That are the most important people for the sporting goods industry – Page 177
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The former general agent of K-Way in France, The Lifestyle...
The former general agent of K-Way in France, The Lifestyle Company, has become the French distributor of the French brand, now a property of BasicNet. The company recently became the French distributor of Barbour, and it would like to add other sports brands. It already sells Fred Perry, Ben Sherman ...
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Lowe Alpine France is to be wound up by the...
Lowe Alpine France is to be wound up by the end of June and most of its activities transferred to Ricochet Access, a French distribution company selling Ziener gloves and apparel, and Dynamic skis. As part of the change, the majority of this firm's shares were taken over by Valérie ...
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Crocs has named Andrew Davison to be its new chief...
Crocs has named Andrew Davison to be its new chief marketing officer. He was previously senior director of digital innovation at Crispin Porter & Bogusky, leading the efforts of its joint venture start-up, B-cycle, the first citywide bike-sharing program in the U.S. He was also a founder and chief executive ...
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Crocs has named Andrew Davison chief marketing officer. He was...
Crocs has named Andrew Davison chief marketing officer. He was previously senior director of digital innovation at Crispin Porter & Bogusky, leading the efforts of its joint venture start-up, B-cycle, the first citywide bike-sharing program in the U.S. He was also a founder and chief executive of Texturemedia, a marketing ...
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Total Apparel Group has named Robert Lineburg to be president...
Total Apparel Group has named Robert Lineburg to be president of its subsidiary Kappa North America, and Jeff Sirchio is the new chief operating officer. Lineburg comes from a children's apparel company, Keystone Apparel, where he was chief executive. The new appointments come as the company's board approved a 1 ...
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Three new employees are intended to assist with production growth...
Three new employees are intended to assist with production growth at Lorpen N.A. David Uria has been named global manufacturing manager, coming from the engineering department of Volkswagen in his native Spain. Catalina Davies is the new office and production assistant. Nick Lindop is social media consultant, working to expand ...
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Vaude waited for the recent Ispo China show in Beijing...
Vaude waited for the recent Ispo China show in Beijing to formally announce a comprehensive collaboration with Kailas, a major Chinese manufacturer of outdoor gear, for its development on the Chinese market. Vaude is one of the first European outdoor companies to have been active in Asia. It set up ...
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Exercycle, which is the fitness division of BH, has taken...
Exercycle, which is the fitness division of BH, has taken over the distribution in Germany and is setting up a subsidiary in Russia. The Spanish company, which is said to be generating annual sales of about €80 million, already controls the distribution in the U.K., France and Italy.
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Michael Devine III is the newest member of the board...
Michael Devine III is the newest member of the board of Deckers Outdoor Corporation. In August he will be retiring from his position at Coach as executive vice president and chief financial officer, which he has held since 2001. His initial term on Deckers' board lasts until May 31, when ...
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In an effort to improve its supply chain processes, Spyder...
In an effort to improve its supply chain processes, Spyder has promoted two employees to oversee global production operations. Carl Boni is now senior director chain – production and inbound, taking charge of all aspects of production globally. Chris Okazaki is now director of Asia production, reporting to Boni and ...
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Sport Fundgrube, the German sports retailer specializing in close-outs, has...
Sport Fundgrube, the German sports retailer specializing in close-outs, has hired Stefan Wolf to run its online shop
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The Design Studio of CoCo Smith is going to oversee...
The Design Studio of CoCo Smith is going to oversee merchandising, color selection and design for the entire sock collection of Lorpen
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Norrøna has created a management position for marketing and communication....
Norrøna has created a management position for marketing and communication. The new man who is filling this role is 38-year-old Lars Bjelvin, who used to work in communication in the Norwegian petrol industry.
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Toray, the Japanese producer of Dermisax membranes, started to represent...
Toray, the Japanese producer of Dermisax membranes, started to represent Yeti in Japan last year and would like to do the same for other foreign companies
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Socrep has started distributing the Falke Ergonomic Sport System in...
Socrep has started distributing the Falke Ergonomic Sport System in Italy
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Flow Imports is the new distributor of Garmont footwear in...
Flow Imports is the new distributor of Garmont footwear in New Zealand
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Giulio Piccin, an Italian executive who has worked as footwear...
Giulio Piccin, an Italian executive who has worked as footwear merchandising manager for The North Face and as product manager at Lotto, has been named product manager of Aku
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Two new vice presidents have joined Patagonia: Lee Turlington oversees...
Two new vice presidents have joined Patagonia: Lee Turlington oversees global product management, and Paul Zadoff is in charge of global sales. Turlington has been a consultant for Patagonia for two years through his own firm, Turlington Inc., after a career that included stints with Nike, Fila and The North ...
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Odlo has opened a new showroom in Reading for the...
Odlo has opened a new showroom in Reading for the British market
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At Salomon, Alexander Haas has been promoted to international product...
At Salomon, Alexander Haas has been promoted to international product and marketing manager for Nordic sports based in Annecy, France. His former position as category manager for Nordic sports in Germany has been filled by Daniel Mühlbacher.
