Executive Changes – Page 104
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A new top management is taking over at Galeria Kaufhof,...
A new top management is taking over at Galeria Kaufhof, the German department store organization that owns the Kaufhof Sportarena stores, following the retail group's takeover by Hudson's Bay. The executive board has been reduced from six to four members, with Olivier Van den Bossche acting as chief executive in ...
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Armin Weger will be the new chief executive of Engelhorn...
Armin Weger will be the new chief executive of Engelhorn Sports, the sports retailer based in Mannheim, replacing Markus Rech who has moved to SportScheck. He comes from another German sports and fashion retailer, Dodendorf.
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Another former Puma executive has moved into the eyewear business....
Another former Puma executive has moved into the eyewear business. Jörg Zobel, 43, has become the new chief executive of Eschenbach Optik, the largest eyewear producer in Germany and a major global supplier of low-vision equipment, taking the place of Wolfgang Rebstock, who has retired. Zobel joined Puma in 2003 ...
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Richard (Rick) Mina has become president of WSS, an American...
Richard (Rick) Mina has become president of WSS, an American shoe retailer with 68 stores, catering to Latin American and other urban communities, which has started to expand from its base in Southern California. Mina, who replaces Mark Archer, has a long history in the specialty retail sector. Among other ...
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Scott Sports and John Struthers, who is said to be...
Scott Sports and John Struthers, who is said to be the largest wholesale distributor of bicycles and bike parts in Australia and New Zealand, have formed two new joint companies, Sheppard Cycles Australia and Sheppard Cycles New Zealand. Steve Praskevas, who will act as managing director of the two new ...
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Franco Spalla, chief executive of Basicnet, is now expected to...
Franco Spalla, chief executive of Basicnet, is now expected to continue his collaboration with the group after passing the helm to Gianni Crespi at the shareholders' meeting next April. Marco Boglione, chairman of the board and major shareholder of the Italian-based group, plans to propose the appointment of Spalla to ...
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Jérôme Lévèque has become vice president of sales in Latin...
Jérôme Lévèque has become vice president of sales in Latin America for the Adidas Group, taking over from Theodoros Makryniotis, who has left the company. He is reporting to André Maestrini, managing director for Latin America. Lévèque joined the sales department at Adidas France in 1996, and he has served ...
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Carrie Teffer will join Crocs's management as executive vice president...
Carrie Teffer will join Crocs's management as executive vice president and as its new chief financial officer on Dec. 16, resigning from its board of directors. She previously ran financial affairs at PetSmart, Weber-Stephens and Timberland. Mike Smith has been acting as interim CFO at Crocs lately.
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Lolë, the brand of fitness women's wear owned by Coalision,...
Lolë, the brand of fitness women's wear owned by Coalision, has announced the arrival of Géraud Maréchal as vice president for Europe, in charge also of distributors in Africa and the Middle East. He succeeds Pierre-Louis Lacoste, who has left to oversee Etsy France. Maréchal will report to Bernard Mariette, ...
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Odlo has completed the reorganization of its management structure with...
Odlo has completed the reorganization of its management structure with the appointment of Antoine Sathicq as chief sales officer. The position is new, but it covers most of the functions of the previous sales director, Claes Broqvist, who left the company a few weeks ago. The other members of the ...
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Haglöfs has hired a number of key people in recent...
Haglöfs has hired a number of key people in recent weeks. The latest recruit is Robert Olsson, who has become the company's new senior designer for apparel. In the ‘90s, Olsson was one of Sweden's biggest freeride skis stars. At the peak of his career, he began designing garments for ...
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After sitting for a few months on its board of...
After sitting for a few months on its board of directors, Tom Zelenovic has become the new chief executive of Bowtech, the American manufacturer of archery equipment. He previously acted as CEO of Gold Tip, a supplier of archery-related arrows, bolts, components and clothing. At Bowtech, Zelenovic takes the place ...
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Mountain Hardwear has appointed Steve Adams and Eric Betz as...
Mountain Hardwear has appointed Steve Adams and Eric Betz as product line managers for outerwear and equipment, respectively. Adams was most recently senior product manager for winter sports at Quiksilver. Betz acted as outerwear product developer at Marmot, and then as merchandise manager at Any Mountain and Vail Resorts for ...
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Lululemon has adjusted its organizational structure to support its strategic...
Lululemon has adjusted its organizational structure to support its strategic development with greater focus on design, innovation and upgraded operations. As part of this strategy, the yoga-inspired apparel company has eliminated the function of chief product officer and instead appointed Lee Holman as creative director to supervise both men's and ...
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Frank Saeger is no longer in charge of sales in...
Frank Saeger is no longer in charge of sales in Germany, Austria and Northern Italy for Sealskinz. His functions will be taken over by Mike Storey, international sales director of the British supplier of sport socks company. The decision is said to be related to a recent investment in the ...
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Michael Klein has been placed in charge of Falke's Ergonomic...
Michael Klein has been placed in charge of Falke's Ergonomic Sport System, in a promotion from his previous role as innovation manager for the segment. The executive worked previously for Adidas and CEP.
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Bogner has appointed Alexander Wirth as its new chief operating...
Bogner has appointed Alexander Wirth as its new chief operating officer and deputy chief executive. He is set to become CEO in due time, taking the place of Willy Bogner, who assumed the role a few months ago after the departure of Oliver Pabst. The 40-year-old acted most recently as ...
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Reiner Thalacker is no longer the chief executive of Wintersteiger....
Reiner Thalacker is no longer the chief executive of Wintersteiger. He left at the end of September for personal reasons, company officials say, after three years with the Austrian company, a global leader in ski maintainance equipment and other businesses. Thalacker was also responsible for sales, marketing and customer service. ...
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Stefano Saccone has been appointed vice president and chief executive...
Stefano Saccone has been appointed vice president and chief executive for Eastpak, taking the place of another Italian manager, Massimo Ferrucci, who is in line to become vice president of VF Corporation in charge of emerging markets. Saccone has been working at VF's European headquarter in Switzerland since 2012 as ...
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Under Armour (UA) has announced that Brad Dickerson, the company's...
Under Armour (UA) has announced that Brad Dickerson, the company's chief operating officer and chief financial officer, will be leaving UA to pursue another professional opportunity outside of the athletic performance industry. Dickerson joined UA in 2004. He has been serving as chief financial officer since 2008, and in early ...
