That are the most important people for the sporting goods industry – Page 128
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Erima has appointed Claus Nielsen to the position of sales...
Erima has appointed Claus Nielsen to the position of sales and marketing director for the Nordic countries. He has worked in the sporting goods industry since 2001 and knows the North European markets. Lately, he worked as commercial manager at Sports-Master, the biggest sporting goods retail chain in Denmark, where he ...
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Daniel Gottschall has been appointed as Head's new executive vice...
Daniel Gottschall has been appointed as Head's new executive vice president for sportswear. Recruited through Fusion Associates, Gottschall previously worked for Reebok International in various functions, most recently as global head of apparel excellence. Gottschall takes the place of Klaus Thurner, who has been running Head's sportswear division since the ...
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Fletcher Europe has hired Peter Bannington as regional manager for...
Fletcher Europe has hired Peter Bannington as regional manager for the Midlands of England and North Wales. He will be responsible for Tommy Hilfiger golf, Sunice and AUR brands. He has a 30-year career in the clothing industry moving into golf apparel in 1991. While with Abacus from 2010, Bannington ...
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Foot Locker's board of directors has a new member, Steven...
Foot Locker's board of directors has a new member, Steven Oakland, who is president of international food services and natural foods at The J.M. Smucker Company
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Cato Fernández is retiring as Spanish country manager of Hi-Tec...
Cato Fernández is retiring as Spanish country manager of Hi-Tec Sports. His position will be taken on by his son Roberto, who has already worked with him for a while. Fernández opened the Spanish market for Hi-Tec back in the 1960s, earning a high reputation within the company and among ...
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GoPro, which has confirmed its wish to go public, has...
GoPro, which has confirmed its wish to go public, has hired Filip Good for the new position of European marketing manager. He worked previously for Red Bull as country manager in Ireland and sports marketing manager in the U.K.
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Newton Running has hired Mike Nesladek as vice president of...
Newton Running has hired Mike Nesladek as vice president of marketing. He joins the American running shoe company from Anheuser-Busch InBev, where he spent over six years working on brand development and integrated marketing strategies including digital, social and traditional media. During his tenure at Anheuser-Busch, he served as a ...
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Johnny Austad plans to leave as chief executive Sport 1...
Johnny Austad plans to leave as chief executive Sport 1 Gruppen, one of Norway's major voluntary chains of sporting goods retailers, at the end of this year, after finding his successor. The 60-year-old manager has led the group, to which 195 stores are affiliated, since its acquisition by Gjelsten Holding ...
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Schöffel has assigned Patrick Schmollinger, 40, for the newly created...
Schöffel has assigned Patrick Schmollinger, 40, for the newly created position of sales manager for the company's core market, Germany. Before joining Schöffel, Schmollinger worked as strategic account manager buying groups at Puma Germany. Born in Germany but rooted in Austria, Schmollinger, former professional breaststroke swimmer, represented Austria at the ...
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Adrien Kiehn is leaving Manor Group, where he has been...
Adrien Kiehn is leaving Manor Group, where he has been acting for half a year as chief merchandise officer for nonfoods, responsible for fashion, sports, beauty and jewelry products. According to Textilwirtschaft, differences on future development strategies were at the root of the separation.
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Armada, the American ski company, has hired Alexander Kornprobst for...
Armada, the American ski company, has hired Alexander Kornprobst for the new position of European sales director. He worked previously for Under Armour and then for Schöffel, most recently as the latter's export manager.
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Shock Doctor Sports, the American supplier of protection products for...
Shock Doctor Sports, the American supplier of protection products for sports, has hired a footwear and outdoor industry veteran, Bill Kendall, for the newly created position of vice president of sales for insoles, specialty and outdoor. Kendall officially started working on Feb. 3. He is responsible for the development of ...
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Eva Schneider and Annette Kemmler form the new management of...
Eva Schneider and Annette Kemmler form the new management of Schneider Sportswear from January. They are both daughters of the company's founder, Hans Schneider, and started working in the executive board of the company in 1999. Previously they shared the management of the company with their father and their brother, ...
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Bogner has appointed Christian Wiesender as international sales director for...
Bogner has appointed Christian Wiesender as international sales director for Bogner Sport. He worked for 13 years at Puma, most recently as global head of sales and merchandising for its fashion and lifestyle segment. Bogner seems more serious about raising its international presence. After setting up a subsidiary in Hong ...
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Norrøna, the Norwegian outdoor brand, has appointed Christian Marsch to...
Norrøna, the Norwegian outdoor brand, has appointed Christian Marsch to the newly created position of sales manager for Germany, Austria, Switzerland and the Netherlands. The passionate 34-year-old freerider, cyclist and climber previously worked as key account manager for Canon. Jochen Hoffmann remains as account manager for Central and Northern Germany. ...
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Michael Dorell assumed the role of joint managing director at...
Michael Dorell assumed the role of joint managing director at Chiemsee last December. He worked before as head of the kids' division at Mexx. Previously, he worked for four years as country manager for the Benelux countries at s.Oliver and for nine years as chief executive of his own company, ...
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Rüdiger Brambrink, who previously worked in the automobile industry, assumed...
Rüdiger Brambrink, who previously worked in the automobile industry, assumed the post of deputy chief executive at Ziener, the German brand of gloves on Jan. 1, 2014. Brambrink will be working closely together with Frank Burig. While Brambrink takes care of the areas of marketing, sourcing, product management and controlling, Burig ...
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Daniel Bley fills the new position of European marketing manager...
Daniel Bley fills the new position of European marketing manager at Fallbrook Technologies, inventor of the NuVici continuously variable planetary (CVP) transmission technology for bicycles and other uses. He was previously in charge of global marketing at Canyon, a German bike brand. New on the American company's European team is ...
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Karl Kuffner, international sales manager at Dobotex, the bodywear company...
Karl Kuffner, international sales manager at Dobotex, the bodywear company owned by Puma, is moving to Hong Kong this month to expand the company's activities in the region as general manager for Asia-Pacific
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Seal Skinz, the British supplier of waterproof, windproof and breathable...
Seal Skinz, the British supplier of waterproof, windproof and breathable gloves, socks and headwear, has hired Tim Ives, a former director of business development for Speedo, as global sales director. Chris Baff, a former senior product manager for Zoggs, acts as product manager for the company, which went through a ...
