That are the most important people for the sporting goods industry – Page 73
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Don Lane is the new chief marketing officer at Saucony,...
Don Lane is the new chief marketing officer at Saucony, the running shoe brand of Wolverine Worldwide. Reporting to Anne Cavassa, Saucony's president, Lane is responsible for brand positioning, direct-to-consumer (DTC) advertising and digital strategy. Until just recently, he had been senior vice president of “brand and creative” at DraftKings, ...
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John W. Rogers Jr., a 60-year-old financial exports who founded...
John W. Rogers Jr., a 60-year-old financial exports who founded Ariel Investments in 1983, has joined Nike's board of directors
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Runtastic, the mobile fitness company owned by Adidas, has announced...
Runtastic, the mobile fitness company owned by Adidas, has announced that its co-founder and chief executive, Florian Gschwandtner, will withdraw from operational management and leave the company, effective Dec. 31, 2018. He has been with the start-up for nearly ten years. Alfred Luger and Christian Kaar, respectively chief financial officer ...
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Mizu, the American brand of reusable bottles, has hired two...
Mizu, the American brand of reusable bottles, has hired two new executives while it is introducing a new water filtration and purification category. Craig Smith, who has been most recently the European sales and marketing manager of Dragon, will serve as European sales and marketing manager of Mizu Europe. Scott ...
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Nike has announced the appointment of Ann Hebert as vice-president...
Nike has announced the appointment of Ann Hebert as vice-president of global sales. She will replace Mike Best, who has decided to retire after nearly 30 years with the brand. Hebert is another Nike veteran, with 23 years at the company. Most recently, she was general manager of Asia-Pacific and ...
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Bogner has promoted Anthony Joly-Pottuz, currently sales manager for France,...
Bogner has promoted Anthony Joly-Pottuz, currently sales manager for France, to country manager for the French market. He will succeed Raphaël Bouvet, who has left the German winter sports apparel brand to join Mammut. Joly-Pottuz has previously worked for Nike, Boards & More and Poc.
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Jet Set, the ski and sports apparel brand based in...
Jet Set, the ski and sports apparel brand based in Switzerland, has assigned Michael Michalsky, a well-known German fashion designer, to the position of creative director. Michalsky previously worked as a designer at Levi's and was until 2006 the creative director of Adidas. He has cooperated with several brands, among them ...
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Zalando appointed two new vice presidents this month. Sara Diez,...
Zalando appointed two new vice presidents this month. Sara Diez, previously working as senior buying director for Europe and the Middle East at Nike, became vice president for Zalando's product line for woman. Diez succeeds Dalbir Bains, who left Zalando after four years. Before her career at Nike, Diez worked ...
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Yann Tschumi has been appointed chief executive of Compressport International,...
Yann Tschumi has been appointed chief executive of Compressport International, the Swiss producer of compression garments for running and other activities. He will work closely with Sylvain Laur, president and founder of the company. Tschumi spent the last six years as vice president of sales for Rip Curl in Europe ...
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Hans Dohrmann has been placed at the head of Internetstores,...
Hans Dohrmann has been placed at the head of Internetstores, the online sport retailing platform owned by the Signa Sports Group. He replaces Christian Bubenheimer, who spent only six months in the post. Dohrmann was the founder of a Swiss e-bike specialist, M-Way, which he ran under the ownership of ...
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Callaway Golf has expanded its board of directors to ten...
Callaway Golf has expanded its board of directors to ten members with the addition of Laura J. Flanagan, current CEO of Foster Farms, who is credited with experience in corporate strategy, marketing, retail and operations
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Chris Pawlus is the new vice president of product design...
Chris Pawlus is the new vice president of product design and innovation at Keen, the Portland-based maker of outdoor shoes. He will oversee the Outdoor, Lifestyle and Kids departments. Pawlus joins Keen from Timberland, where he spent 21 years, most recently as creative director and vice president of global product ...
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Troy Sicotte will be Columbia Sportswear's vice president of North...
Troy Sicotte will be Columbia Sportswear's vice president of North American sales for the Mountain Hardware brand as of Oct. 22, 2018. He will report to Joe Vernachio, the brand's president. Sicotte has spent well over a decade in the footwear and outdoor industries, first at Birkenstock USA and then ...
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100%, a brand of motorcross eyewear based in California that...
100%, a brand of motorcross eyewear based in California that is branching out into cycling, has hired Mike Wilson as marketing manager, a newly-created position. Wilson has more than 20 years of experience in go-to-market strategies and brand management. Most recently, he served as a marketing and public relations agent ...
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Brian Small, who is now 62 years old, is retiring...
Brian Small, who is now 62 years old, is retiring as chief financial officer of JD Sports Fashion on Oct. 31 after 15 years with the company, which has made many important acquisitions lately, including those of Go Outdoors in the U.K. and The Finish Line in the U.S. Under ...
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Accell Group, the parent company of bicycle brands including Raleigh,...
Accell Group, the parent company of bicycle brands including Raleigh, Sparta, Atala, Haibike and others, has announced the appointment of Ruben Baldew as the new chief financial officer and a member of the board of directors, effective Nov. 1. Baldew, who currently serves as financial director at Unilever Thailand, will ...
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Adidas has appointed a new general counsel, Jan Heinemann, who...
Adidas has appointed a new general counsel, Jan Heinemann, who will report to Kasper Rorsted, the company's chief executive. The previous general counsel, Frank Dassler, left the company earlier this year, and Paul Ehrlich had stepped in on an interim basis. Ehrlich will resume his post as general counsel for ...
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Albert Habsburg was recently appointed to the position of commercial...
Albert Habsburg was recently appointed to the position of commercial director at Schöffel, responsible for controlling, finances, legal issues and all financial matters linked to the company's operative business. For the past 17 years, Habsburg had been working for Kunert, the sock specialist based in Germany. Schöffel has restructured its ...
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Vibram North America has announced that Michael Gionfriddo will retire...
Vibram North America has announced that Michael Gionfriddo will retire as the company's president and chief executive effective Dec. 31, and that Fabrizio Gamberini has been hired as the new president of the U.S. operation. Also, the company has announced that Richard Riegel, currently a member of U.S. company's board ...
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Iconix Brand Group has announced that Robert Galvin was appointed...
Iconix Brand Group has announced that Robert Galvin was appointed as chief executive, president and a member of the board of directors of the company, effective Oct. 15. Galvin was most recently chairman of Cherokee. He has previously served as chief operating officer and European president of Sports Brands International, ...
