DSW announces new executive appointments

DSW has announced the appointment of Michele Love as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for Designer Shoe Warehouse, effective May 1, 2017. She will report directly to DSW's Chief Executive Officer, Roger Rawlins. Additionally, the company announced appointments of James Weinberg as GMM of women's footwear and Nancy Pastor as GMM of accessories. Both will report directly to DSW's Vice Chairman and Chief Merchandising Officer, Debbie Ferrée.

Commenting on these new appointments, Rawlins said in a media statement, "I am excited to have Michele, Jim and Nancy on the Designer Shoe Warehouse team. These three individuals bring valuable leadership and diverse expertise as we strengthen our focus on the customer, product, and experience. We are building an elite team to lead Designer Shoe Warehouse and position it for continued long term growth."

Love, Weinberg and Pastor take charge at DSW

The company said, Love will be responsible for bringing DSW's differentiated experience and value proposition to life by driving demand and providing seamless multi-point fulfilment. With responsibility for marketing and digital, Love will oversee all aspects of customer engagement, driving impactful messaging that is united across all touchpoints. Additionally, the company said, Love will be responsible for delivering DSW's unique warehouse experience in over 500 Designer Shoe Warehouses nationwide.

Over the last 32 years, Love served in several leadership capacities within operations, merchandising and marketing at Nordstrom, where she most recently spearheaded the rapid expansion of Nordstrom Rack.

Weinberg has 27 years of merchandising experience in apparel and accessories within the off-price, department store and ecommerce sectors. He joined DSW in 2015, subsequently holding the roles of senior vice president, general manager of the company's Affiliate Business Group and senior vice president, commercial operations at DSW.

Prior to joining the company, Weinberg was president and chief merchandising officer at Beyond the Rack and senior vice president, GMM at Burlington Coat Factory. He also served in several leadership capacities in merchandising men's, women's and footwear categories at the May Department Stores.

Pastor has 27 years of merchandising experience in accessories within the department store, value and specialty store channels. Prior to joining DSW, she was the group vice president for jewellery, handbags and dress accessories at Macy's. Prior to Macy's, Pastor was vice president for jewellery, handbags, accessories and beauty at Payless Shoe Stores and also held progressive buying responsibilities at New York and Company and Saks Fifth Avenue.

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