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News briefsDPS Skis bolsters product and marketing teams with new hires
U.S.-based ski manufacturer DPS Skis announced the hiring of Stu Gleason as ski and process engineer and Zach Clayton as global marketing manager. These additions complement DPS Skis’ product and marketing departments as the company expands into global markets. Gleason brings nearly two decades of product development experience to the ...
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News briefsNew Balance with new international marketing director
Romina Bongiovanni replaces Tim Malone, who left the company to join Crocs, as global director of international marketing at New Balance. She will report to Jeff McAdams, VP of global marketing, and join the company’s global leadership team. Most recently director of global comms and entertainment at New Balance, Bongiovanni ...
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News briefsD3O appoints SVP marketing, North America
Source: D3O via ShopEatSurf Kevin Franks D3O, a U.K.-based specialist provider of impact protection solutions and materials, has appointed Kevin Franks as SVP marketing, North America. Franks joins D3O with more than two decades of marketing and brand management experience in the cycling and powersports industry, including ...
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News briefsMarchon promotes CMO, SVP global brands to president
VSP Vision has promoted Thomas Burkhardt from chief marketing officer and senior vice president of global brands, marketing and design at Marchon to Marchon’s president. He will be reporting to VSP’s chief operating officer, Earnie Franklin. Burkhardt is succeeding Nicola Zotta, president since 2016. This is the same year Marchon ...
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News briefsVP of Meta’s VR platform resigns
Vivek Sharma, vice president of Meta’s social virtual-reality platform, is resigning after six years with the company, a spokesman for the company has confirmed to The Verge. Sharma’s team will be reporting to Vishal Shah, vice president of Meta’s metaverse. Facebook describes the platform, called Horizon Worlds, as a “social ...
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News briefsiFit Health & Fitness reportedly loses key executives as CEO search continues
IFit Health & Fitness, the U.S. connected fitness company that formally withdrew its registration statement for an initial public offering in early April, is losing two top senior executives, according to a report by the NY Post yesterday. CFO Steve Barr, named co-president in February, and Tony Smith, a 28-year ...
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News briefsDavenport joins Peak Ski Company’s executive team
Source: Peak Skis Chris Davenport Montana-based Peak Ski Company announced that Chris Davenport has joined the company’s leadership team as senior director of skiing and product innovation. Earlier this year, Peak Ski Company co-founders Bode Miller and Andy Wirth launched the company and its 2022/23 lineup of ...
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News briefsLeDap appoints new CEO
LeDap, an international padel group founded in 2021 that operates a network of padel clubs in Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark, Poland, Spain, Austria, the UAE, Germany and the U.K., has appointed Eno Polo as the group’s new CEO, effective Sept. 5. Polo has many years of experience in the consumer ...
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ArticleCanada Goose appoints president for its China business
Source: Canada Goose Larry Li, president China Canada Goose announced the appointment of Larry Li as president China, effective immediately. In this role, Li will oversee all business operations of the Canadian brand in mainland China, including retail, marketing and finance. He will be based out of ...
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News briefsTyrolia with new director global sales and marketing for Head/Tyrolia bindings
Source: Tyrolia Horst Tschida Tyrolia has said goodbye to its longstanding employee Robert Stanzl, who has retired from his role as director of global sales and marketing for Head/Tyrolia alpine bindings after 45 years with the company. His successor – also a Tyrolia veteran with an 18-year-long ...
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ArticleKasper Rorsted to leave Adidas
Source: Adidas AG Kasper Rorsted, CEO Adidas AG has announced that Kasper Rorsted, CEO, and the company’s supervisory board have mutually agreed that Rorsted will step down from his position in 2023. The search for a successor has already begun. Rorsted will continue as CEO until a ...
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ArticleJohnson to retire as chairman and CEO of Foot Locker
Source: Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA) Mary N. Dillon Foot Locker, Inc., the New York-based specialty athletic retailer, announced that, as part of a planned succession process, Richard A. Johnson will retire as president and CEO, effective Sep. 1, 2022. Mary N. Dillon, former executive chair and ...
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News briefsCarhartt appoints Susan Hennike as chief brand officer
Source: Carhartt Susan Hennike The U.S. workwear brand Carhartt, family-owned and managed by the descendants of the company’s founder, Hamilton Carhartt, has hired Susan Hennike as its new chief brand officer. She is an apparel industry veteran with managing experience from Nike, Adidas International and a 12-year ...
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News briefsAllbirds announces appointment of Nike veteran to its board of directors
While the company is reportedly considering divesting its activewear inventory at a loss in the double-digit millions of dollars to simplify its strategy following recent layoffs and a stock decline, San Francisco-based global lifestyle brand Allbirds Inc. announced the appointment of Ann Freeman to the company’s board of directors, effective ...
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News briefsNautilus appoints new board chair
Source: Nautilus, Inc Anne Saunders Anne Saunders, a longtime board member at Nautilus, was appointed company chair last week to replace the retiring M. Carl Johnson, III, who has held the position since 2011. Saunders had previous senior executive positions with global florist FTD, Starbucks and NakedWines.com.
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News briefsStreetwear e-com specialist recruited by J.Lindeberg
Habit.se reports that Andreas Koschnike is joining J.Lindeberg as the brand’s new e-commerce manager. He leaves streetwear retailer Caliroots, which he founded with Per Norell in Stockholm in 2003. In 2004, Caliroots launched its online store. In 2020, the company, by now also comprising the sneaker stores Six Feet Down, ...
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News briefsAlibaba appoints two new independent directors
Alibaba Group announced that Irene Yun-Lien Lee, chairman of Hysan Development Company Limited, and Albert Kong Ping Ng, former chairman of Ernst & Young China, have been appointed to the company’s board as independent directors, effective Aug. 4. Following these appointments, the company’s board currently consists of twelve directors, including ...
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News briefsLi Ning with new group VP, CFO
Li Ning announced the appointment of Zhao Dong Sheng as group vice president and chief financial officer, effective Aug. 1. Zhao has nearly 25 years of experience in the fast-moving consumer goods industry. Previously, he was with Swire Coca-Cola (China) Co. Ltd. as general manager of finance. He is a ...
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News briefsPentland Brands appoints new creative director
Source: Pentland Brands Paisley Wright, new director of creative (Pentland Creative Agency) Pentland Brands, owner of several sports, outdoor and lifestyle brands including Speedo, Berghaus, Ellesse, Canterbury of New Zealand, Mitre and Endura, has appointed Paisley Wright as its new creative director. Wright, who joins the company ...
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News briefsJD Sports appoints new CEO
JD Sports Fashion has appointed Régis Schultz as the company’s new CEO. The appointment was preceded by an extensive global executive search process, which had also caused repeated speculation in the media. Schultz is expected to start at JD in September. At that time, Kath Smith will fully hand over ...
