News Briefs – Page 544
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VF Corp, the owner of The North Face and Timberland,...
VF Corp, the owner of The North Face and Timberland, among many other brands, said it was exploring “strategic alternatives” for its Licensed Sports Group (LSG) business. This part of the U.S. group includes the Majestic Athletic brand and it supplies apparel and fanware through licensing agreements with U.S. and ...
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Vista Outdoor has obtained a new credit facility to help...
Vista Outdoor has obtained a new credit facility to help finance its purchase of BRG Sports' Action Sports division, which was announced in February. The new loan will include a $400 million revolving credit facility and adds another $290 million to its $350 million term loan A facility for a ...
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Volcom has for the first time a global head of...
Volcom has for the first time a global head of women's, Lyndsey Roach, who is coming to the California-based subsidiary of Kering with 15 years of experience in strategy, marketing, development and sales. She was already vice president of women's marketing at Hurley, the action sports brand owned by Nike, ...
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Women will represent 64 percent of the 12 members of...
Women will represent 64 percent of the 12 members of the board of directors of Kering, parent company of Puma, Volcom and several luxury goods brands, after its annual meeting, scheduled for April 29. Three women have been nominated to join four other directors on the new board in connection ...
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Intersport France has promoted Emmanuelle Bahuaud, 47, to marketing, commercial...
Intersport France has promoted Emmanuelle Bahuaud, 47, to marketing, commercial and communication director. At Intersport France, she had been at the head of commercial activities for a year. In her expanded role, she will oversee marketing, external and internal communications, sponsoring, CRM, e-commerce and digital. She will report to François ...
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Puma has appointed Matthias Mecking as new general manager for...
Puma has appointed Matthias Mecking as new general manager for its team sports division from the start of April. He is taking over from Filip Trulsson, who will help with the transition and then move on to another as yet unannounced position at Puma. Mecking started in the sports industry ...
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Black Diamond had originally intended to recruit a dedicated European...
Black Diamond had originally intended to recruit a dedicated European sales manager at its new office in Innsbruck. After talking to many candidates, the company has finally decided to extend the responsibilities of Stephan Hagenbusch, naming him as director of sales and marketing. He will work with a new strategic ...
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Saucony, a division of Wolverine World Wide, has appointed Thomas...
Saucony, a division of Wolverine World Wide, has appointed Thomas Hartge as senior vice president of global footwear for the Saucony brand, with immediate effect. He succeeds to Patrick O'Malley, who was recently appointed president of Saucony. In his new role, he will report directly to O'Malley. Hartge brings more ...
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The shareholders of Grifone have appointed a new chief executive,...
The shareholders of Grifone have appointed a new chief executive, Emili Sabadell, replacing Eugeni Padrós, who continues to hold shares in the Catalunyan brand of sports apparel. Sabadell was previously the chief operating officer of the FC Barcelona football team. Sandro Rosell, former president of the club, is one of ...
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Investcorp has appointed Federico Minoli as one of its corporate...
Investcorp has appointed Federico Minoli as one of its corporate investment advisory director in Europe, helping to assess potential investment opportunities and provide support to its portfolio companies. Minoli, who formerly ran Ducati, joined Dainese as chief executive in the spring of 2013, and his position was taken over by ...
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Karsten Möhrer has been promoted by Bushnell to the role...
Karsten Möhrer has been promoted by Bushnell to the role of country manager for Germany and Austria. He had been in charge of marketing and key accounts since 2012. Möhrer takes the place of Gernot Trebsche, who is also European sales director for eyewear and sport protection as well as ...
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Frank Weissmann was recently appointed to the position of European...
Frank Weissmann was recently appointed to the position of European sales and marketing director for Fila tennis and accessories at Premium Sports Trading. Previously, the 45-year-old worked as sales manager for Eastpak and was for many years responsible for the tennis division of K-Swiss. Premium Sports Trading, based in Aalen ...
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GoPro's stock exchange quotation has gone up and down lately....
GoPro's stock exchange quotation has gone up and down lately. It jumped by 19 percent after the company announced the nomination of a new vice president of design, Daniel (Danny) Coster, who has been a core member of Apple's industrial design team for over 20 years. He will directly report ...
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Costa Del Mar has appointed Holly Rush as chief executive,...
Costa Del Mar has appointed Holly Rush as chief executive, effective April 25. She will replace Chas MacDonald, who announced his retirement as president and chief executive of the Essilor-owned brand of sunglasses last month. For the past 25 years, Rush had held key leadership roles at companies like Duracell/Gillette, ...
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A highly publicized trio of former Nike designers, Denis Dekovic,...
A highly publicized trio of former Nike designers, Denis Dekovic, Marc Dolce and Mark Milner has finally joined Adidas. Dolce posted a photo of their three new Adidas badges on Instagram, on March 30. The trio's non-competition agreement with Nike went into effect when the group left the company, in ...
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Trond Langeland has been appointed chief executive of Viking Outdoor...
Trond Langeland has been appointed chief executive of Viking Outdoor Footwear, the Norwegian outdoor footwear brand owned by Bertel O. Steen. Langeland will take over on May 13 after serving in several other sales, marketing and executive functions in consumer goods companies such as Orkla, Jordan and Canon. For the ...
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Evasion Running, the Spanish sporting goods chain specializing in road...
Evasion Running, the Spanish sporting goods chain specializing in road running, trail running and triathlon, closed two of its three corporate stores in the last few months. The Barcelona store, covering 600 square meters, closed its doors at the end of the year, while another store in Valencia, measuring 380 ...
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Fusalp has signed its first distribution agreement since its takeover...
Fusalp has signed its first distribution agreement since its takeover by heirs of the Lacoste family. A company based in Toronto, Throat Threads Apparel, will market the complete line of the French skiwear brand in North America, starting with the autumn/winter 2016/17 season in Canada.
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LCS International, the owner of Le Coq Sportif brand, has...
LCS International, the owner of Le Coq Sportif brand, has stated it is currently the only authorized distributor of the brand in Benelux and Scandinavia, effective from March 16. The distribution agreements with FL Sport BV and FL Sport Scandinavia BV have been terminated following the start of the liquidation ...
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Crocs is taking over the distribution of its products on...
Crocs is taking over the distribution of its products on the Austrian market, putting an end to an agency deal with Widmann Trading on June 30. Starting on April 1, it has also acquired seven of the nine Crocs stores in the country. The previous franchise partner in Austria, Widmann ...
