That are the most important people for the sporting goods industry – Page 116
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Joe Prebich has been appointed by Fjällräven to the new...
Joe Prebich has been appointed by Fjällräven to the new position of director of marketing for North America. He is going to report to Nathan Dopp, vice president of marketing and sales for Fjällräven North America, one of the fastest-growing operation of the Fenix Outdoor group worldwide. Prebich has been ...
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Under Armour has hired Peter Ruppe as senior vice president...
Under Armour has hired Peter Ruppe as senior vice president of footwear, effective immediately. He will be responsible for the strategy, merchandising and development of all footwear ranges and work from the company's headquarters in Baltimore, Maryland. Ruppe has worked for Nike for nearly 25 years, serving as vice president ...
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Werner Ziener, who founded the Austrian sports glove company that...
Werner Ziener, who founded the Austrian sports glove company that carries his name in 1969, has decided to retire, having reached the age of 70. His 34-year-old son Markus Ziener, who has been acting as general manager since 2005, will take over the reins fully.
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Liberty Interactive Corporation, parent company for Backcountry.com and Bodybuilding.com, has...
Liberty Interactive Corporation, parent company for Backcountry.com and Bodybuilding.com, has announced the extension of the employment contract of its president and chief executive, Gregory B. Maffei, through 2019. Last November, Liberty Interactive indicated that it was planning to expand further the European operations of Backcountry.com in 2015, entering two or ...
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Thierry Guibert has become the new chief executive of Lacoste,...
Thierry Guibert has become the new chief executive of Lacoste, replacing José-Louis Duran, who is leaving the group owned by Maus Frères since the end of 2012. Guibert, 44, has been working since 1999 within the former PPR group, now called Kering. He became the CEO of its former furniture ...
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Nicolas Pelletier is due to become French country manager...
Nicolas Pelletier is due to become French country manager of Décathlon next month
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Schuyler Horton, who has been with the Thule Group in...
Schuyler Horton, who has been with the Thule Group in the U.S. as director of national accounts since 2006, has been promoted to the position of vice president of sales and service for its outdoor and bags business in the Americas. He replaces Tripp Wycoff, who is leaving the Swedish ...
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Taking over some of Christian Benedikt's functions (see the previous...
Taking over some of Christian Benedikt's functions (see the previous article), Maxime Guillaumond, who comes from Raidlight, is joining Bridgedale as business development manager, based in Eurasburg, Germany. One key focus of his role will be to support OSC, the group's distributor for Germany, Austria and Italy. He will also ...
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Bergans, the Norwegian outdoor company, is searching for a chief...
Bergans, the Norwegian outdoor company, is searching for a chief executive as Ragnar Jensen is preparing to retire. This was confirmed by ads placed in Scandinavian trade publications. The 71-year-old Jensen has been in charge since 1981 but he previously worked for Ally, a brand of canoes and kayaks taken over by ...
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Walter Wiesinger replaces Sylvia Berghammer as Oberalp's sales manager for...
Walter Wiesinger replaces Sylvia Berghammer as Oberalp's sales manager for Salewa and Wild Country in Austria
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Ride Snowboards has a new global marketing manager, Carson Schubert,...
Ride Snowboards has a new global marketing manager, Carson Schubert, who was previously brand and marketing manager at the High Cascade Snowboard Camp in Oregon
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Sunice has a new chief financial and operating officer, Jean...
Sunice has a new chief financial and operating officer, Jean Cloutier, who has been working in both capacities since 1994 at Outdoor Gear Canada. He also acted as president of the Bicycle Trade Association of Canada between 2010 and 2011.
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Robert Suter has resigned as chief executive of Conzzeta, the...
Robert Suter has resigned as chief executive of Conzzeta, the Swiss holding company that controls the Mammut Sports Group, by mutual consent with the board of directors. He had held the post for six years. The group's chairman, Ernst Bärtschi, will run the executive board on an interim basis, pending ...
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Christophe Mostaert has been elected president of Sport 2000 France,...
Christophe Mostaert has been elected president of Sport 2000 France, replacing Yannick Morat who had held the office since 2011. The 50-year-old retailer joined Sport 2000 in 2007 by opening a big store at St. Maximin la Sainte Baume. With a surface of 1,200 square meters, it generated sales of ...
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Stephan Krug, a 52-year-old German executive with lots of experience...
Stephan Krug, a 52-year-old German executive with lots of experience in the footwear and sporting goods sectors, has been appointed chief executive of Sabu Schuh & Marketing, a German cooperative of shoe retailers, effective July 1. He will take over from Ralph Hanus, who is moving to Gabor Footwear. Krug ...
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Adidas has appointed Jonathan Gregory as its director for the...
Adidas has appointed Jonathan Gregory as its director for the next football World Cup, scheduled to take place in Russia in 2018. Adidas is a top-tier Fifa sponsor and the Russian football team's official supplier of sporting gear. Gregory is tasked with maximizing the brand's presence in the host country. ...
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A veteran of the international sporting goods industry, Alistair Thorburn,...
A veteran of the international sporting goods industry, Alistair Thorburn, has been appointed managing director of international operations for Confluence Outdoor. He acted most recently as international president of Pure Fishing, the fishing tackle subsidiary of Jarden Corp., where he coordinated 19 different subsidiaries. His career includes leading positions at ...
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Pentland Brands has announced a series of senior leadership appointments....
Pentland Brands has announced a series of senior leadership appointments. Sean Hastings, vice president of product and marketing for Speedo, has been appointed Pentland's global marketing director. Jamie Cornforth, currently Speedo's head of category strategy & planning, product & marketing, becomes Speedo's interim vice president of product and marketing. Carl ...
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Isbjörn of Sweden, the ten-year-old specialty brand of functional apparel...
Isbjörn of Sweden, the ten-year-old specialty brand of functional apparel for children, has created the new position of export manager. The job will be done by Martin Eisele. The 41-year-old spent 17 years at Adidas in Scandinavia, most recently as head of sales coordination for the Scandinavian markets. At Isbjörn, ...
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Lululemon Athletica has appointed Stuart Haselden as its new chief...
Lululemon Athletica has appointed Stuart Haselden as its new chief financial officer, with an expected start date of Feb. 2. He will replace John Currie, the company's long-time finance chief, who announced in June that he was planning to retir. Haselden will report to the company's chief executive officer, Laurent ...
