After nearly three decades with Skechers, Senior Vice President of Domestic Sales Rick Graham has announced his retirement from the global lifestyle and performance brand. Through his tenure with Skechers, Graham was also a Key Account Manager, Regional Manager and the VP of Sales/Women's. He's been recognized as a Skechers President's Award winner and gives back to the footwear industry community as a board member of the Two-Ten Foundation. The Comfort Technology CompanyTM has promoted footwear industry veteran Pete Calichmana member of the Skechers team since 2017to succeed Graham in this position. Graham and Calichman will work together through the end of 2022. Calichman brings to the role more than 25 years of footwear industry experience, chiefly at Saucony where he started as a sales representative and eventually became Vice President of Sales, National Accounts. After a few years as Vice President of Sales with Stride Rite, Calichman joined Skechers in 2017 where he was Vice President
of Women's: Outdoor, Sport, Sport-Active before his promotion to SVP of Domestic Sales. Graham will remain with Skechers through the end of 2022 to ensure a smooth transition for the entire domestic sales team, as well as success for Calichman in his new role.
Skechers U.S.A., Inc. designs, develops, and markets a diverse range of footwear, apparel, and accessories. The Company offers footwear, apparel, and accessories for men, women, and kids. The Company operates through two segments: Wholesale and Direct-to-Consumer. Wholesale segment is comprised of sales to a network of partners including Skechers-branded stores operated by third-party franchisees and licensees, family shoe stores, specialty athletic and sporting goods retailers, department stores and big box club stores, and Distributors in select international markets. Direct-to-Consumer segment comprises sales by the Company directly to consumers through a combination of channels including company owned Skechers-branded stores, company owned e-commerce sites, and third-party marketplaces and digital platforms. Its lifestyle offering delivers comfort technologies such as Skechers Hands Free Slip-ins, Skechers Arch Fit, and Skechers Air-Cooled Memory Foam, among others.