That are the most important people for the sporting goods industry – Page 173
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Skins, the maker of compression garments, is going to reorganize...
Skins, the maker of compression garments, is going to reorganize its operations in Germany. Skins GmbH is moving to the Munich Order Center from its current home in Starnberg to establish a facility that will support the growing German market. Some of its back-office and support functions will be consolidated ...
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Mizuno France has hired a new dedicated sales manager for...
Mizuno France has hired a new dedicated sales manager for its golf products, Arnaud Bourdon, a former golf professional who previously worked for US Golf and MacGregor Golf
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Mike Dietz returns to Kettler as senior product manager for...
Mike Dietz returns to Kettler as senior product manager for its bike segment, where he was already involved between 1992 and 2008. He subsequently acted as product manager at Derby Cycle and Abus. At Kettler, Dietz is now taking the place of Thomas Kaiser, who will concentrate on pedelecs and ...
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Dunatrack takes over the distribution of Elle Sport in Spain...
Dunatrack takes over the distribution of Elle Sport in Spain from Bewitch
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Jay Li, the general manager of the international marketing division...
Jay Li, the general manager of the international marketing division at Li Ning as well as the chief representative of the company's U.S. creativity center, has joined the trade committee of the World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry. He was elected to the board in February as a successor ...
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Three top executives of Li Ning have resigned from the...
Three top executives of Li Ning have resigned from the company, which says they left to pursue personal interests. They are Guo Jian Xin, chief operating officer; Fang Shih Wei, chief marketing officer; and Lin Li, head of the company's e-commerce department. The company's statement to the Hong Kong stock ...
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From the start of this month, Greg Nieuwenhuys is the...
From the start of this month, Greg Nieuwenhuys is the new chief executive of Bever, the leading Dutch outdoor retailer, which is owned by the same investors as A.S. Adventure in Belgium and Cotswold Outdoor in the U.K. (more in The Outdoor Industry Compass)
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Robert Kröger, head of marketing at Sympatex for the last...
Robert Kröger, head of marketing at Sympatex for the last four years, has quit the company to join the German Sky TV channel. Kröger has been replaced by Beate Hoerl, who continues to run the marketing of Sympatex' parent company, Plouquet.
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Puma has set up a joint venture with The Wheat...
Puma has set up a joint venture with The Wheat Group in the U.S. to design, develop, sell and distribute Puma bags, headwear and other accessories for the U.S. market
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Invista has made three internal promotions. After more than 15...
Invista has made three internal promotions. After more than 15 years with the company in South America, the U.S. and Europe, Denise Sakuma is made global and North American brand communication director. She was previously segment director for legwear, a position in which she is going to be replaced by ...
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StudioGolf, founded in 2010 in Moscow, is the first Russian...
StudioGolf, founded in 2010 in Moscow, is the first Russian dealer picked up by Miura Golf, the golf club company named after its Japanese manufacturing and product development director, Katsuhiro Miura
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Roeckl announces the appointment of Katharina Naehr, 36, as manager...
Roeckl announces the appointment of Katharina Naehr, 36, as manager of PR and marketing
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Trek Sweden AB, the Swedish subsidiary of the American bicycle...
Trek Sweden AB, the Swedish subsidiary of the American bicycle giant, will be responsible for the Finnish market as well, starting on July 1. To ensure top-quality service, a Finnish department will be opened at the Trek Sweden AB office in Halmstad. Recruitment is now under way. This summer, Trek ...
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Aspom, the new European recruitment agency specializing in action sports,...
Aspom, the new European recruitment agency specializing in action sports, says its website has counted 45,000 visitors per month since its launch one year ago. Job-seekers enjoy free access to the offers posted on the site, which are run both in French and in English. Based on the Basque coast ...
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O'Neill has signed a deal allowing The Primer Group to...
O'Neill has signed a deal allowing The Primer Group to be its exclusive distributor in the Philippines. Primer already distributes many action sports brands in the country, including the Quiksilver roster, Volcom and Gravis. In addition to expanding as a distributor over the last 25 years, Primer also promotes efforts ...
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Amer Sports is taking over the distribution for Mavic in...
Amer Sports is taking over the distribution for Mavic in Italy and Spain, where it has its own offices, starting next September. Until then, the distributors of this brand of cycling products are Vittoria in Italy, and Team Bike and a couple of others in Spain. The Italian market will ...
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Skins has set up a subsidiary for the North American...
Skins has set up a subsidiary for the North American market in Carlsbad, California, called Skins North America, which will be run by Tim McCool
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Nike is moving some executives around among its brands. Michael...
Nike is moving some executives around among its brands. Michael Spillane, the chief executive of Converse, will be moving over to take that role, along with president, at Umbro. The current CEO and president of Umbro, Jim Allaker, is retiring. Jim Calhoun, the CEO of Hurley, will replace Spillane as ...
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Andreas Zinschitz will join the management of Kastner & Öhler...
Andreas Zinschitz will join the management of Kastner & Öhler next July 1 to handle its sports division, consisting mainly of the Austrian retailer's chain of Gigasport stores, and its human resources department. It's a new position within the group, which employs 1,820 people and reached sales of €272 million ...
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Li & Fung has promoted Bruce Rockowitz to be president...
Li & Fung has promoted Bruce Rockowitz to be president and chief executive of the group. He will work with nine newly promoted presidents for the nine business units in the trading, logistics and distribution segments of the company's operations. Rockowitz has been an executive director of the big Hong ...
