That are the most important people for the sporting goods industry – Page 167
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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
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Wolverine World Wide's president of global operations, Michael McBreen, is...
Wolverine World Wide's president of global operations, Michael McBreen, is stepping down after more than three years in the job. The company said his replacement has been chosen, but the name remains under wraps. He will join the company by Jan. 1. McBreen was hired by Wolverine in June 2008 ...
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Effective Nov.1, Hilmar Bolle will act as new country manager...
Effective Nov.1, Hilmar Bolle will act as new country manager of Rossignol in Germany, replacing Nicki Bauer, who will take her maternity break by the end of October. The 48-year-old has been with the group for 18 years as a regional sales representative for northern Bavaria and Munich. While he ...
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Lars Gullikson, Silva's chief executive for the last 13 years,...
Lars Gullikson, Silva's chief executive for the last 13 years, has left the Swedish maker of outdoor lamps, compasses and accessories after its sale to Karnell in July. The Swedish investment fund has yet to find another chief executive but it has appointed several heavyweights from the outdoor industry to ...
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Schöffel is expanding its top management by adding a chief...
Schöffel is expanding its top management by adding a chief operating officer to its executive board. In this position, Torsten Müller will oversee production and human resources effective Oct. 1. For the past two years, Müller was in charge of the European logistics and distribution at VF Corporation and based ...
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Philippe Dugarin is the new international sales director of Aigle,...
Philippe Dugarin is the new international sales director of Aigle, the French brand of outdoor and lifestyle shoes and clothing owned by Maus Frères, taking the place left vacant by Alexander Hagen after he left one year ago to work for Puma. Dugardin himself worked most recently for Puma, handle ...
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Phil Knight, chairman and co-founder of Nike, has been chosen...
Phil Knight, chairman and co-founder of Nike, has been chosen as an economic adviser to Jon Huntsman, the former governor of Utah who is now seeking the Republication nomination for president of the U.S.
