That are the most important people for the sporting goods industry – Page 151
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One Way is entering the Spanish market through Global Serdis...
One Way is entering the Spanish market through Global Serdis
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K2 Sports reshuffles its European sales team. Carsten Kleffner is...
K2 Sports reshuffles its European sales team. Carsten Kleffner is the new sales manager for K2 Skates Europe. Kleffner had been responsible for K2 Snowboarding as sales manager for over ten years, a position that he will pass on to Andreas Threimer, previously in charge of the marketing of K2 ...
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Stéphane Solinski has been appointed general manager of Sport 2000...
Stéphane Solinski has been appointed general manager of Sport 2000 France after the departure of Frédéric Dekeyser, who led the buying group's operational and financial restructuring plan in the last two years. The 44-year-old Solinski started his career in marketing functions in the car industry, notably at Renault. In 2002 he switched to the retail ...
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Larry Miller, 61, is reclaiming his former position as president...
Larry Miller, 61, is reclaiming his former position as president of the Jordan brand at Nike. Miller formerly held the position from 1999 to 2006, then left to become president of the Portland Trail Blazers, the NBA team. He will help the Jordan brand grow globally, reporting to Trevor Edwards, ...
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The German press has prominently featured stories about Trigema, carrying...
The German press has prominently featured stories about Trigema, carrying pictures from Wolfgang Grupp's 70th birthday celebration and the announcement that his two children, 21-year-old Wolfgang and 22-year-old Bonita, will take over the management of the company after they finish their studies abroad. Trigema continues to manufacture its T-shirts and ...
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Alexander Selch has been appointed managing director in charge of...
Alexander Selch has been appointed managing director in charge of marketing and sales at the Uvex Sports Group, the family-owned German company that sells the Uvex and Alpina brands of helmets and goggles. He takes over from Katharina Le Thierry, who only started in this function at the start of ...
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Amer Sports is restructuring its management in central Europe, splitting...
Amer Sports is restructuring its management in central Europe, splitting the functions of country manager and regional manager. Armin Fuchs, former country manager in Germany, has been appointed general manager for Amer Sports in central Europe. His function as country manager for Germany has been taken over by Daniel Sprung, former ...
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Robert J. Corliss, the American sporting goods industry veteran who...
Robert J. Corliss, the American sporting goods industry veteran who owned and ran for many years The Athlete's Foot, a big international chain of franchised athletic footwear shops, has been appointed to replace Mike McTigh next Sept. 1 as chairman of JJB Sports, the struggling British sporting goods retail chain. McTigh's resignation ...
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Andreas Kessler, who recently left as chief executive of the...
Andreas Kessler, who recently left as chief executive of the Odlo Sports Group, has been hired by the Mammut Sports Group to act as its new chief sales officer, starting on Aug. 6. Born in 1965, Kessler worked for Unilever, Swatch and Rado before running Odlo. At Mammut, he will ...
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Moncler has announced the appointment of Sandra Jovicic as president...
Moncler has announced the appointment of Sandra Jovicic as president of North American operations. She will replace Joseph J. Barrato, who is set to retire at the end of June after more than 50 years in the apparel industry. Jovicic was most recently with Cacci & Co. Advisors, a consultancy ...
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We have just discovered that Matt Shearer was recently appointed...
We have just discovered that Matt Shearer was recently appointed general manager of Under Armour Europe, based at its office in the Netherlands. He previously ran the company's Canadian subsidiary. Shearer has taken the place of Blair Tripodi, who has left the company. Meanwhile, Stuart Redsun, the former Sony executive ...
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Gary Smith has been promoted to vice president of international...
Gary Smith has been promoted to vice president of international sales at Brunswick Bowling. The former U.S. Air Force official has been with the U.S. company since 1988. He has served most recently as director of marketing for capital equipment. Reporting to him in this new position are Bob Jackson, ...
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The brothers Xavier Berneda Martín and David Berneda Martín left...
The brothers Xavier Berneda Martín and David Berneda Martín left the Spanish sports shoe brand Munich at the beginning of July. Xavier Berneda, marketing director, and David Berneda, chief financial officer, will no longer be part of the companies Berneda S.A., Bernher SA and Munich SL. The two brothers will ...
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Richard Markee has stepped down from Dorel Industries' board of...
Richard Markee has stepped down from Dorel Industries' board of directors, of which he had been a member since 2008, to focus more on his personal business interests
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Ken Reeve, buying and merchandising director at Cotswold Outdoor, has...
Ken Reeve, buying and merchandising director at Cotswold Outdoor, has been hired by JD Sports Fashion, the British sports retailer, to become managing director of Blacks from November. JD bought the British outdoor retailer out of administration for about £20 million (€24.7m-$32.3m) in January. The top slot at Blacks was previously ...
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Polartec has started searching for a new chief executive as...
Polartec has started searching for a new chief executive as its shareholders, led by Versa Capital Management, are considering a sale of this supplier of performance fabrics. Polartec's current president and chief executive, Andrew Vecchione, said he was stepping aside, leaving the company once a replacement is found. He will ...
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Stefan Wahlén, former global sales director at Peak Performance, started...
Stefan Wahlén, former global sales director at Peak Performance, started as managing director for Patagonia Europe at the beginning of this month. After the untimely death of Holger Bismann last November, the European operation was run on an interim basis by Andrea Tomasini, the head of Patagonia in Italy, aided ...
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Nicolas Fauré, 44, is going to run the French subsidiary...
Nicolas Fauré, 44, is going to run the French subsidiary of Head, replacing Jean Noël Faucheux. He will remain in charge of the Spanish subsidiary, which he has been running since 2008. Fauré started at Head 11 years ago as product manager for racquet sports in France.
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B.O.C. – Bike & Outdoor Company GmbH & Co., Germany's...
B.O.C. – Bike & Outdoor Company GmbH & Co., Germany's No. 1 bike retail chain – has named Stephan Geiger to be its new joint general manager, running the company along with Bernd Heumann. Geiger was formerly the general manager of the bicycle and e-bike division of Heinz Kettler GmbH ...
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Arne Arens has been appointed vice president and general manager...
Arne Arens has been appointed vice president and general manager for The North Face in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Arens joined The North Face EMEA as sales director in 2010. He will take over from Timo Schmidt Eisenhart, who will switch to Timberland, another company in the ...
