That are the most important people for the sporting goods industry – Page 41
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News briefsCosta Sunglasses appoints VP of marketing
Costa Sunglasses has appointed John Acosta as vice president of marketing, with a view – according to Justin Cupps, senior vice president – towards expanding the brand and engaging “with our core fans – the anglers, adventurers and explorers who live to be on the water.” Acosta was previously vice ...
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ArticleNicole Otto leaves Nike to become TNF’s new global brand president
VF Corp. has named a digital expert, Nicole Otto, as global brand president for The North Face (TNF), based in Denver, Colorado. Next June, she will succeed Steve Murray, a British-born industry veteran who will be retiring this year, as planned, returning to the U.K. Murray had been promoted from ...
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News briefsChange of leadership at Chris Sports
Christian Bättig, owner and founder of Chris Sports, a Swiss importer for numerous sports and bike brands for Switzerland and some other countries, has handed over the reins of management to the company’s previous chief financial officer, Andreas Guglielmo, effective Jan. 1. Guglielmo has been with Chris Sports for more ...
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Lululemon appoints new CEO for Mirror
Michael Aragon is to become the CEO of Mirror and Lululemon Digital Fitness on Jan. 17. He will be overseeing the development and expansion of Mirror’s digital platform and report to Lululemon’s CEO, Calvin McDonald. For the past five years Aragon has been chief content officer at Twitch, the livestreaming ...
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New CFO and new COO for Clarus
Clarus Corp. has appointed a new chief financial officer, Michael J. Yates, taking over one of the functions of Aaron J. Kuehne, who has been promoted to the new position of executive vice president and chief operating officer of the parent company Black Diamond and an increasing number of other ...
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Skechers shrinks its board of directors
Skechers has reduced the size of its board of directors to seven members, following the resignation of four current members and the addition of a new one, Zulema Garcia, who will serve on the company’s audit committee. Garcia spent 24 years at KPMG before joining Herbalife Nutrition as senior vice ...
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Alistair Cameron joins sportshoes.com as non-executive director
Alistair Cameron, the experienced sporting goods industry executive who served most recently as CEO of Asics EMEA until November 2019, is joining Sports Shoes, the U.K.-based athletic footwear e-tailer, as non-executive director. The British executive spent 35 years in the industry. He joined Asics in 2009 after working for a ...
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News briefsHigg appoints a chief strategy officer to lead the platform’s expansion
Higg, the environmental software platform responsible for the Higg Index, has appointed James Schaffer as chief strategy officer to lead business development and partnerships. Schaffer’s experience in developing industry initiatives in the apparel sector, where Higg’s platform is widely used, is expected to be instrumental in guiding the company’s expansion ...
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News briefsCallaway expands its board to welcome a financial expert
Callaway Golf Company has expanded the company’s board of directors from 12 to 13 members with the appointment of Bavan M. Holloway. The company’s bylaws require that its board of directors consist of a minimum of six and a maximum of 15 members, the vast majority of whom must be ...
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News briefsFormer Nike footwear product manager joins Arc’teryx in a similar role
Arc’teryx has appointed Ovidio Garcia as vice president of footwear, effective immediately. He will be reporting directly to Katie Becker, Arc’teryx’ chief creative officer. Garcia brings 15 years of experience at Nike in product management, merchandising and product operations for footwear on a global scale, most recently as global footwear ...
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Shake-up in Alibaba’s top management
Maggie We, the long-time finance director of the Alibaba Group, is resigning as part of a reorganization of the group that will also see Jiang Fan, 36, take responsibility for its international operations. Alibaba has not been doing well since its founder, Jack Ma, complained last year about the suspension ...
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Another digital expert joins JD’s board
JD Sports Fashion announced the appointment of Mahbobeh Sabetnia as a non-executive director and the exit of Heather Jackson, after more than ten years on the board. Peter Cowgill, executive chairman of the JD group, said that Sabetnia is bringing “very relevant digital and e-commerce experience” to the company. Using ...
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VF promotes Nina Flood to president of global packs
Source: VF Corp Nina Flood VF Corp. has appointed Nina Flood as president, global packs for Eastpak, JanSport and Kipling. She has most recently served as president of Eastpak, after a long career at two other VF brands, Nautica and Kipling. Flood joined VF in 2003 after ...
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A new COO for Boardriders
Boardriders has appointed Deborah Palmer Keiser as chief operating officer, according to Shop-Eat-Surf. Replacing Colin Smith, who served as COO on an interim basis, she will start her job at the company’s head office in California on Dec. 13. Keiser has been most recently the president of Timbuk2, the California-based ...
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New top manager and new ambitions for Footway
Indicating that it may develop into a marketplace for other retailers, the Swedish-based Footway Group announced the recruitment of a top manager from the H&M Group, Daniel Claesson, to serve as chief commercial officer, starting next Jan. 1. He acted most recently as chief product office at the H&M Group, ...
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News briefsRapha co-founder to step down
Rouleur magazine reports that Simon Mottram, a co-founder of Rapha, will step down as CEO of the British cycling apparel brand, taken over by L Catterton in 2016, after 17 years in the position. Mottram co-founded Rapha in 2004 with Luke Scheybeler, drawing inspiration from Team Rapha-Géminiani, a cycling team ...
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News briefsCanada Goose names luxury goods expert as president of Asia-Pacific
Source: Canada Goose Paul Cadman Canada Goose has appointed Paul Cadman as president for the Asia-Pacific region. The role includes all business activities from commercial and financial to marketing across the APAC region, including Greater China, Japan, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand. He succeeds Scott Cameron, ...
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News briefsFoot Locker announces “organizational enhancements”
Creating a new position, Foot Locker has promoted Franklin R. Bracken to chief operating officer, and is seeking candidates another new post of ”chief strategy, innovation and development officer.” According to the company’s chairman and CEO, Richard A. Johnson, the new posts will produce “a more streamlined and agile organizational ...
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Musical chairs between K2 and CCM Hockey
Manuel Streif has left Under Armour after eight years to join K2 Sport Europe as European key account manager and sales manager for K2 skates and Madshus. Prior to working with UA, where he gradually moved up to the position of sales manager for Germany, he served brief stints at ...
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No immediate plans for Gymshark’s IPO
Indicating that Gymshark’s sales almost doubled to £400 million (€470m-$543m) in the 12 months ended in July, Ben Francis, the young co-founder and CEO of the nine-year-old British fitness apparel company, tells The Financial Times that there are no immediate plans for it to go public. He confirmed that he ...
