That are the most important people for the sporting goods industry – Page 140
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Mike Ballardie, who has been in charge of Prince's operations...
Mike Ballardie, who has been in charge of Prince's operations in the Eastern Hemisphere for nearly 10 years, was appointed chief executive of Prince Global Sports last week. This is the entity that was formed last year by an affiliate of Waitt Company, an American investment company, to acquire some ...
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Sport-Fachhandel, the German trade publication, reports that there have been...
Sport-Fachhandel, the German trade publication, reports that there have been major changes in the management of Sport Eybl & Sports Experts in the aftermath of the big Austrian retailer's announcement that it was going to ax a significant number of employees, as we reported before. Now it has become known ...
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Bernie Doering is returning to Easton-Bell Sports as senior vice...
Bernie Doering is returning to Easton-Bell Sports as senior vice president of global sales, following the recent management shake-up at the company. He will report to Terry Lee, who has taken back the helm as chief executive. Doering, who had spent more than 20 years in various management positions at ...
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Skins is trying to expand its brand in the U.S....
Skins is trying to expand its brand in the U.S. performance apparel market, and to that end has named Johnny West as its general manager for North America. He will plan and implement strategic brand and marketing initiatives to increase brand awareness at the retail and consumer levels in the ...
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Craig Heisner is the new president of Newton Running effective...
Craig Heisner is the new president of Newton Running effective last week. It is hoped that he will lead the company to expand in the specialty running category as he oversees marketing, branding and sales for Newton's product lines. He will report to Jerry Lee, co-founder and chief executive of ...
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Jesper Thuen, global marketing manager for Ecco's golf shoes, has...
Jesper Thuen, global marketing manager for Ecco's golf shoes, has left the company to return to professional golf. He had been a professional before joining the Danish company in 1997. Ecco will be one of Thuen's sponsors, and he will keep working for the company on public relations and sports ...
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Effective Sept. 1, Pascal Schweizer will become country manager in...
Effective Sept. 1, Pascal Schweizer will become country manager in charge of Odlo's German operations. The 41-year-old worked for Nike Germany in various positions for eight and a half years before he switched to Kettler, the fitness company, where he served as field director for the sports division. At Odlo ...
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Shortly after Columbia Sportswear's 2012 results were reported, with...
Shortly after Columbia Sportswear's 2012 results were reported, with significant declines in the region of Europe, the Middle Eastand Africa (EMEA), it became known that Christian Finell has stepped down as the company's general manager in charge of the EMEA region. Finell confirmed his departure, but declined to give additional ...
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After Max Niederreiter's switch to Peak Performance, Billabong Germany will...
After Max Niederreiter's switch to Peak Performance, Billabong Germany will rely on a tandem of two managers to steer the German operations. Unlike Niederreiter, who served as sales director for the German-speaking countries, the Benelux countries and the Czech Republic, the new managers in place will handle only the German ...
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Creating a new position, Icebreaker has appointed a country manager for...
Creating a new position, Icebreaker has appointed a country manager for France and Spain, Benoit Gazagnes. He will be based at the Icebreaker office in Annecy, France, and will oversee the brand's wholesale, retail and e-commerce activities in the two countries. Gazagnes has been in the industry for about 20 years including nine ...
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VF Corporation has announced the election of Matthew J. Shattock,...
VF Corporation has announced the election of Matthew J. Shattock, Beam's president and chief executive, to its board of directors. Shattock, 50, will serve on the compensation and finance committees of VF's board. He has been at the head of Beam, a leading premium spirits company, since 2009, first as ...
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VF Corporation announces the appointment of Scott A. Roe as...
VF Corporation announces the appointment of Scott A. Roe as vice president, controller and chief accounting officer, taking the place of Bradley A. Batten who is retiring after ten years of service with the group. Roe served as vice president of finance and chief financial officer for VF's international business ...
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Galvin Green, the Swedish marketer of golf apparel, has decided...
Galvin Green, the Swedish marketer of golf apparel, has decided to enter the U.S. market in the course of this year through its own subsidiary, which will be led by Martin Nielsson. The company sees the move into the world's largest market for golf garments as a logical step after selling ...
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Rapala VMC Corporation has appointed Victor Skvortsov to its executive...
Rapala VMC Corporation has appointed Victor Skvortsov to its executive committee. He is in charge of Zao Normark, the Russian distribution company of the Finnish group, which also takes care of operations in Belarus and Kazakhstan.
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Roger Spatz, who has been interim president of Eagle Creek...
Roger Spatz, who has been interim president of Eagle Creek since July 2011, is confirmed as president of this subsidiary of VF Corporation
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Foot Locker has elected Maxine Clark to its board of...
Foot Locker has elected Maxine Clark to its board of director. Like Ken Hicks, current chairman and chief executive of Foot Locker, she worked previously for Payless ShoeSource as president of this international shoe retail chain. She also spent 19 years as an executive with May Department Stores. She is ...
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Brunswick Bowling has signed up Dinghong Bowling as its new...
Brunswick Bowling has signed up Dinghong Bowling as its new distributor in China. Founded in 1996 and run by Tao “Kevin” Wang, the company operates seven bowling centers in China including one in the Swan Hotel of Harbin, where its head office is located. It plans to build new bowling ...
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Brian Singer, chief executive and founder of Rip Curl, has...
Brian Singer, chief executive and founder of Rip Curl, has appointed Wilco Prins chief of the boardsports brand's European operations. He replaces Olivier Cantet, who led Rip Curl Europe for ten years and decided to leave the company a few weeks ago, largely for personal reasons. The 36-year-old Prins has ...
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Edwin Haid is going to be the new chief executive...
Edwin Haid is going to be the new chief executive for Maier Sports' Gonso and Rono brands, starting on March 18, taking the place of Kai Marquardt. He announced a few days ago that he was stepping down as German country manager of Lafuma, after eight years in office, to ...
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The German-based company Schanner has taken on the distribution of...
The German-based company Schanner has taken on the distribution of Head skates for Germany, Austria and Italy. In charge of sales is Marc Meier, who is both owner and managing director of Schanner, a company specializing in ice hockey. It distributes Bauer in the same countries and will sell ice ...
