News Briefs – Page 627
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Ryan Gellert has been named chief executive of Patagonia Europe,...
Ryan Gellert has been named chief executive of Patagonia Europe, responsible also for the Middle East. He spent the last 15 years with Black Diamond in various roles including that of brand manager, vice president for supply chain management and managing director for Black Diamond Asia. Described as a dynamic ...
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Base-Detallsport, the second-largest sporting goods buying group in Spain, has...
Base-Detallsport, the second-largest sporting goods buying group in Spain, has announced the departure of its general manager, Angel Pardo, after 25 years in office. Without naming his successor, Francisco Torrejón, president of the group, said that it had seized the opportunity for a generation change to reach the goals of ...
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Rainer Zplinsky is going back to his two running stores...
Rainer Zplinsky is going back to his two running stores after three years at the head of Lex Laufexperten, the German cooperative of 31 independent running shoes. His job will be taken over on an interim basis by Michael Tiemann, chairman of the organization.
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VF Corp. has appointed Neil Schambra Stevens to the position...
VF Corp. has appointed Neil Schambra Stevens to the position of vice president of marketing at Vans for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). He will replace Jeremy De Maillard, who has taken up a similar position at The North Face, as previously reported. Schambra Stevens comes from Lenovo, ...
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Element has appointed two skateboarders, Reynald Gautier and Julien Duval,...
Element has appointed two skateboarders, Reynald Gautier and Julien Duval, to its executive management team. They will respectively act as vice president of global design and vice president of global marketing, based at the brand's European office in Hossegor, France. Gautier grew up in the U.K. and spent the last ...
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Achim Löffler, a 12-year veteran of W.L. Gore & Associates...
Achim Löffler, a 12-year veteran of W.L. Gore & Associates who has been running its sports and outdoor footwear business since May 2013, is now officially in charge of Gore-Tex' global shoe business, including casual and formal shoes. The 43-year-old took charge of the whole sector a few months ago, ...
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Felix Geiger will join the executive board of Schöffel in...
Felix Geiger will join the executive board of Schöffel in January in the position of managing director in charge of finance, general organization and IT. He will also run the German company's Professional Wear division. The 42-year-old comes from Escada, where he acted lately as executive vice president for finance. ...
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A German district court has ordered the dismissal of Thomas...
A German district court has ordered the dismissal of Thomas Mayer as managing director of Mitteldeutsche Fahrradwerke (Mifa), the insolvent German bicycle manufacturer. The court has decided that its court-appointed administrator, Lucas Flöther, will be the only decision-maker at the company. The supervisory board has named a new chief executive, ...
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Prana has appointed Sasha Dietschi-Cooper as vice president of sales,...
Prana has appointed Sasha Dietschi-Cooper as vice president of sales, effective Jan. 5, 2015. Reporting directly to Scott Kerslake, Prana' chief executive, Dietschi-Cooper will lead the company's distribution strategies for continued growth in North America, while also working on Prana's brand presence in international markets. Dietschi-Cooper has 16 years of ...
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Bernard Liatti, the former top executive of Rossignol, has been...
Bernard Liatti, the former top executive of Rossignol, has been made managing director of Cybergun, the leading specialist in licensed replica airguns with offices in France and the U.S. The company has been taken over by a fund, Restated Investment, which is proceeding to a new €15 million round of ...
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Two Spanish managers, David García and Beni Moret, are reportedly...
Two Spanish managers, David García and Beni Moret, are reportedly taking on the license for Umbro in Spain and Portugal, starting with the autumn/winter 2015/16 season. García is the commercial director of Gescom Sport. Moret is a manager of Anzamar.
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Socrep is opening a new showroom in Milan, in via...
Socrep is opening a new showroom in Milan, in via Morimondo, which will host the brands Canada Goose, Manhattan Portage and Fred Perry. The move is part of a series of openings by the Italian importer of sporting goods that also includes new showrooms in Verona, Prato, Rome and Trani. ...
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Sports Direct has unveiled plans for a gym chain in...
Sports Direct has unveiled plans for a gym chain in the U.K. that it said will revolutionize the market. The retailer plans to open 200 fitness clubs offering membership at the very affordable and unprecedented price of £5 (€6.3-$7.9) per month. Members will also have to pay a £10 (€12.6-$15.7) joining fee. ...
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Sports Direct is entering the Swiss market, opening a store...
Sports Direct is entering the Swiss market, opening a store in Bern this month. Located at 27 Zeughausgasse, it will spread over three floors. Swiss observers have expressed strong concern about the move, noting that Sports Direct is taking the place of the former flagship store of Universal Sport, ...
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Décathlon is set to open its first downtown store in...
Décathlon is set to open its first downtown store in Berlin next spring, covering 6,000 square meters in the Rathaus-Passagen on the central Alexanderplatz. It will be its fourth downtown store in Germany, where it has run into many problems with urban planning authorities.
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Golfino has launched its first omni-channel concept in Denmark, with...
Golfino has launched its first omni-channel concept in Denmark, with the idea of rolling it out to other parts of Europe after an initial trial phase. The launch coincides with the start-up of a golfino.dk online store and the opening of the German brand's first flagship store in Denmark, measuring ...
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Odlo has opened a shop-in-shop at the NK department store...
Odlo has opened a shop-in-shop at the NK department store in Stockholm. The move is a part of the company's strategy to establish itself on the Swedish market. Odlo also sells its products to about 20 Stadium stores throughout Sweden as well as a number of specialist retailers. The brand ...
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Electric, the American brand of sunglasses and accessories owned by...
Electric, the American brand of sunglasses and accessories owned by the French Kering group through Volcom, has extended its e-commerce operations from the U.S. and Canada to a first series of European countries: France, Germany, the U.K., Spain, Italy, Belgium and Austria. The 14-year-old brand, which is based in California, ...
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Amer Sports will have 260 mono-brand stores, 150 partner stores...
Amer Sports will have 260 mono-brand stores, 150 partner stores and 62 e-commerce sites in operation around the world by the end of the year. Salomon will have the biggest presence at the direct-to-consumer level with 196 branded stores and 29 web stores. It opened its first virtual store in ...
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The Greek Fourlis Group reports a sales increase of 11.4...
The Greek Fourlis Group reports a sales increase of 11.4 percent to €91.3 million in the first nine months of this year for its sporting goods retail operations, consisting essentially of its Intersport stores. Earnings before amortization (Ebitda) improved by 47.7 percent to €6.6 million, leading to a pre-tax profit ...
