That are the most important people for the sporting goods industry – Page 88
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Sigma Sport, the former distributor of Brooks in Spain, is...
Sigma Sport, the former distributor of Brooks in Spain, is taking on the distribution of 361°, the Chinese sports brand, which has already introduced itself in Germany, Austria and Italy
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Promoting two of its managers, Zumiez has named Troy Brown...
Promoting two of its managers, Zumiez has named Troy Brown as president of North America and Adam Ellis as president of international. They will both report to Richard Brooks, president of the U.S. action sports retailing group, which owns Blue Tomato in Europe. Brown has been executive vice president of ...
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Schöffel has a new person in charge of the product...
Schöffel has a new person in charge of the product management division, Stefan Späth, succeeding German Käsmeier who is leaving the company after 12 years by mutual agreement. He will report directly to the chief executive, Peter Schöffel. Späth worked for 11 years in purchasing and sales for Sport Förg, ...
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With Martin Schneider set to retire as chief information officer...
With Martin Schneider set to retire as chief information officer of VF Corp. at the end of this year, Sandra Harris, vice president of global business technology, will take over his position
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Icebreaker has a new European head of wholesale, Udo Heyder....
Icebreaker has a new European head of wholesale, Udo Heyder. He comes from VF Corp. , where he spent nine years as area manager for Germany and Central Europe and then three years as international sales manager for Smartwool. Based at Icebreaker's European office in Munich, Heyderreplaces Ibrahim Can, who ...
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Sport Partner reports that Kubus Sports is taking up the...
Sport Partner reports that Kubus Sports is taking up the distribution of Komperdell in the Benelux countries, complementing an offering that already includes Elan, Nitro, Level and Giro products
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Herbert Kenzelmann, aged 58, has been promoted to the position...
Herbert Kenzelmann, aged 58, has been promoted to the position of sales manager at Falke, the German socks specialist, joining its executive board. Coordinating all sales activities in the sports and legwear segments, he has taken the place of Jan van der Hagan, who is going back to Dedon, a ...
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XXL ASA has appointed Patrick Verwilligen as managing director for...
XXL ASA has appointed Patrick Verwilligen as managing director for its new Austria chain of sports and outdoor stores, starting on May 1. He will receive 63,467 share options as part of his compensation. Verwilligen is a Dutch citizen who grew up in Austria. He is currently head of leasing ...
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Sequential Brands has appointed Karen Murray as its new chief...
Sequential Brands has appointed Karen Murray as its new chief executive officer. Most recently, Murray served as president of VF Sportswear, a wholly-owned subsidiary of VF Corp. She replaces Yehuda Shmidman, who is stepping down from his position and as a member of the board of directors. Murray joined VF ...
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Buff has appointed Kristin Moynihan Greenbaum as director of sales...
Buff has appointed Kristin Moynihan Greenbaum as director of sales for its U.S. subsidiary. Moynihan has previously worked at Eddie Bauer, Starbucks, Unionbay and Coal Headwear. She has also served as vice-president of sales at Pow.
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Greg Dacsyshyn, who has spent many years at Burton Snowboards...
Greg Dacsyshyn, who has spent many years at Burton Snowboards as its chief creative officer, is leaving the company after more than 20 years to set up his own creative agency, called Camp High. The agency will continue to set the creative direction for Burton in terms of products and ...
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Roland Wagner is retiring as chief executive of his own...
Roland Wagner is retiring as chief executive of his own Munich-based sales agency, Die Sportsspezialisten (SO!), which represents brands such as Elan, Buff, Laken, Smellwell, Runtastic and Fila Skates, but he will continue to be its owner, while consulting for sports-related brands. The helm will go over to Marc Hasenstein, ...
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Proged will distribute the Nike Swimwear line licensed by Perry...
Proged will distribute the Nike Swimwear line licensed by Perry Ellis in Spain and Portugal
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A 20-year veteran of General Motors, Caly Dean, has joined...
A 20-year veteran of General Motors, Caly Dean, has joined Under Armour in the new position of chief innovation officer, reporting to Kevin Haley, president of category management and innovation at UA. Dean was most recently the head of GM's global advanced design organization. He has been a chief design ...
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After working in executive positions at Ortlieb for the past...
After working in executive positions at Ortlieb for the past 25 years, Wolfgang Paulus will leave the German company, which specializes in the supply of bicycle panniers and backpacks, at the end of June. The 60-year-old manager worked as sales and marketing director before he shared the management of Ortlieb ...
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Andrew Rees, who became president of Crocs two years ago,...
Andrew Rees, who became president of Crocs two years ago, will replace Gregg Ribatt as chief executive on June 1, consolidating the two functions. Ribatt, who will remain on the board of directors, said the company was ready for the change after the progress it had made in 2016 in ...
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Bruno Sälzer has been elected chairman of the Amer Sports...
Bruno Sälzer has been elected chairman of the Amer Sports group's board of directors, as part of a new board of seven. Sälzer previously worked as chief executive for many years at Hugo Boss and Escada, and currently at Bench. He is also a supervisory board member at Lacoste Holding ...
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Polygiene has appointed Haymo Strubel, who previously worked for YKK...
Polygiene has appointed Haymo Strubel, who previously worked for YKK and Sympatex Technologies, as director of commercial operations for Europe. The company has also appointed a new technical director for textile applications, Paul Middleton, who comes from Courtaulds. Polygiene has announced a collaboration with 2XU for use of its odor-control ...
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Greg Shgapeleigh is being replaced by Jen Harned on Apr....
Greg Shgapeleigh is being replaced by Jen Harned on Apr. 15 as vice president and general manager of Vista Outdoor's Bell Helmets business
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Christy Raedeke has been promoted from vice president of global...
Christy Raedeke has been promoted from vice president of global brand to executive vice president of global marketing and sales at Cocona, the company behind the 37.5 and Eco-Dri textile technologies
