News Briefs – Page 558
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SportScheck announced today the resignation of Stefan Herzog after more...
SportScheck announced today the resignation of Stefan Herzog after more than ten years of service on its executive board, stressing that the 54-year-old manager was leaving the German sporting goods retail chain of his own will to pursue other business opportunities, following the recent changes in the management structure. Markus ...
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Mark Parker, the Nike group's president and chief executive, has...
Mark Parker, the Nike group's president and chief executive, has been elected as a director by the Walt Disney Company's board of directors. Robert Iger, Disney's chairman and chief executive, pointed to Parker's insights into consumers and his broad experience of international markets. Parker will stand for election along with ...
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Michael Bennett has taken on responsibility for Puma Safe, the...
Michael Bennett has taken on responsibility for Puma Safe, the sustainability and compliance division of Puma, following the departure of Reiner Hengstmann, who had been running the division since 1999. Bennett has been since January 2015 the director of Puma International Trading Services, the sourcing subsidiary of the company in ...
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Ironman and Infront Sports & Media have announced the appointment...
Ironman and Infront Sports & Media have announced the appointment of Hans-Peter Zurbruegg as managing director of Ironman Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). The executive will also continue in his role at Infront, where he leads the Active Lifestyle & Endurance unit, managing operations, marketing and strategic initiatives for ...
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The co-founders of Sportyjob.com, Andy Gugenheimer and Lennart Queck, have...
The co-founders of Sportyjob.com, Andy Gugenheimer and Lennart Queck, have recruited Lucy Palmer as business development manager to help their employment platform to expand in Europe. She was with the GSM Group for 15 years, before joining SurfStitch Europe as project manager in 2011. Running in English, French and German, Sportyjob.com ...
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Vincent Wauters, who has been driving the strong development of...
Vincent Wauters, who has been driving the strong development of Arc'teryx, is leaving the Amer Sports group, where he had been recently appointed president of apparel and member of its executive board. Heikki Takala, president and chief executive of Amer, says he is taking direct responsibility for the development of ...
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Marmot Mountain will have for the first time a general...
Marmot Mountain will have for the first time a general manager with global responsibility for product, sales and marketing. The role has been assigned to Joe Flannery, who worked for Adidas in Germany and the U.S. and then served as vice president of global marketing for The North Face. In ...
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Nora Stowell has left the Amer Sports group to join...
Nora Stowell has left the Amer Sports group to join W. L. Gore & Associates as its global sales leader for footwear, gloves and accessories. Stowell was previously vice president of U.S. sales for the Finnish group's winter, outdoor and cycle divisions, encompassing brands from Atomic and Salomon to Arc'teryx, ...
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Tim McCool, who has been active in the U.S. sports...
Tim McCool, who has been active in the U.S. sports and outdoor industry for many years, has been appointed vice president of global sales at Leatherman Tool Group. He started working for the outdoor tools and lights supplier from Oregon at the beginning of this month. McCool's assignment is to ...
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Pat Loomis, who has built up several European brands in...
Pat Loomis, who has built up several European brands in the U.S. market, announced that he was retiring earlier this month. He was president of Bergans USA, the North American subsidiary of the Norwegian outdoor brand. Loomis will be replaced in this job by Keith Patterson, who was previously vice ...
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Didriksons has opened its own sales office for the German...
Didriksons has opened its own sales office for the German and Austrian markets in Euromoda, the permanent showroom center in Neuss, taking over from a distributor, Katimpex, which is now representing Tenson. The operation is led by Jan Henning, who worked for New Balance and New Era before. Herkules IV, ...
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Briko Maplus, an Italian brand of high-performance, liquid fluorinated ski...
Briko Maplus, an Italian brand of high-performance, liquid fluorinated ski wax with a high melting point, is consolidating its position in the Nordic and Baltic countries through a long-term distribution contract with Oy Patrol Trading. The Finnish-based distributor, which has an annual turnover of about €35 million with major brands ...
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NHS has appointed Shiner as European apparel licensee for Santa...
NHS has appointed Shiner as European apparel licensee for Santa Cruz and Independent. Shiner will be officially delivering Santa Cruz and Independent apparel for the European market starting with the autumn/winter 2016 ranges. Shiner have been the distributors of NHS' skateboard brands in the U.K. since 1976, and will now ...
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Decathlon is continuing its foray into Southeast Asian markets with...
Decathlon is continuing its foray into Southeast Asian markets with the opening of a store in Singapore. After five openings in Thailand in the last few months, the French retailer is opening a store of about 3,000 square meters in Bedok and is planning a second opening in Singapore in ...
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Zalando said it booked a 30 percent sales increase in...
Zalando said it booked a 30 percent sales increase in the fourth quarter of 2014 to a level expected to range between €865 million and €872 million, generating an adjusted operating margin (Ebit) of between 7 and 9 percent. With that, the German-based e-tailer reached an Ebit margin of between ...
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Lululemon has upgraded its guidance for the quarter running to...
Lululemon has upgraded its guidance for the quarter running to the end of January on the back of robust sales during the holiday season. The Canadian yoga apparel company said the uptick had been driven by strong execution in stores and online during the key holiday weeks. While sales were ...
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CCM Hockey, the Canadian-based supplier of ice hockey products that...
CCM Hockey, the Canadian-based supplier of ice hockey products that belongs to the Adidas Group, said that sales of its global equipment business advanced by 8 percent last year and by 18 percent over the past two years. The company attributed the rise to its focus on research and development, ...
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Mike Ashley, the founder and controlling shareholder of Sports Direct...
Mike Ashley, the founder and controlling shareholder of Sports Direct International (SDI) is allegedly facing a lawsuit around a compensation of £15 million (€20.0m-$21.8m) discussed with Jeff Blue, a former investment banker who was in charge of strategic development at SDI for nearly two and a half years until March ...
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Globe is unveiling the Globe Speaker Board (GSB), which it...
Globe is unveiling the Globe Speaker Board (GSB), which it claims to be the first skateboard with a built-in speaker, to provide riders with freedom from headphones and the possibility of creating the soundtrack for their ride. The GSB works with any Bluetooth-enabled smart device. Following two years of testing, ...
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Adidas has announced the release of its first laceless football...
Adidas has announced the release of its first laceless football cleat, indicating that it will help its players to control the game better than before. It will be worn by sponsored football players from Jan. 23. Lotto, which launched its first laceless football boot ten years ago, had no comment ...
