That are the most important people for the sporting goods industry – Page 104
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Patrick Pons de Vier, former brand manager for Salomon, is...
Patrick Pons de Vier, former brand manager for Salomon, is head of global footwear at Brooks, the U.S. running footwear company, starting last month. Pons de Vier spent about 18 years at Salomon, starting in 1996 in marketing for snowboarding products. He was leading strategic business development for Salomon's winter ...
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Black Diamond Inc. has made a number of changes in...
Black Diamond Inc. has made a number of changes in its design and product development departments to spur innovation in its apparel and equipment categories. Doug Heinrich, a former executive of Patagonia and Icon Health & Fitness, has been promoted from vice president of equipment to the position of senior ...
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Jörg Aumüller is reportedly taking over as country manager for...
Jörg Aumüller is reportedly taking over as country manager for German and Austria at Helly Hansen in the middle of May. The job was previously handled by Harry Schedlbauer, who has left in January to become global commercial manager at Atomic Austria. Aumüller has been in the outdoor and sports ...
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Lowa is reinforcing its investments in Asia with the appointment...
Lowa is reinforcing its investments in Asia with the appointment of Matthias Preussel in the new position of sales director for Asia-Pacific. He previously worked as head of sales at Mammut, helping to set up a Chinese subsidiary for the Swiss outdoor brand, supervising its operations in South Korea and ...
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Dean Polic has been appointed as country manager for Mammut...
Dean Polic has been appointed as country manager for Mammut in Germany, starting from June. He has been with the company for 14 years and is currently head of marketing for the Swiss outdoor brand in Germany. His predecessor, Ernst Schweble, who has been building up Mammut in Germany since ...
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O'Neill has appointed Pia Kaipainen, previously at RVCA Europe, The...
O'Neill has appointed Pia Kaipainen, previously at RVCA Europe, The Program brands and Nikita, to become its social media manager, based at the board sports brand's global head office in the Netherlands
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Lululemon Athletica has announced that Delaney Schweitzer, executive vice president...
Lululemon Athletica has announced that Delaney Schweitzer, executive vice president of global retail, has resigned from the company, effective May 29. Schweitzer is one of the company's pioneers. She joined Lululemon in 2002, and helped the yoga-inspired athletic apparel firm grow from one store in Canada to more than 300 ...
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Wolverine Worldwide announced that Gene McCarthy, who has been president...
Wolverine Worldwide announced that Gene McCarthy, who has been president of the Merrell brand since August 2013, has left the company. His functions are being taken over on a temporary basis by Jim Gabel, president of the company's Performance Group, which also includes Chaco and Saucony. Gabel came to Wolverine ...
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Alexis Maillet has been appointed as European marketing manager for...
Alexis Maillet has been appointed as European marketing manager for Electric, the brand of eyewear, helmets, goggles and other accessories, from the start of May. Maillet formally heads up marketing in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), a position that has been vacant for a year. Based at Electric's ...
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Susanne Fischer has stopped acting as European marketing manager of...
Susanne Fischer has stopped acting as European marketing manager of Cocona, and a successor has not been appointed
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Sport Partner reports that Terence Abrahamsen is taking over from...
Sport Partner reports that Terence Abrahamsen is taking over from the start of June as manager for Sport 2000 at ANWR Garant Nederland Sport, after stints as account manager at Timberland and product manager at Puma Benelux, as well as buyer at the Coach sports lifestyle chain and category manager ...
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Ursula O. Fairbairn and George Fellows did not stand for...
Ursula O. Fairbairn and George Fellows did not stand for reelection to the board of directors of VF Corp. at its annual meeting
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As expected, Karl Heinz Salzburger, vice president of VF...
As expected, Karl Heinz Salzburger, vice president of VF Corporation in charge of its international operations since 2011, has been elected as a member of the board at Luxottica, which owns Oakley and Ray-Ban among many other assets
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Mammut Sports Group has a new distributor for Spain and...
Mammut Sports Group has a new distributor for Spain and Portugal, BM Sportech, replacing Benas Esqui y Montaña with immediate effect
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VF Corp. has promoted Scott A. Roe to the role...
VF Corp. has promoted Scott A. Roe to the role of vice president and chief financial officer, with effect from Apr. 1. He succeeds Robert K. Shearer who is retiring after 28 years of service for the company. Roe has been with with VF for 18 years, acting most recently ...
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Columbia Sportswear is launching its Performance Fishing Gear range in...
Columbia Sportswear is launching its Performance Fishing Gear range in Germany through Fisherman's Partner, which has 45 stores around the country as well as an online store. The American outdoor group's brand of fishing products is sold exclusively through this retailer's franchises in Germany. Fisherman's Partner has about 60 stores ...
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Michael Rumerstorfer has resigned as chief executive of Planet Sports,...
Michael Rumerstorfer has resigned as chief executive of Planet Sports, following the takeover of the German action sports retail chain by 21Sportsgroup. He will be replaced by Henner Schwarz, who remains in charge of finance and operations in the company's executive board.
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Massimo Fregonese, the former international sales director of Camelbak, has...
Massimo Fregonese, the former international sales director of Camelbak, has decided to leave his position as brand director of Masters, after only a few months in the role, to seize a new professional opportunity. He declines to elaborate at this stage.
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Kering, parent company of Puma, Gucci and other brands, has...
Kering, parent company of Puma, Gucci and other brands, has appointed a new director of mergers and acquisitions to replace Charles de Fleurieu, who is going to serve as head of Kering Eyewear Japan. The new M&A director is Yves Egeileh, 35. He started his career at PriceWaterhouseCoopers in Paris. ...
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Tim Pointer, global human resources director at Pentland Brands, has...
Tim Pointer, global human resources director at Pentland Brands, has left the company to set up his own management consultancy, Starboard Thinking
