That are the most important people for the sporting goods industry – Page 66
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Tretorn has appointed a new chief executive, Magnus Månsson, who...
Tretorn has appointed a new chief executive, Magnus Månsson, who worked for the New Wave Group, Nike and Puma before running a Swedish fashion brand, Gina Tricot, in the past two years. He takes over the responsibilities of Joakim Appelqvist and Vasko Markovski, who took over a license for the ...
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PrimaLoft has appointed Jim Frazier as vice-president of global marketing....
PrimaLoft has appointed Jim Frazier as vice-president of global marketing. Frazier has extensive experience in the outdoor apparel sector. Most recently, he served as vice-president of United Sports Brands, the parent company of Nathan Sports, Shock Doctor, McDavid, Cutters and XO Athletic. He previously served as product development director for ...
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Keen Footwear appointed Dieter Klingenberg last month to the recently...
Keen Footwear appointed Dieter Klingenberg last month to the recently created position of sales and business development director for Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Slovenia and Scandinavia. Simultaneously, Perry Laukens was appointed to the newly created position of sales and business director for the U.K., France, the Netherlands, Spain, Italy and nine ...
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VF Corp. has appointed Cameron Bailey as vice-president of its...
VF Corp. has appointed Cameron Bailey as vice-president of its global supply chain, effective June 1. He replaces Tom Glaser, who has left VF after 18 years to take over the role of chief operations officer at Tapestry, formerly known as Coach Inc. Bailey has spent his entire career in ...
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VF Corp. has appointed Denny Bruce as global brand president...
VF Corp. has appointed Denny Bruce as global brand president of Williamson Dickie Mfg. Co. (Dickies), replacing Philip Williamson, who will move into a brand ambassador's role
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Life Fitness has made a number of executive appointments. Chris...
Life Fitness has made a number of executive appointments. Chris Clawson has succeeded Jason Worthy as chief executive. Clawson was originally hired by the American gym-equipment brand in 1994 as an executive in product development. He worked there for ten years before departing for Matrix Fitness Systems, where he served ...
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Nautilus has named James “Jim” Barr IV as its new...
Nautilus has named James “Jim” Barr IV as its new chief executive, effective July 29. He will also join Nautilus' board of directors. Barr is a digital/e-commerce veteran, with 12 years of experience as an executive in Microsoft's online businesses. Most recently, he served as group president at Ritchie Bros., ...
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Helge Mankowski, a former professional football player and up-to-date managing...
Helge Mankowski, a former professional football player and up-to-date managing director at Intersport Voswinkel, has left the executive board of the sports retail chain, which filed for insolvency protection proceedings under its own administration on April 24 and is currently up for sale. In January 2017, Intersport Germany appointed Mankowski as ...
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On June 17, Ratnakar Lavu became Nike's first global chief...
On June 17, Ratnakar Lavu became Nike's first global chief digital information officer, in charge of digital technologies. He reports to Eric Sprunk, chief operating officer. Lavu was most recently chief technology and information officer at Kohl's, the American retail chain, heading up its IT, digital and consumer technology. Before that, ...
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Abacus Sportswear has announced the appointment of Marc Anderman as...
Abacus Sportswear has announced the appointment of Marc Anderman as the new commercial manager for the U.K. Anderman has worked for more than ten years with the Solheim Cup and has a long relationship with the Swedish apparel brand, having appointed the company as the official supplier to the European ...
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Jack Wolfskin appointed Ante Franicevic to the position of chief...
Jack Wolfskin appointed Ante Franicevic to the position of chief financial officer last month. He replaces Jörg Wahlers, who worked as chief financial officer and chief operating officer for Jack Wolfskin and left the German outdoor company at his own request at the end of July. Franicevic, 48, worked previously ...
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Cherokee Global Brands, which is changing its name to Apex...
Cherokee Global Brands, which is changing its name to Apex Global Brands at the end of June, has appointed a current director, Evan Hengel, to chairman of the board. Hengel has had a seat on the board since October 2018 and been a managing director at the Berkeley Research Group ...
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Keen Footwear appointed Dieter Klingenberg last month to the recently...
Keen Footwear appointed Dieter Klingenberg last month to the recently created position of sales and business development director for Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Slovenia and Scandinavia. Simultaneously, Perry Laukens was appointed to the newly created position of sales and business director for the U.K., France, the Netherlands, Spain, Italy and nine ...
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VF Corp. has appointed Cameron Bailey as vice-president of global...
VF Corp. has appointed Cameron Bailey as vice-president of global supply chain, effective June 1. He replaces Tom Glaser, who has left VF after 18 years to take over the role of chief operations officer at Tapestry, formerly known as Coach Inc. Bailey has spent his entire career in manufacturing ...
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Under Armour has made Sean Eggert its senior vice president...
Under Armour has made Sean Eggert its senior vice president of global sports marketing. He will be reporting to Alessandro de Pestel, chief marketing officer. Eggert was last with Red Bull, where he was in charge of about 160 initiatives, such as a recent partnership with USA Basketball, several action ...
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Blizzard Tecnica USA has promoted Justin Heanue to national sales...
Blizzard Tecnica USA has promoted Justin Heanue to national sales manager. He will report directly to Sam Cook, president of Blizzard Tecnica USA. Blizzard Sport USA is under the Tecnica Group umbrella. Blizzard and Tecnica operate as a single business unit in the U.S.
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Claes Broqvist has left as chief sales officer of Overalp...
Claes Broqvist has left as chief sales officer of Overalp to become the first international sales director of Vicis from Aug. 5. Based in Seattle, the young American brand has developed a special concussion technology that has earned its helmets the top rating in American football for three years in ...
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Adidas has promoted Neelendra Singh to general manager for India....
Adidas has promoted Neelendra Singh to general manager for India. He takes over the role from Dave Thomas, who has been appointed as Adidas' managing director for emerging markets. Singh, who was previously senior vice-president of global DTC and franchise, will continue to report to Dave Thomas. Singh joined Adidas ...
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Aigle's owner, Maus Frères, has announced the appointment of Sandrine...
Aigle's owner, Maus Frères, has announced the appointment of Sandrine Conseiller as the new president of the Aigle brand. Conseiller spent 20 years at Unilever, where she held evolving roles, from brand manager up to vice president. Most recently, she was marketing and brand director of Lacoste, which is also ...
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Primaloft has announced the appointment of Zoltan Kelemen as the...
Primaloft has announced the appointment of Zoltan Kelemen as the new territory sales manager for the U.K., Benelux (Belgium, Netherlands, Luxemburg) and Denmark. He replaces Wim Neels, who has become vice-president of business development of fashion and lifestyle global, still at Primaloft. In his new role, Kelemen will report to ...
