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W.L. Gore & Associates has appointed Achim Ewers zum Rode...
W.L. Gore & Associates has appointed Achim Ewers zum Rode as “global brand & consumer strategy leader,” based at the company's European headquarters in Germany. He will be responsible for Gore-Tex and the other brands in the Gore Fabrics division, addressing new challenges from a globalized environment and the digitalization ...
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Wigwam Mills has a new chief executive, Thomas Wheeler. He...
Wigwam Mills has a new chief executive, Thomas Wheeler. He takes the position from Robert Chesebro, who remains Chairman. Wheeler is the second outsider to have joined the top management of the American socks manufacturer, which is owned by Chesebro's family. Wheeler will also act as president of Wigwam. He ...
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Sherpa Adventure Gear has named Holly Calloway marketing and...
Sherpa Adventure Gear has named Holly Calloway marketing and public relations manager
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Regan Betts joins Ibex Outdoor Clothing as brand marketing director...
Regan Betts joins Ibex Outdoor Clothing as brand marketing director after a decade spent at Smartwool creating and managing contents for social media
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Cory Bayers, former global creative vice president at Lululemon,...
Cory Bayers, former global creative vice president at Lululemon, has become the new vice president of marketing for Patagonia
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Leki has boosted its international sales department with the appointment...
Leki has boosted its international sales department with the appointment of Michael Brechtelsbauer as area manager for North America, Scandinavia and some other European countries
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Frederic De Beule replaces Trisha Hegg as direct of product...
Frederic De Beule replaces Trisha Hegg as direct of product for Sanuk
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Adidas has begun a search for a permanent replacement for...
Adidas has begun a search for a permanent replacement for Chris Grancio, who is leaving as the company's global head of basketball. He has been overseeing Adidas' NBA deal and relations with basketball players since May 2014. Rebecca Jury, vice president of product in Adidas' basketball division, is taking over ...
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Nautilus, the owner of Octane Fitness, has announced that Dennis...
Nautilus, the owner of Octane Fitness, has announced that Dennis Lee will leave Octane at the end of the year. Lee is currently the company's vice president and general manager of commercial and specialty. Ryan Simat, a veteran of the company and the current vice president of sales, has been ...
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Polar has appointed Tom Fowler as president of Polar USA....
Polar has appointed Tom Fowler as president of Polar USA. He will be responsible for all segments of the business including sports technology, corporate wellness, consumer fitness, club, education and team sport. Prior to Polar, he served at Intel as director of marketing and sales of head-worn devices. He previously ...
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Jonas Netterström will take the helm as chief executive at...
Jonas Netterström will take the helm as chief executive at Cycleurope at the end of this year. Netterström currently serves as CEO of an investment company, Elajo Invest. The Swedish bicycle company has been without a CEO since Mårten Nydahl quit in the early summer. Since then, the company's chairman, ...
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Federico Musi is the new chief executive of Look Cycle,...
Federico Musi is the new chief executive of Look Cycle, replacing Dominique Bergin who sold a majority stake in the French company this summer to an investment fund, Activa Capital. Musi is described as a multi-lingual, 44-year-old manager who covers 5,000 km each year on his bike. The Italian native ...
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Brooks France has named Franck Mesnage, formerly at Asics France,...
Brooks France has named Franck Mesnage, formerly at Asics France, as its new general manager. He takes over from Christophe Vatinel, who has been at the helm of the company for over ten years. Brooks France posted revenues of €9.8 million in 2015.
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Alexander Wirth has been promoted to the position of chief...
Alexander Wirth has been promoted to the position of chief executive of Willy Bogner & Co., taking the place of Willy Bogner, who remains as chairman and main shareholder of the German sports apparel company that bears his own name. After the owner's failure to sell the company at a ...
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Oliver Wöhrl has given up as chief executive of Wöhrl,...
Oliver Wöhrl has given up as chief executive of Wöhrl, a major German department store chain owned by his family that is trying to avoid insolvency proceedings after applying for bankruptcy protection for one of its subsidiaries. The head of the supervisory board, Andreas E. Mach, is taking over his ...
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Stadium, Sweden's largest sporting goods chain continues to switch its...
Stadium, Sweden's largest sporting goods chain continues to switch its management. Magnus Wåhlander will now be leaving his role as country manager in Sweden and become instead HR Director in charge of all personnel within the international retail chain. The new Swedish country manager is Mattias Johansson. He joined Stadium ...
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Officials of Intersport France decline to comment until next Tuesday...
Officials of Intersport France decline to comment until next Tuesday about a report in sport-guide.com that Corinne Gensollen, 48, will be the new general manager of the French retail group. She would take the place of François Neukirch, who is planning to start up his own Intersport store at Herblay ...
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Wintersteiger, the Austrian manufacturer of ski maintenance and service machinery...
Wintersteiger, the Austrian manufacturer of ski maintenance and service machinery and storing solutions, appointed Florestan von Boxberg, 54, as its new chief executive, or head of its board of management. He takes the place left vacant a year ago by the departure of Reiner Thalacker. Von Boxberg worked as project ...
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An Adidas veteran, Timo Pape, has joined Odlo International in...
An Adidas veteran, Timo Pape, has joined Odlo International in the new position of brand director, responsible for category management, design and marketing. He had been assisting Odlo in these areas and in communication since last year. After working for seven years at Adidas in Portland and Herzogenaurach, and two ...
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Fischer has appointed for the first time a marketing manager,...
Fischer has appointed for the first time a marketing manager, Jan Ekmark, who will restructure the existing marketing team of the Austrian ski company and cover digital marketing, sports marketing, trade marketing and other domains. Born in Sweden, Ekmark spent more than seven years with Adidas before he joined the ...
