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It's people's business and we cover it. Find here the latest updates about personnel changes and read interviews with influential movers and shakers from the sports business.

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    360 Padel Group hires CEO

    2024-03-17T09:12:00+00:00

    360 Padel Group has hired Sascha Beyer as its CEO, as we have learned from CMDsport and confirmed on the blog of one of the group’s divisions, Padel Nuestro.

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    Vans' Product Chief departs

    2024-03-15T15:43:00+00:00

    Marissa Pardini, Vans’ Chief Product and Merchandising Officer, has announced her departure from the brand by the end of March. This follows a series of turnovers within VF Corp.

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    ​Smith with new sales team for German market

    2024-03-15T08:26:00+00:00

    After a long-standing and successful sales partnership with three agencies in Germany, eyewear and helmet specialist Smith, part of Safilo Group, is opening the next chapter for the brand in the German market. Therefore, the brand has welcomed Michael Horstmann and Florian Krach to its sales force. A particularly strong ...

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    Change again at Under Armour's helm

    2024-03-14T06:42:00+00:00

    Under Armour (UA) founder Kevin Plank, the current Executive Chair of the Board, is set to again become President and CEO of the Baltimore, Maryland company on April 1. At the same time, Dr. Mohamed A. El-Erian, an independent UA director since 2018 and lead director since 2020, will become ...

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    Allbirds has a new CEO

    2024-03-13T04:17:00+00:00

    With the release of its fourth quarter and full year 2023 financial results, Allbirds announced the appointment of Chief Operating Officer Joe Vernachio as its new CEO and member of the Board of Directors, effective March 15, 2024. He succeeds Joey Zwillinger, co-founder and CEO, who will continue to serve ...

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    The Weber era at Brooks is coming to an end

    2024-03-12T19:07:00+00:00

    As Brooks Running announces that Jim Weber will step down as CEO after 23 years, the company also unveils that Dan Sheridan, who currently serves as the company’s President and Chief Operating Officer, will take over the position effective April 26, 2024.

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  • Former Nordica president Franco Vaccari has passed away

    2023-03-14T15:10:00+00:00

    Franco Vaccari, a former shareholder of the Tecnica Group, passed away unexpectedly on March 11, 2023, at 83, according to Tecnica Group information. Vaccari was one of the most important entrepreneurs in the history of the so-called Sportsystem district of Montebelluna in the Northern Italian Treviso province.

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    German ski racing icon Rosi Mittermaier passes away at 72

    2023-01-05T10:08:00+00:00

    Former German ski racer Rosi Mittermaier has died. With her two gold medals at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, “Gold Rosi,” as she was subsequently known, mesmerized all of Germany. Her family told Bayerischer Rundfunk that Mittermaier fell asleep peacefully at the age of 72 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen on Jan. ...

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    DC Shoes co-founder and pro driver Ken Block dies in snowmobile accident

    2023-01-03T14:56:00+00:00

    Ken Block, the co-founder of DC Shoes, died in a snowmobile accident in Utah. He was 55 years old.

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    Rip Curl signs eight-time surfing champion

    2024-03-18T13:17:00+00:00

    Rip Curl has made waves in the surfing world with its latest signing of eight-time world surfing champion Stephanie Gilmore. The groundbreaking agreement, valued in the millions, spans eight years, coinciding with Gilmore’s planned sabbatical from the Championship Tour.

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    Kappa sponsors platform for women’s football

    2024-03-13T12:34:00+00:00

    The sports-apparel brand Kappa, we learn from Diffusion Sport, has become the technical sponsor of WomanGoal, which describes itself as the “first international platform created to promote women’s soccer” and as specializing in “talent recruitment, training, asset creation and business building for women’s soccer at a global level.”

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    Ben Sherman launches inaugural golf apparel range

    2024-03-06T15:47:00+00:00

    British heritage menswear brand Ben Sherman is entering the golf apparel market with its first golf-focused collection. The company has also announced the signing of American pro golfer and PGA Tour player Denny McCarthy as its first tour ambassador.

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