Nike realigns management for digital DTC, places EMEA under Grebert
Nike will be making several changes to its top management and operating model in keeping with the “Consumer Direct Acceleration” (CDA) policy it announced in June while releasing its latest financial results. The Nike brand’s regional divisions will remain as they stand, but two of them will be swapping out ...
Stefan Herzog is the new president of Fedas
The European Federation of Sports Retailers, Fedas, unanimously elected Stefan Herzog as its new president at its general assembly, convened via a videoconference. Herzog, who ran SportScheck for many years until 2016, will continue as secretary general of VDS, the German Sports Retailers’s Federation, which he has led since the ...
Primaloft dismisses European managers to adjust to the crisis
Primaloft has confirmed rumors about its separation from its long-time managing director for Europe and its recently appointed president of licensing, Jochen Lagemann, as of May 31. A spokesman for the ingredient brand said that Lagemann’s departure was triggered by the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic, which has forced ...
Melody Harris-Jensbach will leave Jack Wolfskin
Melody Harris-Jensbach, the seasoned executive who has been running Jack Wolfskin for the past six years, will soon be leaving the German outdoor brand. According to a press release, Callaway Golf Company, which took over Jack Wolfskin at the beginning of 2019 for around €418 million, and Harris-Jensbach had already ...
Bogner’s CEO resigns
Andreas Baumgärtner, who has been the chief executive of Bogner since November 2017, will be leaving the company at the end of March. According to the company, Baumgärtner is leaving at his own request and for personal reasons. He will resign on March 31 but continue to serve in an ...
Joint management for SportScheck and Karstadt Sports
(updated March 12 2020) Thomas Wanke has been appointed to the newly created position of chief executive of both Karstadt Sports and SportScheck. The former CEO of SportScheck, Markus Rech, is no longer in charge. Furthermore, Stefan Weiss, chief sales officer at Karstadt Sports, will from now on serve as ...
A new executive team at Nike
John Donahue, the new chief executive of Nike, has installed a new leadership team to replace the one that accompanied the outgoing CEO, Mark Parker, from April 1 onward. Two former Parker lieutenants, Eric Sprunk and Elliott Hill, will retire from the company later this year. Like Trevor Edwards, who ...
Change of the guard at Burton
Burton Snowboards has announced that John Lacy will be the company’s sole chief executive. He has shared this role over the past 18 months with Donna Carpenter, who will now take over the position of chairperson of Burton’s board of directors from her late husband and company founder, Jake Burton ...
New CEO for Rapala
In the midst of reforms to turn around the business, Rapala VMC has appointed Nicolas Warchalowski as its new chief executive, effective from March 1, 2020. He has had an extensive career in international consumer businesses, heading up companies such as BabyBjörn, Peak Performance and Haglöfs.
New management for Kjus
Kjus, the Swiss ski, golf, and lifestyle apparel company acquired by Acushnet Holdings in July 2019, has made Brooke Mackenzie president of worldwide operations. A skier and golfer herself, Mackenzie joined Kjus in 2012, taking care of the brand’s North American operations. She used to own a real estate brokerage, ...
Another new chief executive for XXL
After issuing yet another profit warning for the fourth quarter of 2019, the board of directors of XXL ASA announced earlier this week that it has appointed Pål Wibe as the new chief executive of the company, which is the largest sporting goods retailer in the Nordic countries.
Haglöfs chief is now running Asics EMEA
Carsten Unbehaun, the German-born executive who became the chief executive of Haglöfs at the beginning of 2018, returned to the European subsidiary of the brand’s Japanese parent company, Asics Corp., as its new chief executive on Nov. 20. Unbehaun will continue to run Haglöfs until a successor is found.
New top executives for three major sports companies
Almost simultaneously, Nike, Adidas and Under Armour announced changes in their top management shortly after we published our last issue, underlining the rapid transformation that the highly concentrated athletic footwear market is undergoing.