That are the most important people for the sporting goods industry – Page 174
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Golfsmith International has signed a deal that will allow Worldwide...
Golfsmith International has signed a deal that will allow Worldwide Golf Brands to help expand the MacGregor brand in Europe. Golfsmith is seeking partners worldwide to handle its proprietary brands such as MacGregor, and this latest deal comes a month after it struck and agreement for Australia and New Zealand. ...
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Andreas Söffker, who was in charge of international sales at...
Andreas Söffker, who was in charge of international sales at X-Technology with its brands X-Bionic and X-Socks, has left the company for personal reasons and is now seeking new job opportunities. Replaced by Uta Heimlich, Söffker is a well-known personality in the business of functional underwear and socks, having served ...
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Sports Direct International has appointed Rebecca Tylee-Birdsall as company secretary....
Sports Direct International has appointed Rebecca Tylee-Birdsall as company secretary. She has been acting company secretary since May 17, 2010. Sports Direct has also named Charlie McCreevy to its board as non-executive director, in line with its strategy to expand its retail operations throughout the European Union. This former Irish ...
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Sheng Baijiao, chief executive of Belle International, has been appointed...
Sheng Baijiao, chief executive of Belle International, has been appointed acting chairman of the Chinese company as its chairman and founder, Tang Yiu, has been hospitalized because of a stroke
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K-Swiss has named Michael Augustine to be its new worldwide...
K-Swiss has named Michael Augustine to be its new worldwide director of apparel. He will handle design, development and merchandising for the brand's performance apparel, special makeup product and co-branded collections, which include Ironman, L.A. Marathon and Jillian Michaels. He'll report to Alden Sheets, president for worldwide apparel. Augustine started ...
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Elizabeth J. Comstock is the newest member of Nike's board....
Elizabeth J. Comstock is the newest member of Nike's board. She is a senior vice president and chief marketing officer for General Electric Company, a position she has held since 2008. She has been with GE since 1994.
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Jeroen Bolwerk, formerly in charge of buying and services for...
Jeroen Bolwerk, formerly in charge of buying and services for sports retailers at Euretco, the buying group behind Sport 2000 and Runners World in the Netherlands, has switched to the Unlimited Sports Group
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Jeff Lasher is the new chief financial officer at Crocs....
Jeff Lasher is the new chief financial officer at Crocs. Since January he had been the company's principal accounting officer and interim principal financial officer, in addition to his role since Jun 2009 as corporate controller. Before he joined Crocs he was with Connelly Consulting, a private financial services company.
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Michael Mulholland is the new chief executive of Nautilus...
Michael Mulholland is the new chief executive of Nautilus
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Spenco Medical Corporation, the sports medicine and foot-care company, has...
Spenco Medical Corporation, the sports medicine and foot-care company, has named Evan Wert to be its new sports marketing manager, and Jennifer Wilson is the new medical marketing manager
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KPSport has started the distribution of Halti in Spain and...
KPSport has started the distribution of Halti in Spain and Andorra
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Due to several years of steady growth for New Element,...
Due to several years of steady growth for New Element, the Swedish company is now expanding. The founder and owner, Ulf Waldekrantz, has hired Ola Gräsberg, former administrative director at Riksbyggen, as chief executive. Waldekrantz will focus on sales and development. At the same time, New Element adds the Norwegian ...
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Gaëtan Le Guennec, a former regional sales manager of Rip...
Gaëtan Le Guennec, a former regional sales manager of Rip Curl, is appointed retail manager of Volcom for Europe as the company gets ready to open new stores in Berlin and at Falmouth in the U.K. Volcom recently opened a new store in Bordeaux, joining those it has in Hossegor, ...
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Isabelle Mille, who has worked for Quiksilver for many years,...
Isabelle Mille, who has worked for Quiksilver for many years, is appointed vice president of direct-to-consumer operations for Lolë, the Canadian brand of women's activewear and lifestyle clothing of Coalision. Stationed on the Basque coast of France and reporting directly to Bernard Mariette, the former president of Quiksilver who became ...
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Panatta Sport is setting up its own sales subsidiary...
Panatta Sport is setting up its own sales subsidiary in Spain, where its products have been handled by various distributors until now
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Skate Out, a Swedish supplier of skate and snowboard products,...
Skate Out, a Swedish supplier of skate and snowboard products, adds Arbor skateboards and snowboards to its collection of brands. Arbor was founded in 1995 with the goal of creating products with as little environmental footprint as possible without sacrificing quality. Bamboo is used in both Arbor clothes and boards, ...
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K2 Europe has created the new position of sales promotion...
K2 Europe has created the new position of sales promotion and clinic coordinator. This job is filled by Stefan Stankalla, who will be in charge of trade marketing and training activities for point-of-sale staff members in the ski, snowboard and inline-skate categories. The 35-year-old has been with K2's ski development ...
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Uhrweder Sport is adding three new brands to its alpine...
Uhrweder Sport is adding three new brands to its alpine ski touring and telemark section: Ski Trab, an Italian brand of lightweight skis; Fixation Plum, a French brand of extremely lightweight bindings; and Gecko, Austrian climbing skins.
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Sportmarket strengthens its organization by adding Viktor Telégin, previously marketing...
Sportmarket strengthens its organization by adding Viktor Telégin, previously marketing coordinator at SOS, as new key accounts and brand manager for Quiksilver and Roxy in Sweden
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Adidas Group is doing some shifting among its executives in...
Adidas Group is doing some shifting among its executives in Latin America. Fernando Basualdo, the managing director of the Adidas Group in Mexico, has moved to São Paulo to take over that role for Adidas do Brasil. Basualdo succeeds Marcelo Ferreira, who will be leaving the company after a one-month ...
