That are the most important people for the sporting goods industry – Page 70

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    Jon Rucker has been promoted to president of the Winter...

    2019-01-28T00:00:00Z

    Jon Rucker has been promoted to president of the Winter Sports Division at Head/Tyrolia USA, located in Boulder, Colorado. Rucker has been with Head for more than nine years and has spent the last seven as vice president of Winter Sports. According to Kevin Kempin, chief executive and president of ...

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    In a bid to stimulate innovation and diversification, particularly in...

    2019-01-28T00:00:00Z

    In a bid to stimulate innovation and diversification, particularly in its important sports segment, Superdry has appointed a new creative director, Phil Dickinson, who held a number of senior roles at Nike, including global creative director for football and for Nike Sportswear. He was a creative director for Umbro while it ...

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    Rob DeMartini, who stopped working as president and chief executive...

    2019-01-28T00:00:00Z

    Rob DeMartini, who stopped working as president and chief executive of New Balance at the end of 2018, is set to become the new CEO of USA Cycling, an association that promotes the sport

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    Ironman, a subsidiary of Wanda Sports Holdings, has promoted Jennifer...

    2019-01-28T00:00:00Z

    Ironman, a subsidiary of Wanda Sports Holdings, has promoted Jennifer Mocerino to chief merchandise officer. She will be retaining her seat on Ironman's Executive Committee. Mocerino joined the company in 2010 as vice president of merchandise for North America, where she developed a business unit in Tampa, Florida. She has ...

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    Sport 2000 International has hired an experienced, business analyst, Erika...

    2019-01-11T00:00:00Z

    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...

    2019-01-11T00:00:00Z

    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 ...

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    The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has announced that Pere Miró,...

    2019-01-11T00:00:00Z

    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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    SportScheck, the leading German sporting goods retailer, appointed Axel Puhlmann...

    2019-01-11T00:00:00Z

    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...

    2019-01-11T00:00:00Z

    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...

    2019-01-11T00:00:00Z

    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...

    2019-01-11T00:00:00Z

    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...

    2019-01-11T00:00:00Z

    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...

    2019-01-11T00:00:00Z

    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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    Stefan Mues has assumed the newly created position of chief...

    2019-01-11T00:00:00Z

    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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    Munich, the sports and lifestyle shoe brand based in Barcelona,...

    2019-01-11T00:00:00Z

    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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    G. Scott Uzzell is leaving the Coca-Cola Company to become...

    2019-01-11T00:00:00Z

    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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    Chi Lo-Jen is being promoted to be the new chief...

    2019-01-11T00:00:00Z

    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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    Forum Sport will be changing the structure of its upper...

    2019-01-11T00:00:00Z

    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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    Olivier Costil has quit the position of editor of Filière...

    2019-01-11T00:00:00Z

    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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    Cycling Sports Group (CSG), a division of Dorel Industries, has...

    2019-01-11T00:00:00Z

    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 ...