That are the most important people for the sporting goods industry – Page 142
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Marchon Eyewear has set up a new sales division that...
Marchon Eyewear has set up a new sales division that will be focusing only on servicing the sporting goods sector in the Europe,Middle Eastand Africa (EMEA) region. It will notably handle sales of performance sunglasses and snow goggles for its long-standing Nike Vision license, as well as action sports sunglasses ...
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Salewa has set up a joint venture with Inspiration Outdoor...
Salewa has set up a joint venture with Inspiration Outdoor Trading, which has been the Italian outdoor brand's distributor and licensee for China for more than a year. Salewa is investing 40 million yuan renminbi (€4.7m-$6.4m) in the company, in which it holds a stake of 60 percent. The two partners have ...
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Effective Feb. 1, Andreas Rauter will return to the European...
Effective Feb. 1, Andreas Rauter will return to the European operations of Burton based in Innsbruck, Austria, to become senior director of sales. Between 1993 and 2003, Rauter served the snowboard company in various marketing and sales positions before he switched to the headquarters of Salewa in Bolzano, Italy. At ...
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Yasuhito Kishimoto, European general manager of Mizuno, is acting as...
Yasuhito Kishimoto, European general manager of Mizuno, is acting as general manager of the company's German subsidiary on an interim basis, until a replacement is found for Mark Kaiway. The latter executive ran the German office for the past two years, but he has been appointed general manager of Mizuno's ...
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Erick Haskell, the former chief operating officer of Adidas China,...
Erick Haskell, the former chief operating officer of Adidas China, took over from Claus Heckerott as group managing director in India this week. The Canadian manager has been leading restructuring moves at the Adidas Group in India since last April, after it uncovered alleged irregularities at Reebok India (which are still under investigation by ...
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After many years as managing director of Billabong in charge...
After many years as managing director of Billabong in charge of the German-speaking countries, the Czech Republic and the Benelux countries, Max Niederreiter has left the boardwear company. With immediate effect, he moves to Peak Performance, where he is sales director in charge of the Swedish brand's wholesale sales in ...
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Pony has announced a strategic distribution agreement with Urban Styles Agency...
Pony has announced a strategic distribution agreement with Urban Styles Agency to jointly develop the brand in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Established in 1999 in Cologne by Sven Voth, who also founded Snipes, the agency has been representing several influential street culture brands. Its current portfolio comprises brands such as Hummel, ...
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Brunswick has signed a contract with Mo Pinel, described as one of...
Brunswick has signed a contract with Mo Pinel, described as one of the most colorful personalities in the bowling industry, to act as technology developer for its Radical brand of bowling balls
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Head Sportswear has built up its own sportswear team, based...
Head Sportswear has built up its own sportswear team, based in London, to focus more sharply on this product group. Head's license agreement for sportswear in Europe expired in 2010, prompting the group to launch its own tennis and skiwear ranges for Europe the next year. Sales of Head sportswear ...
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Roeckl, the German glovemaker, has expanded its executive board. In...
Roeckl, the German glovemaker, has expanded its executive board. In addition to Annette Roeckl, chief executive and owner, Bernd Gemmer has been appointed joint managing director in charge of purchasing and sales. He will also act as sales director after Michael Schreiber left the company at the end of last ...
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Karhu-branded cross-country skis and boots are to return to the...
Karhu-branded cross-country skis and boots are to return to the North American market in the second half of this year. For this purpose, Karhu has hired Geoff Hurwitch, formerly at Rossignol, as Karhu Nordic product manager in North America. This comes a few months after Karhu Holding, the firm that holds ...
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We hear that Dierk Feyerabend has departed from the helm...
We hear that Dierk Feyerabend has departed from the helm of Polar's German subsidiary. The 55-year-old served the company for 22 years. In fact, as managing director since 1991, he built up the first subsidiary of the marketer of sports electronics outside Finland. It could even be said that Feyerabend introduced a ...
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Salewa has set up a joint venture with Inspiration Outdoor...
Salewa has set up a joint venture with Inspiration Outdoor Trading, which has been the Italian outdoor brand's distributor and licensee for China for more than a year. Salewa is investing 40 million yuan renminbi (€4.8m-€6.4m) in the company, in which it holds a stake of 60 percent. The two partners have ...
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John Quinn will be the new national sales manager for...
John Quinn will be the new national sales manager for the U.S. bike division of Scott Sports, effective Feb. 11, coming from Specialized, where he was in sales management
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Johanna Rastner has joined the office of K2 Sports Europe...
Johanna Rastner has joined the office of K2 Sports Europe near Munich to act as sales and product manager for the brand's new line of sports clothing, which is due to be relaunched on the market in 2014. She will work closely with the product team in Seattle. Rastner worked ...
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Jason Steris, the 42-year-old former president of Volcom, has become...
Jason Steris, the 42-year-old former president of Volcom, has become chief executive of the company, which is owned by PPR like Puma. He takes the place of Richard Woolcott, the 47-year-old co-founder of Volcom, who is moving into a newly created role as executive chairman. Woolcott acted as president and ...
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Andy Köhler, the chief of the Adidas Group's sourcing operations...
Andy Köhler, the chief of the Adidas Group's sourcing operations in Hong Kong, is to join Puma as chief operating officer, according to a report in Germany's Manager magazine at the end of last year. Puma declined to comment but Adidas confirmed that Köhler had left the company. Almost the ...
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Victorinox has appointed an artistic director for its clothing line....
Victorinox has appointed an artistic director for its clothing line. Christopher Raeburn, 30, has earned the title on a consultancy basis after designing two capsule collections for the Swiss company in the recent past. The London-based designer will continue to work on his own brand.
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Arnold Sports is the new German distributor of Roxa, the...
Arnold Sports is the new German distributor of Roxa, the low-priced Italian brand of ice skates and ski boots, which will thus make its appearance at the next Ispo Munich show. The company also sells Rottefella's cross-country ski bindings, Movement's skis and 8848 Altitude's clothing.
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Johnson Outdoors continues to beef up the management of its...
Johnson Outdoors continues to beef up the management of its watercraft segment by hiring David Hadden as brand director, responsible for all its product lines including Necky and Ocean kayaks, Old Town canoes and kayaks, and Carlisle paddles. He previously worked at three other kayak companies ? Freedom Hawk, Emotion ...
