Liz Claiborne reorganizes management

NEW YORK Liz Claiborne today announced that it will reorganize into two divisions, direct brands and partnered brands. The direct brands division will be lead by Jill Granoff, formerly group president of direct-to-consumer, who will assume the title of evp of direct brands. She will be responsible for global oversight of Juicy Couture, Lucky Brand and Sigrid Olsen, as well as the company's outlet and e-commerce operations. Trudy Sullivan, president of Liz Claiborne, will head the partnered brands division, which includes the Liz Claiborne/Claiborne, Monet and the Moderate department store brands, as well as the cosmetics and fragrances business groups.

The company also announced that Andrew Warren has been named cfo, effective July 9.Warren has held numerous finance positions at General Electric over the past 18 years, including evp and cfo for NBC Universal Television Group. Most recently, he served as senior operations leader for GE Audit Staff, where he helped lead the divestiture of GE's plastics division.