News Briefs – Page 621
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Lotto Sport Italia and Stonefly, which share some managers and...
Lotto Sport Italia and Stonefly, which share some managers and shareholders, are reportedly studying a possible alliance at the administrative and logistic levels. The super-active Andrea Tomat runs both companies already. A spokesperson says the management has no comments at this stage.
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Amer Sports has completed the repurchase of 819,171 of its...
Amer Sports has completed the repurchase of 819,171 of its own shares at an average price per share of €15.49, a process that began on Aug. 15. As a result, the company now holds a total of 1,417,429 treasury shares representing about 1.20% of the total number of outstanding shares ...
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Christophe Mostaert has been elected president of Sport 2000 France,...
Christophe Mostaert has been elected president of Sport 2000 France, replacing Yannick Morat who had held the office since 2011. The 50-year-old retailer joined Sport 2000 in 2007 by opening a big store at St. Maximin la Sainte Baume. With a surface of 1,200 square meters, it generated sales of ...
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Mathilde Lacoste has become the artistic director of Fusalp, the...
Mathilde Lacoste has become the artistic director of Fusalp, the French skiwear brand acquired by Philippe Lacoste and his sister Sophie one year ago. She is the wife of Philippe Lacoste and has already started to work on the autumn/winter 2015/16 collection, which will be very different from the ...
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A veteran of the international sporting goods industry, Alistair Thorburn,...
A veteran of the international sporting goods industry, Alistair Thorburn, has been appointed managing director of international operations for Confluence Outdoor. He acted most recently as international president of Pure Fishing, the fishing tackle subsidiary of Jarden Corp., where he coordinated 19 different subsidiaries. His career includes leading positions at ...
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John Henderson is set to replace Ken Brewster as commercial...
John Henderson is set to replace Ken Brewster as commercial director of Pure Fishing UK, responsible also for Ireland. Brewster, a former national sales manager of Adidas, has been in charge of sales and marketing at Hardy & Greys before its take over by the Jarden Corp. subsidiary in 2013. ...
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Tom Ritchey has promoted Claudio Bianchi to the position of...
Tom Ritchey has promoted Claudio Bianchi to the position of chief executive of Ritchey Designs. The founder and chairman of the American bike company will stop acting as CEO to concentrate on product development. Bianchi has been with the company for more than 20 years in various roles. He has ...
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Wesley van Wijnbergen has become the new sales and marketing...
Wesley van Wijnbergen has become the new sales and marketing manager at Protest Sportswear, the Dutch board sports brand, from the start of this year. He has already been with the company since 2002, working in marketing and retailing. Sport Partner reports that Van Wijnbergen's tasks include sales through all ...
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Robert Polet, a former president and chief executive of the...
Robert Polet, a former president and chief executive of the Gucci Group of luxury goods companies, has joined North Sales as partner in its apparel division. He will work on building up the brand with Eric Bijlsma, former chief executive of Scotch & Soda, who became a major shareholder and ...
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Stephan Krug, a 52-year-old German executive with lots of experience...
Stephan Krug, a 52-year-old German executive with lots of experience in the footwear and sporting goods sectors, has been appointed chief executive of Sabu Schuh & Marketing, a German cooperative of shoe retailers, effective July 1. He will take over from Ralph Hanus, who is moving to Gabor Footwear. Krug ...
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Pentland Brands has announced a series of senior leadership appointments....
Pentland Brands has announced a series of senior leadership appointments. Sean Hastings, vice president of product and marketing for Speedo, has been appointed Pentland's global marketing director. Jamie Cornforth, currently Speedo's head of category strategy & planning, product & marketing, becomes Speedo's interim vice president of product and marketing. Carl ...
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Adidas has appointed Jonathan Gregory as its director for the...
Adidas has appointed Jonathan Gregory as its director for the next football World Cup, scheduled to take place in Russia in 2018. Adidas is a top-tier Fifa sponsor and the Russian football team's official supplier of sporting gear. Gregory is tasked with maximizing the brand's presence in the host country. ...
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Pete Augustine, president of New Era Cap, has decided to...
Pete Augustine, president of New Era Cap, has decided to leave the company after almost 25 years. The chief executive, Chris Koch, will assume a more active role, the company said, adding that it will look for a successor for Augustine.
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Lululemon Athletica has appointed Stuart Haselden as its new chief...
Lululemon Athletica has appointed Stuart Haselden as its new chief financial officer, with an expected start date of Feb. 2. He will replace John Currie, the company's long-time finance chief, who announced in June that he was planning to retir. Haselden will report to the company's chief executive officer, Laurent ...
