That are the most important people for the sporting goods industry – Page 5
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News briefsReebok’s SVP of Global Product has left the company
Portia Blunt has resigned to focus on her new lifestyle and fashion brand, Bee Blunt.
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News briefsIntersport Germany confirms strategy and management changes at AGM
The retailer has reaffirmed its growth strategy and appointed Oliver Krumholz as Supervisory Board Chair.
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News briefsNew CEO for Head North America
Jeff Bardsley will succeed Kevin Kempin, retiring after 32 years with the company.
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ArticleWomen in leadership in the sporting goods industry 2024
Women in sporting goods leadership are making gains, but progress is slow. Our 2024 report reveals where the industry stands—and what still needs to change.
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News briefsGildan announces two executive appointments
Current executives Chuck Ward and Luca Barile have been promoted to new roles.
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News briefsNew CCO at Gymshark
Continuing its US expansion, Gymshark has promoted its General Manager of North America to the role of Chief Commercial Officer.
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News briefsSports Emotion hires former Nike manager as Demand Planning Director
Gerard Martinez Costa spent over ten years at Nike, from 2010 to 2021.
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News briefsNew Chairman joins Decathlon
Fabien Derville has a successor as Chairman of the Board at Decathlon.
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C-Suite InterviewWFSGI CEO Emma Zwiebler: “We are focused on unlocking the potential in the industry”
Emma Zwiebler reflects on her first year as CEO of WFSGI.
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News briefsMerrell names a new Chief Marketing Officer
The hiking and outdoor footwear brand Merrell, part of Wolverine Worldwide, has appointed Richard McLeod as its new Chief Marketing Officer.
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News briefsAsics EMEA appoints new head of Marketing, Merchandising and Product
Andreas Moll, Asics’ former Category Director of Running, takes over the role from Gary Raucher.
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ArticleZalando recruits five key persons, two SVP and one CFO
Zalando is strengthening its management team to drive its expansion into a leading pan-European e-commerce ecosystem for fashion and lifestyle.
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ArticleElan Central Europe gets a new General Manager
As the new General Manager for Central Europe, Bernhard Leichtfriedis tasked with expanding the presence of the Slovenian ski brand in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
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News briefsStefano Saccone to become Peak Performance President in April
The current CEO of Woolrich will be taking over from Sara Molnar as the new President of Peak Performance on April 1.
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ArticlePerfect Moment names Jane Gottschalk as new president
Perfect Moment appoints co-founder Jane Gottschalk as its new President and hires former Canada Goose executives to drive growth in the ski apparel market.
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ArticleMelanja Korošec appointed new SVP at KJK Sports
The owner of Elan, Tahe Outdoors and Baltik Vairas appointed Korošec to drive innovation and global growth across its sporting goods brands.
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News briefsOn adds four new athletes to its roster
The Swiss brand picked four young talents from Italy and Finland.
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ArticleCan Elliot Hill ‘swoosh’ Nike back to the top and does the company have another Jordan in its portfolio?
In a recent interview with Fortune magazine, Nike CEO Elliot Hill had plenty of opportunity to talk about Nike’s fall and how he believes it is returning to the top. It all became a long talk of the need for innovation and new Nike icons.
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ArticleHaglöfs one of many who recruits from H&M
The sports industry keeps recruiting key talent from fashion giant H&M.
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ArticleAsics President in interview: ‘Our sales will lift 50% to $6.4bn by 2030’
As Asics makes a final push toward its aim of leading the Japanese, US and European running-shoe markets this year, President Mitsuyuki Tominaga is looking further ahead to lift sales by 50 percent from last year to over 1 trillion yen ($6.4bn) by 2030.
