That are the most important people for the sporting goods industry – Page 169
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Jake Brandman is taking the reins as president of Sanuk,...
Jake Brandman is taking the reins as president of Sanuk, the company bought last month by Deckers Outdoor Corporation. He will take over the position as of Sept. 1, moving from his job as vice president for North American operations at Teva, another Deckers brand. Jeff Kelley, who founded Sanuk ...
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FootJoy's European headquarters has promoted Richard Fryer, previously its European...
FootJoy's European headquarters has promoted Richard Fryer, previously its European marketing manager, to be European sales and marketing senior manager. In addition, Glyn Evans is the new national sales manager, a step up from field sales manager. Russell Lawes will fill Fryer's old position as European marketing manager; he was ...
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Sharon Gauding is the new vice president for sales and...
Sharon Gauding is the new vice president for sales and marketing at Oboz Footwear. In this newly created position, she will handle sales and Oboz' marketing and product strategies. She was formerly the men's footwear buyer for REI, the American retailer, and held numerous positions there during her 11-year tenure.
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Garmont is moving its North American subsidiary to Portland, Oregon,...
Garmont is moving its North American subsidiary to Portland, Oregon, which is becoming an increasingly important footwear and outdoor hub. The operation will be run by David Fee, a 38-year-old manager who lives in the area. He was employed there for a few years by Nike, where he was the ...
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Kyle Weiner is appointed president of Dorel's apparel & footwear...
Kyle Weiner is appointed president of Dorel's apparel & footwear group, which includes Sugoi. The executive gained a solid background in product development, marketing, merchandising, sales and financial planning in various companies. He spent 11 years in various leadership roles at Nike. He then held senior positions in the apparel ...
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Bunker Mentality, the British avant-garde golfwear company, has appointed...
Bunker Mentality, the British avant-garde golfwear company, has appointed Carol Duncumb as sales director, responsible for the U.K. and the rest of the world
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Peter Korver, who has been working for Nike, Puma and...
Peter Korver, who has been working for Nike, Puma and Euretco in the past, has become sales director of Brunotti Europe for the Benelux countries
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Blacks Leisure is looking for a new chairman. The struggling...
Blacks Leisure is looking for a new chairman. The struggling British sports retailer announced yesterday that David Bernstein had decided to resign as chairman and director of the company, with immediate effect, although he had received more than 78 percent of the proxy votes at the annual general meeting last ...
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Nadia Bremer has quit her job as communication manager of...
Nadia Bremer has quit her job as communication manager of the German bicycle group Derby Cycle for personal reasons, and she was replaced by Arne Sudhoff
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Equip Outdoor Technologies, the parent company of Rab, which recently...
Equip Outdoor Technologies, the parent company of Rab, which recently acquired Lowe Alpine from Asolo, is taking over the distribution of the line in the U.S. and Canada from Asolo and its Canadian licensee. By November, the U.S. operations of Lowe Alpine will again be based in Colorado, where the ...
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Joe Fernandez, who has spent more than 20 years at...
Joe Fernandez, who has spent more than 20 years at Orbea, has become the new general manager of this Spanish producer of bicycles. The former general manager, Miguel Ocaña, has joined Orbea's parent company, Grupo Mondragón, as vice president in charge of its equipment division.
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Jean-Paul Onillon, former general manager of Sport 2000 in France,...
Jean-Paul Onillon, former general manager of Sport 2000 in France, has become the buying director for non-food products at Casino, the big French operator of supermarkets that controls Go Sport, among other holdings
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J.Lindeberg re-acquired People's Liberation's 50 percent ownership in J.Lindeberg USA...
J.Lindeberg re-acquired People's Liberation's 50 percent ownership in J.Lindeberg USA LLC at the beginning of July. As a result, the U.S. wholesale business and the J.Lindeberg stores in New York, LA and Miami are now fully-owned by the J.Lindeberg group. The aim is to keep the company's strong golf sales ...
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Bill Adams is the new general manager for the EMEA...
Bill Adams is the new general manager for the EMEA markets at New Era. He is working from its office in London at the moment. He was previously the vice president of U.S. sales for seven years. Next year he will be going back to the U.S. and New Era ...
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Alpargatas is going to take over the distribution of Mizuno...
Alpargatas is going to take over the distribution of Mizuno in Argentina, from next February, and it has already started to take orders for the brand in the country. Alpargatas has already been quite successful with the Japanese brand in Brazil, particularly in the running segment. The Brazilian group, which ...
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Golfino has assigned its sales operations in Switzerland to the...
Golfino has assigned its sales operations in Switzerland to the agency of Michael Rusterholz, called Custom Made. Corina Leppert, who was taking care of the country, can now concentrate on the Southern German regions of Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg. Rusterholz serves other renowned brands from the fashion and golf clothing segment.
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Joe Ayling has left as news editor of Just-Style, the...
Joe Ayling has left as news editor of Just-Style, the international online news service, to act as editor of Optician, a British trade magazine for eyewear
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New Balance is recruiting heavily at its European office in...
New Balance is recruiting heavily at its European office in the U.K. for the national launch of the football range of its Warrior Sports subsidiary, which has concentrated until now on hockey and lacrosse
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Jessica Brown is leaving as executive editor of the British...
Jessica Brown is leaving as executive editor of the British Drapers magazine for a job as head of fashion at Amazon
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Josh Hunter, editor in chief of TransWorld Business, leaves this...
Josh Hunter, editor in chief of TransWorld Business, leaves this American action sports magazine to handle sales and marketing for GLM Events, whose newest venture is the Action Sports Asia fair due to take place in Singapore next April 13-15
