That are the most important people for the sporting goods industry – Page 146
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Lotto Sport Italia has signed a licensing agreement with a...
Lotto Sport Italia has signed a licensing agreement with a new partner for the Australian market, Allied Sporting Products Pty, replacing United Sports. Located at Nundah near Brisbane, the company was distributing Asics before the Japanese company set up its own subsidiary in the country. It still sells Rider shoes ...
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Polartec has appointed Gary Smith as chief executive and Joe...
Polartec has appointed Gary Smith as chief executive and Joe Robinson as chief financial officer, completing a management succession process announced in July. Smith, 49, is to succeed the current chief executive, Andrew J. Vecchione, as of Nov. 1. An expert in the outdoor and apparel industries, Smith previously served ...
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Forum Sport, the Spanish sporting goods retail chain based in...
Forum Sport, the Spanish sporting goods retail chain based in the Basque region, has promoted Diego Llorente to director general. He replaces Francisco Fernandéz de Allende, who will remain within the Eroski group at the head of another department. A graduate in telecommunication engineering, Llorente was previously the director of ...
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Sue E. Gove has been promoted to president of Golfsmith...
Sue E. Gove has been promoted to president of Golfsmith International, taking the place of Marty Hanaka, who will continue to serve the golf retail and wholesale group in an advisory role until the end of this year. Gove, who joined Golfsmith four years ago, was previously president and chief ...
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Bob Puccini, the president of Mizuno USA, has been named...
Bob Puccini, the president of Mizuno USA, has been named chairman of the Sports and Fitness Industry Association (formerly the Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association). Puccini was first elected to the board in 2007 and named to the executive committee in 2010. He's been with Mizuno since 1995, and president since ...
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Lucas LaBree is the new marketing communications manager for Johnson...
Lucas LaBree is the new marketing communications manager for Johnson Outdoors watercraft division, handling Old Town Canoes & Kayaks, Ocean Kayak, Necky Kayaks and Carlisle Paddles.
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Newline of Denmark is setting up a sales office for...
Newline of Denmark is setting up a sales office for the Spanish market
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The Unicorn Group is Molten's new distributor for the U.K....
The Unicorn Group is Molten's new distributor for the U.K. and Ireland. The company also is made up of Unicorn Darts, Gunn & Moore and PowerGlide. It takes over from Bob Hope, who had been Molten's previous distributor for the countries since 2004. He is retiring, but will stick around ...
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Effective Oct. 31, Walter Aumayr will leave the executive board...
Effective Oct. 31, Walter Aumayr will leave the executive board of Wintersteiger, the leading company of ski service and rental solutions. He has been in charge of technology and production for about 10 years and wants to accept a new professional challenge. His job will be executed on an interim ...
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David Joel Stern, who turned 70 years old last Sept....
David Joel Stern, who turned 70 years old last Sept. 22, has decided to stop running the National Basketball Association (NBA) in February 2014, after serving for 30 years as its commissioner. He had joined the NBA in 1966 as an outside attorney. Stern will be succeeded by Adam Silver, ...
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+++ Mirko Läpple, former regional key account manager at Nike,...
+++ Mirko Läpple, former regional key account manager at Nike, has been appointed sales director for Germany of Newline, the Danish sportswear brand +++ Urs Egli, formerly with Oakley, is new product manager for Kjus' skiwear at LK International, replacing Kenneth Kurtzweg +++
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Sports-Contacts, the agency of Michael Plank, has found distributors and...
Sports-Contacts, the agency of Michael Plank, has found distributors and agents for several brands in Germany and Switzerland over the past few months, including Green Grass in Germany for Röhnisch, as well as Wesano and Sport & Import for West Scout and Skylotec in Switzerland, respectively. After establishing a solid ...
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Andreas Heit has been appointed head of the sports shows...
Andreas Heit has been appointed head of the sports shows at Brandboxx, the organizer of the Salzburg-based Ösfa trade shows and various order days designed for the Austrian market. The 39-year-old replaces Benedikt Lex, who switched to an Austrian sporting goods retailer. Heit served the Austrian branch of Sony for ...
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Bridgedale has appointed Christian Benedikt as business development manager for...
Bridgedale has appointed Christian Benedikt as business development manager for Europe. Benedikt, who most recently ran K2's snowshoe and cross-country ski business in Germany, will take care of the British sport socks brand in Germany and Austria, and then extend his coverage to Poland and the rest of Eastern Europe. ...
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At Maier Sports, the German company that runs the brands...
At Maier Sports, the German company that runs the brands Maier Sports (snow and outerwear), Gonso (bikewear) and Rono (running apparel), new management is in place: Sascha Kautschitsch is no longer head of operations, a role that he assumed 10 months ago. He has been replaced by Simone Mayer in ...
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Gerald Dejaco, a sports retailer from Tyrol and a member...
Gerald Dejaco, a sports retailer from Tyrol and a member of Sport 2000 for 12 years, is switching from the supervisory to the executive board of the group. He replaces Martin Jennewein, who served during three years on the board. Sport 2000 Austria has a unique structure under which two members of ...
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Having taken over the distribution of its Gregory line of...
Having taken over the distribution of its Gregory line of backpacks in Japan, Black Diamond has appointed an industry veteran, Mori Hikari, to run the operation. After working for Patagonia and REI in Japan, he acted as general manager of The North Face for Goldwin over the last eight years. ...
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Florian Weingärtner, a former member of the Ispo team, has...
Florian Weingärtner, a former member of the Ispo team, has joined Sport Invest Search Central Europe, the German-based recruitment agency, as senior consultant in charge of the fashion and lifestyle sectors. The 43-year-old worked for Head, Protective and Blax before joining Ispo, where he was involved between 2004 and 2007 ...
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Reportedly, Hamax, the Norwegian marketer of sleighs and other snow...
Reportedly, Hamax, the Norwegian marketer of sleighs and other snow sports equipment, has decided to take its Austrian business into own hands. The market was covered by Klaus Stelzhammer for more than 22 years, of which he was directly employed by Hamax for 13 years. In the future, Austria will ...
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Starting January 1, Trond Ristvedt will be the new chief...
Starting January 1, Trond Ristvedt will be the new chief of Norwegian Original Teamwear AS, which is now entirely owned by Swix Sport. Ristvedt brings with him three years of experience as manager of Swix Sport's textile activities and a track record of more than 20 years in the sporting ...
