That are the most important people for the sporting goods industry – Page 130
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Simon Rider has been confirmed as the chief executive of...
Simon Rider has been confirmed as the chief executive of the Karstadt Sports chain. The former head of Foot Locker Europe has been touted for the job since last July. Miguel Mullenbach remains in charge of sales. Furthermore, André Maeder will assume a new position as CEO for Karstadt Premium, ...
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Black Diamond president and chief executive, Peter Metcalf, has been...
Black Diamond president and chief executive, Peter Metcalf, has been named a director of the Salt Lake City Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco for a three-year term that began on Jan. 1, 2014. Metcalf replaces Scott Hymas, chairman of the board of the Salt Lake City ...
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LK International, the Swiss-based company behind the Kjus line of...
LK International, the Swiss-based company behind the Kjus line of sports apparel, has reorganized its design, product development and marketing functions. They are all supervised now by Nico Serena, the 34-year-old son of Didi Serena, owner of the company, who was previously in charge only of product and design. He ...
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Noble Biomaterials, a U.S. company certified by Bluesign Technologies that...
Noble Biomaterials, a U.S. company certified by Bluesign Technologies that describes itself as a global leader in bacterial management solutions for the medical, defense, industrial and apparel markets, has appointed Stephen Winnen to the new position of managing director for Europe. He will be based at Herbechtlingen, Germany, and will ...
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Roland Greul, the member of Wintersteiger's executive board in charge...
Roland Greul, the member of Wintersteiger's executive board in charge of finance, controlling, personnel and mergers and acquisitions, has left the company after 18 years
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Uvex Sport hires Jeff Burkley as sales and marketing director...
Uvex Sport hires Jeff Burkley as sales and marketing director of its new U.S. subsidiary, based in Narragansett, Rhode Island
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Günter Kostrhon has left as international sales manager of Wintersteiger...
Günter Kostrhon has left as international sales manager of Wintersteiger to act as sales manager of Fischer Sports in Austria. Kostrhon takes the place of Gernot Kellermayr, who is leaving as Fischer's Austrian sales manager for the second time. He held that position between 2000 and 2008 and returned to ...
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Dorel Industries has announced the departure of Robert P. Baird,...
Dorel Industries has announced the departure of Robert P. Baird, group president and chief executive of the company's Recreational/Leisure segment. Peter Woods, the segment's chief financial officer, has been named interim president until a new president is found. Both changes are effective immediately. The Recreational/Leisure segment of the Montreal-based group ...
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Eva-Lotta Sjöstedt has been appointed as the new chief executive...
Eva-Lotta Sjöstedt has been appointed as the new chief executive of Karstadt, the German chain of 83 department stores, starting from Feb. 24. The 47-year-old Swedish official will take the place of Andrew Jennings, a native of the U.K. She comes from Ikea, where she acted lately as deputy global ...
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The Schmidt Group has appointed a new manager for Chiemsee...
The Schmidt Group has appointed a new manager for Chiemsee in charge of sales, product and marketing, Michael Doerell. He comes from Mexx, where he acted lately as wholesale country manager in Germany.
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Burton, which has been distributing its products directly in Switzerland...
Burton, which has been distributing its products directly in Switzerland since the summer of 2012, has appointed Dani Bühler as sales manager for the country, starting Feb. 1. He worked with a previous Swiss distributor for the brand, E-motion. Reporting directly to Andreas Rauter, sales director of Burton Europe, Bühler ...
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Gina R. Boswell, executive vice president of Unilever in charge...
Gina R. Boswell, executive vice president of Unilever in charge of personal care products, is joining the board of directors of Wolverine Worldwide. Blake W. Krueger, Wolverine's chairman and chief executive, says that she has an impressive track record of building global brands, executing business strategy, and growing market share ...
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Neil Pryde, manging director of Pryde Group, will retire on...
Neil Pryde, manging director of Pryde Group, will retire on Dec. 31 and become chairman. Patrick Pender will replace him as managing director of the Hong Kong-based group, while the chief financial officer, Peter Lui, will switch to the role of chief operating officer.
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Pierangelo Zanetta will step down as managing director of Shimano...
Pierangelo Zanetta will step down as managing director of Shimano Europe Fishing Holding on Jan. 1, after over ten years in the job. His position at the head of Shimano's European fishing tackle operations will be taken over by the current international sales director of the same company, Cor Ax, ...
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Joan Solà will start next month in the new position...
Joan Solà will start next month in the new position of global sports marketing manager for Salomon and Suunto, based at Salomon's head office in Annecy, France. He will coordinate the work of officials responsible for sports marketing officials in various countries who are responsible for different categories such as ...
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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 ...
