That are the most important people for the sporting goods industry – Page 155
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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 ...
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John Ward, former vice president of U.S. sales who has...
John Ward, former vice president of U.S. sales who has spend 20 years swith the Taylor Made brand, was appointed president of Adams Golf, the golf equipment company purchased by Taylor Made Adidas Golf. Adams Golf was previously led by an interim chief executive, Barney Adams, the founder of the company, who stepped in briefly after ...
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Wolverine Worldwide is setting up a new office in...
Wolverine Worldwide is setting up a new office in Spain to run the distribution of Merrell, Patagonia Footwear, Cushe and Caterpillar Footwear, and to coordinate the Spanish sales activities for the 14 other brands of the group that are currently handled by distributors. It's a new business model for the ...
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Richard Johnson, a 15-year veteran of Foot Locker who ran...
Richard Johnson, a 15-year veteran of Foot Locker who ran its European operations for a while several years ago, has been promoted to the position of chief operating officer. He had served as executive vice president and group president of retail stores since last July. In his new position, he ...
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Baptiste Coulonque, 39, is the new general manager of Oxbow,...
Baptiste Coulonque, 39, is the new general manager of Oxbow, the struggling surfwear brand owned by the Lafuma Group. He fills a void left by the departure of Matthieu Bazil at the end of 2011. Coulonque had been working at Rip Curl Europe since 2006, when he took charge of ...
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Achim Brehm, 52, replaces Rainer Schattenkirchner as sales manager for...
Achim Brehm, 52, replaces Rainer Schattenkirchner as sales manager for Gonso and Rono, with a brief to further develop the internationalization of these brands, which were taken over by the Maier Sports Group last year. Brehm previously acted as regional sales manager for Jako.
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Alex Köck, a former key accounts manager for Diesel, has...
Alex Köck, a former key accounts manager for Diesel, has become Austrian sales manager for J. Lindeberg
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After eight years in office, Johannes Steuerwald has left the...
After eight years in office, Johannes Steuerwald has left the German subsidiary of Northwave, the Italian vendor of bicycle and snowboard products. He is looking for a new challenge in the sporting goods industry. He has been replaced by Uwe Schlager. The 47-year-old was German sales manager of BMC, a ...
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Amer Sports has promoted Jean-Yves Couput to the position of...
Amer Sports has promoted Jean-Yves Couput to the position of global marketing manager for its Suunto brand. Stationed at Amer's U.S. office in Ogden, Utah, he recently acted as global outdoor brand manager for Salomon and as marketing director for Amer's winter and outdoor sports activities in the Americas. Couput ...
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Ted Goodloake, former national sales manager of Puma North America's...
Ted Goodloake, former national sales manager of Puma North America's running division, has become North American sales director for On, the Swiss brand of running shoes
