Wolverine World Wide Inc reports success at Patagonia Footwear and Merrell Apparel initiatives

01 Nov '05

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Craig, who joined Wolverine in 1999, was initially responsible for the European Sales initiatives for Merrell Footwear and most recently served as Regional Manager for the Asia Pacific region. Craig has been instrumental in the development of the Merrell brand and has generated significant revenue gains in the Asian market.

Onder Ors has been promoted to join the Outdoor Group as Group Vice President - International. In this role, Mr. Ors will have global responsibility for all of the Outdoor Group brands and operations with third- party distributors. Onder has been with the Company for over eight years and has held positions of increasing responsibility within the Wolverine Footwear Group.

In his most recent position as Vice President and General Manager of the Bates Footwear operation, Onder was successful in significantly growing Bates' sales and advancing its leadership position.

Charles Willis, currently Creative Director for the Outdoor Group, has been promoted to Group Vice President - Creative Director. In this role, Charles will continue to lead the strategic direction, innovation and product development of the Outdoor Group.

Tobin Teichgraeber has joined the Outdoor Group as Creative Director - Merrell Apparel. Mr. Teichgraeber will lead the design and development effort for the Merrell Apparel initiative, which is scheduled to be at retail in fall 2007. Tobin has over 12 years of experience in the outdoor and apparel sector and most recently was the senior design director at Helly Hanson responsible for the Mountain and Alpine product lines.

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