That are the most important people for the sporting goods industry – Page 94
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Regan Betts joins Ibex Outdoor Clothing as brand marketing director...
Regan Betts joins Ibex Outdoor Clothing as brand marketing director after a decade spent at Smartwool creating and managing contents for social media
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Frederic De Beule replaces Trisha Hegg as direct of product...
Frederic De Beule replaces Trisha Hegg as direct of product for Sanuk
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Wigwam Mills has a new chief executive, Thomas Wheeler. He...
Wigwam Mills has a new chief executive, Thomas Wheeler. He takes the position from Robert Chesebro, who remains Chairman. Wheeler is the second outsider to have joined the top management of the American socks manufacturer, which is owned by Chesebro's family. Wheeler will also act as president of Wigwam. He ...
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Ulrike Köhler is taking over in November from Daniel Eppler...
Ulrike Köhler is taking over in November from Daniel Eppler as vice president and general manager for Nike in the German-speaking countries. After several other assignments at Asics and Saucony in Europe, Köhler has been with Nike in various functions since 1997, most recently as vice president and general manager ...
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Paul Nugent, former vice president of global marketing at Umbro,...
Paul Nugent, former vice president of global marketing at Umbro, started last month as senior director of marketing at Under Armour in Europe. He reports to Chris Bate, the company's managing director for Europe, and will lead marketing activities across Europe. The job was held on an interim basis by ...
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Adidas has begun a search for a permanent replacement for...
Adidas has begun a search for a permanent replacement for Chris Grancio, who is leaving as the company's global head of basketball. He has been overseeing Adidas' NBA deal and relations with basketball players since May 2014. Rebecca Jury, vice president of product in Adidas' basketball division, is taking over ...
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Nautilus, the owner of Octane Fitness, has announced that Dennis...
Nautilus, the owner of Octane Fitness, has announced that Dennis Lee will leave Octane at the end of the year. Lee is currently the company's vice president and general manager of commercial and specialty. Ryan Simat, a veteran of the company and the current vice president of sales, has been ...
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Polar has appointed Tom Fowler as president of Polar USA....
Polar has appointed Tom Fowler as president of Polar USA. He will be responsible for all segments of the business including sports technology, corporate wellness, consumer fitness, club, education and team sport. Prior to Polar, he served at Intel as director of marketing and sales of head-worn devices. He previously ...
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Brooks France has named Franck Mesnage, formerly at Asics France,...
Brooks France has named Franck Mesnage, formerly at Asics France, as its new general manager. He takes over from Christophe Vatinel, who has been at the helm of the company for over ten years. Brooks France posted revenues of €9.8 million in 2015.
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Jonas Netterström will take the helm as chief executive at...
Jonas Netterström will take the helm as chief executive at Cycleurope at the end of this year. Netterström currently serves as CEO of an investment company, Elajo Invest. The Swedish bicycle company has been without a CEO since Mårten Nydahl quit in the early summer. Since then, the company's chairman, ...
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Federico Musi is the new chief executive of Look Cycle,...
Federico Musi is the new chief executive of Look Cycle, replacing Dominique Bergin who sold a majority stake in the French company this summer to an investment fund, Activa Capital. Musi is described as a multi-lingual, 44-year-old manager who covers 5,000 km each year on his bike. The Italian native ...
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Michael Burk has been appointed as chief executive at 21...
Michael Burk has been appointed as chief executive at 21 Sports Group, after Jörg Mayer, the founder and largest shareholder of the online sports retailer, became chairman of the supervisory board. The changes also led to the appointment of Henner Schwarz as chief financial officer and chief operating officer. Both ...
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Christopher Lindner joined Acushnet last month as president of FootJoy....
Christopher Lindner joined Acushnet last month as president of FootJoy. He acted previously as president of Keds, one of the footwear brands owned by Wolverine Worldwide, which is now led by Gillian Meek. More in Shoe Intelligence.
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An Adidas veteran, Timo Pape, has joined Odlo International in...
An Adidas veteran, Timo Pape, has joined Odlo International in the new position of brand director, responsible for category management, design and marketing. He had been assisting Odlo in these areas and in communication since last year. After working for seven years at Adidas in Portland and Herzogenaurach, and two ...
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Alexander Wirth has been promoted to the position of chief...
Alexander Wirth has been promoted to the position of chief executive of Willy Bogner & Co., taking the place of Willy Bogner, who remains as chairman and main shareholder of the German sports apparel company that bears his own name. After the owner's failure to sell the company at a ...
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Andrew Cooper has been named president of Sequential Brands, reporting...
Andrew Cooper has been named president of Sequential Brands, reporting to Yehuda Shmidman, chief executive of the parent company of And 1, Avia, Revo and other brands. He was previously senior vice president of Priceline.com and then a partner of Pegasus Capital Advisors
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Fischer has appointed for the first time a marketing manager,...
Fischer has appointed for the first time a marketing manager, Jan Ekmark, who will restructure the existing marketing team of the Austrian ski company and cover digital marketing, sports marketing, trade marketing and other domains. Born in Sweden, Ekmark spent more than seven years with Adidas before he joined the ...
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Canada Goose has appointed Lee Turlington to the new position...
Canada Goose has appointed Lee Turlington to the new position of chief product officer and Kevin Spreekmeester to the new position of chief brand officer. Turlington, who worked previously in leading roles for Nike, Patagonia, The North Face and Fila, had been a consultant of Canada Goose over the last ...
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Wintersteiger, the Austrian manufacturer of ski maintenance and service machinery...
Wintersteiger, the Austrian manufacturer of ski maintenance and service machinery and storing solutions, appointed Florestan von Boxberg, 54, as its new chief executive, or head of its board of management. He takes the place left vacant a year ago by the departure of Reiner Thalacker. Von Boxberg worked as project ...
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Stadium, Sweden's largest sporting goods chain continues to switch its...
Stadium, Sweden's largest sporting goods chain continues to switch its management. Magnus Wåhlander will now be leaving his role as country manager in Sweden and become instead HR Director in charge of all personnel within the international retail chain. The new Swedish country manager is Mattias Johansson. He joined Stadium ...
