New Balance promoted Stephen Butch to director of global apparel planning, effective immediately. Butch has been with New Balance since 1995, starting as a sales associate in the brand’s Boston factory outlet store.

After being promoted to store manager at various locations for NB, Butch moved to corporate as a catalog operations manager for its Retail DTC business in 2001.

Since joining the corporate team, Butch has risen in position and responsibility working in the operations, inventory and planning side of the business to the position he today. Most recently, he was senior manager of global apparel planning for New Balance.

Butch received his degree in Sports Management and Business Management from Mount Ida College.

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