That are the most important people for the sporting goods industry – Page 102
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Wolverine Worldwide announced the resignation of Jim Gabel, president of...
Wolverine Worldwide announced the resignation of Jim Gabel, president of its Performance Group, saying that he is relocating back to Canada for personal reasons. With his departure, Wolverine is again reshuffling its brand management structure, creating a new operating group, the Wolverine Boston Group, to run the so-called Boston brands ...
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Jon Hoerauf, global commercial leader at Arc'teryx, has been appointed...
Jon Hoerauf, global commercial leader at Arc'teryx, has been appointed as the Canadian outdoor brand's new president and general manager. He replaces Vincent Wauters, who strongly expanded Arc'teryx while leading the company in the last four years. Wauters was appointed in August as head of the apparel business unit for ...
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Jason Zhu has been appointed as general manager of Columbia...
Jason Zhu has been appointed as general manager of Columbia Sportswear's joint venture in China with Swire Resources. A native of Shanghai, he spent the last 13 years with Nike in China and at its head office in Portland, after working for Procter & Gamble. At Nike, he served as ...
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Icebreaker has appointed Carla Murphy as its new chief marketing...
Icebreaker has appointed Carla Murphy as its new chief marketing and strategy officer. In this role she will be responsible for developing the brand's strategy, at a time when Icebreaker aims at growth both in and outside of its outdoor core market. Murphy was most recently vice president of the ...
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Kästle, the Austrian ski company, appointed Philipp Giselbrecht as new...
Kästle, the Austrian ski company, appointed Philipp Giselbrecht as new marketing manager, replacing Andreas Gollhofer, who is now working for Silhouette, licensee of Adidas Sport Eyewear.
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Chip Wilson, the controversial founder of Lululemon Athletica and holder...
Chip Wilson, the controversial founder of Lululemon Athletica and holder of 14.5 percent of its shares, says he has appointed Kathryn Henry to the company's board of directors, exercising his board nomination rights. Henry already worked for Lululemon from 2010 to 2014. Wilson said she knows the vertically integrated company ...
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Thomas Weber, a former manager of Reebok who had been...
Thomas Weber, a former manager of Reebok who had been appointed international sales director for Kettler's sports division in 2009, has left the German fitness equipment company, which is still insolvent. His responsibilities have been taken over by Ulrich Kürschner, the former German sales director. Kürschner has been promoted to ...
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Matteo Cecchi has been promoted to commercial director of Eurojersey...
Matteo Cecchi has been promoted to commercial director of Eurojersey after five years with the Italian producer of Sensitive fabrics
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Saucony, part of Wolverine Worldwide, has signed up Tim Broe...
Saucony, part of Wolverine Worldwide, has signed up Tim Broe as program director of the newly-created Saucony Elite Athlete Development Team. Broe, a retired American long-distance runner, is a ten-time USA National Champion and the recipient of the 2015 Boston Globe Cross Country Coach of the Year. Saucony's partnership with ...
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Siegfried Passreiter, the long-time managing director of Fischer + Löffler...
Siegfried Passreiter, the long-time managing director of Fischer + Löffler Deutschland, has announced his retirement, effective at the end of 2016. The 60-year-old has served at the company since 1998. Passreiter is also member of the board of the German manufacturers' federation, BSI, where he steers the working committee in ...
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Tim McCool, who has been active in the U.S. sports...
Tim McCool, who has been active in the U.S. sports and outdoor industry for many years, has been appointed vice president of global sales at Leatherman Tool Group. He started working for the outdoor tools and lights supplier from Oregon at the beginning of this month. McCool's assignment is to ...
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SportScheck announced today the resignation of Stefan Herzog after more...
SportScheck announced today the resignation of Stefan Herzog after more than ten years of service on its executive board, stressing that the 54-year-old manager was leaving the German sporting goods retail chain of his own will to pursue other business opportunities, following the recent changes in the management structure. Markus ...
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Nora Stowell has left the Amer Sports group to join...
Nora Stowell has left the Amer Sports group to join W. L. Gore & Associates as its global sales leader for footwear, gloves and accessories. Stowell was previously vice president of U.S. sales for the Finnish group's winter, outdoor and cycle divisions, encompassing brands from Atomic and Salomon to Arc'teryx, ...
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Ironman and Infront Sports & Media have announced the appointment...
Ironman and Infront Sports & Media have announced the appointment of Hans-Peter Zurbruegg as managing director of Ironman Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). The executive will also continue in his role at Infront, where he leads the Active Lifestyle & Endurance unit, managing operations, marketing and strategic initiatives for ...
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The co-founders of Sportyjob.com, Andy Gugenheimer and Lennart Queck, have...
The co-founders of Sportyjob.com, Andy Gugenheimer and Lennart Queck, have recruited Lucy Palmer as business development manager to help their employment platform to expand in Europe. She was with the GSM Group for 15 years, before joining SurfStitch Europe as project manager in 2011. Running in English, French and German, Sportyjob.com ...
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Vincent Wauters, who has been driving the strong development of...
Vincent Wauters, who has been driving the strong development of Arc'teryx, is leaving the Amer Sports group, where he had been recently appointed president of apparel and member of its executive board. Heikki Takala, president and chief executive of Amer, says he is taking direct responsibility for the development of ...
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Michael Bennett has taken on responsibility for Puma Safe, the...
Michael Bennett has taken on responsibility for Puma Safe, the sustainability and compliance division of Puma, following the departure of Reiner Hengstmann, who had been running the division since 1999. Bennett has been since January 2015 the director of Puma International Trading Services, the sourcing subsidiary of the company in ...
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Pat Loomis, who has built up several European brands in...
Pat Loomis, who has built up several European brands in the U.S. market, announced that he was retiring earlier this month. He was president of Bergans USA, the North American subsidiary of the Norwegian outdoor brand. Loomis will be replaced in this job by Keith Patterson, who was previously vice ...
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Mark Parker, the Nike group's president and chief executive, has...
Mark Parker, the Nike group's president and chief executive, has been elected as a director by the Walt Disney Company's board of directors. Robert Iger, Disney's chairman and chief executive, pointed to Parker's insights into consumers and his broad experience of international markets. Parker will stand for election along with ...
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Marmot Mountain will have for the first time a general...
Marmot Mountain will have for the first time a general manager with global responsibility for product, sales and marketing. The role has been assigned to Joe Flannery, who worked for Adidas in Germany and the U.S. and then served as vice president of global marketing for The North Face. In ...
