That are the most important people for the sporting goods industry – Page 171
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Lacoste has named Micheline Kaufmann to its board of directors....
Lacoste has named Micheline Kaufmann to its board of directors. She spent more than 30 years with Chanel, where her positions included head of marketing for perfumes and beauty, and international head of marketing, corporate.
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Crocs is now directly managing the distribution of its shoe...
Crocs is now directly managing the distribution of its shoe collections in Portugal and Slovakia. Before, Crocs had been selling its product line in these countries by means of a distributor. At the moment, Crocs manages the distribution of its products directly in altogether 15 countries. In the future, the ...
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Derby Cycle has set up a direct sales unit in...
Derby Cycle has set up a direct sales unit in Australia that replaces its former distributor there, Green Apple Sports, from which it bought the inventories and customer receivables. Graeme Moffett, the owner and managing director of Green Apple Sports, was appointed managing director of Derby Cycle's Australian business. Derby ...
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Henner Schwarz, 34, has been appointed as the third joint...
Henner Schwarz, 34, has been appointed as the third joint managing director of Planet Sports, the fast-growing German online and brick-and-mortar action sports retailer, taking care of finance, IT and personnel. The company's founders, Sven Horstmann and Marcel Peters, continue to act as joint managing directors. A former manager of ...
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Markus Jung, 39, has been appointed chief financial officer of...
Markus Jung, 39, has been appointed chief financial officer of Golfino, responsible also for legal matters, controlling and personnel
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After the integration of its Spanish distributor, Justsurf, Volcom has...
After the integration of its Spanish distributor, Justsurf, Volcom has inaugurated the office of its new Spanish subsidiary in Deria, with five showrooms that will start displaying its ranges from the start of July
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Cees van de Meeberg has been appointed director of development...
Cees van de Meeberg has been appointed director of development at Brunotti Sportswear, the Dutch boardsports brand. This comes a few months after several financial partners came on board at Brunotti, enabling it to step up investments in its marketing and international reach. Van de Meeberg has previously been in ...
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As part of an executive reshuffle at Arc'teryx, George Curleigh,...
As part of an executive reshuffle at Arc'teryx, George Curleigh, formerly director of sales, has been promoted to vice president for sales, which places him in charge of global sales. He replaces Gary Bryant, who shifted to vice president for product and merchandising, supervising all aspects of research, design and ...
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Magnus Claesson has become chief buying officer at the New...
Magnus Claesson has become chief buying officer at the New Wave Group in Asia, replacing Randy Royce, who is leaving the company
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Richard Sharp, chairman of Crocs' board, has retired from this...
Richard Sharp, chairman of Crocs' board, has retired from this job, to be replaced by Thomas Smach, who has been a board member since April 2005 and served as acting chairman since the end of last year, when Sharp took a leave of absence
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John McCarvel, president and chief executive of Crocs since February...
John McCarvel, president and chief executive of Crocs since February 2010, has won the Stevie Award for turnaround executive of the year at the 2011 American Business Awards, as he helped the company to return to profitable growth and to become one of 2010's best-performing stocks
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Timberland has hired Mark Newton, who previously worked at Dell,...
Timberland has hired Mark Newton, who previously worked at Dell, to become its vice president for corporate social responsibility
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Joachim Harbich, a German executive from the music industry, joined...
Joachim Harbich, a German executive from the music industry, joined Pelé Sports last month as global marketing director, which is a new position. The Swiss-based football brand launched at the World Cup last year already had a global marketing manager, Zoe Geary. She joined in March from IMG, the master ...
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Adalbert von der Osten, managing director of the German sporting...
Adalbert von der Osten, managing director of the German sporting goods industry association, BSI, has joined a 12-man advisory committee of the federal environment ministry for the protection of the environment and sport. Environmental issues and initiatives have been in the forefront of BSI's action under von der Osten, particularly ...
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Three directors will jointly run AGU, the Dutch bicycle and...
Three directors will jointly run AGU, the Dutch bicycle and sports company, after the retirement of Peter van den Kommer, the group's chief executive and the son of its founder, at the beginning of July. He formerly managed AGU with his brother Jaap, who retired 11 years ago. Dirk de ...
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Duca del Cosma, the German golf footwear and apparel brand,...
Duca del Cosma, the German golf footwear and apparel brand, has sealed two distribution agreements to move into the North American market. The brand will be sold in the U.S. market by Moda Sport Sales, based in California, which already distributes Chervò in the country. The Canadian market will be ...
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Woolrich, the outdoor apparel company, has hired Joshua Rich, an...
Woolrich, the outdoor apparel company, has hired Joshua Rich, an eighth-generation member of the family of Woolrich's founder, John Rich, to become its marketing manager
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Bruno Rüdisüli has been appointed managing director of Puma's Swiss...
Bruno Rüdisüli has been appointed managing director of Puma's Swiss sales subsidiary, replacing Andreas Schmocke, who left the post at the end of 2010. Rüdisüli, 46, has worked for Adidas and Amer Sports in Switzerland. He ran Salomon's operations in the country for a while and then headed up Amer's ...
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Globe, the Australian skating brand, has appointed Mike Xavier as...
Globe, the Australian skating brand, has appointed Mike Xavier as European marketing director, reinforcing a team of two people. Filling a new position, Xavier previously headed marketing for Globe's surf products in Australia, New Zealand and Asia. The appointment comes as Globe's sales are picking up in Europe: After several ...
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Steve Daniels is joining Austin Canoe and Kayak as vice...
Steve Daniels is joining Austin Canoe and Kayak as vice president of technology, after assignments at companies such as Compaq, Adams Golf and Dell, among others
