That are the most important people for the sporting goods industry – Page 100
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Lululemon has appointed Miguel Almeida, former vice president of digital...
Lululemon has appointed Miguel Almeida, former vice president of digital commerce and mobile solutions for Walgreens, as executive vice president for digital operations, reporting directly to the company chief executive, Laurent Potdevin
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Adidas hired Egon Zehnder last February to head-hunt a new...
Adidas hired Egon Zehnder last February to head-hunt a new chief executive to take over the place of Herbert Hainer after his present contract expires in March 2017, according to Bloomberg. The 61-year-old Hainer has been running the group since 2001. Bloomberg quoted a couple of institutional shareholders of Adidas ...
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The Swiss Globus Group has a new chief executive, Thomas...
The Swiss Globus Group has a new chief executive, Thomas Herbert, who is replacing Jean-François Zimmermann. Herbert has been running Schild, a subsidiary of the group with 55 fashion stores.
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Michael Marckx has resigned as chief executive of Spy Inc.,...
Michael Marckx has resigned as chief executive of Spy Inc., the California-based brand of action sports-inspired sunglasses, following the release of poor sales and profits figures for the first half of this year. He is also leaving the company's board of directors but will continue as a consultant until Dec. ...
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Willy Booker has left as chief executive of Fischer Ski...
Willy Booker has left as chief executive of Fischer Ski US to take charge of Dalbello ski boots at Marker/Dalbello/Völkl, which will allow him to be closer to his family. Dave Kuhlman, vice president of finance, will act as interim president until a replacement is found. Meanwhile, Fischer U.S. has ...
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Ned Post, a former manager of Benetton Sportsystem who led...
Ned Post, a former manager of Benetton Sportsystem who led and grew Smith Optics for more than 20 years until his retirement earlier this year, will act as an adviser to Combat Flip Flops. This American company sells tongs, neckties and other products and invests some of the proceeds in ...
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Mike De Bell, former chief sales officer for Crocs, has...
Mike De Bell, former chief sales officer for Crocs, has been recruited by Xero Shoes to act as vice president of global sales. As previously reported, John McCarvel, Crocs' former chief executive and president, has become chairman and lead investor in the young American company. Dennis Driscoll, former head of ...
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Franck Waterlot is taking on a new position being created...
Franck Waterlot is taking on a new position being created at Burton Europe as vice president of sales, product merchandising and marketing for the region, reporting to Hermann Kapferer, senior vice president and general manager of Burton Snowboards' subsidiary, which is based in Austria. Since 2007 Waterlot had been acting ...
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ElliptiGo, the San-Diego based creator of outdoor elliptical bicycles, has...
ElliptiGo, the San-Diego based creator of outdoor elliptical bicycles, has hired Raphael Weishaupt as vice president of global marketing, a newly-established position. He will report directly to the company's chief executive, Bryan Pate. Weishaupt has held several marketing leadership roles at big companies such as General Electric (GE), eBay, and ...
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Head is consolidating its sales operations in Germany and Austria....
Head is consolidating its sales operations in Germany and Austria. Rainer Schramm, who has been running its German subsidiary, will take responsibility also for Austria. The Austrian country manager, Rob Koch, will remain available for support until the end of this year, and the company praised him for expanding Head's ...
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SportScheck has appointed a new member of the executive board,...
SportScheck has appointed a new member of the executive board, Lars Schöneweiss, who will take care of finance, controlling, IT, logistics and human resources from October. He will replace Guido Jaenisch, who is leaving the company at the end of this month. The 46-year-old manager has worked recently in similar ...
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Wolverine Worldwide has appointed John Coe as managing director of...
Wolverine Worldwide has appointed John Coe as managing director of its London-based subsidiary, taking the place of Dan LeVesconte, to “drive continued growth” for its brands in the region. As general manager of Chaco since March 2011, Coe has been running Wolverine's fastest-growing brand. He gained international experience as president ...
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Protest has appointed Anjet Wesselink as head of marketing, replacing...
Protest has appointed Anjet Wesselink as head of marketing, replacing Martijn Jegerings who has moved to Switzerland. She will report to Wesley van Wijnbergen, sales and marketing director of the Dutch-based action sports apparel company. Wesselink has been organizing big snow and surf events. She worked most recently at a ...
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Nike's chief executive, Mark Parker, saw his compensation increase by...
Nike's chief executive, Mark Parker, saw his compensation increase by nearly 15 percent to $16,819,730 in the financial year ended last May. The greater part of the rise came from incentive compensation, which grew to more than $4 million from $2.5 million in the previous year, in direct relation to ...
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John McCarvel, who retired as president and chief executive of...
John McCarvel, who retired as president and chief executive of Crocs last April, has become lead investor and chairman of Xero Shoes, a U.S. company that produces versatile and lightweight performance and recreation sandals. Dennis Driscoll, who joined Xero three years ago and is now acting as its chief product ...
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Edwin Haid is leaving as chief executive of Gonso, the...
Edwin Haid is leaving as chief executive of Gonso, the German bikewear brand, after nearly two years in the job. Simone Mayer and Lothar Baisch, who head up Gonso's parent company, Maier Sports, are taking over his reponsibilities.
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Callaway Golf has named Linda Segre to the company's board...
Callaway Golf has named Linda Segre to the company's board of directors. Segre, 55, is executive vice president of chief strategy and people officer at Diamond Foods, a role she took up in March 2014. Segre first joined the San Francisco-based food company in 2009 as senior vice president of ...
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Pawan Verma has become the new senior vice president and...
Pawan Verma has become the new senior vice president and chief information officer of the Foot Locker group, succeeding Peter Brown who retired in April after 38 years with the company. Verma comes from Target Corp., where he was most recently in charge of digital and marketing technologies and the ...
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Pelican International has appointed Marie-Christine Piedboeuf as president, effective Sept....
Pelican International has appointed Marie-Christine Piedboeuf as president, effective Sept. 1. She had been serving as vice-president of operations for several years, after arriving at the company in 2000. Prior to joining the Quebec-based maker of leisure and fishing boats, she worked at Nike Bauer as materials specialist in advanced ...
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Alibaba, the huge Chinese-based internet company that owns Tmall.com, the...
Alibaba, the huge Chinese-based internet company that owns Tmall.com, the Taobao marketplace and a dozen other operations, has hired a Canadian-born executive, Michael Evans, as president in its bid to expand internationally. He reports to Daniel Zhang, the group's chief executive who succeeded Jonathan Lu in May. His initial task ...
