UK women’s fashion brand Phase Eight is to part ways with its managing director Simon Pickering,  and doesn’t expect to hire a replacement.

In the role, the former Urban Outfitters president will be focused on creating new products, building on the brand’s 'Recreationalist' community, and architecting the future vision of the brand. 

Online retail group N Brown said Thursday that its chairman Matt Davies is stepping down from his post at the end of next month in order to “spend more time on his other business activities”.

​John Lewis’s buying director of fashion is set to stand down after many years at the firm. But it seems the move isn't linked to the retailer’s general restructuring. Christine Kasoulis will leave to focus on her MBA. 

Fanny Moizant has informed the board of SMCP that she’s stepping down as a director. The move comes as she needs to be “fully focused on her other activities, in particular the development of Vestiaire Collective”

Costa Paz will oversee the creative direction for the brand in the U.S. and the U.K. and help guide Vogue’s approach to content in all formats through all of the company’s owned and operated editions worldwide.

Battersea Power Station, the major development that includes a new shopping centre on the edge of central London, has announced some key roles as the retail part of the site gears up for its opening.

​Clarks’ CEO Giorgio Presca has exited the historic shoe firm. The move comes only a few months after it brought a new majority owner on board as the founding family relinquished control for the first time in centuries. 

Moudachirou Rebois most recently served as senior vice president of global marketing at Revlon, where she oversaw the Revlon and Almay brands.

MF Brands-owned French label The Kooples is now led by the former general manager of Undiz and Etam, who also recently launched her own lingerie brand, AnaShaf.

The Italian luxe label is being relaunched, and has strengthened its senior management team with the arrival of a new head of marketing, Antonella Leoni, formerly in charge of communications at eyewear group Safilo.

Belmond, LVMH’s luxury hotel and resorts group, has named Karl Bieberach to be its head of global development and responsible for the global expansion of Belmond’s portfolio of  hotels, trains, river barges and safaris.

​Value-focused footwear retailer Shoe Zone on Monday announced the unexpected departure of its finance chief.

The RealReal has named former Neiman Marcus Group CEO, Karen Katz, and Good American CEO and co-founder and Skims founding partner, Emma Grede, to its board of directors. 

The American retail giant has named the current SVP for its women's group, elevated brands, and e-tailers/DTCs as the new head of its apparel business.