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Huber Named Juicy Couture President
After a four-year search, Juicy Couture has finally found a president to lead its global growth.
Edgar Huber, L'Oreal SA managing director of major markets, will lead the business side of the contemporary brand as it continues its expansion abroad. Huber takes over the role of president from co-founders Gela Nash-Taylor and Pamela Skaist-Levy, who will continue as creative directors.
"Edgar is the opposite of us -- he's a businessman, not a creative, emotional, entrepreneurial type," Nash-Taylor told WWD. "It was very hard to find someone with a pedigree like Edgar. A lot of people want to be merchants involved with design. That's what we loved about him. He's not creative. We didn't want that input. He's a brand guy."
Since joining L'Oreal in 1992, Huber has made a name for himself as a brand builder with international reach, overseeing a portfolio that included Ralph Lauren fragrances, Giorgio Armani Beauty, Diesel fragrances, Lancome, Shu Uemura and Kiehl's Since 1851. At Kiehl's, he became president of the brand in 2002 when it had only two freestanding stores and...