That are the most important people for the sporting goods industry – Page 110
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Anna-Lena Schulte-Angels has been appointed joint general manager of Sport...
Anna-Lena Schulte-Angels has been appointed joint general manager of Sport Voswinkel, the sporting goods retail chain controlled by Intersport Germany. She takes the place of Jochen Schnell, who has joined the executive board of the group. Schulte-Angels worked previously in leading positions at the cosmetics and jewelry chains of Douglas ...
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Electric, which belongs to the Kering group, has announced that...
Electric, which belongs to the Kering group, has announced that Kip Arnette, one of its co-founders, is retiring after 15 years with the American brand of eyewear. Arnette founded Electric in 2000 together with Bruce Beach. The brand specializes in snow goggles and sunglasses, but offers also prescription eyewear. Arnette ...
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PrimaLoft has announced the opening in June of its first...
PrimaLoft has announced the opening in June of its first wholly-owned subsidiary in Asia, and has hired Boris Lu as operations manager. The new office is located in Xiamen, China, a busy port city where the textile sector is well established, between the key destinations of Hong Kong and Shanghai. ...
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Creating a new position, Pentland Brands has appointed Dave Grange...
Creating a new position, Pentland Brands has appointed Dave Grange as president of its operations in North America. He previously ran its licensed Lacoste Footwear operation in North America.
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Bill Bird, former chief financial officer of Srixon Cleveland Golf...
Bill Bird, former chief financial officer of Srixon Cleveland Golf XXIO USA, its interim president since March and board member, has been appointed president of the organization
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Jin-Goon Kim, the former interim chief executive at Li-Ning, resigned...
Jin-Goon Kim, the former interim chief executive at Li-Ning, resigned as executive director and executive vice-chairman last week, marking his complete departure from the Chinese sportswear company. Li-Ning said he was leaving to pursue other business commitments. Kim was installed at Li-Ning from July 2012 by Texas Pacific Group (TPG), ...
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Falke says it has registered more customers than expected...
Falke says it has registered more customers than expected on its new B2B internet portal, which is designed to speed up deliveries and reorders, among other services
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Dick Heckmann, a former chief executive of K2, and William...
Dick Heckmann, a former chief executive of K2, and William Grant has stepped down as director of Jarden Corp., after reaching the mandatory retirement age. One of the seats on the board will be filled until the 2017 annual meeting by Peter Hochfelder, a founder and former managing member of ...
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Matt Pearson has started as acting chief financial officer and...
Matt Pearson has started as acting chief financial officer and joined the board of Sports Direct International (SDI) earlier this month. Pearson joined the leading British sports retailer and wholesaler as group financial accountant from EY (formerly Ernst & Young) in June 2007 and was later appointed group financial controller. ...
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Stöckli Swiss Sports has appointed a new chairman, Josef Felder,...
Stöckli Swiss Sports has appointed a new chairman, Josef Felder, who has been for many years the chief executive of Zurich Airport, taking the place of Niklaus Knüsel at the head of a downsized board of directors. Separately, Theo Sandu, 36, has been named manager of Stöckli's bike division. Stephan ...
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The Lafuma Group has appointed a new brand manager for...
The Lafuma Group has appointed a new brand manager for Eider and is in the process of recruiting a brand manager for Millet. At Eider, Aurore Calmier takes the place left vacant a few months ago by the reassignment of a manager of the group, Thibaut Cornet, to the post ...
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Marco Sancandi has been appointed to the new position of...
Marco Sancandi has been appointed to the new position of director of operations at Garmont International, the Italian outdoor and mountaineering footwear company. A seasoned outdoor executive, Sancandi is to initiate and manage plans for Garmont's expansion, while supervising sales, marketing, research and logistics. Sancandi spent the last 15 years ...
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Marc Hug, formerly with Mountain Hardwear, has been appointed key...
Marc Hug, formerly with Mountain Hardwear, has been appointed key accounts manager of Brooks Running for the German-speaking countries
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Iconix Brand Group has hired David K. Jones as executive...
Iconix Brand Group has hired David K. Jones as executive vice president and chief financial officer. He will report to Neil Cole, the company's chief executive officer, and will lead all of the finance and technology functions. Jones is a certified public accountant with extensive knowledge of the business including ...
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On, the Swiss brand of running shoes, has set up...
On, the Swiss brand of running shoes, has set up a Japanese sales subsidiary in Yokohama, near Tokyo. Hiroki Komada acts as sales director, overseeing a team of three people.
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Franz Koch, who left as chief executive of Puma in...
Franz Koch, who left as chief executive of Puma in March 2013 after only two years in the job, has become a managing partner of Mykita, a brand of designer eyewear in Berlin, with an undisclosed financial stake. He will oversee B2B sales, production, finance, IT and human resources. The ...
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Henrik Fischer has resigned as deputy chief executive and chief...
Henrik Fischer has resigned as deputy chief executive and chief operating officer of Björn Borg. He will not be replaced. The company says it is making organizational changes in connection with the implementation of a new business plan for the underwear and fashion brand that is meant to turn it ...
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Sportringen Thomas Wallahager is leaving as chief executive of Sportringen...
Sportringen Thomas Wallahager is leaving as chief executive of Sportringen after four years at the helm of this Swedish sports retailer, where brought up the number of stores from 50 to 220. Lars Palmgren, a former Intersport store manager who joined the company a few weeks ago, is taking over ...
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Meeting Group has engaged a team of consultants, led by...
Meeting Group has engaged a team of consultants, led by a university professor, Carlo Fei, to develop a new brand strategy for Deha, the dance and activewear brand owned by the Italian company
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Snow Factory is the new distributor for Icebreaker in Spain...
Snow Factory is the new distributor for Icebreaker in Spain and Portugal, starting with its spring/summer 2016 collections. Snow Factory is already the Spanish distributor of La Sportiva and other sports brands. Snow Factory has also reached an agreement to distribute the hydration products of Ultimate Direction in Spain and ...
