Yoox Net-A-Porter appoints U.S. general manager

By

Jennifer Braun

Published
Oct 12, 2021

Italian luxury retail group Yoox Net-A-Porter has appointed Mary Ransom as the general manager of the company’s business in the United States.

In this role, Ransom will oversee the business operations for Net-A-Porter, Mr Porter, The Outnet, and Yoox. She will be based in New York and will report to Paolo Mascio, chief regional officer.

Ransom joins Net-A-Porter from The Knot Worldwide, owners of TheKnot.com, WeddingWire.com and TheBump.com where she was EVP. Prior to that, she was the general manager of Bloomingdales.com.

Earlier this year, the company appointed Lea Cranfield to the newly created role of chief buying and merchandising officer role for its Net-A-Porter fascia.

Prior to that, it announced that Geoffroy Lefebvre will succeed Marchetti as CEO, as well as named Mirko Nobili as global operations director. Marchetti, who founded his label Yoox in 2000, is still chairman.