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Fashion Network
3 days ago
- Business
- Fashion Network
German fashion group S.Oliver appoints Liebeskind founders to leadership roles
German fashion group closed its 2024 financial year on a high note, overcoming a difficult market climate to complete a strategic turnaround launched the year before. The company returned to positive earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) for the first time, though the exact figure was not disclosed. Strong strategic direction and a stable liquidity position played a key role in the group's financial recovery. significantly outperformed its previous year's result of EUR -40 million ($47.2 million), returning to profitability. According to the company, its Comma and Copenhagen Studios brands were instrumental in driving this positive momentum. In line with its growth strategy, will strengthen its leadership team on September 1 with the appointment of Julian and Johannes Rellecke. As the founders of Liebeskind Berlin and managing founders of Copenhagen Studios, the brothers have long maintained a close relationship with the group. Julian Rellecke will oversee product, design, and art direction across all of the group's brands. Johannes Rellecke will step into the role of deputy chairman of the management board. With their deep roots in the fashion and accessories industry and a strong entrepreneurial outlook, the brothers are expected to bring fresh energy to the continued evolution of brand portfolio. Looking ahead to 2025, the Rottendorf-based company plans to expand its international footprint, accelerate digitalization and vertical integration efforts, and pursue targeted brand development across its portfolio.
Fashion United
14-05-2025
- Business
- Fashion United
S.Oliver Group: New head of shoe distribution
Heiko Hüdepohl is taking over shoe distribution for in Europe. The Rottendorf-based clothing provider announced on Wednesday that Hüdepohl would take over the management of this area from the spring/summer 2026 season. The Group wants to strengthen its commitment to shoes and bags with this appointment, which will also fall under Hüdepohl's responsibility in the future. Hüdepohl has decades of experience in the shoe industry and is familiar with shoes. From mid-2019, he worked for the Wortmann Group as managing director of GmbH & Co. KG, which at that time held the shoe licence from Last April, the Group and the Detmold-based shoe group ended their long-standing licence partnership. 'I have known Heiko Hüdepohl for over 20 years and greatly appreciate his qualities and his network,' said Michael Heißenberg, director of product shoes and accessories at 'For us, he is the king transfer in the new set-up and an important piece of the puzzle to guarantee the trade a corresponding constancy and fixed contact persons.' It was announced from Rottendorf that sales and collection development should work more closely together in the future. To this end, Hüdepohl will be involved in the design processes in order to adapt them to the needs of the trade and end customers. This article was translated to English using an AI tool. FashionUnited uses AI language tools to speed up translating (news) articles and proofread the translations to improve the end result. This saves our human journalists time they can spend doing research and writing original articles. Articles translated with the help of AI are checked and edited by a human desk editor prior to going online. If you have questions or comments about this process email us at info@
