That are the most important people for the sporting goods industry – Page 116
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Victoria Appelqvist is the new marketing director for Stadium. She...
Victoria Appelqvist is the new marketing director for Stadium. She will be responsible for all the Nordic markets as well as Germany, where Stadium will open its first store outside of Scandinavia this autumn. Appelqvist comes to Stadium from Samsung Electronics, where she was marketing manager for the Nordic markets.
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Ping has appointed Giles Birkhead as European apparel sales director,...
Ping has appointed Giles Birkhead as European apparel sales director, effective June 1. The appointment comes after Ping announced the acquisition of Ping Collection Europe from its former licensee in November 2013. Birkhead has worked in the apparel industry since 1991 and more recently in golf apparel since 2000, working ...
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Graham Rickard, managing director of Dare2b, the snow and action...
Graham Rickard, managing director of Dare2b, the snow and action sports apparel brand owned by the Regatta Group, was appointed managing director of the Regatta brand of outdoor apparel as well. This brand was previously supervised by Keith Black, the entire group’s chief executive and chairman. While Black is handing ...
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Rab Gaitt, a former executive of Puma and Nike who...
Rab Gaitt, a former executive of Puma and Nike who worked most recently as global head of brand image at Dunhill, has been appointed as brand director by Fred Perry. He replaces Andrew Rogers, who left the British company in February to join Alexander McQueen. Fred Perry has also promoted ...
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The board of directors of Kering, parent company of Puma...
The board of directors of Kering, parent company of Puma and Volcom, has lost one of its female members, Laurence Boone, who has become economic advisor to French President François Hollande
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Nike has promoted Reenie Benziger to vice president of global...
Nike has promoted Reenie Benziger to vice president of global apparel, replacing Jan Singer who is no longer with the company. Benziger was previously vice president and general manager in charge of global young athletes, a category that grew rapidly under her leadership. She has been replaced in that role ...
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Ole-Henrik Skirstad has been chosen as the new chief executive...
Ole-Henrik Skirstad has been chosen as the new chief executive for Sport 1, the Norwegian sporting goods chain. The 44-year-old will take over management of the chain from Johnny Austad by December. Skirstad has an MBA and more than 15 years of management experience in franchising from chains such as ...
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Barry Bown, who left the position of chief executive at...
Barry Bown, who left the position of chief executive at JD Sports Fashion a few days ago, is getting a relatively long three-year consultancy contract, accompanied by a non-competition clause. A spokesman for the company stressed that the relationship between Bown and other members of the top management “was and ...
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Billabong International has appointed Kadima Lonji to the strategic position...
Billabong International has appointed Kadima Lonji to the strategic position of chief technology officer for its direct-to-consumer operations, charged with developing the group's e-commerce and omni-commerce capabilities. He reports to Jeff Straeder, chief operating officer. Lonji comes from Luxottica, the big international eyewear group, where he acted as global director of ...
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Eduardo Roldan has been appointed managing director of Shimano's new...
Eduardo Roldan has been appointed managing director of Shimano's new Italian sales subsidiary, which will be called Shimano Italy Bicycle Components and will commence operations on July 1. Roldan has been for 17 years the marketing director at Shimano's distributor in Spain, Macario Llorente, where he will be succeeded by ...
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Eduardo Eceizaberrena has been appointed new contry manager of Regatta...
Eduardo Eceizaberrena has been appointed new contry manager of Regatta Group for Spain and Portugal. He worked for Décathlon for 12 years before joining a distributor, Altitud Sport Evasion, and the Pimkie fashion retail chain. Eceizaberrena succeeds Olivier Pelous, who did an excellent job for the British group over the ...
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Fusalp, the French skiwear company acquired by Philippe and Sophie...
Fusalp, the French skiwear company acquired by Philippe and Sophie Lacoste at the beginning of this year, has appointed a new commercial director, Marc Zetterbeck, to help expand the brand's international sales. He has worked for Hugo Boss, Donna Karan, Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger. Zetterbeck, a French-Swedish executive who ...
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John Donahoe, the 54-year-old president and chief executive of eBay,...
John Donahoe, the 54-year-old president and chief executive of eBay, has joined Nike's board of directors
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Martin Kössler, a former export manager of Haglöfs who recently...
Martin Kössler, a former export manager of Haglöfs who recently resigned as secretary general of the Scandinavian Outdoor Group, has become chairman of the board at Bergans of Norway. He replaces Per Nessjøen, who is retiring. Two more new directors continue to sit on the board of the Norwegian marketer ...
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Jan-Thomas Metge, managing director of Intersport Multichannel, the company that...
Jan-Thomas Metge, managing director of Intersport Multichannel, the company that has developed and orchestrated Intersport Germany's strategy for on- and offline retailing, has left the company at his own request. According to his profiles on the Xing and Linkedin websites, he has gone into business for himself with a consultancy ...
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Nordica USA's president, Willy Booker, has left the company to...
Nordica USA's president, Willy Booker, has left the company to become chief executive of Fischer Sports USA. Tecnica Group, the parent of Nordica internationally, has also announced that Reto Rindlisbacher has resigned his position as Nordica's international brand manager, effective Aug. 1. Rindlisbacher's successor will be named later this summer. ...
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Doug Boessen, former chief financial officer of Collective Brands, has...
Doug Boessen, former chief financial officer of Collective Brands, has joined Garmin as CFO and treasurer, reporting to the company's president and chief executive, Cliff Pemble. Boessen had worked previously at Arthur Andersen. Kevin Rauckmann, who has been Garmin's CFO and treasurer since 1999, will assist Boessen in the transition through ...
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Jürgen Habermann is going to leave the executive of board...
Jürgen Habermann is going to leave the executive of board of Sport Scheck, the German sporting goods retail chain, by the end of July. He has served on the board in various positions for the past ten years, most recently as director of sales and human resources, and he may ...
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Joachim Sjödin, who has been responsible for the Scandinavian market...
Joachim Sjödin, who has been responsible for the Scandinavian market at Peak Performance since 2012, sees his territorial coverage expanded in the new position of European sales director. In addition to the Nordic countries, he will also take care of France, Benelux and the German-speaking countries. Andreas Scheibe, who has ...
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Sportslink, an Australian trade publication quoted by ispo.com, says that...
Sportslink, an Australian trade publication quoted by ispo.com, says that Darlene Beauchamp is leaving as Intersport Australia's group coordinator after more than a decade in office with the buying group, formerly known as The Team Sports Buying Group, indicating that she was the Intersport chief in the country. Intersport International ...
