That are the most important people for the sporting goods industry – Page 165
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Craig Stevenson, president of the Americas region at Quiksilver, was...
Craig Stevenson, president of the Americas region at Quiksilver, was appointed as the company's global brand president and chief operating officer, from the start of this month. The global brand president is a new position, which is meant to supervise the Quiksilver, Roxy and DC brands' activities. The COO's functions ...
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GolfTech, the Austrian golf distribution company with operations and partnerships...
GolfTech, the Austrian golf distribution company with operations and partnerships all around Europe, has acquired its U.K. distribution partner, Golf and Sports Supplies (GSS). The move is intended to bolster British sales of Big Max, the brand of golf trolleys owned by GolfTech. At the same time, the U.K. unit ...
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Dietmar Axt has left as head of global sales for...
Dietmar Axt has left as head of global sales for the Falke group to act as chief executive of Mustang, the German brand of denim jeans
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Tom Jungell, former chief executive of Omnicon Media Group, becomes...
Tom Jungell, former chief executive of Omnicon Media Group, becomes CEO of Footbalance, replacing the company's founder, Erkki Hakkala, who will concentrate on R&D
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Liquid Force, a wakeboarding and kiteboarding brand from California, will...
Liquid Force, a wakeboarding and kiteboarding brand from California, will be distributed in Spain by Jorcani
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The German sporting goods industry federation, BSI, has hired a...
The German sporting goods industry federation, BSI, has hired a 38-year-old woman, Nicole Espey, to help its managing director, Adalbert von Osten, in relations with the European sporting goods industry federation, Fesi, and with other tasks. Espey has worked in the office of the German Olympic Committee and the European ...
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Thomas Zettler has left as managing director in charge of...
Thomas Zettler has left as managing director in charge of marketing and sales of the Blizzard ski brand, after five years with this subsidiary of Tecnica Group. The departure was rather abrupt and the 57-year-old Zettler confirmed that it was Tecnica's wish to let him go after the integration of ...
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Uhlsport and WRC Sport, the German company's longtime distributor in...
Uhlsport and WRC Sport, the German company's longtime distributor in the Benelux countries, have agreed to set up a subsidiary that will handle sales of Uhlsport and Kempa in the same market from the start of next year. Alex Smet, general manager of WRC, will become country manager of Uhlsport ...
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Kant is going to be the new exclusive distributor of...
Kant is going to be the new exclusive distributor of Elan for Russia from next month. The Russian company replaces Sporty, which is going to concentrate on imports of motorcycles. Vsevolod Kurguzov, who worked with Sporty, is moving to Kant to keep the same brand strategy. Kant also distributes Blizzard ...
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Tobias Jungk, 40, will be the new European sales and...
Tobias Jungk, 40, will be the new European sales and marketing director for Spyder Active Sports, replacing Edi Kaiser who has become German country manager of Skins. Jungk has been most recently a key accounts manager for Reebok in Austria. He will be based at Spyder Europe's office in Switzerland, ...
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Eric Leemans, chief executive of A.S. Adventure, the Belgian outdoor...
Eric Leemans, chief executive of A.S. Adventure, the Belgian outdoor retailer, was dismissed from the company earlier this month, due to strategic disagreements with Frederic Hufkens, chief executive of the A.S. Adventure Group, which includes the Belgian chain as well as Bever in the Netherlands and Cotswold Outdoor in the ...
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Remo Ruffini, the creative director of Moncler, is again fully...
Remo Ruffini, the creative director of Moncler, is again fully in charge of the company. Alberto Lavia, a top-notch fashion executive who was appointed at the head of Moncler in July 2010 to prepare it for a public offering, has left due to the recent change of plans in this ...
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Amer Sports' winter and outdoor sports division for the Americas...
Amer Sports' winter and outdoor sports division for the Americas (ASWO), comprising the U.S. operations of Salomon, Suunto and Atomic, has updated its marketing management structure to focus on retailers and consumers instead of products. As part of the reorganization, Courtney Vermaas has been promoted from her previous slot as ...
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Sheena Brady, the creative director of Weiden & Kennedy...
Sheena Brady, the creative director of Weiden & Kennedy who has worked for the Nike account for many years, is on the verge of leaving the advertising agency, according to the Agency Spy website
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Black Diamond Equipment has appointed more people to its apparel...
Black Diamond Equipment has appointed more people to its apparel design and development team as the American company gears up for the launch of its first range of clothing in the autumn of 2013. Cheryl Knopp will be the design lead for Black Diamond's apparel initiative. She has been a ...
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Jérôme Valentin has been appointed general manager of Cycleurope. The...
Jérôme Valentin has been appointed general manager of Cycleurope. The 53-year-old executive, who was most recently the general manager of Uniross Batteries, based in Paris, takes the place of Tony Grimaldi, who remains president of the Cycleurope and vice chairman of its family-owned parent company in Sweden, Grimaldi Industry Group, ...
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Magellan has appointed Pascal Darré as country manager for France....
Magellan has appointed Pascal Darré as country manager for France. He has worked for Philips Semiconductors and other firms. Notably, he became in 2006 marketing director of a GPS company, CompeGPS, before acting as a freelance consultant and journalist in the sector. FFRP, the French hiking and trekking association, has ...
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Ian Bradley, based in the U.K., has joined Invista...
Ian Bradley, based in the U.K., has joined Invista as EMEA business manager of Cordura in charge of performance and protective fabrics after more than 20 years in the textile industry
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Jürgen Berauer has become central buyer for Sport Fundgrube,...
Jürgen Berauer has become central buyer for Sport Fundgrube, the German chain of off-price sporting goods stores, filling a void of two and a half years
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The board of VF Corporation welcomes a new director, Laura...
The board of VF Corporation welcomes a new director, Laura W. Lang, an expert in digital media who runs a billion-dollar enterprise in the sector called Digitas
