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Lelio Nahum, one of the founders and two-time president of...
Lelio Nahum, one of the founders and two-time president of the European Fishing Tackle Trade Association (EFTTA), has died at his home in Italy following a short illness. Nahum, a well-known fishing industry figure, was president of EFTTA once in the 1980s and in the 1990s, and then between 2006 ...
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José Miguel Fernández López, one of the founders of Twinner...
José Miguel Fernández López, one of the founders of Twinner Iberia, passed away on June 28 at the age of 55. He was one of the six directors of the Spanish buying group, which started in 2005 under the name Oxigeno Iberosport. It changed its name shortly afterwards, following an ...
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Klaus Scheck, a leading figure in German sports retailing, died...
Klaus Scheck, a leading figure in German sports retailing, died on May 25 at the age of 75. He joined the family business, the Munich-based SportScheck sporting goods retail chain, in 1965. He promoted skiing and tennis in Germany and opened his own ski and tennis training centers. Klaus Scheck ...
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Paco Garcia-Ferrández Hernández, the 41-year-old chief executive of Productos Deportivos...
Paco Garcia-Ferrández Hernández, the 41-year-old chief executive of Productos Deportivos Laken, died in a highway accident on June 18, while returning from a golf tournament. Laken, a Spanish company that has been in operation since 1912, produces bottles and containers for drinks and foods in stainless steel and aluminum.
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Mickey Chen, founder and chief executive of Kingmaker, died from...
Mickey Chen, founder and chief executive of Kingmaker, died from wounds after being stabbed at one of the company's shoe factories in Vietnam, by a warehouse manager after he was questioned about missing inventory, according to a report in the Taipei Times. Chen founded Kingmaker in Taiwan in 1981 and ...
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The next edition of Performance Days, the activewear fabrics...
The next edition of Performance Days, the activewear fabrics show taking place in Munich on April 20-21, will focus on recycled fibers and fabrics. Sympatex Technologies will take the opportunity to present laminates whose yarns are made by Italy's Sinterama out of recycled PET bottles. There will several conferences and ...
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Claude Joseph, a well-known personality in the French sporting goods...
Claude Joseph, a well-known personality in the French sporting goods industry, has passed away at the age of 93. He was for many years the chairman of the French sporting goods industry federation, Fifas, with roles also in the European and world federations, Fesi and WFSGI. Joseph entered the sector ...
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Lawrence Pugh, who accompanied VF Corporation's rise as a leading...
Lawrence Pugh, who accompanied VF Corporation's rise as a leading U.S.-based denim and sportswear company, has passed away at the age of 82. VF Corp is the owner of The North Face, Vans and Timberland along with many other sports, denim and fashion brands. Pugh was appointed president in 1980. ...
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Ash Jaising, a long-time market researcher who was best known...
Ash Jaising, a long-time market researcher who was best known in the U.S., died in his home town of Mumbai at the age of 64, after cutting his leg and suffering a blood infection. He conducted a lot of market research in the U.S. and elsewhere for nearly 20 years, ...
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Douglas R. Tompkins, who founded The North Face in 1964...
Douglas R. Tompkins, who founded The North Face in 1964 or 1966, according to conflicting reports, and Esprit in 1968, died in a kayaking accident on General Carrera Lake in the Patagonia region of Southern Chile on Dec. 8. Yvon Chouinard, the founder of Patagonia, and his other companions were ...
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Joachim Schröder, a leading figure in German sports retailing, died...
Joachim Schröder, a leading figure in German sports retailing, died on Nov. 10 at the age of 65. He propelled Karstadt to the #1 position in the German sports market, notably by establishing innovative partnerships with major American brands that were trying to find their way into the European market. ...
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Brian Montgomery, the charismatic Irish executive who led the European...
Brian Montgomery, the charismatic Irish executive who led the European Bicycle Manufacturers Association (EBMA) for many years, has passed away. He was 81 years old. Gentle but firm, Montgomery was instrumental in protecting the European bike industry for more than 30 years through anti-dumping duties and other measures against China ...
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Skip Yowell, a co-founder of JanSport, passed away at 69...
Skip Yowell, a co-founder of JanSport, passed away at 69 on Oct. 13 at his home in Kansas, following an illness. Yowell founded the company in 1967 in Seattle, Washington, together with his cousin, Murray Pletz, and a seamstress, Jan Lewis, to make backpacks for the outdoors. The company went ...
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Richard “Dick” Donahue, a former president of Nike, passed away...
Richard “Dick” Donahue, a former president of Nike, passed away on Sept. 15 at the age of 88. A trial lawyer with close links to the Kennedy family, Donahue became a Nike director in 1978 and helped to map out the brand's international forays in the late 'eighties. He became ...
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Ernst Albert Hans Holzapfel, who served as president of the...
Ernst Albert Hans Holzapfel, who served as president of the German sporting goods industry federation (BSI) from 1991 to 2007, passed away on June 23 at the age of 79. While running the family company, Friedola, in its fourth generation, Holzapfel occupied other honorary posts including the chairmanship of the ...
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A member of the Oregon track team that accompanied the...
A member of the Oregon track team that accompanied the start of Phil Knight's business, James Gorman was among the U.S. industry pioneers who contributed to the rise of Nike as well as several other brands in the U.S. market. A sub-four minute miler at the University of Oregon, he ...
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Francesco Delladio passed away on June 29, at the age...
Francesco Delladio passed away on June 29, at the age of 88. He worked all his life for La Sportiva, the Italian company founded in 1928 by his father Narciso Delladio, expanding its presence internationally. La Sportiva is currently run by Francesco's son, Lorenzo Delladio, and by his granddaughter, Giulia ...
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Harrison Greenberg, 19-year-old son of Michael Greenberg, president of Skechers...
Harrison Greenberg, 19-year-old son of Michael Greenberg, president of Skechers USA, died unexpectedly on April 6 while on a vacation in Thailand. His death was attributed by the company to a tragic and sudden choking accident. Introduced since the age of 15 to the family's business, he had been working ...
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Literally at the end of the Ispo Beijing show, Knut...
Literally at the end of the Ispo Beijing show, Knut Jaeger passed away. This pioneer of the Chinese outdoor industry died in Hong Kong, where he was based, at the age of 72, right after coming back from Ispo. Jaeger had a focus on China since in the late 1980s, ...
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John Forzani, the former professional footballer who founded and built...
John Forzani, the former professional footballer who founded and built up Canada's largest sporting goods retailer until its sale to Canadian Tire three years ago, died in a California hospital on Oct. 31 at the age of 67, following a massive heart attack. Among other retail operations, Forzani was the ...
