That are the most important people for the sporting goods industry – Page 166
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Creating a new position, Lotto Sport Italia has hired Stefano...
Creating a new position, Lotto Sport Italia has hired Stefano Straforini to act as European sales manager, with responsibility for the major European markets. He last worked as international sales manager of Monclear, after working as sales manager of Stonefly for the Asia-Pacific region and as international sales manager of ...
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Golfsmith Europe will add the Greg Norman Collection of golf...
Golfsmith Europe will add the Greg Norman Collection of golf apparel to the lines of golf products that it distributes in the U.K. and various other European countries, joining Ogio, Snake Eye Custom, Nike Vision Golf Eyewear and other brands in its portfolio. Tony Wilkinson and his sales team, who ...
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Shortly after the announcement of Robert Bolland's departure at the...
Shortly after the announcement of Robert Bolland's departure at the head of Brandboxx Salzburg, the company that organizes the Austrian Ösfa and Bike & Trimm trade shows, a successor has already been named. He is André Rooijen, who has been on the board of TCN, the Dutch-based owner of the ...
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Spy Optic has appointed Devon Howard marketing director, reporting directly...
Spy Optic has appointed Devon Howard marketing director, reporting directly to Michael Marckx, who became president of the brand last month in a management reshuffle of its parent company, Orange 21 (more on this in EyeWear Intelligence). A second-generation California surfer, Howard has been an editor of the Longboard magazine ...
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Pure Fishing, the fishing tackle subsidiary of Jarden Corporation that...
Pure Fishing, the fishing tackle subsidiary of Jarden Corporation that owns Abu Garcia, Berkley, Mitchel, Shakespeare and other brands, has taken over substantially all the assets of Beyond Fishing & Sporting Goods, a South African company that has been distributing its products in sub-Saharan Africa for more than two years. ...
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Hi-Tec is taking over its own distribution in the Netherlands...
Hi-Tec is taking over its own distribution in the Netherlands from the start of next year. For the last two years the brand of court sports, outdoor and golf footwear has been sold in the Dutch market by Falcon, a Dutch supplier of rainwear and sports apparel. However, the two ...
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Head has named Karl Acham division manager for snowboard and...
Head has named Karl Acham division manager for snowboard and protection, starting next Jan. 1, replacing Klaus Thurner, who has been placed in charge of the in-house sportswear department. Acham, 54, has been with Head since 2000. He has notably set up a snowboard business for the company in Japan. ...
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Jacques Krauze has again left Courir, the athletic footwear chain...
Jacques Krauze has again left Courir, the athletic footwear chain of Groupe Go Sport, after leading its turnaround. André Ségura, former general manager of Habitat for Europe, is taking over his place at the head of Courir. A French magazine, Sportéco, had reported his departure last summer, but Krauze denied ...
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Phil Lalemant has been appointed European marketing director of Volcom,...
Phil Lalemant has been appointed European marketing director of Volcom, located at the European head office in Anglet, France. The nine-year-long marketing executive at Element, a subsidiary of Billabong since 2001, will work hand in hand with his predecessor, Mike Mailman. The latter has been promoted creative director for Europe”.
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Craft, the Swedish sportswear company, has appointed Björn Lind new...
Craft, the Swedish sportswear company, has appointed Björn Lind new category manager for its cross-country skiing unit. Lind won two Olympic gold medals and other major titles in this sport, but he retired as a competitive athlete last spring. The 33-year-old will run Craft's product development team in charge of ...
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Oxbow has lost its general manager, Matthieu Bazil, who said...
Oxbow has lost its general manager, Matthieu Bazil, who said he was leaving the company, owned by Lafuma Group, because of differing points of view. He replaced Eric Bonnem in the position at the end of 2009. Further details were not available at the time of going to press.
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Blue Beat Distribution has become the new distributor for Eastpak...
Blue Beat Distribution has become the new distributor for Eastpak in Sweden
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Ryan Gellert has been promoted brand president of Black Diamond,...
Ryan Gellert has been promoted brand president of Black Diamond, effective Jan. 2 of next year. He succeeds Peter Metcalf, who continues to be chief executive and president of the holding company, Black Diamond Inc., which also runs the Gregory backpack brand since last year's merger of the two firms. ...
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Kurt Jugl has joined the board of Uvex Sports Group...
Kurt Jugl has joined the board of Uvex Sports Group as commercial managing director, succeeding Jürgen Cappell, who quit the company after more than a decade by mutual agreement with the group's top management. Jugl has held various positions with Siemens and Pfleiderer, a German company specializing in wood processing, ...
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Bradshaw Taylor of the U.K. continues to widen its European...
Bradshaw Taylor of the U.K. continues to widen its European footprint with a distribution deal for Sherpa Adventure Gear covering most Western European markets with the exception of Italy and Austria (more in The Outdoor Industry Compass)
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The Maier Sports and Gonso brands will be run from...
The Maier Sports and Gonso brands will be run from the start of next year by a new managing director: Sascha Kautschitsch, an executive from the fashion business, will take over the helm of Maier Sports, the German snow, outdoor and bicycle apparel company. Kautscitsch was a founder of Dirty ...
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Spalding has chosen Paul Sherratt and his Solutions for Sport...
Spalding has chosen Paul Sherratt and his Solutions for Sport to handle its business in the U.K. Solutions for Sport already handles McDavid protective baselayers and Uhlsport football teamwear in the country. The Uhlsport team will additionally handle Spalding, the world's largest provider of basketball equipment, with deliveries starting as ...
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Suzanne Schäfer, who comes from Strenesse, will run the Escada...
Suzanne Schäfer, who comes from Strenesse, will run the Escada Sport department of Escada, replacing Ilka Bennewitz, who is leaving at the end of this year for personal reasons
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Øyvind Lauritzen, former owner and managing director of Skigutane, a...
Øyvind Lauritzen, former owner and managing director of Skigutane, a group of Norwegian sports brands, has been appointed chief executive at Dale of Norway, the Norwegian knitwear company. He will replace Ole-Bjørn Gjerde, Dale's chairman and shareholder, who temporarily took charge a few months ago after the departure of Dale's ...
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The German subsidiary of Salewa is taking on the distribution...
The German subsidiary of Salewa is taking on the distribution of Silva in the country. It's a further step in the internationalization of the distribution activities of Oberalp, the Italian-based parent company of Salewa, which recently announced a similar deal for Briko in Austria, France and Poland (more in The ...
