That are the most important people for the sporting goods industry – Page 63
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Intersport Spain has announced the appointment of Xavier Alomar as...
Intersport Spain has announced the appointment of Xavier Alomar as its new managing director, indicating that it is intended to better implement its omni-channel development strategy. He will replace Paxti Fernandez, who has held the role since 2016. Alomar, who joined the board of directors of the Spanish buying group ...
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Anders Jönsson is leaving as chief executive of Puma Nordic...
Anders Jönsson is leaving as chief executive of Puma Nordic after 30 years in various positions within the company, according to Sportfack. He is being succeeded by Miroslav Ryba, who most recently led Puma's business in Russia, Ukraine and Turkey. The information has recently been circulated internally at Puma by ...
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Asics has promoted Thomas Irle to commercial director for Germany,...
Asics has promoted Thomas Irle to commercial director for Germany, Austria, Poland and other markets in Eastern Europe. Irle has been with the Japanese footwear and sporting-goods company since mid-2013 and was most recently a sales director in charge of the online wholesale business. He has also led the online-only ...
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Head/Tyrolia has promoted Cameron Smith to the position of U.S....
Head/Tyrolia has promoted Cameron Smith to the position of U.S. competition and team manager. Smith joined the company in 2017. In his new role, he will manage all relations with athletes, sponsorships and racing products for Head/Tyrolia USA.
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Jussi Ristimäki has unexpectedly resigned as president and chief executive...
Jussi Ristimäki has unexpectedly resigned as president and chief executive of Rapala VMC, the Finnish maker of fishing tackle. Louis d'Alançon, chairman of the Finnish-based group, has assumed the post pending the search for a permanent successor. Ristimäki had been leading a recovery plan and was purportedly making progress toward ...
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Salming Sports has promoted Joakim Sandin to chief executive. He...
Salming Sports has promoted Joakim Sandin to chief executive. He has been with the Swedish producer of sporting goods since 2013, most recently as manager of international sales, communication and the running segment. Salming is rebranding itself entirely and has set up a new marketing department under Marcus Waltilla, who ...
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Lacoste has promoted Marco Dippe to chief executive for Europe,...
Lacoste has promoted Marco Dippe to chief executive for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and global travel retail. He was previously CEO of Central and Northern Europe. Over the past three years, Dippe has been repositioning Lacoste in Europe. He helped consolidate the management of the German, Austrian, ...
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Timo Perschke, the founder and chief executive of Pyua, left...
Timo Perschke, the founder and chief executive of Pyua, left the German company on Sept. 1. His departure took place a few weeks after some of the company's retail partners expressed concerns about the planned sale of its products on the web store of Tchibo, a Hamburg-based retail chain known ...
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Jens Werner is stepping down as creative director of J....
Jens Werner is stepping down as creative director of J. Lindeberg after not quite two years. The post was created for him in December 2017 and included oversight of the Swedish brand's fashion and sports sections. At the time, Werner was a director of design at the company, working on ...
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A former professional snowboarder, David Pitschi, has joined the Nidecker...
A former professional snowboarder, David Pitschi, has joined the Nidecker Group as brand manager for its Yes snowboards subsidiary. He will be working with one of the brand's ambassadors, Alex Warburton, and with its owners, David Carrier-Porcheron, Romain de Marchi and Jan Petter Solberg. Warburton will be retaining the post ...
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Marty Pomfry, a former executive of Nike and Fossil, has...
Marty Pomfry, a former executive of Nike and Fossil, has been appointed by Patagonia as general manager of its Japanese subsidiary
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Jack Wolfskin, which was recently acquired by Callaway Golf Co....
Jack Wolfskin, which was recently acquired by Callaway Golf Co. at the end of last year, has appointed Diana Seung as general manager for its North American subsidiary in Salt Lake City. She was previously executive vice president of merchandising at Backcountry.com. She also worked as vice president of e-commerce ...
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Frank van Ven has returned to Life Fitness, after a...
Frank van Ven has returned to Life Fitness, after a brief stint at Asics, to become vice president of international sales. He had been with Life Fitness for 23 years, running its international business. Tim McCarthy has also come back to Life Fitness, which was recently spun off by Brunswick ...
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Marie Ahlstrand has been made sales manager of Daily Sports....
Marie Ahlstrand has been made sales manager of Daily Sports. She previously served as a business export manager at another Swedish golfwear brand, Röhnisch. Daily Sports had annual turnover of around 80 million Swedish kronor (€7.5m-$8.2m), a quarter of that from Sweden.
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Targeting international expansion, Pentland Brands announced a new executive team...
Targeting international expansion, Pentland Brands announced a new executive team structure today. Richard Newcombe, who is now in charge of the group's footwear division, will add the responsibility of president for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) across the whole brand portfolio, which includes Berghaus, Ellesse and Speedo, among ...
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The Hohenstein Group has announced Lutz Lehmann as chief executive...
The Hohenstein Group has announced Lutz Lehmann as chief executive of global strategies. In his new role, he will directly oversee Hohenstein's sales, marketing and business-development teams. For the past eight years, Lehmann served as chief executive of Hermes Hansecontrol Group. Prior to Hansecontrol, he held various roles at TÜV ...
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Kosaka Takeshi, a former chief operating officer, has been appointed...
Kosaka Takeshi, a former chief operating officer, has been appointed as chief executive of Li-Ning Company alongside its founder, Li Ning. He will focus on operations and the supply chain, where the Chinese company has encountered some difficulties.
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Garneau has appointed Claude Loblond as business development director for...
Garneau has appointed Claude Loblond as business development director for Europe and the Middle East. The manager is joining the Canadian cycling company with more than 30 years of experience in the cycling industry and the sporting goods industry in general. He was most recently global vice president of sales ...
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Lacoste has appointed Catherine Spindler as executive vice-president of marketing...
Lacoste has appointed Catherine Spindler as executive vice-president of marketing and branding, and Jean-Louis Delamarre as executive vice-president of markets and distribution. Spindler was most recently vice-president of customer experience at GM France. She started her career at LVMH, and has held various marketing and communication roles at Yves Rocher. ...
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StockX has appointed Deena Bahri as its first chief marketing...
StockX has appointed Deena Bahri as its first chief marketing officer to oversee the marketing, content and design teams as well as the overarching consumer-facing strategy for the Detroit-based online sneaker retailer
