That are the most important people for the sporting goods industry – Page 152
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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 ...
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Daniele Grasso, formerly with Sympatex Technologies, has been appointed senior...
Daniele Grasso, formerly with Sympatex Technologies, has been appointed senior product manager apparel shells at Jack Wolfskin. At Sympatex, he has been replaced by Haymo Strubel as director for apparel. Before joining Sympatex, Strubel worked for YKK, the zip company, as European key account manager.
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The NBA has named Marc Armstrong vice president of marketing...
The NBA has named Marc Armstrong vice president of marketing partnerships for the NBA's EMEA region (Europe, the Middle East and Africa). He will develop new commercial opportunities across the region for the NBA, the WNBA, the NBA Development League and USAB. He will report to Benjamin Morel, senior vice ...
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Harry Arnett has been named senior vice president for marketing...
Harry Arnett has been named senior vice president for marketing at Callaway Golf Company. He comes from TaylorMade, Adidas and Ashworth Golf, where he was vice president for global marketing. He has also held positions with Russell Corporation and Tinwood Media Ventures.
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Royal Dutch Gazelle, the bicycle company, has new management on...
Royal Dutch Gazelle, the bicycle company, has new management on board. Jaap Merkus has moved into the top slot as general manager, replacing Xeno Grimmelt, who held the job on an interim basis. Grimmelt moved up to be senior vice president heading up the Pon Bicycle Group, which owns Gazelle. ...
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Effective July 7, Tony Post, the longtime chief of Vibram's...
Effective July 7, Tony Post, the longtime chief of Vibram's recently expanded U.S. operation, will resign. His successor will be Mike Gionfriddo, who is currently Vibram USA's chief operating officer, with a history of 14 years with the brand. Post has served for the Italian-based company for 11 years, raising ...
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Hurley, the action sports brand owned by the Nike group,...
Hurley, the action sports brand owned by the Nike group, has lost yet another chief executive with the departure of Michael Egeck, who had only been at the helm since October. He replaced Jim Calhoun, who stayed for just a few weeks before a switch to Converse. Bob Hurley, founder ...
