News Briefs – Page 597
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The Adidas Group appeared puzzled this week by a lengthy...
The Adidas Group appeared puzzled this week by a lengthy German newspaper report containing allegations that workers contracted through temporary work agencies at a logistical center in Rieste, Germany, were treated unfairly. The article in Die Zeit reports complaints from workers that they were asked to be permanently on call without ...
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Brunswick says it has completed the disposal of its bowling...
Brunswick says it has completed the disposal of its bowling business, which was expected to generate net proceeds of between $270 and $290 million. Its bowling centers have been sold to a long-time competitor, Bowlmor AMF. A company in Atlanta, BlueArcCapital, has acquired Brunswick's bowling products business.
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Foot Locker's board of directors has elected its lead director,...
Foot Locker's board of directors has elected its lead director, Nicholas DiPaolo, to the position of chairman. He succeeds the retiring Ken C. Hicks. DiPaolo, who is 73 years old, has been on Foot Locker's board since 2002. He left as a director of R.G. Barry Corporation last September.
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Leif Holst-Liæker will take over as chief executive of Bergans...
Leif Holst-Liæker will take over as chief executive of Bergans Fritid, the supplier of outdoor products known also as Bergans of Norway, during the fourth quarter of 2015. Holst-Liæker, 36, worked for five years at McKinsey & Company and then for eight years in various functions at Bertel O. Steen, ...
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Paolo Manuzzi, a 46-year-old manager who has been with Vibram...
Paolo Manuzzi, a 46-year-old manager who has been with Vibram since 1993, has been promoted to the new position of global general manager. He started off as manager of the Italian supplier of high-tech shoe soles for Italy and Spain. He later opened Vibram's offices in the U.S. in 1999 ...
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Performance Sports Group (PSG) has appointed Amir Rosenthal, the current...
Performance Sports Group (PSG) has appointed Amir Rosenthal, the current chief financial officer and executive vice president of finance & administration, as president of PSG Brands, a newly created position. Beginning June 1, he will oversee the day-to-day business of seven brands in the group's portfolio including Bauer, Cascade, Combat, ...
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Galvin Green, the Swedish golf clothing brand, has promoted Andrew...
Galvin Green, the Swedish golf clothing brand, has promoted Andrew Creed to president of Galvin Green USA. Creed, who was formerly national sales manager, will expand the company's domestic operations, which will include the opening of a new U.S. headquarters in Avon, Connecticut this July. Creed joined Galvin Green when ...
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Three new board members have been appointed at Surftech after...
Three new board members have been appointed at Surftech after its acquisition earlier this year by Triple D, a Thailand-based investment company. The chairman is Trent Pedersen, president of D Technical Consulting, a subsidiary of Triple D that provides management, marketing and technical services for sports companies. He has been ...
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Columbia Sportswear has adjusted its team for sourcing, supply chain...
Columbia Sportswear has adjusted its team for sourcing, supply chain and finance. Lisa Kulok, who has served as vice president of global marketplace planning and customer operations since October 2009, has been promoted to senior vice president of global supply chain operations. Steve Woodside, who joined the company in August ...
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By the end of June, Michael Kamm will act as...
By the end of June, Michael Kamm will act as the only managing director of Sympatex Holding and its Sympatex Technologies and Plouquet subsidiaries. Jürgen Steffensen, joint managing director since 2010, will leave the group by mutual consent to pursue new managerial tasks elsewhere. He has been acting as chief ...
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Viking Footwear has appointed a new country manager for Denmark,...
Viking Footwear has appointed a new country manager for Denmark, Tom Tinning, who takes the place of Thomas Vangsaard, now in charge of Denmark for Ecco. Tinning, 45, started off as a sales rep for Nike and later became Danish sales manager for the big athletic brand. He worked for ...
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Wintersteiger says that Markus Würcher has been appointed head of...
Wintersteiger says that Markus Würcher has been appointed head of sales and product management for its Sports Business Unit and for two others within the group, Seedmech and Woodtech, implementing the decisions mentioned in our last issue. Wolfgang Berghammer, former head of Wintersteiger's Sports BU, left the company in March ...
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Jon Parsons, who supported Srixon Sports Europe's rapid expansion for...
Jon Parsons, who supported Srixon Sports Europe's rapid expansion for about 12 years, is no longer involved with the company. He effectively supervised marketing for the brand in the U.K. and Europe, helping Srixon to raise its U.K. market share in balls from 0.3 percent to more than 30 percent ...
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Chris Patsch started as European marketing manager for the Burton...
Chris Patsch started as European marketing manager for the Burton and Anon brands at the beginning of May. Patsch is heading up the marketing team at Burton's office in Innsbruck, reporting to the company's European general manager, Hermann Kapferer. He has been with Burton since 2010, starting as team marketing ...
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Descente has set up a new organization structure to accelerate...
Descente has set up a new organization structure to accelerate its penetration of foreign markets. In April, the Japanese company formed a new Global Business Unit, headed up by Yoshikazu Tanaka as managing director for sales and marketing. He previously had the same function for the whole group. In the ...
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Wolverine Worldwide has a new chief financial officer. Michael D....
Wolverine Worldwide has a new chief financial officer. Michael D. Stornant, a 49-year-old executive who has been with the group for 19 years, assumes the role of senior vice president, CFO and treasurer, with effect from June 12. He served most recently as vice president of corporate finance, after handling ...
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Michael Austermühle, 46, has been appointed country manager of Patagonia...
Michael Austermühle, 46, has been appointed country manager of Patagonia for Germany and Austria, replacing Norbert Sandner who has been made European alpine and climbing manager. Austermühle was most recently the German country manager of The North Face, a company with which he worked for the past seven years. Prior ...
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Silke Sauer, 37, is the new head of licenses at...
Silke Sauer, 37, is the new head of licenses at Bogner, replacing Karin Silcher. She previously worked in licensing at two German fashion brands, S. Oliver and Gerry Weber.
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Zeis Excelsa, the owner of the Virtus Palestre brand, has...
Zeis Excelsa, the owner of the Virtus Palestre brand, has signed an exclusive licensing agreement with A Moda for the production and distribution of the brand's apparel and accessories. Along with the development of the men's, women's and children's collections, the three-year worldwide agreement also provides for the repositioning of ...
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Fenix Outdoor International says it has finalized the acquisition of...
Fenix Outdoor International says it has finalized the acquisition of the 40 percent stake it did not previously own in Frilufts, a subsidiary regrouping three outdoor retailers: Globetrotter from Germany, Naturkompaniet in Sweden and Partioaitta in Finland. Fenix already owned 60 percent of Frilufts, which was established after Fenix acquired ...
