Executive Changes – Page 115
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Under Armour has hired Peter Ruppe as senior vice president...
Under Armour has hired Peter Ruppe as senior vice president of footwear, effective immediately. He will be responsible for the strategy, merchandising and development of all footwear ranges and work from the company's headquarters in Baltimore, Maryland. Ruppe has worked for Nike for nearly 25 years, serving as vice president ...
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Cocona has announced the appointment of Edouard Liffran to the...
Cocona has announced the appointment of Edouard Liffran to the new position of European general manager for 37.5, the performance fiber previously marketed under the Cocona brand name, which is experiencing growing demand in Europe. Liffran will continue to be based in France. He has more than 20 years of ...
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Five Seasons announced last week the recruitment of Saila Härkki...
Five Seasons announced last week the recruitment of Saila Härkki as its new head designer, describing the move as an important step in its bid to double its turnover over the next three years. Härkki has been the head designer for the Swedish brand's direct competitor, Icepeak, whose sales have ...
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Taking over some of Christian Benedikt's functions (see the previous...
Taking over some of Christian Benedikt's functions (see the previous article), Maxime Guillaumond, who comes from Raidlight, is joining Bridgedale as business development manager, based in Eurasburg, Germany. One key focus of his role will be to support OSC, the group's distributor for Germany, Austria and Italy. He will also ...
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Prana generated only 5 percent of its sales outside the...
Prana generated only 5 percent of its sales outside the U.S. by the time the brand was acquired by Columbia Sportswear last year. Prana has now reported the creation of a new position of director of international sales. Starting on Feb. 2, it will be filled by Pacho Bedoya, who ...
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Liberty Interactive Corporation, parent company for Backcountry.com and Bodybuilding.com, has...
Liberty Interactive Corporation, parent company for Backcountry.com and Bodybuilding.com, has announced the extension of the employment contract of its president and chief executive, Gregory B. Maffei, through 2019. Last November, Liberty Interactive indicated that it was planning to expand further the European operations of Backcountry.com in 2015, entering two or ...
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Joe Prebich has been appointed by Fjällräven to the new...
Joe Prebich has been appointed by Fjällräven to the new position of director of marketing for North America. He is going to report to Nathan Dopp, vice president of marketing and sales for Fjällräven North America, one of the fastest-growing operation of the Fenix Outdoor group worldwide. Prebich has been ...
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Schuyler Horton, who has been with the Thule Group in...
Schuyler Horton, who has been with the Thule Group in the U.S. as director of national accounts since 2006, has been promoted to the position of vice president of sales and service for its outdoor and bags business in the Americas. He replaces Tripp Wycoff, who is leaving the Swedish ...
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Colin Lantz, former president of La Sportiva North America, has...
Colin Lantz, former president of La Sportiva North America, has been appointed by Brandforce to the new position of vice president for North America. Based in Boulder, Colorado, he will support the existing brand partners of HeiQ and handle the development of new business in the western half of the ...
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Catherine Faidherbe, a former executive of Adidas, has been named...
Catherine Faidherbe, a former executive of Adidas, has been named marketing manager for Icebreaker, based at its European office near Munich
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Walter Wiesinger replaces Sylvia Berghammer as Oberalp's sales manager for...
Walter Wiesinger replaces Sylvia Berghammer as Oberalp's sales manager for Salewa and Wild Country in Austria
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Nicolas Pelletier is due to become French country manager...
Nicolas Pelletier is due to become French country manager of Décathlon next month
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Maier Sports has appointed a 29-year-old e-commerce manager, Daniel Rothmeier...
Maier Sports has appointed a 29-year-old e-commerce manager, Daniel Rothmeier
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Rob Andrew has left American Golf to join its direct...
Rob Andrew has left American Golf to join its direct competitor, Direct Golf, for a higher position as director of purchasing and procurement
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Ride Snowboards has a new global marketing manager, Carson Schubert,...
Ride Snowboards has a new global marketing manager, Carson Schubert, who was previously brand and marketing manager at the High Cascade Snowboard Camp in Oregon
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Christophe Mostaert has been elected president of Sport 2000 France,...
Christophe Mostaert has been elected president of Sport 2000 France, replacing Yannick Morat who had held the office since 2011. The 50-year-old retailer joined Sport 2000 in 2007 by opening a big store at St. Maximin la Sainte Baume. With a surface of 1,200 square meters, it generated sales of ...
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Mathilde Lacoste has become the artistic director of Fusalp, the...
Mathilde Lacoste has become the artistic director of Fusalp, the French skiwear brand acquired by Philippe Lacoste and his sister Sophie one year ago. She is the wife of Philippe Lacoste and has already started to work on the autumn/winter 2015/16 collection, which will be very different from the ...
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A veteran of the international sporting goods industry, Alistair Thorburn,...
A veteran of the international sporting goods industry, Alistair Thorburn, has been appointed managing director of international operations for Confluence Outdoor. He acted most recently as international president of Pure Fishing, the fishing tackle subsidiary of Jarden Corp., where he coordinated 19 different subsidiaries. His career includes leading positions at ...
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John Henderson is set to replace Ken Brewster as commercial...
John Henderson is set to replace Ken Brewster as commercial director of Pure Fishing UK, responsible also for Ireland. Brewster, a former national sales manager of Adidas, has been in charge of sales and marketing at Hardy & Greys before its take over by the Jarden Corp. subsidiary in 2013. ...
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Tom Ritchey has promoted Claudio Bianchi to the position of...
Tom Ritchey has promoted Claudio Bianchi to the position of chief executive of Ritchey Designs. The founder and chairman of the American bike company will stop acting as CEO to concentrate on product development. Bianchi has been with the company for more than 20 years in various roles. He has ...
