That are the most important people for the sporting goods industry – Page 110
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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 ...
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Olaf Koch, president of the Metro group, has transferred the...
Olaf Koch, president of the Metro group, has transferred the management of Metro Cash & Carry from himself to the Russian country manager for this subsidiary of the German retail company, Pieter Boone. Boris Minialai, buying director of Metro C&C Russia, is taking over his place.
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Silke Sauer, 37, is the new head of licenses at...
Silke Sauer, 37, is the new head of licenses at Bogner, replacing Karin Silcher. She previously worked in licensing at two German fashion brands, S. Oliver and Gerry Weber.
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Paolo Manuzzi, a 46-year-old manager who has been with Vibram...
Paolo Manuzzi, a 46-year-old manager who has been with Vibram since 1993, has been promoted to the new position of global general manager. He started off as manager of the Italian supplier of high-tech shoe soles for Italy and Spain. He later opened Vibram's offices in the U.S. in 1999 ...
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Michael Austermühle, 46, has been appointed country manager of Patagonia...
Michael Austermühle, 46, has been appointed country manager of Patagonia for Germany and Austria, replacing Norbert Sandner who has been made European alpine and climbing manager. Austermühle was most recently the German country manager of The North Face, a company with which he worked for the past seven years. Prior ...
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Descente has set up a new organization structure to accelerate...
Descente has set up a new organization structure to accelerate its penetration of foreign markets. In April, the Japanese company formed a new Global Business Unit, headed up by Yoshikazu Tanaka as managing director for sales and marketing. He previously had the same function for the whole group. In the ...
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By the end of June, Michael Kamm will act as...
By the end of June, Michael Kamm will act as the only managing director of Sympatex Holding and its Sympatex Technologies and Plouquet subsidiaries. Jürgen Steffensen, joint managing director since 2010, will leave the group by mutual consent to pursue new managerial tasks elsewhere. He has been acting as chief ...
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Columbia Sportswear has adjusted its team for sourcing, supply chain...
Columbia Sportswear has adjusted its team for sourcing, supply chain and finance. Lisa Kulok, who has served as vice president of global marketplace planning and customer operations since October 2009, has been promoted to senior vice president of global supply chain operations. Steve Woodside, who joined the company in August ...
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Three new board members have been appointed at Surftech after...
Three new board members have been appointed at Surftech after its acquisition earlier this year by Triple D, a Thailand-based investment company. The chairman is Trent Pedersen, president of D Technical Consulting, a subsidiary of Triple D that provides management, marketing and technical services for sports companies. He has been ...
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Christian Beidatsch replaces Ralf Albracht as marketing manager for the...
Christian Beidatsch replaces Ralf Albracht as marketing manager for the Ergonomic Sport System division of Falke
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Performance Sports Group (PSG) has appointed Amir Rosenthal, the current...
Performance Sports Group (PSG) has appointed Amir Rosenthal, the current chief financial officer and executive vice president of finance & administration, as president of PSG Brands, a newly created position. Beginning June 1, he will oversee the day-to-day business of seven brands in the group's portfolio including Bauer, Cascade, Combat, ...
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Galvin Green, the Swedish golf clothing brand, has promoted Andrew...
Galvin Green, the Swedish golf clothing brand, has promoted Andrew Creed to president of Galvin Green USA. Creed, who was formerly national sales manager, will expand the company's domestic operations, which will include the opening of a new U.S. headquarters in Avon, Connecticut this July. Creed joined Galvin Green when ...
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Wintersteiger says that Markus Würcher has been appointed head of...
Wintersteiger says that Markus Würcher has been appointed head of sales and product management for its Sports Business Unit and for two others within the group, Seedmech and Woodtech, implementing the decisions mentioned in our last issue. Wolfgang Berghammer, former head of Wintersteiger's Sports BU, left the company in March ...
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Viking Footwear has appointed a new country manager for Denmark,...
Viking Footwear has appointed a new country manager for Denmark, Tom Tinning, who takes the place of Thomas Vangsaard, now in charge of Denmark for Ecco. Tinning, 45, started off as a sales rep for Nike and later became Danish sales manager for the big athletic brand. He worked for ...
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Leif Holst-Liæker will take over as chief executive of Bergans...
Leif Holst-Liæker will take over as chief executive of Bergans Fritid, the supplier of outdoor products known also as Bergans of Norway, during the fourth quarter of 2015. Holst-Liæker, 36, worked for five years at McKinsey & Company and then for eight years in various functions at Bertel O. Steen, ...
