That are the most important people for the sporting goods industry – Page 130
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André-Pierre Doucet, a French journalist who has spent 21 years...
André-Pierre Doucet, a French journalist who has spent 21 years in the French sporting goods retailers' federation (now FPS), has been appointed secretary general of SYYNEG, a French association of manufacturers of catering equipment
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Lululemon has appointed Tara Posely, 48, as its new chief...
Lululemon has appointed Tara Posely, 48, as its new chief product officer. She will take on her position before the end of this year, leaving her current job of president of apparel at Kmart. She will take the place of Sheree Waterson, who left the company shortly after it was ...
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Maier Sports, the German sports apparel firm acquired by the...
Maier Sports, the German sports apparel firm acquired by the Findos Investor equity firm in August 2011, reports a strong increase of 29 percent in pre-orders for the coming spring/summer season. Most noticeable, exports to Russia, Austria and Switzerland will increase considerably as compared to the same period of the ...
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Miguel Andrade has been appointed as general manager of Puma...
Miguel Andrade has been appointed as general manager of Puma South East Asia, a new regional entity based in Singapore, as the company is ramping up investments in the Asian market. Andrade is a high-profile executive at Puma, where he was previously general manager in France and then in charge ...
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Steve Bracewell has left as managing director of Animal, the...
Steve Bracewell has left as managing director of Animal, the British action sports brand, after only two months in the job, and his successor has not yet been appointed. The British executive had left a few months ago as the top manager at Gelert, a brand of camping equipment that ...
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Annelise Loevlie is the new chief executive of Icelantic, the...
Annelise Loevlie is the new chief executive of Icelantic, the young and creative American brand of skis, taking the place of Ben Anderson. She founded the company in Colorado together with Travis Parr and Anderson, who will concentrate on product development. Loevlie was the chief operating officer of the firm. ...
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Puma has appointed Hauke Lipp as head of Cobra Puma...
Puma has appointed Hauke Lipp as head of Cobra Puma Golf for the German-speaking countries and the Benelux countries. He has been in the golf industry for two decades, most recently as regional sales manager for Callaway Golf, covering the German-speaking countries as well as Eastern Europe. Golf is one ...
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Brooks is boosting its sales management team for Germany, Austria...
Brooks is boosting its sales management team for Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Karen Seibüchler, who comes from a producer of work clothing, has been appointed sales manager for the region. The 49-year-old takes the job over from Uwe Molitor, who has become key accounts manager for the territory.
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Sean Tedore is the new global brand director of Ride...
Sean Tedore is the new global brand director of Ride Snowboards
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Christoph Kremer has taken on responsibility for SportXtreme, the new...
Christoph Kremer has taken on responsibility for SportXtreme, the new sports retail cooperative within the German GMS buying group
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Black Diamond Inc. has promoted Aaron Kuehne to the position...
Black Diamond Inc. has promoted Aaron Kuehne to the position of chief financial officer, after an extensive external search for a possible alternative candidate for the post. He had already served as interim CFO and principal accounting officer since last March 15 following the departure of Robert Peay after 16 ...
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Poc Sweden, the helmet specialist acquired by Black Diamond last...
Poc Sweden, the helmet specialist acquired by Black Diamond last year, is investing more in its eyewear line, which was first presented at the Mido eyewear show in Milan last year. It has hired a new global marketing director for its eyewear business unit, Jonas Söderqvist, replacing Sarah Laurell in ...
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B. Robinson has hired Alex Webb, a former official of...
B. Robinson has hired Alex Webb, a former official of Revo, to fill the new position of vice president of U.S. sales for the specialty outdoor, sporting goods and sunglass retailer channels. B. Robinson recent licensed the Revo brand of sunglasses from Sequential Brands, which bought it from Luxottica. Webb ...
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Andy Ronnie, a former manager of Ellesse and Diadora in...
Andy Ronnie, a former manager of Ellesse and Diadora in the U.K., has been appointed managing director of Kooga Rugby, the rugby apparel company owned by JD Sports Fashion. He will continue as managing director of UK Source Lab, which specializes in the development of licensed football apparel. Meanwhile, Kooga ...
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Sports Marketing Surveys has announced the appointment of Michael Stone...
Sports Marketing Surveys has announced the appointment of Michael Stone to the newly created position of head of research. John Bushnell, managing director of the U.K.-based market research company, said that his addition to SMS' team will ensure that clients will get more sophisticated qualitative research and analysis to complement ...
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Volcom has appointed Kevin Meehan to the new position of...
Volcom has appointed Kevin Meehan to the new position of president of North America, completing a lineup of managers dedicated to specific regions or countries, including Europe, Australia, Japan and Hong Kong. The North American market was previously handled by Jason Steris who will now concentrate on his main responsibility ...
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Karl Ibscher is joining the executive board of Intersport Austria...
Karl Ibscher is joining the executive board of Intersport Austria to oversee its merger into Intersport Germany. The 43-year-old expert in mergers and acquisitions has been on Intersport Austria's supervisory board since 2009.
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Stefanie Gruber has been promoted by Sportalm to be in...
Stefanie Gruber has been promoted by Sportalm to be in charge of international sales, following the departure of the former sales manager, Andreas Gotschke. In her new position, Gruber will also develop store franchising and shop-in-shop solutions. Before joining the Austrian sports apparel company, she worked for Strenesse, René Lezard, ...
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Detlev Maass, who spent the last eight years as buying...
Detlev Maass, who spent the last eight years as buying director for Sport Scheck, has reportedly joined Planet Sports to take care of purchasing and product on the executive board. He replaces Marcel Peters, a co-founder of the German action sports retailer, who had already left the company in mid-2012.
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Patagonia has promoted John Collins to the new role of...
Patagonia has promoted John Collins to the new role of vice president of global sales, reporting directly to Casey Sheahan, chief executive of the company. Collins served at the company for the last three years as vice president for the Americas and Asia-Pacific. He previously acted as vice president of ...
