That are the most important people for the sporting goods industry – Page 119
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Dirk Reinhardt is returning to Tecnica Group's German office to...
Dirk Reinhardt is returning to Tecnica Group's German office to act as sales and marketing manager for Nordica
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Nicolas Pelletier is set to replace Stéphane Saigre in March...
Nicolas Pelletier is set to replace Stéphane Saigre in March as general manager of Décathlon France, according to sport-guide.com. Pelletier has been involved with Décathlon's private running brand, Kalenji, since its launch ten years ago. He has been the brand's manager for the past six years. Saigre, who has been ...
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Achim Löffler, a 12-year veteran of W.L. Gore & Associates...
Achim Löffler, a 12-year veteran of W.L. Gore & Associates who has been running its sports and outdoor footwear business since May 2013, is now officially in charge of Gore-Tex' global shoe business, including casual and formal shoes. The 43-year-old took charge of the whole sector a few months ago, ...
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After launching Shoes-Contacts, Mickey Plank, the founder of the Sports-Contacts...
After launching Shoes-Contacts, Mickey Plank, the founder of the Sports-Contacts recruitment agency, has launched a new international matchmaking platform for the fashion industry, called Textiles-Contacts
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Stephane Cattin, who worked previously also for Stöckli, is the...
Stephane Cattin, who worked previously also for Stöckli, is the new Swiss country manager of Fischer Sports
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Two Andys are going to run Pentland Brands from next...
Two Andys are going to run Pentland Brands from next Jan. 1. After 16 years as chief executive of the company, Andy Rubin, 49, is stepping up to the new position of chairman at the subsidiary of Pentland Group. The new CEO is going to be 43-year-old Andy Long, who ...
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Puma announced today the departure of one of its top...
Puma announced today the departure of one of its top executives, Stefano Caroti. He will leave at his own request for family reasons with effect from Jan. 1. The company's chief executive, Bjørn Gulden, will take over his responsibilities as chief commercial officer at board level from Jan. 1. After ...
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VF Corp. has appointed Neil Schambra Stevens to the position...
VF Corp. has appointed Neil Schambra Stevens to the position of vice president of marketing at Vans for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). He will replace Jeremy De Maillard, who has taken up a similar position at The North Face, as previously reported. Schambra Stevens comes from Lenovo, ...
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Element has appointed two skateboarders, Reynald Gautier and Julien Duval,...
Element has appointed two skateboarders, Reynald Gautier and Julien Duval, to its executive management team. They will respectively act as vice president of global design and vice president of global marketing, based at the brand's European office in Hossegor, France. Gautier grew up in the U.K. and spent the last ...
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Prana has appointed Sasha Dietschi-Cooper as vice president of sales,...
Prana has appointed Sasha Dietschi-Cooper as vice president of sales, effective Jan. 5, 2015. Reporting directly to Scott Kerslake, Prana' chief executive, Dietschi-Cooper will lead the company's distribution strategies for continued growth in North America, while also working on Prana's brand presence in international markets. Dietschi-Cooper has 16 years of ...
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Rainer Zplinsky is going back to his two running stores...
Rainer Zplinsky is going back to his two running stores after three years at the head of Lex Laufexperten, the German cooperative of 31 independent running shoes. His job will be taken over on an interim basis by Michael Tiemann, chairman of the organization.
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Base-Detallsport, the second-largest sporting goods buying group in Spain, has...
Base-Detallsport, the second-largest sporting goods buying group in Spain, has announced the departure of its general manager, Angel Pardo, after 25 years in office. Without naming his successor, Francisco Torrejón, president of the group, said that it had seized the opportunity for a generation change to reach the goals of ...
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Marc Gläser has left a Swiss watchmaker to become the...
Marc Gläser has left a Swiss watchmaker to become the new chief executive of Stöckli Swiss Sports, according to Schweizer Sport & Mode
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Ryan Gellert has been named chief executive of Patagonia Europe,...
Ryan Gellert has been named chief executive of Patagonia Europe, responsible also for the Middle East. He spent the last 15 years with Black Diamond in various roles including that of brand manager, vice president for supply chain management and managing director for Black Diamond Asia. Described as a dynamic ...
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Bernard Liatti, the former top executive of Rossignol, has been...
Bernard Liatti, the former top executive of Rossignol, has been made managing director of Cybergun, the leading specialist in licensed replica airguns with offices in France and the U.S. The company has been taken over by a fund, Restated Investment, which is proceeding to a new €15 million round of ...
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Felix Geiger will join the executive board of Schöffel in...
Felix Geiger will join the executive board of Schöffel in January in the position of managing director in charge of finance, general organization and IT. He will also run the German company's Professional Wear division. The 42-year-old comes from Escada, where he acted lately as executive vice president for finance. ...
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Callaway Golf Co. plans to conduct a search in early...
Callaway Golf Co. plans to conduct a search in early 2015 for a manager who would replace Bradley J. Holiday, senior executive vice president and chief financial officer, who plans to retire in the course of next year
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A German district court has ordered the dismissal of Thomas...
A German district court has ordered the dismissal of Thomas Mayer as managing director of Mitteldeutsche Fahrradwerke (Mifa), the insolvent German bicycle manufacturer. The court has decided that its court-appointed administrator, Lucas Flöther, will be the only decision-maker at the company. The supervisory board has named a new chief executive, ...
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The Swiss subsidiary of Lowa is taking on the distribution...
The Swiss subsidiary of Lowa is taking on the distribution of Holmenkol in the country
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Columbia Sportswear has adopted Centerstone Technologies' Ivendix online B2B platform...
Columbia Sportswear has adopted Centerstone Technologies' Ivendix online B2B platform to service its European dealers with its Columbia, Sorel and Mountain Hardwear brands. The new platform will be launched with the spring/summer 2015 reorder season. With more than 35,000 users, Centerstone claims that its secure, multi-lingual, multi-currency ordering platform is ...
