That are the most important people for the sporting goods industry – Page 126
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Kering, parent company of Puma, Volcom, Gucci and other brands,...
Kering, parent company of Puma, Volcom, Gucci and other brands, has appointed Daniela Riccardi to be a member of its board directors. The 54-year-old executive has been running Baccarat since June 2013. She previously gained experience in business development and branding at Procter & Gamble, where she worked for 25 ...
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Cocona Natural Technologies is expanding its senior management team, led...
Cocona Natural Technologies is expanding its senior management team, led by Jeff Bowman, with the appointment of Scott Branscum, another veteran of the sporting goods industry, as executive vice president in charge of global sales, marketing and merchandising for its 37.5 brand. He was most recently president of Tumi Apparel. ...
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Philip Warrall has left Musto after acting as production and...
Philip Warrall has left Musto after acting as production and development director of the British supplier of sailing gear for the past five years
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Mark King has been appointed president of Adidas Group North...
Mark King has been appointed president of Adidas Group North America, effective on June 1, replacing Patrik Nilsson who has decided to leave the company and to return to his native Sweden, where he will become the chief executive of Gant. Reporting to Roland Auschel, the group's executive board member ...
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A group of snowboard industry agents who have organized snowboard...
A group of snowboard industry agents who have organized snowboard contests and the Action Sports Summit at Ispo Munich has set up a new recruitment agency for the action sports sector in Munich. Called actionsportsjobs.com, it collects postings for all kinds of jobs, including internships and freelance design, from all ...
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Deckers Outdoor has announced the appointment of two senior executives...
Deckers Outdoor has announced the appointment of two senior executives who will work on the continued expansion of the company's omni-channel infrastructure and resources. Brad Willis has been appointed senior vice president, information technology. He was previously chief information officer and vice president of information technology at West Marine, where ...
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Icebreaker has appointed a new chief marketing officer, Louise Kuegler....
Icebreaker has appointed a new chief marketing officer, Louise Kuegler. The 42-year-old Kiwi takes the place of Hanna Lee-Darboe, who left last October. In the last 20 years, Kuegler worked at several companies and for iconic brands at several advertising agencies in the U.K., the U.S., Asia and New Zealand. ...
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Hans-Hermann Deters has informed the supervisory board of Ara Shoes...
Hans-Hermann Deters has informed the supervisory board of Ara Shoes that he will not extend his contract as executive board member in charge of sales and marketing after it expires on July 31, 2014. Deters, who joined Ara three years ago after serving as the top manager for Reebok International ...
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Rich Wuerthele a former executive of Newell-Rubbermaid, has been hired...
Rich Wuerthele a former executive of Newell-Rubbermaid, has been hired by Bauer Performance Hockey as executive vice president of hockey
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PrimaLoft has hired Chris Sentementes to lead its Performance Fabric...
PrimaLoft has hired Chris Sentementes to lead its Performance Fabric and Fleece unit as business development manager, effective immediately. Sentementes brings 30 years of experience in the textile and apparel industry. Prior to PrimaLoft, he served as the vice president of global sourcing and new business development for One Source ...
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Kevin Voegtlin has joined Electric as global digital markting manager...
Kevin Voegtlin has joined Electric as global digital markting manager
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Flavio Mazzocchi, who left last year as general manager of...
Flavio Mazzocchi, who left last year as general manager of Intersport Italia, started a new challenge a few weeks ago as Italian country manager for Champion Europe, in charge of wholesale and retail operations. It's a new position inside the company, where the two functions were handled by different managers. ...
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Martin Kössler has left as general secretary of the Scandianavian...
Martin Kössler has left as general secretary of the Scandianavian Outdoor Group along with Jonas Hellentin, communications manager of the association. Kössler will continue to support the SOG and its president, David Ekelund, through his own consulting firm, HuginBiz, managing the Scandinavian Outdoor Village at various trade shows and organizing ...
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Under Armour has appointed Fritz Taylor, a 25-year veteran of...
Under Armour has appointed Fritz Taylor, a 25-year veteran of the sporting goods industry, as vice president in charge of its running footwear segment. He has been most recently vice president and general manager of running at Mizuno. Previously, he spent 15 years with Nike in various roles, including product ...
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Mareen Lissner will act as trade marketing manager of Peak...
Mareen Lissner will act as trade marketing manager of Peak Performance for Central Europe, reporting directly to Daniel Jontén, global marketing manager of the brand in Stockholm and focussing on Germany, Austria and Switzerland. She previously worked for Unilever, O'Neill, Burton and Patagonia.
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The Spanish distributor Carving Sport is adding the Fila skates...
The Spanish distributor Carving Sport is adding the Fila skates licensed by MGM Trezeta to its portfolio
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Nikita Clothing and Bonfire Snowboarding have announced the addition of...
Nikita Clothing and Bonfire Snowboarding have announced the addition of Vicki Vasil as brand manager for both brands. Vasil will be based in Portland, Oregon, where the two brands are headquartered, and work closely with the design teams, including Heida Birgisdottir, Nikita's founder, who is based in Reykjavík, Iceland. Vasil's ...
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The agency of Stephan Haardt is taking on sales of...
The agency of Stephan Haardt is taking on sales of Luhta in Spain
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Quiksilver has appointed Alan Vickers to the new position of...
Quiksilver has appointed Alan Vickers to the new position of international sales director, responsible for the wholesale operations of all the brands of the group and for all the regions of the world except for the Americas. He will be in charge of all the countries where Quiksilver has an ...
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Frank De Moor has announced his intention to retire as...
Frank De Moor has announced his intention to retire as chief executive of Macintosh Retail Group as of next Aug. 1 (more in Shoe Intelligence)
