That are the most important people for the sporting goods industry – Page 173
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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 ...
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Falke, the big German brand of socks, underwear and apparel,...
Falke, the big German brand of socks, underwear and apparel, has created the new position of division manager for its sportive ESS (Ergonomic Sport System) line. The position has been filled by Oliver Daniel Bogatu, who most recently ran the German operations of Vente Privée.
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Tim Bantle has been named the new director of apparel...
Tim Bantle has been named the new director of apparel for Black Diamond. He was formerly the business unit director of technical outerwear and equipment at Patagonia.
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The North Face has named Duncan Bembridge to be its...
The North Face has named Duncan Bembridge to be its new hardgoods sales director for the Europe, Middle East and Africa region (EMEA). He will work on the distribution and sales strategy for footwear and equipment in the region, and build a sales team to expand the brand's presence there. ...
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Joseph F. Berardino, managing director at the business consulting firm...
Joseph F. Berardino, managing director at the business consulting firm Alvarez & Marsal, has been named to the board of directors of Quiksilver
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LK International, the Swiss company that markets the Kjus brand,...
LK International, the Swiss company that markets the Kjus brand, has hired three top managers. Heiner Löffler is head of logistics and will oversee purchasing and the apparel brand's entire supply chain, effective immediately. The 52-year-old has joined LK International from WMF, the cutlery company, and was previously involved in ...
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Hugh Hamill will be heading up a new organization within...
Hugh Hamill will be heading up a new organization within Easton-Bell Sports, designed to centralize product development, design and product costing for the company's Easton, Bell, Giro and Riddell brands. His title is senior vice president of product creation and he will lead the formalized sharing of these duties among ...
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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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Two vice chairmen have been added to the recently created...
Two vice chairmen have been added to the recently created bicycle technical committee of the World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry, which is headed up by Dirk Bruynseraede of Ridley Bikes. They are Claudio Marra of Full Speed Ahead and Mark Schroeder of Specialized.
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Angelo Caccia is returning to Gruppo Srl, the Italian maker...
Angelo Caccia is returning to Gruppo Srl, the Italian maker of bicycles under the Cinelli, Columbus and Bootleg brands, as vice president and a member of the board of directors. He worked there between 1982 and 1990, before a long career as commercial director at Campagnolo, the leading Italian supplier ...
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Rip Curl has announced the nomination of Yann Tschumi as...
Rip Curl has announced the nomination of Yann Tschumi as its new European sales director. Based at the company's European head office at Hossegor, France, he basically takes the place of José Luis Sanz, a Spaniard recently appointed as country manager of Kappa in the Iberian Peninsula by the French-based ...
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Reichmann, the German supplier of ski maintenance equipment, has hired...
Reichmann, the German supplier of ski maintenance equipment, has hired a product manager, Michael Riedel
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Effective Sept. 1, Christian Scheffold will quit as the head...
Effective Sept. 1, Christian Scheffold will quit as the head of the German operations of Skins to take on a new challenge in the industry. Until then he will be in charge of finding a successor as managing director of the subsidiary. The 46-year-old, formerly with Quiksilver, Timberland and New ...
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James Harrison, a 40-year-old manager who has worked for Asics...
James Harrison, a 40-year-old manager who has worked for Asics and Nike before, has been named brand manager at Oakley Europe for apparel, footwear and accessories. He takes the place of Urs Egli, who becomes global category manager of Oakley for technical outerwear.
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Alain Caparros, the French executive recently named chairman of Karstadt's...
Alain Caparros, the French executive recently named chairman of Karstadt's supervisory board, has resigned due to differences on strategic issues and operational methods with Nicolas Berggruen, who took over the company last year. One of the points of conflict is apparently Berggruen's proposal to split Karstadt into three distinct units ...
