Executive Changes – Page 87
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Schöffel has a new person in charge of the product...
Schöffel has a new person in charge of the product management division, Stefan Späth, succeeding German Käsmeier who is leaving the company after 12 years by mutual agreement. He will report directly to the chief executive, Peter Schöffel. Späth worked for 11 years in purchasing and sales for Sport Förg, ...
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Christian Triquet, who has been most recently president of Merrell...
Christian Triquet, who has been most recently president of Merrell in Canada, will act as interim executive in charge of the Canadian market for Inov-8, the British footwear brand taken over by Descente two years ago. Triquet has been in the sporting goods industry for 30 years, working also for ...
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With Martin Schneider set to retire as chief information officer...
With Martin Schneider set to retire as chief information officer of VF Corp. at the end of this year, Sandra Harris, vice president of global business technology, will take over his position
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Many members of Sport 2000 and Fair Play in the...
Many members of Sport 2000 and Fair Play in the Netherlands attended a farewell party for Hans de Winther, the departing director of sports retailing at ANWR-Garant Nederland, who received words of warm praise and other tokens of appreciation from various protagonists in the Dutch sports industry
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Sigma Sport, the former distributor of Brooks in Spain, is...
Sigma Sport, the former distributor of Brooks in Spain, is taking on the distribution of 361°, the Chinese sports brand, which has already introduced itself in Germany, Austria and Italy
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Compressport has opened a French sales subsidiary in Annecy, keeping...
Compressport has opened a French sales subsidiary in Annecy, keeping the agents of its former distributor for the country, Sigmax Europe
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Sport Partner reports that Kubus Sports is taking up the...
Sport Partner reports that Kubus Sports is taking up the distribution of Komperdell in the Benelux countries, complementing an offering that already includes Elan, Nitro, Level and Giro products
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Sportimex Benelux is expanding its offering of ice skating and...
Sportimex Benelux is expanding its offering of ice skating and inline skating products with the Roces brand, which will be sold alongside brands from CCM to Tempish and Ferrari Skates
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XXL ASA has appointed Patrick Verwilligen as managing director for...
XXL ASA has appointed Patrick Verwilligen as managing director for its new Austria chain of sports and outdoor stores, starting on May 1. He will receive 63,467 share options as part of his compensation. Verwilligen is a Dutch citizen who grew up in Austria. He is currently head of leasing ...
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Greg Dacsyshyn, who has spent many years at Burton Snowboards...
Greg Dacsyshyn, who has spent many years at Burton Snowboards as its chief creative officer, is leaving the company after more than 20 years to set up his own creative agency, called Camp High. The agency will continue to set the creative direction for Burton in terms of products and ...
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Herbert Kenzelmann, aged 58, has been promoted to the position...
Herbert Kenzelmann, aged 58, has been promoted to the position of sales manager at Falke, the German socks specialist, joining its executive board. Coordinating all sales activities in the sports and legwear segments, he has taken the place of Jan van der Hagan, who is going back to Dedon, a ...
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Sequential Brands has appointed Karen Murray as its new chief...
Sequential Brands has appointed Karen Murray as its new chief executive officer. Most recently, Murray served as president of VF Sportswear, a wholly-owned subsidiary of VF Corp. She replaces Yehuda Shmidman, who is stepping down from his position and as a member of the board of directors. Murray joined VF ...
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Buff has appointed Kristin Moynihan Greenbaum as director of sales...
Buff has appointed Kristin Moynihan Greenbaum as director of sales for its U.S. subsidiary. Moynihan has previously worked at Eddie Bauer, Starbucks, Unionbay and Coal Headwear. She has also served as vice-president of sales at Pow.
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Roland Wagner is retiring as chief executive of his own...
Roland Wagner is retiring as chief executive of his own Munich-based sales agency, Die Sportsspezialisten (SO!), which represents brands such as Elan, Buff, Laken, Smellwell, Runtastic and Fila Skates, but he will continue to be its owner, while consulting for sports-related brands. The helm will go over to Marc Hasenstein, ...
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Proged will distribute the Nike Swimwear line licensed by Perry...
Proged will distribute the Nike Swimwear line licensed by Perry Ellis in Spain and Portugal
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Bruno Sälzer has been elected chairman of the Amer Sports...
Bruno Sälzer has been elected chairman of the Amer Sports group's board of directors, as part of a new board of seven. Sälzer previously worked as chief executive for many years at Hugo Boss and Escada, and currently at Bench. He is also a supervisory board member at Lacoste Holding ...
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Polygiene has appointed Haymo Strubel, who previously worked for YKK...
Polygiene has appointed Haymo Strubel, who previously worked for YKK and Sympatex Technologies, as director of commercial operations for Europe. The company has also appointed a new technical director for textile applications, Paul Middleton, who comes from Courtaulds. Polygiene has announced a collaboration with 2XU for use of its odor-control ...
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Nicolas Buisson has taken the place of Pierre Compte as...
Nicolas Buisson has taken the place of Pierre Compte as French country manager for K2. He will continue to take care of Zoot, which belongs to the same group, for all of Europe. Compte is now working for Mountain Hardwear in France and other countries.
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Pearl Izumi has hired Chris Sword as its new president....
Pearl Izumi has hired Chris Sword as its new president. He replaces Mike O'Connor, who retired in December. A veteran of the outdoor industry, Sword served as president of The Oberalp Group for the past nine years. Oberalp is the owner of Salewa, Dynafit and other brands. Prior to Oberalp, ...
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An industry veteran with experience in product creation and global...
An industry veteran with experience in product creation and global operations, Joe Vernachio, will have the task of finding a new strategy to revamp Mountain Hardwear, the struggling brand of Columbia Sportswear. He has been hired to be the next president of the brand, starting on April 3. He will ...
