That are the most important people for the sporting goods industry – Page 153
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Fischer Skis US has made some adjustments to its alpine...
Fischer Skis US has made some adjustments to its alpine division since Erik Anderson, the division's national sales manager, left recently. With top executives from the parent company in Austria in on the discussions, the U.S. operation has started a search for a new alpine sales manager. The new person ...
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Rolf Karp, the deputy chief executive and chief administrative officer...
Rolf Karp, the deputy chief executive and chief administrative officer of New Wave Group of Sweden, has resigned. He had held the positions since May 2011. Previously he was a retail analyst at E Öhman J:or Fondkommission AB.
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Amer Sports announced yesterday that Vincent Wauters has been appointed...
Amer Sports announced yesterday that Vincent Wauters has been appointed general manager of Arc'teryx, starting immediately. Taking the place of Tyler Jordan, he will be based at the brand's head office in Vancouver. He will report to Andy Towne, president of Amer's sports apparel division, with the goal of driving ...
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Manuel Kronberger, formerly with Sport Eybl & Sports Experts, is...
Manuel Kronberger, formerly with Sport Eybl & Sports Experts, is the new buyer of Austria's Sport 2000 group for racquet sports, multi sports and snowboards, replacing Jürgen Scheidlberger, who now runs the group`s new factory outlet in Vienna
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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
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Deeluxe, the Austrian brand of snowboard boots and brand owner...
Deeluxe, the Austrian brand of snowboard boots and brand owner of Dachstein footwear, is the new distributor of Billabong's eyewear brand, Von Zipper, for Austria and Germany. In return, Deeluxe is no longer in charge of the Austrian distribution of Skins. Effective July 1, Skins' Austrian business will be handled ...
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Fritidsagenten, a Danish company that has been distributing Teva in...
Fritidsagenten, a Danish company that has been distributing Teva in Denmark for many years, will also start selling the brand of outdoor sandals in Sweden, Norway, Finland and Iceland from the start of next year. Teva is currently distributed in Sweden, Norway and Finland by Selected Brands, a Swedish company ...
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Parker Bohn III, a Hall of Fame professional bowler, has...
Parker Bohn III, a Hall of Fame professional bowler, has been hired as a product specialist in the consumer products division at Brunswick. He's been on the company's professional bowling staff for 24 years, and will now additionally represent Brunswick at industry events as well as travel through the U.S. ...
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Burton Snowboards has named Jeff Boliba to the newly created...
Burton Snowboards has named Jeff Boliba to the newly created position of vice president for global resorts, working to boost snowboarding through education programs and resort partnerships. He will report to John Lacy, the company's executive vice president for product and North American sales. Boliba has been with Burton since ...
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Brooks' German subsidiary is reportedly planning to introduce its sister...
Brooks' German subsidiary is reportedly planning to introduce its sister brand of clothing, Moving Comfort, on the German market
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WeSC is changing its business model in the U.S., moving...
WeSC is changing its business model in the U.S., moving from direct operations to a distributor. It has chosen Oved Apparel Corporation to handle its business in the country through a 10-year licensing deal. The change is expected to cut operating costs; the company said that the U.S. business was ...
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Jonas Ottosson, former chief executive of Peak Performance, will take...
Jonas Ottosson, former chief executive of Peak Performance, will take up the same job at the Odlo Sports Group in mid-September at the latest. Ottosson takes over from Andreas Kessler, who joined the Swiss-based specialist in functional base layers in 2008 as marketing director and became its chief executive the ...
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Nic Versloot, who joined Skins as chief operating officer last...
Nic Versloot, who joined Skins as chief operating officer last year, became the compression apparel brand's chief executive last month, based at the company's head office in Switzerland. He replaces Jaimie Fuller, the founder of Skins, who became the company's chairman. This comes just a few weeks after Fuller regained ...
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Guido Geilenkirchen, general manager of Saucony for the German-speaking countries...
Guido Geilenkirchen, general manager of Saucony for the German-speaking countries and Poland, has been additionally appointed to the job of commercial director for Europe. On top of this, he will directly oversee sales and marketing in the Benelux countries and the U.K. For the German-speaking countries and Poland, he will ...
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Garmont is going to be the distributor of Movement skis...
Garmont is going to be the distributor of Movement skis in the U.S. and Canada
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MTS, the German owner of indoor and racquet sports labels...
MTS, the German owner of indoor and racquet sports labels such as Donic-Schildkröt and Unsquashable as well as regional distributor of Tecnifibre, Talbot-Torro and Speedminton, has appointed Sebastian Frey as new co-managing director. He will assist Jean-Marc von Keller, who has been sole managing director since 1994. Frey, 36, has ...
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Rolf Gullestad is preparing to relinquish his job as president...
Rolf Gullestad is preparing to relinquish his job as president and chief executive of Gresvig, the buying group behind the Intersport, G-Sport and G-Max banners in Norway. The 65-year-old Gullestad has been at the helm for 11 years, leading Gresvig through a change of ownership and a move into fashion ...
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Shock Doctor, the maker of the No. 1 mouthguard in...
Shock Doctor, the maker of the No. 1 mouthguard in the world as well as other sports protective gear, has signed deals to expand into the Middle East and several African countries. Lion Fish will distribute Shock Doctor products in the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, ...
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As part of an executive reshuffling at Adidas France, the...
As part of an executive reshuffling at Adidas France, the company has appointed new managers for the Adidas and Reebok brands in the country. Guillaume de Monplanet, who previously headed the Reebok brand in France, will take charge of the Adidas brand instead from the beginning of June. He replaces ...
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Karhu appoints a former Adidas executive, Kevin Pearson, as national...
Karhu appoints a former Adidas executive, Kevin Pearson, as national sales manager in the U.S. for its Originals collection
