Big Foot in Europe

Foot Locker Inc. (New York) has named Keith Daly president and ceo of its Foot Locker Europe division and Marla Anderson president and ceo of its Lady Foot Locker division, where she will be replacing Daly.

Daly will report to Foot Locker Inc. chairman and ceo Matthew Serra and Anderson will report to Rick Mina, president and ceo of Foot Locker, Inc. – USA. Both management changes are effective immediately.

Daly joined Foot Locker from And 1 (Paoli, Pa.), the athletic footwear and apparel manufacturer, where he was executive vp, sales. Prior to joining And 1, he served as senior vp, merchandising/marketing, for the Footaction USA division of Footstar Corp. (Mahwah, N.J.). He began his career in 1980 with the Kinney Shoe subsidiary of Foot Locker.

“Keith has extensive experience in both the retail and manufacturing sectors of the athletic industry, and a very strong merchandising track record,” Serra said. “Since joining our company in January 2005, he has done an impressive job in continuing the re-positioning of our Lady Foot Locker division. We look forward to benefiting from Keith’s proven management and merchandising skills to positively impact our Foot Locker Europe division.”

Anderson began her career with Foot Locker in 1998 as vp, divisional merchandise manager, footwear, for the Champs Sports division. She was subsequently promoted to executive vp, merchandising, and to executive vp, gmm. footwear, for Foot Locker U.S./Kids Foot Locker/Footaction. Prior to joining Foot Locker, she held similar merchandising positions at both Federated Department Stores (Cincinnati) and The May Department Stores Co. (St. Louis).