignment
08 Feb '06
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* Wendy Klarik, who joined Guess? in 2003, has been promoted to Senior VP, General Merchandise Manager, Factory Division. Previously, she was VP, Merchandising at the Warner Brothers Organization and before that, spent several years in Robinson and Bullock Department Stores.
The above two positions report directly to Paul Marciano.
On the international front:
* Guess? Inc announced the promotion of Giuliano Sartori to VP, International Licensing Business Development. He will relocate to the Guess Europe headquarters in Florence, Italy. He joined Guess in 2004. He previously was VP, Retail and Licensing for Max Studio and also spent ten years with the Benetton Group.
* Stephane Labelle has been named Senior VP, Licensing Products for Guess Europe. He has been with Guess Europe for nine years and is located at the Guess Europe showroom in Milan, Italy. Previously, he was the head of Zara France for eight years.
* Terence Tsang, Senior VP, Corporate Business Development, has been appointed to lead Guess business development of the Asia region and India, effective March 1, 2006. He will be based in Hong Kong. He spent seven years with Guess in various executive capacities between 1992 and 1999 and rejoined Guess in July, 2005. He previously was Executive VP, CFO of Ashworth Inc.
The above positions report directly to Paul Marciano.
Guess? Inc designs, markets, distributes and licenses a lifestyle collection of contemporary apparel, accessories and related consumer products. It owned and operated 311 retail stores in the United States and Canada.
The company also distributes its products through better department and specialty stores around the world.