That are the most important people for the sporting goods industry – Page 161
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Icebug, the Swedish brand that focuses on footwear with grip...
Icebug, the Swedish brand that focuses on footwear with grip for icy conditions, is to be launched in South Korea and China in the next months. The company has teamed up with Seven Summits in South Korea and Go Rising in China. This comes as Icebug continues to expand rapidly, ...
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Marketed as jackets to keep women's buttocks warm, the striking...
Marketed as jackets to keep women's buttocks warm, the striking winter sports skirts made by Skhoop earned the Swedish company several distribution deals at Ispo. Skhoop was launched 10 years ago by Sissi Kewenter, a former designer at Peak Performance, starting with a calf-length winter skirt – equipped with a ...
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Orage has switched its German distribution from Chris Sports Europe...
Orage has switched its German distribution from Chris Sports Europe to Vista Sport
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Lars Rafn, the leading executive of the Columbia Sportswear subsidiary...
Lars Rafn, the leading executive of the Columbia Sportswear subsidiary in Denmark, who has been involved with the brand for many years as its former Danish agent, has left the company for personal reasons
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Crocs is strengthening the management at its European office in...
Crocs is strengthening the management at its European office in the Netherlands with three new senior managers. Besides Ann Chan, who has already been reported as joining the operation as European retail manager, Adrian Holloway will act as chief financial officer of Crocs Europe, and Michael Marshall-Clarke as marketing director. ...
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Lars Kutter, the longtime managing director of Schmidt Sports, a...
Lars Kutter, the longtime managing director of Schmidt Sports, a German distributor of fitness gear including Aicon, has founded his own distribution company called Sportsnwear based in Düsseldorf. Kutter's first customer is Harbinger, the American brand of fitness gloves. He previously handled Harbinger under the helm of Schmidt Sports.
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Edgar Tremmel, the German distributor of Houdini and Mons Royale,...
Edgar Tremmel, the German distributor of Houdini and Mons Royale, has taken over the distribution of Sweet Protection, the Norwegian brand of helmets, protective equipment, outerwear and canoes. Previously, the German market was covered by Martin Schwaiger and his agency, which will continue to serve Austrian retailers.
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Ross Hastings is joining Fletcher Leisure Group Europe as the...
Ross Hastings is joining Fletcher Leisure Group Europe as the sales director for the U.K. and Ireland. He comes from Rukka Golf, and also has experience with Callaway, Galvin Green, Srixon, Zero Restriction, and Fairway and Green. Fletcher Leisure Group is the owner of Sunice and the global licensee for ...
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Effective Feb.1, Franz Jakobi is the new manager in charge...
Effective Feb.1, Franz Jakobi is the new manager in charge of sponsoring and athletes at Skins in Germany, replacing Denny Moll, who takes on a similar role at Skins' European headquarters in Switzerland
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Bonfire and Salomon, which together make up The Alliance, have...
Bonfire and Salomon, which together make up The Alliance, have promoted Amy Eichner and Kevin Stevenson within the organization. Eichner, the global marketing manager for the two brands for eight years, will now be product line manager, in charge of the product creation process at Bonfire. Stevenson, who has been ...
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Bench is now also selling its product line in the...
Bench is now also selling its product line in the U.S. and opened an office in New York at the end of the last year for this purpose. It is managed by Burt Damsky, a vice president of the British company run by Peter McGuigan, a veteran of Reebok. The ...
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Bert Hoyt, a longtime Nike executive, has been appointed as...
Bert Hoyt, a longtime Nike executive, has been appointed as the brand's vice president and general manager for Western Europe, one of the company's six geographical units. He replaces Brent Scrimshaw, who is retiring and returning to his native Australia. Hoyt, 56, has been with Nike for more than 10 ...
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Odlo has appointed Sara Canali new head of product development...
Odlo has appointed Sara Canali new head of product development and design, replacing Andrea Eichinger. New product managers are Pär Westerlind for cross-country and cycling, and Roberta Lazzarotto for running. 37-year-old Canali was in charge of the design of Odlo's outdoor collection before. Westerlind, also 37, served as product manager ...
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Arc'teryx has expanded its team in Europe with Lisa Salzer,...
Arc'teryx has expanded its team in Europe with Lisa Salzer, sales support, joining in December and Veronika Kraler, marketing coordinator, coming on board this month. Salzer, 33, will work on shop-in-shop and partner store programs. Her background is in trade and product design, including trade marketing with Wolford, the luxury ...
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Sonia Bunte will become a buyer of SportScheck in charge...
Sonia Bunte will become a buyer of SportScheck in charge of outdoor products, textiles and hardgoods, starting in mid-February. The 34-year-old has been working since last April as managing director of Fashiongalerie, a German online retail portal. She previously worked for Tom Tailor and eBay. Bunto is taking the place ...
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BH, Spain's largest bicycle maker, has set up BH Bikes...
BH, Spain's largest bicycle maker, has set up BH Bikes Francia to help boost its position on the French market. The new subsidiariy, in Biarritz, will be led by Benoit Rigamonti, formerly the national manager in France for BMC. The new inroad into France is the latest move toward globalization ...
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Todd Hymel is filling the new position of chief operating...
Todd Hymel is filling the new position of chief operating officer for PPR's new sport and lifestyle division. He will work to expand the division's existing brands, such as Puma and Volcom, as well as integrate new brands. He was formerly the deputy director of mergers and acquisitions. PPR has ...
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Columbia Sportswear has created two new positions at its Geneva-based...
Columbia Sportswear has created two new positions at its Geneva-based European headquarters: Dan Trapp, formerly Columbia's sales manager for the U.K. and Ireland, has been appointed European category sales manager for apparel. Trapp's counterpart for footwear is now Urs Bamert, until recently sales manager for Austria and Switzerland. In this ...
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Diadora has signed a new distribution contract with JD Sports...
Diadora has signed a new distribution contract with JD Sports Fashion for the distribution of its products in the U.K., where it has not been selling for five years, as it aims to re-enter the British market where it was very strong once. Two other Italian sports brands, Lotto and ...
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Dolomite recently signed several new distribution contracts for the sale...
Dolomite recently signed several new distribution contracts for the sale of its product line in other markets. In Belgium, the brand is now being distributed by N.V. Amigo, which is going to start selling Dolomite's product line for the first time in the coming fall/winter season. Euroline will from now ...
