That are the most important people for the sporting goods industry – Page 157
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Starting this April, Salewa has a subsidiary for the Czech...
Starting this April, Salewa has a subsidiary for the Czech Republic and Slovakia that will operate from Brno. The company is led by Branislav Adamec as general manager. Salewa has been present in what was then Czechoslovakia since 1989 and continued to work with a distributor in Slovakia, but switched ...
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Effective this month, Siegfried Winkelbeiner will assume the role of...
Effective this month, Siegfried Winkelbeiner will assume the role of chief executive at Schoeller Textil, the maker of high-end fabrics. He replaces Hans-Jürgen Hübner, who has served the company for 48 years. Hübner joined the Swiss company in 1964, first in charge of the technical area, then in 1982 as ...
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Biretco B.V., the big Dutch retail organization for bicycles based...
Biretco B.V., the big Dutch retail organization for bicycles based in Breda, hired Robèrt Scholten effective last Monday to be its manager for new business activities. He will develop the buying group's business abroad and explore new markets. Scholten has been in the two-wheel industry for many years. For the ...
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Brown Couch has become the new distributor of Spy Optics...
Brown Couch has become the new distributor of Spy Optics in Sweden (more on this company and on Spy in EyeWear Intelligence)
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Benjamin Morel has been promoted senior vice president of NBA...
Benjamin Morel has been promoted senior vice president of NBA Europe, taking the place of Sophie Goldschmidt who left the NBA in May 2011. Based in London, he will directly report to Heidi Ueberroth, president of NBA International in New York. He has been with the NBA for 15 years. ...
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Brander Sports, distributor for Spyder in Sweden, has now signed...
Brander Sports, distributor for Spyder in Sweden, has now signed agreements with Dainese, Ziener and Rocky Mountain Underground. Brander Sports is a relatively new company, headed by Robin Brander, for the representation of companies that produce high quality, technical products. Rocky Mountain Underground is a relatively new American ski brand ...
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Camelbak, the leading California-based supplier of hydration gear, has hired...
Camelbak, the leading California-based supplier of hydration gear, has hired new distributors around the world. In Greece, the only new hire is Niko Maniatopoulos. Like Hartje, the German distributor hired last year, it will only concentrate on the bicycle market, tough. In Japan, Riteway Product will distribute Camelbak in the ...
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David Udberg has made public his resignation as chief executive...
David Udberg has made public his resignation as chief executive of Lowe Alpine UK, leaving the company that was formally acquired by Equip Outdoor Technologies last October. He will continue to stay on as president of the European Outdoor Group (more in The Outdoor Industry Compass).
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Jessica Fritzlar has returned to Swiss Eye, the eyewear company,...
Jessica Fritzlar has returned to Swiss Eye, the eyewear company, to take over the direction of the marketing department, replacing Sandra Hankel, who has left the company
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Infiniti Golf has picked Golfsmith Europe to be the distributor...
Infiniti Golf has picked Golfsmith Europe to be the distributor of its irons, drivers and wedges throughout the U.K. and the rest of Europe. Golfsmith will have the exclusive rights to sell Infiniti's clubs online and through its retailers.
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Francesca Kaswalder, marketing manager at Vist, the Italian ski and...
Francesca Kaswalder, marketing manager at Vist, the Italian ski and fashion brand, has temporarily left the company for a maternity break
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From next October, Jochen Zeitz will no longer act as...
From next October, Jochen Zeitz will no longer act as chief executive of the Sport & Lifestyle division of PPR, which comprises Puma, Cobra Golf, Tretorn and Volcom. The division will report directly to Jean-François Palus, recently elevated to the position of PPR's group managing director. Palus will be assisted ...
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Spyder Active Sports has a new marketing manager, Jamie Starr,...
Spyder Active Sports has a new marketing manager, Jamie Starr, who had been previously managing editor and brand consultant for the Spear Creative Group, as well as editor of Snow Magazine, based in Aspen, Colorado. Russ Rowan, Spyder's vice president of sales and global marketing, has a juicy description for ...
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Marco Kunz, who became country sales manager for Adidas in...
Marco Kunz, who became country sales manager for Adidas in the Netherlands just over two years ago, saw his remit enlarged to become head of sales for all the Benelux countries: Sport Partner reports that in this new function, he will lead sales activities for both the Adidas and Reebok ...
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Josef Andreas Hrovath is again the chief executive of Elan...
Josef Andreas Hrovath is again the chief executive of Elan Sportartikel, the German subsidiary of the Slovenian ski company. He replaces Michael Kollmann after four years in the post. Hrovath ran the company already in 1999 and 2000. He subsequently left and founded Modulea, a company specializing in technical floor ...
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David Udberg has resigned as managing director of Lowe Alpine...
David Udberg has resigned as managing director of Lowe Alpine U.K., leaving the company that was formally acquired by Equip Outdoor Technologies last October. A former executive of Berghaus, he is going to take some time off to consider his future options. Udberg was elected president of the European Outdoor ...
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Lyle & Scott, the British golf apparel brand, has recruited...
Lyle & Scott, the British golf apparel brand, has recruited a resolutely fashion-oriented designer to supervise two of its ranges from April. The company hired Carolyn Massey, an award-winning designer, who will focus on Lyle & Scott's vintage and heritage lines. The appointment comes as the Scotland-based golf brand continues to ...
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Jack Wolfskin announced that Michael Rupp will be its new...
Jack Wolfskin announced that Michael Rupp will be its new chief executive, effective July 1. The 51-year-old has served the Adidas Group in various positions and has been in the industry for more than two decades. Most recently he has acted as president and CEO of Adidas' Boston-based subsidiary, The ...
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Outlast has appointed Dirk Keunen European sales manager of the...
Outlast has appointed Dirk Keunen European sales manager of the specialty manufacturer of phase change materials, effective March 1. The 53-year-old has 27 years of experience in the apparel business. From 2005 through 2011, the Belgian served as vice president for sales in Europe and Asia of Nano-Tex. Before that, ...
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Basicnet is introducing K-Way to the Russian market via an...
Basicnet is introducing K-Way to the Russian market via an agreement with Bosco di Ciliegi, the big company of Mikhail Kusnirovich that represents many Italian fashion brands in his country. The collaboration has started with the sale of K-Way's spring/summer 2012 line in the Vesna shopping center, in the Novi ...
