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Paris 2024 announces departure of its chief commercial officer
Marlène Masure will be leaving her position as director of partnership and business development (chief commercial officer) on the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games Organising Committee (COJO) in March “to pursue a new professional opportunity.” Her role, which she had taken over in April 2019, has now been split ...
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ArticleKuenzi will join The Athlete’s Foot after a 24% sales gain
The 550-odd stores and websites affiliated with The Athlete’s Foot (TAF) around the world raised their sales by 24 percent to a new record of $503 million in the past year, said the Arklyz Group, which acquired the chain from Intersport International Corp. in July, surpassing the originally set target ...
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ArticleAdidas extends two board mandates amid five-year growth strategy
Adidas will continue to be led by its proven six-member executive team, which will jointly pursue the five-year “Own the Game” strategy launched in 2020. The company, based in Herzogenaurach near Nuremberg, announced on Thursday that the contracts of Roland Auschel and Brian Grevy were extended. Auschel, who is responsible ...
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ArticleA Partial Farewell Note from Eugenio “Gene” Di Maria
Dear Subscribers, I wish to inform you that this is the last Newsletter being published under my own signature. I am finally retiring as Chief Editor of SGI Europe, which remains the main information service of EDM Publications, the company that I founded in 1989, after a long career in ...
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ArticleHaushofer is named ISPO project director, reporting to Gröber
The Covid pandemic has been responsible for the fact that we have not been able to meet in person at any ISPO trade show for almost two years, and the situation has been particularly challenging for the trade show organizers. In the wake of the many cancellations and digital substitutes, ...
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Nike elevates Ann Miller to general counsel
Ann Miller, a 14-year Nike veteran, has been promoted to the position of executive vice president and general counsel, with effect from Feb. 17. She will take the place of Hilary Krane, who will be retiring after 12 years with the group. Miller has been serving for the past six ...
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Adidas has two other regional clusters in Europe
In addition to its creation of a ‘cluster’ for Southern Europe, which we reported about yesterday, Adidas has established similar regional clusters for Northern and Central Europe in the past few months. Cluster North is headed up by Kathryn Swarbick and includes the U.K., Ireland, the Benelux countries, Denmark, Norway, ...
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News briefsNew managing director for Protest Sportswear
Wesley van Wijnbergen is the new managing director of the Dutch boardsports and lifestyle brand Protest Sportswear. He started his career as an intern at Protest in 2001 and was subsequently responsible for the retail, marketing, sales and e-commerce departments, among others. The 42-year-old executive is taking over the position ...
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ArticleNew manager in charge of Intersport’s exclusive brands
Intersport International Corp. (IIC), which has big ambitions in this area (more on this soon), has appointed Katja Adrienne Erbe as its new General Manager EB Commercial, taking over responsibility for Intersport’s exclusive brands from Jessica Mair from the month of March. After working for the Adidas Group for 19 ...
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Smith hires a marketing head away from Oakley
Smith, the U.S.-based producer of snow goggles, sunglasses and helmets owned by Safilo, has announced the appointment of Taryn Ryan as global head of marketing. Born in South Africa, she joined the Luxottica Group in 2008 as a buyer for its Sunglass Hut retail chain. Two years later, she was ...
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News briefsFormer Jordan brand GM to become CEO of Canyon Bicycles
The growing bicycle market has become an attractive option for experienced executives. On March 1, Nicolas de Ros Wallace will join the German DTC company Canyon Bicycles as its new CEO. He replaces Winfried Rapp, the company’s chief financial officer, who has served as interim CEO since October 2021 following ...
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ArticleBarbara Martin Coppola will run Decathlon worldwide
Decathlon has announced the appointment of Barbara Martin Coppola as the group’s new CEO, starting in mid-March. The 45-year-old French and Spanish binational will take the place of Michel Aballea, who has held the helm of the world’s largest sporting goods retailer since 2015. “The current good health of Decathlon ...
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A new boss for Euretco Sport
On Feb. 1, Olaf de Boer will become the new general manager of Euretco Sport, taking the place of Jan Willem Juffer, who is taking a new position as CEO of ANWB Retail. Euretco Sport is the Dutch franchisee for Intersport and The Athlete’s Foot, and it runs the Runnersworld ...
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Puma hires a new country manager for Benelux
As of March 1, 2022, Gerwin Willemsen will be Puma’s country manager for Benelux, in charge of sales, marketing and operations. He will be taking over from Bas van den Bemt. Willemsen has been with Adidas Benelux for the past 12 years or so, most recently as sales director for ...
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Boardriders appoints new head of retail
Boardriders has promoted Andrew Henry to head of retail in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) for all its brands – Quiksilver, Boardriders, Element, Roxy, RVCA and DC Shoes. Henry is now in charge of 13 Boardriders stores, the 35 European outlets, and several stores and concessions for the ...
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New president and CEO for Ecco USA
Ecco has appointed Tom Berry as president and CEO of Ecco USA, effective immediately. After more than 20 years with the Danish footwear brand, the former president, Dave Quel, had announced his retirement last summer, and Klaus Flock, the chief financial officer of the subsidiary, serving as interim president since ...
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TheDrop.com hires a chief merchandising officer
TheDrop.com, a Las Vegas-based online lifestyle marketplace that targets Millennials and Gen Z, has hired Scott Keating to fill the new post of chief merchandising officer. He will be managing relations with the 300-odd brands and retail shops that sell through the company, including Nike, Roxy, Supreme and Volcom. .Keating ...
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News briefsFormer Sport 2000 CEO joins a Dutch insole startup
Markus Hupach, who recently left as joint CEO of Sport 2000 in Germany, is joining the Dutch startup Arion based in Eindhoven as CEO, effective immediately. Arion’s 7-year-old parent, the sports tech company Ato-Gear, claims to be ushering in “a revolution in athletic footwear” with Arion, a digital software/insole solution ...
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News briefsThe freeskier Chris Benchetler takes creative reins at Atomic
Source: Atomic Chris Benchetler Atomic announced the appointment of the long-time athlete, freeskier and artist Chris Benchetler, hailing from Mammoth Mountain, California, as its new creative director for freeride and freeski products, responsible for their visual design, creativity and styling. The announcement comes shortly after the launch ...
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IMG veteran joins Fanatics for its international development
Fanatics has appointed Matthew Primack as senior vice president of international development. Based in London, he will responsible for the acquisition of new rights, reporting to Gary Gertzog, Fanatics’ president of business affairs. Primack has been work for IMG Licensing for 14 years, most recently as senior vice president, providing ...
