That are the most important people for the sporting goods industry – Page 117
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Ken Reeve has left the Blacks Outdoor chain of...
Ken Reeve has left the Blacks Outdoor chain of stores in the U.K., where he was appointed as managing director after the departure of Julia Reynolds in mid-2012 after a brief stint. He has also quit the board of the Outdoor Industries Association (OIA). Reeve was made strategy director of ...
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Kering, parent company of Puma, Gucci and other brands, has...
Kering, parent company of Puma, Gucci and other brands, has appointed a new director of mergers and acquisitions to replace Charles de Fleurieu, who is going to serve as head of Kering Eyewear Japan. The new M&A director is Yves Egeileh, 35. He started his career at PriceWaterhouseCoopers in Paris. ...
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Deckers Brands has promoted Dave Powers to the role of...
Deckers Brands has promoted Dave Powers to the role of president of the company. In his new role, he will lead the omni-channel, as well as each of the brand teams. Deckers' portfolio of brands includes Ugg, Teva, Ahnu, Sanuk, and Hoka One One. Powers joined Deckers in 2012 as ...
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Patagonia has promoted Bruce Old to the position of vice...
Patagonia has promoted Bruce Old to the position of vice president of global wholesale. His mission will be to elevate the company's presence in all specialty retail channels, continuing to build up a global customer service team. Old has spent more than 20 years with Patagonia, working in retail, wholesale ...
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Todd Harman, who has worked for Roger Cleveland Golf Company...
Todd Harman, who has worked for Roger Cleveland Golf Company for 18 years, most recently as its president, has become executive vice president for baseball and softball at Performance Sports Group, replacing Cliff Hall
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Vista Outdoor, the sporting goods and outdoor company recently spun...
Vista Outdoor, the sporting goods and outdoor company recently spun off from Alliant Techsystems (ATK), has appointed a vice president of marketing, Brett Merrell, and a vice president of investor relations, Michael Pici. They report to Mark DeYoung, chairman and chief executive of Vista Outdoor. Merrell has been placed in ...
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Primaloft has promoted Victoria Lee to manager of creative services,...
Primaloft has promoted Victoria Lee to manager of creative services, with immediate effect. Lee joined the company in 2006 and most recently served as brand and promotions associate. In her expanded role, she will assume a wider range of responsibilities in global creative and branding. She will also serve as ...
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Stefan Dvonoczky is going to take the place of Peter...
Stefan Dvonoczky is going to take the place of Peter Untersperger as chief executive of Lenzing, starting on June 1. The Austrian-based supplier of Tencel and other fibers reported a net loss of €14.2 million for the past year, compared with net income of over €30 million the previous year, ...
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Vans has promoted Lance Eddy to the position of sales...
Vans has promoted Lance Eddy to the position of sales director. In his new role, he will be leading product strategy and core marketing in the U.S., and will be coordinating the distribution of the brand in Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Eddy joined Vans in 1997 as a ...
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Alberto Gaudioso started as sales manager emerging markets at Asics...
Alberto Gaudioso started as sales manager emerging markets at Asics Europe from the beginning of February. Taking over from Ron van der Linde, his task is to support distributors in Europe as well as subsidiaries in Russia and South Africa. Gaudioso was previously marketing manager of Asics Iberia, a job ...
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Marcus Wibergh, chief operating officer of XXL ASA for all...
Marcus Wibergh, chief operating officer of XXL ASA for all the Nordic countries, has been appointed as Swedish country manager of the Norwegian sports retailers. He takes the place of Lars Bengtsson, who has chosen to act as the manager at a new XXL store due to be opened in ...
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Nike said it plans to appoint Michael Spillane as vice...
Nike said it plans to appoint Michael Spillane as vice president and general manager of global footwear, effective June 1. He will report to Jeanne Jackson, Nike's president of global product and merchandising. Spillane is currently vice president and general manager of Greater China. In his new role, he will ...
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Under Armour has appointed Kip J. Fulks, one of the...
Under Armour has appointed Kip J. Fulks, one of the original founders of the company, as president of footwear and innovation. Fulks previously served as Under Armour's chief operating officer and president of product. In his new role, he will lead the global footwear product category and will also continue ...
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Nina Graf-Vlachy has been appointed as head of global strategy...
Nina Graf-Vlachy has been appointed as head of global strategy at Puma earlier this month. The 32 year-old Slovenian joined the company's global strategy team in 2013 after assignments as a project manager at the Boston Consulting Group. She takes over from Arne Freundt, who held that function for three and a ...
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Sport Partner reports that Brunotti Europe has appointed Frank Uyt...
Sport Partner reports that Brunotti Europe has appointed Frank Uyt den Boogaard, who spent nine years dealing with marketing at Just Brands, to join the Dutch board sports company as creative marketing director from the beginning of March
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PSK Sport will distribute Clif Bar's sports nutrition products in...
PSK Sport will distribute Clif Bar's sports nutrition products in Spain, Portugal and Andorra
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Jim Sports, a Spanish sporting goods company, is entering the...
Jim Sports, a Spanish sporting goods company, is entering the market of West Africa through a Spanish trading company called Globalider, according to Tradesport
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Officials of Karstadt Sports decline to confirm the reported departure...
Officials of Karstadt Sports decline to confirm the reported departure of Michael Krayledat as chief financial officer and chief operating officer of the German retail chain, which is still run by Simon Rider and controlled by Signa Holding in Vienna. Krayledat had been appointed to the post in April 2014.
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Electric has hired Etienne Pinon as sales manager for the...
Electric has hired Etienne Pinon as sales manager for the EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) region. Pinon brings more than 15 years of experience in the action sports industry and international sales. Most recently, he served as head of sales for Europe at Neff Headwear. Prior to that, he ...
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Pamela Schröder, 35, has been promoted to the position of...
Pamela Schröder, 35, has been promoted to the position of marketing manager at Chiemsee, the German boardsports brand owned by the Schmidt Group. She is replacing Tobias Blick, who will leave the group at the end of March.
