Kenneth Cole names Joshua Schulman as President, New York brand
14 Oct '06
3 min read
Kenneth Cole Productions Inc announced that it has appointed Joshua Schulman as the President of the Kenneth Cole New York brand. In this newly created position, Mr. Schulman will have primary responsibility for defining and executing the Kenneth Cole New York brand elevation strategy across all channels, all product categories and territories.
He will influence all aspects of the Kenneth Cole New York business including design direction, retail strategy, retail product mix, merchandising, merchandise planning, retail service model, supply chain, licensing, marketing, visual, store design, and public relations for the brand. Josh will, as well, have direct responsibility for international retail.
Mr. Schulman has an accomplished background and most recently was at Gap Inc where he concurrently held two roles as Managing Director/ International Strategic Alliances for Gap Inc and Senior Vice President/ International Product Development and Merchandising for Gap Brand.
In the first role, he was responsible for the international franchise/wholesale business unit for Gap and Banana Republic brands. In addition, for Gap Brand, he also managed the product cycle for many of the international markets.
Previously, Josh spent 7 years at Gucci Group, first as Worldwide Director/ Women's Ready to Wear for the Gucci brand and then as Executive Vice President/ Worldwide Merchandising and Wholesale for the Yves Saint Laurent brand.