That are the most important people for the sporting goods industry – Page 153
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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
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A well-known Swiss executive, André Maeder, has been appointed chief...
A well-known Swiss executive, André Maeder, has been appointed chief retail officer of Karstadt, overseeing its Karstadt Sports retail operations as well as the company's department stores and e-commerce. After leaving the management of Charles Vögele last September, the 52-year-old had served for the last six months as a consultant ...
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Oliver Lang has been appointed vice president in charge...
Oliver Lang has been appointed vice president in charge of product of The North Face in the Europe, the Middle East and Africa region (EMEA), taking the place of René Skytte. The 42-year old Lang has 23 years of experience in the industry. Among other positions, he worked for Karstadt ...
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Sympatex has appointed Haymo Strubel as its new director of...
Sympatex has appointed Haymo Strubel as its new director of apparel, starting next July 1. The 33-year-old replaces Daniele Grasso, who recently left the company. Strubel worked most recently for YKK, the leading supplier of zippers, handling key accounts in the sports and fashion sectors all over Europe. Prior to ...
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The Arena group has a new chief financial officer, Michele...
The Arena group has a new chief financial officer, Michele Marin, who has taken the place of Luca Selvatici. The 42-year-old manager started off as an auditor for PriceWaterhouseCoopers. He then covered important roles at companies controlled by Emerson Electric and British Telecom. He has been most recently involved in ...
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Vivobarefoot, the British brand of barefoot running and walking shoes...
Vivobarefoot, the British brand of barefoot running and walking shoes controlled by Galahad Clark, has signed new distribution deals in the past few months with Ferrino in Italy, Global Serdis in Spain, Native Sport in South Africa and United Lifestyle in Singapore, starting with the autumn/winter 2012/13 collections. Keen Distribution, ...
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Kelme has stopped trading directly in Italy. The Spanish brand...
Kelme has stopped trading directly in Italy. The Spanish brand has signed an exclusive distribution deal with Gafler, a company run by Gianni Lanfranco as part of his agency, Advanced Distribution, which is also handling other brands such as Prince, Molten and Tretorn. It recently took on board also Storelli, ...
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Carving Sport has picked up the distribution in Spain of...
Carving Sport has picked up the distribution in Spain of Roces, starting on June 1. It has stopped distributing Rollerblade and its sister brand of inline skates, Bladerunner. These brands are now handled by BM Sportech, which is the distributor of other brands of Tecnica Group including Blizzard, Dolomite, Nordica ...
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James Curleigh has resigned as president and chief executive...
James Curleigh has resigned as president and chief executive of Keen Footwear to become executive vice president of Levi Strauss & Co. and president of the Levi's brand. Rory Fuerst, the founder of Keen, who has been involved mainly in product development, is taking on the CEO function and launching ...
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Cornilleau, the leading table tennis company from France, is launching...
Cornilleau, the leading table tennis company from France, is launching its products in Asia with an introduction in China. On May 15, Cornilleau held an event introducing journalists to two of its product lines that featured Philippe Gatien, the Olympic medalist in table tennis in 1992 and 2000. Gatien is ...
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Cratoni has set up its own sales subsidiary in Switzerland...
Cratoni has set up its own sales subsidiary in Switzerland to market its helmets. It is run by Markus Ott, who has been in charge of Uvex' Swiss operation for ten years.
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Escalade has promoted Dave Fetherman to president of its expanding...
Escalade has promoted Dave Fetherman to president of its expanding sports division. Jack Bowman is named vice president and general manager of its Bear Archery unit. Both will continue to report to Bob Keller, president and chief executive of the American company.
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Vans has taken over the distribution of its products in...
Vans has taken over the distribution of its products in Sweden and Denmark, starting with the autumn/winter 2012 collections. Vans' parent company, VF Corporation, is opening subsidiaries in both countries, with their own showrooms and their own sales and marketing staffs, independently of other operations of the group in the region. ...
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Patagonia has signed up a new distributor in Poland,...
Patagonia has signed up a new distributor in Poland, Raven Outdoor, in a deal arranged by Michael Plank's Sports-Contacts agency. Based in Krakow and founded seven years ago, Raven Outdoor has launched international brands such as Smartwool and Black Diamond on the Polish market. Andrea Tomasini, who has been heading ...
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Two former executives of JD Sports Fashion have found new...
Two former executives of JD Sports Fashion have found new jobs outside the sporting goods sector, according to Drapers. Paul Drew, former head of internet buying and buying controller at JD's Cecil Gee chain, has become U.K. country manager of Denham. Nick Preston, who has acted as group trading director ...
