That are the most important people for the sporting goods industry – Page 117
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Spanx, the Atlanta-based shape wear specialist, has appointed Jan Singer...
Spanx, the Atlanta-based shape wear specialist, has appointed Jan Singer as its new chief executive. Singer joins from Nike, where he was corporate vice-president of global apparel and corporate vice-president of global footwear. Singer, who is expected to join the company in early July, will report to Sara Blakely, Spanx' ...
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Johnson Outdoors has appointed Gianluca Bugli as director of sales...
Johnson Outdoors has appointed Gianluca Bugli as director of sales in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) for the company's Diving business. These new responsibilities are in addition to Bugli's continued strategic oversight of European sales and marketing for the company's Marine Electronics business. Bugli has more than 25 ...
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Pentland Brands has appointed Richard Newcombe brand president for Lacoste...
Pentland Brands has appointed Richard Newcombe brand president for Lacoste Footwear. He takes the place of Andy Simister, who left the company last October and is now working for Wolverine Worldwide (see the article in this issue). Newcombe has been in the footwear industry for 27 years. He joined Pentland ...
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Antti Jääskeläinen, Amer Sports' chief development officer and senior vice...
Antti Jääskeläinen, Amer Sports' chief development officer and senior vice president for the group's supply chain and global operations, will leave the group and its executive board in mid-August. He has been with the company since 2009, but he has accepted a new position outside Amer Sports.
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Signa Holding, which acquired a 75 percent interest in Karstadt...
Signa Holding, which acquired a 75 percent interest in Karstadt Sports last September, has appointed a new chief financial and operating officer for the chain, Michael Krauledat, to work with its chief executive, Simon Rider. The financial matters were previously handled by Miguel Müllenbach, who continues as finance manager of ...
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Tom Jungell, who has been with Footbalance since 2011, is...
Tom Jungell, who has been with Footbalance since 2011, is leaving as its chief executive to move on to new challenges. Klaus Rauhansalo, who is said to have a long career and extensive experience with large corporations and small start-ups, has been designated as interim CEO of the Finnish company, ...
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2XU has appointed Scott Taylor to be its first president...
2XU has appointed Scott Taylor to be its first president for the U.S. The move comes after L Capital Asia, an investment vehicle controlled by LVMH, sealed the acquisition of a 40 percent stake in the Australian performance sports and compression apparel brand last December. Taylor comes to 2XU with ...
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Hans-Martin Reh is going to return to Wilson in late...
Hans-Martin Reh is going to return to Wilson in late summer to act as general manager of its racquet sports division in Chicago, succeeding Jon Muir who is leaving the company. The German executive has been acting for more than two years as chief commercial officer of Heinz Kettler, the ...
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Primaloft has promoted David Newey from global marketing manager to...
Primaloft has promoted David Newey from global marketing manager to director of global marketing (sic)
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+ Mario Vlietinck is going to be the new country...
+ Mario Vlietinck is going to be the new country manager of Merrell for the Benelux countries, replacing Jacques van der Manden who has worked for the brand for eight years
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Johan Nordqvist has joined Klättermusen as its chief executive,...
Johan Nordqvist has joined Klättermusen as its chief executive, after gaining experience in general management and sales and marketing in an international environment. After holding numerous positions at Procter & Gamble, he worked most recently in Shanghai as vice president for Asia at EF Education First, the leading international education ...
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Zohar Ziv will resign as chief operating officer of Deckers...
Zohar Ziv will resign as chief operating officer of Deckers Outdoor Corp. after his successor is identified and appointed
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Burton Snowboards has promoted Mike Rees to the role of...
Burton Snowboards has promoted Mike Rees to the role of chief executive. Rees joined the Vermont-based company in 2009 and was most recently the company's chief operating officer. With Rees now running day-to-day operations, Jake Burton will once again become the company's chairman. As chief executive, Rees will head up ...
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Black Diamond Equipment has promoted Tim Bantle to the...
Black Diamond Equipment has promoted Tim Bantle to the new position of managing director of the Black Diamond brand, responsible for both apparel and equipment and reporting to the company's chief operating officer, Mark Ritchie. He takes the place of Ryan Gellert, president of the Black Diamond brand, who has ...
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Salewa has appointed a new sales director, Olivier Gouby,...
Salewa has appointed a new sales director, Olivier Gouby, who has worked for Norrøna for eight years, most recently as European sales director. Based at the company's sales office in Bolzano, the Frenchman will report directly to the company's chief executive, Massimo Baratto. In another move, Bernhard Zhou, who worked ...
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Pelican International has appointed Margaret Kordas as vice president of...
Pelican International has appointed Margaret Kordas as vice president of sales
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Schöffel, the German marketer of outdoor and snow sports apparel,...
Schöffel, the German marketer of outdoor and snow sports apparel, has appointed a couple of new managers in the sales and product development departments. Effective July 1, Bernd Dietrich will switch from Vaude to Schöffel and will assume the new role of international sales manager, reporting to the brand manager, Christophe ...
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SRAM Europe has announced that Robert Priest, its long-standing director...
SRAM Europe has announced that Robert Priest, its long-standing director of OE sales and dealer marketing, will leave the company in early June. In a statement, the company referred to his “declining kidney condition” and the required cures as the reason behind his decision to step away. John Nedeau, SRAM's ...
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Crocs has appointed a new president, Andrew Rees, who founded...
Crocs has appointed a new president, Andrew Rees, who founded an led a global management consulting company for 14 years after working at Reebok International as vice president of strategic polanning and vice president of retail operations. Crocs' current chairman, Tom Smach, has agreed to act as interim chief executive ...
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The supervisory board of Adidas AG has extended the mandates...
The supervisory board of Adidas AG has extended the mandates of two members of the executive board, Glenn Bennett and Robin Stalker, for a further three years until March 2018. Bennett, a U.S. citizen who is in charge of global operations, has been a board member since 1997. Stalker, who ...
