That are the most important people for the sporting goods industry – Page 69
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Pure Fishing has announced the appointment of Harlan M. Kent...
Pure Fishing has announced the appointment of Harlan M. Kent as its new chief executive. He replaces Neil Eibeler, who has left the company. Pure Fishing was recently acquired by Sycamore Partners. Kent has more than 30 years of experience, including roles at the Performance Sports Group, Totes Isotoner, and ...
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Zebco Brands has announced the appointment of Frerk Petersen as...
Zebco Brands has announced the appointment of Frerk Petersen as managing director of Zebco Europe, and that of Simon Morris as commercial manager of Preston Innovations, a subsidiary of Zebco Brands. Petersen has been director of marketing and product development for Europe since early 2011. Morris joins Preston from Shimano ...
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In keeping with a recent change in strategy, Accell Group,...
In keeping with a recent change in strategy, Accell Group, the Dutch parent of such cycling brands as Haibike, Lapierre, Raleigh, Atala and XLC, has begun the search for a new chairman. The current chairman, Ab Pasman, will remain a director for a further year. Once the new chairman is ...
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David Orr, an industry veteran who has worked for Keen,...
David Orr, an industry veteran who has worked for Keen, Timberland and Adidas, has been hired as general manager of Dakine, overseeing all aspects of sales, product creation and operations. He will report to Jonathan Hirshberg, the head of JR286, the company that has been contracted to operate Dakine by ...
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Cycling Sports Group (CSG), a division of Dorel Industries, has...
Cycling Sports Group (CSG), a division of Dorel Industries, has appointed Eugene Fierkens as general manager of CSG Europe. He replaces Adriano Nascentes, who has been named chief operating officer of Dorel Juvenile Europe. Fierkens joins CSG from Specialized, where he has worked since 2004 and held various roles, including ...
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Olivier Costil has quit the position of editor of Filière...
Olivier Costil has quit the position of editor of Filière Sport, the trade magazine of Union Sport & Cycle, the French federation of the sporting goods and bicycle industry launched six years ago
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Forum Sport will be changing the structure of its upper...
Forum Sport will be changing the structure of its upper management during the first quarter of 2019, recasting five departments as six and shifting around its executives in consequence. The Spanish sports retailer is fusing its purchasing and own-brand departments into one. To lead this new, combined department Forum Sport ...
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Chi Lo-Jen is being promoted to be the new chief...
Chi Lo-Jen is being promoted to be the new chief executive of Stella International on Jan. 1, taking the place of Lawrence Chen, who will continue as an executive director and a member of the executive committee of the Chinese shoe company. Chi has 23 years of experience in the ...
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G. Scott Uzzell is leaving the Coca-Cola Company to become...
G. Scott Uzzell is leaving the Coca-Cola Company to become the new president and chief executive of Converse from Jan. 22, replacing the retiring David Grasso. The Nike group, which owns Converse, said that his nomination is expected to help the brand to move into new spaces by reconnecting to ...
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Munich, the sports and lifestyle shoe brand based in Barcelona,...
Munich, the sports and lifestyle shoe brand based in Barcelona, has made Xavier Artigas its new export sales manager. Artigas has previously worked, in both retail and wholesale, for the jewelers Majorica and Carrera y Carrera, the shoemaker Castañer and the watchmaker Grupo Cadarso/Ice-Watch, mostly as a director of national ...
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Stefan Mues has assumed the newly created position of chief...
Stefan Mues has assumed the newly created position of chief digital officer and become a member of the executive board at the Calida group, which owns the Calida, Aubade, Millet, Oxbow, Eider and Lafuma brands. The 44-year-old will be responsible for the digitization of the group. He will report directly ...
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SportScheck, the leading German sporting goods retailer, appointed Axel Puhlmann...
SportScheck, the leading German sporting goods retailer, appointed Axel Puhlmann to the position of marketing director on Jan. 7. He succeeds Paul Stahala, who had held the position since September 2016 and joined Karstadt as marketing director in November of last year. Puhlmann began his career as a consultant for ...
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Schöffel has appointed Peter Sontheimer to lead product development. Before...
Schöffel has appointed Peter Sontheimer to lead product development. Before joining Schöffel, Sontheimer worked for Ziener, where he was chief executive and head of product management, design and purchasing. Sontheimer also worked for over two decades at Vaude. At Schöffel, he will both lead the product management, design, technical development ...
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Sram, the Chicago-based maker of bicycle components, has appointed Ken...
Sram, the Chicago-based maker of bicycle components, has appointed Ken Lousberg as chief executive. He is replacing a co-founder of the company, Stan Day, who served for 31 years and is now becoming chairman of the board of directors. Lousberg has been serving as chief operating officer for the past ...
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Michael Dannhauser has been appointed to the new position of...
Michael Dannhauser has been appointed to the new position of chief operating officer for the Uvex Sports Group, joining its chief executive, Christophe Weissenberger, on its executive board. Besides supervising its factories and other operational processes, he will also have responsibility for finance and controlling, following the departure last February ...
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François Letterade has been appointed by Boardriders to the new...
François Letterade has been appointed by Boardriders to the new position of Quiksilver EMEA brand manager. He started at Quiksilver as European product manager for men's and youth products in 2009. Three years later he became global product manager for technical snow products under the Quiksilver, Roxy, DC, Lib Tech ...
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Manuele Barbon has been appointed as the new export manager...
Manuele Barbon has been appointed as the new export manager of MGM, the Italian parent company of Kayland and Trezeta, which is also the licensee for Fila inline skates. While focusing on some key foreign markets, he will also serve as general sales manager of the company's footwear division, helping ...
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The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has announced that Pere Miró,...
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has announced that Pere Miró, who has been director of National Olympic Committee (NOC) relations and of Olympic Solidarity for 26 years, will now focus exclusively on his role as deputy director general for relations with the Olympic Movement. In this function, he will maintain ...
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Sport 2000 International has hired an experienced, business analyst, Erika...
Sport 2000 International has hired an experienced, business analyst, Erika Schuh, to help the group to evaluate the big data collected by its national retail organizations in order to make better decisions through an analysis of internal processes and market developments. Schuh had already helped the group with data analysis ...
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Thierry Lavigne, one of the retail members of Sport 2000...
Thierry Lavigne, one of the retail members of Sport 2000 France, has taken the place of Frédéric Poux as chairman of the voluntary group following the exit of the Activa Capital investment fund. Poux, who formerly ran a chain of franchised optical retail shops, Alain Afflelou, had been appointed to ...
