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K-Swiss with new VP marketing and e-commerce for the Americas
K-Swiss, owned by Chinese Xtep International Holdings Ltd, has appointed Kate Minner as its new vice president of marketing and e-commerce for the Americas region. She will oversee day-to-day operations across all areas, including the company’s DTC platform, which focuses on growing the brand’s wholesale portfolio across sports, fashion and ...
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News briefsBoardriders appoints Nicolas Foulet as president of Quiksilver Europe
According to Shop Eat Surf, Nicolas Foulet, chief information officer at Boardriders since 2015, is the new president of EMEA for Quiksilver. He takes over the role from Greg Healy, who was responsible for Europe in addition to APAC since 2019. Healy had added Europe to his portfolio after Thomas ...
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News briefsSmartwool appoints new sales and e-commerce executives
Jennifer McLaren, CEO of Denver-based merino specialist Smartwool, has named two new executives for the brand’s sales and e-commerce departments. Corey Stecker, previously international general manager of sales and marketing, was promoted to global head of sales. He has been with Smartwool since 2016. In his new role, he assumes ...
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Ecco USA's president retires
Dave Quel will retire at the end of the month as president of Ecco USA. Klaus Flock, the chief financial officer of Ecco USA, will take over the job on an interim basis on Aug. 1 until a permanent replacement is appointed. Quel joined the company in 1999 as territory ...
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Teyssier becomes Puma’s general manager for Europe
Puma has appointed a new general manager for Europe, Richard Teyssier, effective from Sept. 1, taking over many of the functions of Arne Freundt, who joined the executive board as chief commercial officer of the company in June. Teyssier, 53, has served as area general manager for Puma France since ...
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News briefsChange of leadership at Schoeller Textil
Siegfried Winkelbeiner, managing director of Schoeller Textil, will go into retirement and, after ten years with the Swiss textile company, hand over the helm to Joachim Kath this month. Coming from the chemical industry, Kath joined this major supplier to the sporting goods industry one and a half years ago ...
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News briefsION strengthens marketing team
Sara Bassano (left) and Rebecca Volz ION, the bike, surfwear and accessories company that belongs to Boards & More, has strengthened its marketing department with two new team members, Rebecca Volz and Sara Bassano. Volz worked for six years as a student assistant at Red Bull ...
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Another long-serving director steps down at JD Sports Fashion
Another director is leaving the board of directors of JD Sports Fashion, following a statement made at its recent annual shareholders’ meeting that the composition of the board should “address the tenure of certain Board members who have served on the Board for longer than recommended within the Corporate Governance ...
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CrossFit appoints Jason Dunlop as president
CrossFit has appointed Jason Dunlop, a former Nike executive, to the new role of president. Dunlop also held senior roles at Starbucks, Canada Goose, Waterstones, The Body Shop, Marks & Spencer,and The Gap. At Nike, he was the executive responsible for the brand’s Direct-To-Consumer (D2C) business across Europe, the Middle ...
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News briefsAdidas appoints MD for Central Europe and VP of ‘Global Hype’
Adidas has promoted Marina Moguš from general manager of Eastern Europe to managing director of Central European operations. She will now have charge of the markets of Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. The company will in time be expanding her purview to ...
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News briefsA new Swiss chairman and CEO for Arena
A Swiss citizen, Peter Graschi, has been appointed as the new chairman and CEO of Arena by Capvis, the Swiss private equity firm that took over control of the Italian-based swimwear company in 2014. Starting on July 1, he has taken the place of Luca Selvatici, chairman and joint CEO, ...
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Hoka One One strengthens its product team
Hoka One One has announced Evie Moe and Matt Rask as new senior members of its product team. Moe has been hired as the brand’s first senior director of apparel. Hoka’s apparel division was launched in March 2020, and it is growing rapidly. Most recently, Moe served as the vice-president ...
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ArticleJD upgrades its forecast, reinstates the CEO role
Confirming a report that came out in The Sunday Times in May, which had been initially denied, Peter Cowgill, executive chairman and CEO of JD Sports Fashion, revealed a plan to divide his role before the next annual general meeting of the company one year from now, adding that “a ...
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ArticleGymshark’s co-founder and main shareholder replaces Hewitt as CEO
Starting on Aug. 1, Ben Francis, the 29-year-old entrepreneur who co-founded Gymshark in 2012 and is the British fitness apparel brand’s controlling shareholder, will take over the role of CEO from Steve Hewitt, who had been appointed managing director in 2015 and promoted to CEO two years later. Francis has ...
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A new executive director and a new board member for Anta
Anta Sports Products announced two executive changes. Bi Mingwei has been promoted as an executive director of the company, effective July 1. Mingwei is currently a vice president of Anta and a director of certain subsidiaries within the group, primarily responsible for financial management, business processes, information management and logistics ...
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Oberalp names Marion Alexandre as head of Southern Europe
The Oberalp Group has appointed Marion Alexandre as general manager for Southern Europe, effective June 1st. Alexandre will be in charge of the territories of France, where she has taken over the role from Pierre-Jean Touchard, as well as Spain, Portugal and Andorra. Most recently, Alexandre served as global commercial ...
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ArticleA digital expert will be Wolverine’s new CEO
Blake Krueger, who was reported a few weeks ago to be 66 years old, with a net worth of more than $40 million, is gradually relinquishing his functions at Wolverine Worldwide, where he has worked for 28 years. The 52-year-old Brandan Hoffmann, who took his place as president of the ...
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UBC hires an e-commerce expert from Lotto, licenses Head sneakers
United Brands Company (UBC), an Italian licensee for branded sneakers, has hired Pierpaolo Guerra to manage its digital and e-commerce activities as part of its efforts to develop its omnichannel strategy. Guerra comes from Lotto Sport Italia where he was in charge of digital and omnichannel activites. Previously, he was ...
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New international brand president for K-Swiss
K-Swiss has promoted Dave Grange to the position of international brand president, replacing Barney Waters who is leaving the company after 12 years to lead an unnamed brand of eyewear. Grange was most recently vice president of sales in charge of the Americas for K-Swiss and Palladium, which became the ...
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Burton promotes Kenney as chief strategy officer
Ali Kenney, previously SVP of strategy & insights, has been promoted to chief strategy officer at Burton Snowboards, a new position within the company. Kenney will lead key work around brand purpose, corporate strategy, consumer centricity, sustainability, equity/diversity/equality/inclusion and prioritization of key growth opportunities. Her defining moment early in her ...
