That are the most important people for the sporting goods industry – Page 56
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Former Nike manager works for the Higg Index
Higg Co., the developer of the Higg Index for the measurement of the sustainability of textile products, has hired Del Hudson, a former executive of Nike, as its new vice president of marketing and communications. Hudson spent 20 years at Nike on communication and sustainability at various locations. He then ...
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Arc’teryx places a creative Adidas veteran in a top new position
Katie Becker has joined Arc’teryx Equipment as the Canadian outdoor brand’s first vice president in charge of creative operations. Becker comes from Adidas, where she had worked for 12 years, most recently as senior global design director. Prior to that, she held various design positions at Merrell, Helly Hansen and ...
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Halti’s CEO is leaving
Sami Kiiski is resigning at the end of July as the chief executive of Halti, a leading a Finnish producer of ski and outdoor clothing. He did not say at this stage what he is going to do next. Halti has launched a search for his successor. Kiiski became the ...
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Trisport appoints new joint chief executive
After Trisport, which has been the exclusive importer of Kettler in Switzerland for 40 years, acquired the fitness equipment patents of the insolvent German brand and the trademark rights for its distribution in Europe in mid-January, the company has appointed Melanie Lauer as its new joint chief executive. Lauer will ...
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Stronger management for Kettler
Melanie Lauer has joined the executive board of Trisport to help the development of the Kettler brand of fitness equipment in the areas of marketing, logistics, procurement, finance and operations. Lauer, who comes from Conrad Electronic, will serve as one of the Swiss company’s general managers alongside Stefan Christen, who ...
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JD doesn’t want Kate Smith at Boohoo
JD Sports Fashion has blocked the nomination of Kate Smith as a non-executive director of a rather successful British e-tailer, Boohoo. The big British sports and outdoor retailer didn’t say why it was withholding its consent, but one reason seems to be the fact that Boohoo has been developing strongly ...
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Gerson returns as president of Speedo North America
Pentland Group has announced Jim Gerson’s return as president of Speedo North America, effective June 1. The announcement comes on the heels of Pentland’s acquisition of the Speedo North America business from PVH Corp. in early April. Gerson previously held that role, from 2010 to 2016. Prior to that, he ...
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Northwave appoints new country manager in Germany
Andreas Kiesewetter, 43, is taking the place of Uwe Schlager at Northwave as country manager for Germany and Austria. Kiesewetter has worked for the company’s German subsidiary for five years.
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Rossignol appoints a global director
The Rossignol Group has made François Goulet its global director, according to sport-guide.com. The appointment follows the departure of the vice president for Europe, François Benaben, after more than eight years with the group. The group’s president and chief executive, Bruno Cercley, explained to sport-guide.com that “it makes sense in ...
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Lululemon's CFO leaves
Lululemon has announced the departure of its current chief financial officer, Patrick Guido, on May 8. He will be joining the Asbury Automotive Group as senior vice-president and chief financial officer. Meghan Frank, Lululemon’s senior vice-president of financial planning & analysis, and Alex Grieve, vice-president and controller, will take over ...
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SportScheck’s boss quits
Markus Rech, former chief executive of SportScheck, is leaving the Signa Retail Group, the new parent company of the German sporting goods retail chain, by mutual agreement to take on new professional challenges. The 46-year-old worked for SportScheck for the past four years and helped the company to expand its ...
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Typhoon hires a new operations director
Typhoon International has named James Saunders as its new operations director, in charge of the Typhoon and ISP brands of protective clothing and lifesaving equipment as well as procurement, manufacturing, customer service, warehousing and technical procedures. Saunders has been serving for months as a consultant to the British manufacturer of ...
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Wolverine changes its brand structure
By May 30 at the latest, Todd Spaletto will be stepping down as president of Wolverine Worldwide’s Michigan Brands group, which consists of the Merrell, Chaco, CAT Footwear, Hush Puppies and Sebago brands. Rather than replace him in the post, Wolverine is promoting three executives and dividing responsibility for its ...
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EBay CEO
EBay has appointed Jamie Iannone, most recently chief operating officer of Walmart’s e-commerce division, as its new chief executive officer, effective April 27. He will succeed to Devin Wenig, who left eBay in September 2019.
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Bike Europe has a new senior editor
Bike Europe, the Dutch trade magazine, hired Rosie Burgin as senior editor last month. Burgin – who has also worked for Rosegarden Studios and 3 Circles Media – was formerly an editor at Reed Business Information and, most recently, at the agricultural publisher Misset. At Bike Europe she is succeeding ...
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News briefsFjällräven has a new global marketing director
Fjällräven announced that Alexander Matt has been appointed as the new global marketing director for the brand effective April 15. He succeeds Leif Öhlund, who left in 2019 to pursue other opportunities. For the last four years, Matt held the position of chief marketing officer at the Fiskars Group, where ...
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Amazon’s VP for the EU steps down
Roy Perticucci has stepped down as vice president of Amazon’s European operations, responsible for 12 member countries of the European Union. Based in Luxembourg, he was hired for the job in 2013, having held executive posts at Unieuro, Dixons Stores Group, Ground Control, Dixon Stores, Unieuro and Ahold. The reasons ...
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UA hires new chief product officer
Lisa Collier will be the new chief product officer at Under Armour, reporting to the company’s president and chief executive, Patrik Frisk, as of April 27. Succeeding Kevin Eskridge, who has resigned and will leave the company in August, she will oversee category management, product, merchandising and design. Collier has ...
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Intersport Germany appoints new chief financial officer
Intersport Germany appointed Thomas Storck to the position of chief financial officer on April 1. Storck immediately succeeds Hannes Rumer, who had asked for early termination of his contract as of March 31. Before joining Intersport Germany, Storck worked as business analyst for sales and purchasing at Real, a subsidiary ...
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Bollé Brands hires digital director
Bollé Brands continues to boost its management. The holding company for Bollé, Bollé Safety, Serengeti, Cébé, H2Optix and Spy Optics eyewear.has appointed Damien Hars as digital director, responsible for the development of their B2B and B2C online sales platforms worldwide. Hars previously worked for the Rossignol Group, responsible for the ...
