Sport 2000 Germany has appointed an additional managing director, Ralf Gross. The 51-year-old served for Vanteno, a service company in charge of IT solutions and logistics that is – like Sport 2000 – a subsidiary of Ariston-Nord-West-Ring (ANWR), the international footwear buying group. Gross is now the third managing director of the sports buying group next to Jens Fischer, in charge of operations and finances, and Andreas Rudolf, head of sales, marketing and purchasing. The appointment came along with ANWR’s decision to bundle its own wholesale and never-out-of-stock business under the helm of Sport 2000. (read more in Shoe Intelligence)