That are the most important people for the sporting goods industry – Page 112
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Sätila of Sweden has announced that Mats Hedblom has joined...
Sätila of Sweden has announced that Mats Hedblom has joined the company board. Hedblom has worked for over 30 years at Haglöfs, including 17 years as chief executive, during the period 1993-2010. The other board members of Sätila of Sweden currently include Lennart Grebelius, also a director, and Fredrik Helgesson, ...
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Garmont has set up a new North American subsidiary headed...
Garmont has set up a new North American subsidiary headed up by Bill Dodge, who has worked for Salomon and Merrell (more in our Outdoor Industry Compass)
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Sporttotal will take on the distribution of Altra Running in...
Sporttotal will take on the distribution of Altra Running in Spain
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Robert van Houten is the new general manager of Agu...
Robert van Houten is the new general manager of Agu Holding and Agu BV, effective Nov. 3. This is a new position at the Dutch group. Van Houten, 46, has previously held various positions at Center Parcs, Gioma Group and Ahold Europe. Additionally, Marie-José van den Kommer and Martin van ...
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Patrik Frisk, 51, has left VF Corporation to become the...
Patrik Frisk, 51, has left VF Corporation to become the new chief executive of the Aldo Group, a big international, Montreal-based chain of more than 1,700 corporate and franchised shoe shops. A former manager of Peak Performance and W.L. Gore & Associates, Frisk joined VF in 2004 as country manager ...
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Columbia Sportswear has adopted Centerstone Technologies' Ivendix online B2B platform...
Columbia Sportswear has adopted Centerstone Technologies' Ivendix online B2B platform to service its European dealers with its Columbia, Sorel and Mountain Hardwear brands. The new platform will be launched with the spring/summer 2015 reorder season. With more than 35,000 users, Centerstone claims that its secure, multi-lingual, multi-currency ordering platform is ...
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Flemming Kruse Henriksen has left Peak Performance, where he was...
Flemming Kruse Henriksen has left Peak Performance, where he was in charge of emerging markets, to take care of business development for products and marketing in the apparel division of LTP, an international sourcing company. His functions are being taken over by Martin Netinder, sales director for exports and Canada.
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Zhang Zhi Yong has resigned as a non-executive director of...
Zhang Zhi Yong has resigned as a non-executive director of Li Ning. The Chinese sports company said that the resignation became effective on Oct. 6 and had to do with his personal and other business commitments – rather than any disagreement with the board. Zhang was the chief executive at ...
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Sport Partner reports that Mark van der Wal, managing director...
Sport Partner reports that Mark van der Wal, managing director at Gaastra International Sportswear, left the Dutch nautical and sports lifestyle company earlier this month over disagreements regarding its management strategy
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Maurizio d'Angelo is reportedly leaving as general manager of Diadora,...
Maurizio d'Angelo is reportedly leaving as general manager of Diadora, after seven years in the post. Enrico Moretti Polegato, who has been acting as chairman of the company, is taking over his position. He is the son of Mario Moretti Polegato, chairman of Geox. Both companies are controlled by the ...
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Peter Fabrin is starting today as the new chief executive...
Peter Fabrin is starting today as the new chief executive of Haglöfs, taking the place left vacant a few months ago by the departure Nicolas Warchalowski, who has been appointed CEO of Peak Performance. Fabrin has worked in the past for Peak Performance and other parts of the former IC ...
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A British company, Holysport, has taken on the distribution of...
A British company, Holysport, has taken on the distribution of Sanuk in the U.K. as well as in France and the Benelux countries
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Daniel Fasshauer has been designated to take on the position...
Daniel Fasshauer has been designated to take on the position of sales director for Germany, Austria and Switzerland at Brooks, the U.S. brand of running shoes, apparel and accessories, from Nov. 1. Fasshauer previously worked as key-account manager for Intersport Germany, where he was responsible for the running, tennis, fitness ...
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On has expanded its German sales team with the appointment...
On has expanded its German sales team with the appointment of sales reps for the northern, eastern and southern parts of the country
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Ian Blackman has been appointed executive chairman of Sealskins, a...
Ian Blackman has been appointed executive chairman of Sealskins, a British supplier of waterproof socks, gloves, hats and other accessories for endurance sports such as cycling, running, outdoor, marine and equestrian sports. He spent seven years with Pentland Brands, where he acted as managing director of its footwear division from ...
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Sätila of Sweden has announced that Mats Hedblom has joined...
Sätila of Sweden has announced that Mats Hedblom has joined the company board. Hedblom has worked for over 30 years at Haglöfs, including 17 years as chief executive, during the period 1993-2010. The other board members of Sätila of Sweden currently include Lennart Grebelius, also a director, and Fredrik Helgesson, ...
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Fredrik Andreasson has been elected as a new board member...
Fredrik Andreasson has been elected as a new board member of Sportringen, the Swedish sporting goods retail chain. He has over 10 years of extensive experience in the sporting goods industry and has also served as president of Team Sportia. Now, he will be involved in ensuring that Sportringen strengthens ...
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Patrik Frisk, 51, has left VF Corporation to become the...
Patrik Frisk, 51, has left VF Corporation to become the new chief executive of the Aldo Group, a big international, Montreal-based chain of more than 1,700 corporate and franchised shoe shops, according to various reports. A former manager of Peak Performance and W.L. Gore & Associates, Frisk joined VF in ...
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Bert van der Velden, 45, is taking the place of...
Bert van der Velden, 45, is taking the place of Hans-Martin Reh as sales and marketing director of Kettler in the sports, cycling and garden furniture segments. He remains responsible for product management and retail. As previously reported, Reh left the German company last spring to go back to Wilson.
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The World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI) has...
The World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI) has hired Dhyana van der Pols for the newly-created role of head of textile innovation and manufacturing, effective Sept. 1. Van der Pols will be responsible for creating WFSGI's competence center on textile intelligence and for providing WFSGI members with in-depth ...
