According to sources at Wolverine World Wide Inc., Gene McCarthy, Merrell brand’s president since August 2013, has left the company, effective May. 4. Jim Gabel, president of Wolverine’s Performance Group, has assumed day-to-day leadership of the brand.
“This is really about Jim,” Christopher Hufnagel, Wolverine World Wide’s vice president of the company’s strategy, investor relations and communications, told M Live. “He has a clear vision for the brand and felt the fastest way to capitalize on the global opportunity of the brand was to take over day-to-day leadership of Merrell.”
