That are the most important people for the sporting goods industry – Page 166
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As part of its strategy to develop its brand worldwide,...
As part of its strategy to develop its brand worldwide, Golfsmith International has entered a partnership with The MoreGolf Group, the largest golf retailer in South Africa, adding to the deals that Golfsmith has struck in the last year in Europe, Japan, Korea, Australia and New Zealand. The MoreGolf Group ...
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Cees van de Meeberg is the new director of development...
Cees van de Meeberg is the new director of development at Brunotti Europe, charged with buying and styling the Brunotti apparel collection. His previous experience includes three years with Gaastra and 14 years with O'Neill.
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Eckhard Cordes has unexpectedly decided to leave as chief executive...
Eckhard Cordes has unexpectedly decided to leave as chief executive of Metro Group in the next year, feeling that there was no longer trust between him and the rest of the group's management. Retracting a previous statement, one month ago Metro's major shareholder, Franz Haniel & Cie., supported the extension ...
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Robert Ferko will step down as chief executive of Elan...
Robert Ferko will step down as chief executive of Elan at the end of this month. He will be replaced on an interim basis by the only other member of the executive board of the Slovenian ski and snowboard company, Andreja Kosir, who has been its finance director since 2008. ...
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Marker Dalbello Völkl Ski, the German distribution company for the...
Marker Dalbello Völkl Ski, the German distribution company for the three snow sports brands, has appointed Karin Schächinger marketing manager, replacing Eveline Christl, who left the company last month. Schächinger, 28, has worked for Völkl as junior marketing manager since August. The new product manager for Völkl Snowboards as well ...
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David Ward, who ran the U.K. subsidiary of Deckers Corporation...
David Ward, who ran the U.K. subsidiary of Deckers Corporation before the parent company of Teva and other brands took over the distribution in the country, has joined JD Sports Fashion as brand distribution director, reporting to one of the company's top executives, Sir Peter Cowgill
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Salewa is placing some of its foreign sales subsidiaries at...
Salewa is placing some of its foreign sales subsidiaries at the service of complementary brands. It has struck an agreement with another family-owned Italian company, Briko, to represent it in the markets of Austria, France and Poland. Briko, which is now 25 years old, has developed some innovative sports accessories ...
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Stephan Krug left as general manager of Sioux by mutual...
Stephan Krug left as general manager of Sioux by mutual agreement and for personal reasons on Sept. 30 after 14 months with the German shoe company, which was acquired last year by private investors with the help of Square Four, the Frankfurt-based investment company that had previously acquired control of ...
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The Spanish subsidiary of Lafuma Group is taking over the...
The Spanish subsidiary of Lafuma Group is taking over the distribution of the Eider and Killy brands from Snow Factory
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Mike Egeck, 52, has become the chief executive of Hurley...
Mike Egeck, 52, has become the chief executive of Hurley International, the action sports brand of the Nike group. The brand's founder, Bob Hurley, remains chairman. Egeck had recently left VF Corporation to act as president of True Religion, an American brand of jeans. At VF, he ran Seven for ...
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Erica Kerner, global Olympic Games director at the Adidas Group,...
Erica Kerner, global Olympic Games director at the Adidas Group, left the company in September, only a few months before the start of the 2012 Olympic Games in London. Kerner was supervising the comprehensive sponsorship and licensing program put together by Adidas for these Olympics, as she had already done ...
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Emilio Morabito is the new country manager of Amer Sports...
Emilio Morabito is the new country manager of Amer Sports Italia, taking the place of Marco Furlanis who left several months ago. He worked with fast-moving consumer goods companies like Reckitt Benckiser, Henkel and Unilever and then acted as sales director at Sara Lee for more than 17 years.
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Nike Golf has named Angus Moir to be its general...
Nike Golf has named Angus Moir to be its general manager for the Europe, Middle East and Africa region (EMEA). As of Dec. 1, Moir will take up the position from Stan Grissinger, who has been promoted to director of international business development for the golf brand. Moir, 48, has ...
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Lisa Thompson is Asics' new product manager for apparel and...
Lisa Thompson is Asics' new product manager for apparel and accessories in the U.K. and Ireland. She has run her own business, and has also worked at Reebok, last holding the title of product manager there. Her goal will be to expand Asics' apparel products, whose sales have risen by ...
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Oxbow has appointed a new creative director from Australia, Roland...
Oxbow has appointed a new creative director from Australia, Roland Wimbush, replacing Lionel Rouault from France. Wimbush, 36, has already worked for O'Neill, Salomon and Billabong.
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Tecnica has appointed Chris Licata president of the Tecnica/Blizzard division...
Tecnica has appointed Chris Licata president of the Tecnica/Blizzard division of its U.S. subsidiary
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Diane Pelkey, senior director of global communications at Under Armour,...
Diane Pelkey, senior director of global communications at Under Armour, has gone up one step to become vice president of global brand communications and entertainment with the company
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David Laverty has resigned as senior vice president of operations...
David Laverty has resigned as senior vice president of operations at Callaway Golf
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Edi Kaiser, former European sales and marketing director of Spyder...
Edi Kaiser, former European sales and marketing director of Spyder Active Sports, has become the general manager of the German subsidiary of Skins, the Australian producer of compression garments. The 44-year-old takes the place of Christian Scheffold, who left recently to join the Sport Invest Search recruitment agency. Prior to ...
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Viper has taken on the distribution of Roces' products in...
Viper has taken on the distribution of Roces' products in Spain, Portugal and Andorra, starting with items that are immediately available for the Christmas season
