K-Swiss names brand president

Multi-brand lifestyle and fashion company K-Swiss Global Brands, owners of K-Swiss, Palladium, PLDM, OTZ Shoes, SUPRA Footwear and KR3W Denim Co, has named Barney Waters as brand president of K-Swiss.

Waters moves from his previous role as chief marketing officer of K-Swiss Global Brands to become brand president of K-Swiss, where a statement said he will “focus on all aspects of the storied K-Swiss brand specifically”.

The move is part of a wider restructuring in the leadership team at K-Swiss Global Brands, where Truman Kim, current chairman becomes chairman and chief executive officer as Larry Remington, who served as president and CEO for the past two years, retires. Remington’s retirement has led the company to move towards a brand-specific leadership model with a dedicated brand leader.

"We are grateful for Larry's service and his contributions to creating this dynamic multi-brand company," said Kim. "Under this new model, we feel that we will have more focused attention on each brand while continuing to leverage our shared services on the back-end such as IT, finance, accounting and operations. We look forward to optimising our efficiencies, achieving scale and profitability to better serve our customers."

KSGB is a division of E-Land Group, a 10 billion dollar group of companies with over 200 brands, 10,000 retail stores and business across apparel, footwear, retail, hotels, leisure and entertainment.