News Briefs – Page 595
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Olaf Koch, president of the Metro group, has transferred the...
Olaf Koch, president of the Metro group, has transferred the management of Metro Cash & Carry from himself to the Russian country manager for this subsidiary of the German retail company, Pieter Boone. Boris Minialai, buying director of Metro C&C Russia, is taking over his place.
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Franz Koch, who left as chief executive of Puma in...
Franz Koch, who left as chief executive of Puma in March 2013 after only two years in the job, has become a managing partner of Mykita, a brand of designer eyewear in Berlin, with an undisclosed financial stake. He will oversee B2B sales, production, finance, IT and human resources. The ...
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Stöckli Swiss Sports has appointed a new chairman, Josef Felder,...
Stöckli Swiss Sports has appointed a new chairman, Josef Felder, who has been for many years the chief executive of Zurich Airport, taking the place of Niklaus Knüsel at the head of a downsized board of directors. Separately, Theo Sandu, 36, has been named manager of Stöckli's bike division. Stephan ...
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The Lafuma Group has appointed a new brand manager for...
The Lafuma Group has appointed a new brand manager for Eider and is in the process of recruiting a brand manager for Millet. At Eider, Aurore Calmier takes the place left vacant a few months ago by the reassignment of a manager of the group, Thibaut Cornet, to the post ...
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Henrik Fischer has resigned as deputy chief executive and chief...
Henrik Fischer has resigned as deputy chief executive and chief operating officer of Björn Borg. He will not be replaced. The company says it is making organizational changes in connection with the implementation of a new business plan for the underwear and fashion brand that is meant to turn it ...
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Iconix Brand Group has hired David K. Jones as executive...
Iconix Brand Group has hired David K. Jones as executive vice president and chief financial officer. He will report to Neil Cole, the company's chief executive officer, and will lead all of the finance and technology functions. Jones is a certified public accountant with extensive knowledge of the business including ...
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Dick Heckmann, a former chief executive of K2, and William...
Dick Heckmann, a former chief executive of K2, and William Grant has stepped down as director of Jarden Corp., after reaching the mandatory retirement age. One of the seats on the board will be filled until the 2017 annual meeting by Peter Hochfelder, a founder and former managing member of ...
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On, the Swiss brand of running shoes, has set up...
On, the Swiss brand of running shoes, has set up a Japanese sales subsidiary in Yokohama, near Tokyo. Hiroki Komada acts as sales director, overseeing a team of three people.
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Sportringen Thomas Wallahager is leaving as chief executive of Sportringen...
Sportringen Thomas Wallahager is leaving as chief executive of Sportringen after four years at the helm of this Swedish sports retailer, where brought up the number of stores from 50 to 220. Lars Palmgren, a former Intersport store manager who joined the company a few weeks ago, is taking over ...
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Marco Sancandi has been appointed to the new position of...
Marco Sancandi has been appointed to the new position of director of operations at Garmont International, the Italian outdoor and mountaineering footwear company. A seasoned outdoor executive, Sancandi is to initiate and manage plans for Garmont's expansion, while supervising sales, marketing, research and logistics. Sancandi spent the last 15 years ...
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Snow Factory is the new distributor for Icebreaker in Spain...
Snow Factory is the new distributor for Icebreaker in Spain and Portugal, starting with its spring/summer 2016 collections. Snow Factory is already the Spanish distributor of La Sportiva and other sports brands. Snow Factory has also reached an agreement to distribute the hydration products of Ultimate Direction in Spain and ...
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By the beginning of August, Intersport Deutschland is set to...
By the beginning of August, Intersport Deutschland is set to have completed the integration of all the remaining 15 Sportpoint stores that it bought at the end of last year. Three have been closed. Some of the remaining stores will be operated by its Intersport Voswinkel chain. Sportpoint's founder, Wolfgang ...
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Maloja, the German sportswear brand, has opened its first store...
Maloja, the German sportswear brand, has opened its first store in South Korea, located in Seoul's Gangnam area, covering 300 square meters.
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New Balance's sales soared by more than 20 percent to...
New Balance's sales soared by more than 20 percent to $3.3 billion last year, up from $2.93 billion the previous year, the company reported in an unrelated press release. The annual figure reportedly encompasses estimated sales by joint ventures and distributors, and they include sales from the group's secondary brands, ...
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Zumiez reports that the sales of Blue Tomato rose by...
Zumiez reports that the sales of Blue Tomato rose by 33.6 percent to $64.4 million in the first quarter ended on May 2, in spite of a negative currency impact of $5.0 million. The parent company's total sales went up by 9.0 percent to $178 million, with growth of 3.0 ...
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The Migros Group has reported a 2 percent increase in...
The Migros Group has reported a 2 percent increase in its total turnover to 27.3 billion Swiss francs (€26.1bn-$29.6bn) in 2014. However, SportXX, the sporting goods retail chain of the cooperative, suffered a sales decline of 0.9 percent, despite an increase in the number fo stores from 54 to 57, ...
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Peter Cowgill, executive chairman of the JD Sports Fashion group,...
Peter Cowgill, executive chairman of the JD Sports Fashion group, told shareholders at their annual meeting earlier this week that the company has made a strong start for the first 19 weeks of its new fiscal year, started at the beginning of February. The company said it was still pleased ...
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Sportshoes.com, an online sports footwear retailer based in Yorkshire, has...
Sportshoes.com, an online sports footwear retailer based in Yorkshire, has been ranked among the fastest-growing mid-market private companies in the U.K. The retailer is 30th in the ranking compiled by Investec, the banking and asset management group, based on annual percentage turnover growth over four years among companies with a ...
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Direct Golf, the British golf retailer, says it continues to...
Direct Golf, the British golf retailer, says it continues to outperform the country's golf market with the ninth consecutive month of increasing turnover in May, compared with the same month one year earlier. Its sales soared by 39 percent in April and again jumped by 34 percent in May. Its ...
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Bike Europe reports that exports of bicycles from Taiwan jumped...
Bike Europe reports that exports of bicycles from Taiwan jumped by 13.9 percent in volume to 1,475,000 complete bicycles for the first four months of this year. After several years of stagnation, the value of these exports advanced by 10.1 percent to $599 million, although the average value per exported ...
