Tag: dietrich-lahrs
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Hugo Boss CEO says wants to abandon luxury segment: Handelsblatt
German fashion house Hugo Boss is planning to abandon the luxury market and go back to is roots of selling premium men's clothing, its chief executive told Handelsblatt. “The effort to make in-roads in the luxury market didn't prove to be particularly helpful for our business,” Mark Langer was quoted as saying on Tuesday in…
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Hugo Boss picks financial chief Mark Langer as new CEO
German fashion house Hugo Boss announced Monday that it has chosen chief financial officer Mark Langer to become the new chief executive after the resignation of the former head of the company following a profits fall. Langer, who has been with Hugo Boss for 13 years, will replace Claus-Dietrich Lahrs who stepped down in February…
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Hugo Boss CEO to step down at end of month
German fashion house Hugo Boss announced Thursday the resignation of its chief executive Claus-Dietrich Lahrs at the end of February after profits fell last year as a result of sluggish business in China and the United States. A former executive of Christian Dior Couture, Lahrs was appointed CEO at Hugo Boss in 2008. The company…