That are the most important people for the sporting goods industry – Page 50
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Zwift appoints two new high-profile board members
Zwift, the global virtual cycling and running training platform, has confirmed the appointment of Patrick Pichette and Celeste Burgoyne to its board of directors. The appointments follow a recent Series C funding round for the fast-growing U.S. company. Pichette comes to Zwift with more than 30 years of financial and ...
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Reef rehires old hand as senior director of product
The Reef brand of beach sandals – founded in Argentina and run out of Southern California – has hired John Eades to be its new senior director of product. This marks a return to the company for Eades, who in 2003, at the start of his career, was hired to ...
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Herschel hires former Arc’teryx president as new CEO to diversify its range
Herschel Supply Co., a Canadian company known for its Herschel brand of lifestyle backpacks, has brought Jon Hoerauf on board in the newly created position of chief executive officer, effective immediately, with a plan to further diversify it into other categories and to verticalize its business. Herschel has already expanded ...
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Foot Locker appoints creative director for women’s segment
Foot Locker has appointed Melody Ehsani, founder of the Ehsani streetwear brand, to be the first creative director for its women’s segment. Ehsani designed a capsule for Foot Locker’s “12 Days of Greatness” campaign in December. The Air Jordan 1 Mid Fearless sneaker she designed in 2019 sold out in ...
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Reebok hires New Balance veteran Portia Blunt as VP of apparel
Without waiting for a new owner, Reebok has announced the appointment of Pertia Blunt as its new vice president of apparel, replacing Barbara Ebersberger who is now with the Adidas brand. Blunt has been with New Balance for 13 years, serving most recently as director of apparel operations. She was ...
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News briefsSusie Mulder is Timberland’s new global brand president
VF Corp. has appointed Susie Mulder as global brand president of Timberland, a big VF brand that has been performing less than others lately. She will start her new role with the New Hampshire-based brand on April 5 and report to VF’s chairman, president and CEO, Steve Rendle. She will ...
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Nike’s North America chief quits over reported sneaker resale activity
Nike has announced the departure of Ann Hebert, who has spent more than 25 years with the company, most recently as vice president and general manager for North America. According to a report in Bloomberg Businessweek, her son Joe Hebert had used her credit card to buy $132,000 worth of ...
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News briefsSympatex creates “Chief Sustainable Community Manager” position
Sympatex Technologies has created tha new position of ”chief sustainable community manager and head of storytelling,” and recruited Kim Scholze, former outdoor community manager and developer of ISPO Munich’s sustainability strategy, to fill the role. Scholze brings more than 20 years of industry experience in strategy, marketing, development and sales ...
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New managers for Stadium in Finland
Stadium has hired two new female executives to strengthen the management of its retail operations in Finland. Saana Rotkirch will join the Swedish sports retailer as head of store operations on March 1, followed by Miranda Nanhed for the position of purchasing and category manager on March 15. Rotkirch did ...
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Former Nike executive moves to Gatorade
Here is another Nike executive who is going to work for another company. PepsiCo has hired Kalen Thornton as chief marketing officer for Gatorade, the group’s sports drink brand. Thornton has worked for Nike for ten years, serving most recently as vice president of men’s brand management for North America. ...
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News briefsNew president for the Americas at Thule Group
Hilary Hartley has been named president of Thule Group’s Americas business area, which recently recovered after performing less well than Europe and the rest of the world for a while. He will join the Swedish company’s global corporate leadership team, reporting to its CEO and president, Magnus Welander. At the ...
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Two new managing directors for Kickz
Starting on Feb. 15, two executives who were connected with the Snipes Group, Mark Petereit and Denis Horvat, will be joining the executive board of Kickz.com, the hybrid German sneaker and streetwear retailer that previously belonged to Zalando. They will take the place of two interim managing directors, Philippe Buchholtz, ...
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Jean-Pierre Petit quits Royer
Jean-Pierre Petit, a seasoned French executive who previously worked for Nike and Wolverine Worldwide at a European level, is leaving Groupe Royer, a big multi-brand French footwear group, as part of a major reorganization, which has not yet been entirely finalized. The reason for his departure is the previously reported ...
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EXECUTIVE CHANGES
+++ Markus Rech, who left last April as CEO of SportScheck, after Signa Retail took over the German sporting goods retail chain, is reportedly going to run Takko Fashion, a German discount fashion retailer +++
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News briefsArne Arens will steer Boardriders
On March 1, Arne Arens, the Swedish manager who led The North Face in Europe, the Americas and globally between 2010 and last October, will become the new CEO of Boardriders, the struggling parent company of Quiksilver, Roxy, Billabong, DC Shoes, RVCA, Element and Von Zipper. The current CEO, Dave ...
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ArticleBezos hands over leadership of Amazon
In the third quarter of this year, Jeff Bezos will hand over the operational role of CEO at Amazon to Andy Jassy, the head of the company’s cloud business, Amazon Web Services (AWS). Amazon made the announcement on Feb. 2 after the company released very good results for the fourth ...
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News briefsAmer Sports appoints new CEO for Arc’teryx, planning to accelerate DTC
Amer Sports has announced the immediate appointment of Stuart Haselden, a retail industry executive, to the newly created position of CEO of Arc’teryx Equipment, based in Vancouver, Canada. He succeeds Jon Hoerauf, Arc’teryx’ president, who has decided to leave the company to pursue other plans after eight years with the ...
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Nike executive moves to Crocs
Yet another Nike executive has jumped ship, perhaps due to its recent reorganization. Emma Minto has joined Crocs as senior vice president and general manager in charge of all the operations of the fast-growing brand of comfort shoes in North America. She had spent 16 years with Nike in various ...
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Jeff Veldhuizen to lead Expresso Fitness
Jeff Veldhuizen, a former Zwift and Nike executive, has been chosen as the new CEO of Expresso Fitness, an immersive and fun American fitness platform, mounted on special stationary bikes, that claims to be “the most advance gamified cardio for your home.” . Veldhuizen, 44, previously served as vice-president of ...
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Base appoints new CEO
The Spanish buying group Base has appointed Toni Maristany Rivero as its new chief executive. His predecessor, Alex Cucurull, stepped down last March, ceding control temporarily to Laura López. His departure coincided with Base’s pull-out from its collaboration with Sport 2000 International. Maristany Rivero has spent the past nine years ...
