That are the most important people for the sporting goods industry – Page 78
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Bic Sport saw its turnover decline by around 5 percent...
Bic Sport saw its turnover decline by around 5 percent at constant currencies in 2017. Sales had already declined at a double-digit rate, in 2016. Bic Sport was founded in 1979 by the Bich family, best known for the Bic pen, out of the family's passion for watersports and expertise ...
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Last October, Jens Jaumann assumed the position of sales manager...
Last October, Jens Jaumann assumed the position of sales manager for Germany and Austria at Icon Health & Fitness, the American fitness equipment brand based in Logan, Utah. The 46-year-old manager previously worked as sales representative for Kettler's home fitness equipment and as purchasing manager for various sports retailers, like ...
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Cristiano Portas, the former chief executive of Arena, is now...
Cristiano Portas, the former chief executive of Arena, is now running a big Italian fashion company, Stefanel
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Pentland Brands has announced the appointment of Chirag Patel as...
Pentland Brands has announced the appointment of Chirag Patel as chief operating officer. This veteran of the group takes over some of the responsibilities of Andy Long, the company's chief executive, who served as COO between 2012 and 2014 and retained the post after his appointment of CEO in 2014. ...
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Günther Herrmann is the new sales and marketing manager of...
Günther Herrmann is the new sales and marketing manager of Schöffel, replacing Andreas Schupp. The 45-year-old was previously in charge of sports at the European level for Marchon Eyewear, which sells brands like Dragon and Nike.
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Scandic Outdoor has expanded its top management with the promotion...
Scandic Outdoor has expanded its top management with the promotion of Jesper Rodig as joint chief executive, joining Jan Molander in the position. Rodig has been working since 2008 for the German company, which distributes many Scandinavian brands such as Baffin, Nokian, Sätila and Woolpower. He has been handling sales, ...
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Molten has started a management carousel in Europe, with Markus...
Molten has started a management carousel in Europe, with Markus Wedler rising to the position of general manager in Germany and Kijo Matoba becoming the new managing director of Molten Europe, based in Düsseldorf. Matoba is replacing Norihiko Kamiya. Wedler's predecessor, Thorsten Pletz, has been appointed general manager in charge ...
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Dan Green has been promoted to the new position of...
Dan Green has been promoted to the new position of vice president of design at Arc'teryx Equipment after 17 years with the brand. He started at the Canadian company by designing packs, then gloves and then equipment for law enforcement and the Armed Forces before taking the leadership of the ...
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Elias J. Sabo is going to become the new chief...
Elias J. Sabo is going to become the new chief executive of Compass Diversified (Codi) on May 3, replacing Alan B. Offenberg who is retiring after 20 years in the post. Sabo is a founding partner of Codi's management company, Compass Group Management. He was instrumental in the takeover and ...
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Asics Corp. has recruited a new president and chief operating...
Asics Corp. has recruited a new president and chief operating officer, Yasuhito Hirota, to handle day-to-day management from March 29. He would help Motoi Oyama, a former president of the World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry who became chief executive of the Japanese group in 2008 and took over ...
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Nike has appointed Dirk-Jan van Hameren as its new global...
Nike has appointed Dirk-Jan van Hameren as its new global marketing chief. With the title of vice president of global creative and marketing innovation, he will be in charge of brand communication, design, advanced concepts and digital marketing innovation. He will also handle event marketing. Van Hameren is a 25-year ...
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Ortlieb Sportartikel has appointed Jürgen Siegwarth as its new chief...
Ortlieb Sportartikel has appointed Jürgen Siegwarth as its new chief executive, with immediate effect. Siegwarth will be principally responsible for the marketing and sales divisions. He will be in charge of management alongside Hartmut Ortlieb, the company's founder, who will continue to head the technology and production division. Most recently, Siegwarth ...
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Seafolly, the Australian swimwear and beach lifestyle brand, has announced...
Seafolly, the Australian swimwear and beach lifestyle brand, has announced the appointment of Paul Kotrba as its new chief executive. Prior to joining Seafolly, Kotrba spent more than 15 years in New York City at Donna Karan and DKNY. Anthony Halas, who has led Seafolly since 1998, will remain as ...
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Sylvain Bouchès has been appointed as director for the Adidas...
Sylvain Bouchès has been appointed as director for the Adidas brand in France. He takes over from Nicolas Favre, who became general manager for Adidas France last November. Bouchès took up the position at the beginning of this year and he joined a seven-strong management committee. The Frenchman became part ...
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K2 has appointed a new brand president, John Colonna, who...
K2 has appointed a new brand president, John Colonna, who worked for Burton, Nike and other companies
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Uvex Sports will be represented in the U.S. and...
Uvex Sports will be represented in the U.S. and Canada by Fischer Skis
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Karstadt Warenhaus has hired two more managers to support its...
Karstadt Warenhaus has hired two more managers to support its omni-channel retail strategy. Marco Werner became chief digital officer at the start of last week, in charge of Karstadt.de and customer relationship management. He previously held similar jobs at Tchibo and Fressnapf. Jens Diekmann started with Karstadt at the beginning ...
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Vincent Isichei has resigned as German country manager for JD...
Vincent Isichei has resigned as German country manager for JD Sports Fashion. Simon Rider, the former manager of Foot Locker Europe who ran Karstadt Sports until the end of 2016, will reportedly run JD's German operation on an interim basis along with Isichei's brother Marc. The two brothers Vincent and ...
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Kering, the parent company of Puma, Volcom and a raft...
Kering, the parent company of Puma, Volcom and a raft of luxury goods brands, has appointed a new “chief client and digital officer,” Grégory Boutté, who has had an interesting career. After working in brand management at Procter & Gamble, Boutté joined a French online auction start-up that was acquired ...
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Ulf Bjerknes, a veteran of the Norwegian sporting goods industry,...
Ulf Bjerknes, a veteran of the Norwegian sporting goods industry, has been appointed to a new position as chief operating officer of XXL ASA, the big Norwegian sports retailer that is expanding to new countries. He did an excellent job in terms of revenues and profits with two other important ...
