That are the most important people for the sporting goods industry – Page 83
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Asics is reinforcing its marketing team in Europe, the Middle...
Asics is reinforcing its marketing team in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) with two recruits, as part of the business transformation plan announced a few weeks ago. Robin Karakash joins Asics Europe as director of integrated marketing communication EMEA, a newly-created function, to deliver consistent brand messaging across ...
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Tom Knight, former chief executive of JJB Sports, has been...
Tom Knight, former chief executive of JJB Sports, has been appointed chairman of Fibodo, which specializes in cloud-based management software for sports and activity professionals. The name of the company stands for Find It, Book It, Do It. Knight is a well-known personality in the British sports business, where he ...
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Northwave's bike products will be distributed in Switzerland by Bus...
Northwave's bike products will be distributed in Switzerland by Bus Sport, replacing Platts Europe
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Chris Sports is taking over the distribution of Mikasa in...
Chris Sports is taking over the distribution of Mikasa in Switzerland
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Redipro has signed a contract with a Mexican company, CS...
Redipro has signed a contract with a Mexican company, CS Global, for the distribution in the country of its line of roller skates, which carry the label KRF The New Urban Concept
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Fischer Sports has named Walter Dietiker as its new country...
Fischer Sports has named Walter Dietiker as its new country manager for Switzerland, replacing Marco Zingg who has left the company. Dietiker spent the last 12 years with K2 in Switzerland, after working for Toko and Mammut.
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Thomas Seifert is leaving as German country manager of Polar...
Thomas Seifert is leaving as German country manager of Polar Electro at the end of this month for another assignment outside the sporting goods sector. His place will be taken over by the current local chief operating officer, Lars Adolff. Seifert joined the Finnish company in April 2013 after running ...
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Poc has taken over the distribution of its products in...
Poc has taken over the distribution of its products in Switzerland from Distributors Airtool
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Intercycle is taking on the distribution of Skullcandy in Switzerland...
Intercycle is taking on the distribution of Skullcandy in Switzerland
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Jochen Schnell, one of the members of Intersport Germany's executive...
Jochen Schnell, one of the members of Intersport Germany's executive board, is leaving at his own request after spending more than 15 years with the group in various positions. Citing “very private reasons” for his departure, the company said his responsibilities for product and marketing will be taken over by ...
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Gary Bryant, who has been with Amer Sports for 14...
Gary Bryant, who has been with Amer Sports for 14 years, is going to serve as general manager for its cycling division, which includes Mavic and Enve, following the resignation of Bernard Millaud, who has led it for 15 years. Bryant, who is a British citizen, has served most recently ...
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Boardriders has appointed Alexandre Malsch as global digital brand manager...
Boardriders has appointed Alexandre Malsch as global digital brand manager for Quiksilver and Roxy, based at its European headquarters on the Basque Coast of France and reporting to the company's chief executive, Pierre Agnès. Nine years ago the 32-year-old manager co-founded a French online media group, the Melty Group, and ...
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Footjoy has announced that Russell Lawes has been appointed sales...
Footjoy has announced that Russell Lawes has been appointed sales and marketing director for the U.K. region with immediate effect. For the past ten years, he has served as Footjoy's marketing manager. Lawes will be responsible for the overall sales and marketing operations in the U.K., Ireland and South Africa ...
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Brunswick Bowling Products has announced three promotions within the company,...
Brunswick Bowling Products has announced three promotions within the company, which come after the appointment of Corey Dykstra as the new chief executive in July of this year. Brian Graham has been named vice-president of consumer and aftermarket products. Graham previously led sales and marketing. Billy Orlikowski has been promoted ...
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Schöffel has appointed Karoline Rettig as head of marketing. The...
Schöffel has appointed Karoline Rettig as head of marketing. The 46-year-old replaces Wolfgang Helmberger. Rettig has been with Amer Sports since 2006. At Amer, she was initially in charge of marketing for the cycling division in Austria, Germany and Switzerland. Afterwards she was promoted to GTM (Go to Market) trade ...
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Claudia Lange has been appointed head of media relations at...
Claudia Lange has been appointed head of media relations at the Adidas Group. Lange assumed the newly created position, based at the headquarters in Herzogenaurach in Germany, at the beginning of August. She is responsible for the global media relations team and for the management and coordination of the media ...
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Creating a new position, Walter Wansauer has been named by...
Creating a new position, Walter Wansauer has been named by Fischer as head of sales for both Germany and Austria. The executive, who has been with the company for nearly 20 years, had been appointed a year ago as country manager for Germany, taking the place of Siegfried Passreiter after ...
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Michele Norsa, the former top manager of Benetton Sportsystem and...
Michele Norsa, the former top manager of Benetton Sportsystem and Sergio Tacchini who worked as managing director of Salvatore Ferragamo for ten years until last year, has agreed to serve as vice president of Gruppo Biagiotti, helping the young Lavinia Biagiotti Cigna after the sudden death last spring of her ...
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Bergans is strengthening its international sales force. The new international...
Bergans is strengthening its international sales force. The new international focus includes the appointment of John-Olav Evans as international strategic account manager. In this new position, he will be responsible for serving and developing relations with Bergans' distributors and key strategic clients in the international market. Another new recruit is ...
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Neil Venables, former senior director of field sales at the...
Neil Venables, former senior director of field sales at the Adidas Group in the U.K., is taking over from Tom Foley as general manager of Intersport UK, covering the U.K. and Ireland. The handover started in August to make sure Venables is fully operational ahead of Foley's departure on Sept. ...
