That are the most important people for the sporting goods industry – Page 121
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Daniel Bley fills the new position of European marketing manager...
Daniel Bley fills the new position of European marketing manager at Fallbrook Technologies, inventor of the NuVici continuously variable planetary (CVP) transmission technology for bicycles and other uses. He was previously in charge of global marketing at Canyon, a German bike brand. New on the American company's European team is ...
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Michael Dorell assumed the role of joint managing director at...
Michael Dorell assumed the role of joint managing director at Chiemsee last December. He worked before as head of the kids' division at Mexx. Previously, he worked for four years as country manager for the Benelux countries at s.Oliver and for nine years as chief executive of his own company, ...
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Rüdiger Brambrink, who previously worked in the automobile industry, assumed...
Rüdiger Brambrink, who previously worked in the automobile industry, assumed the post of deputy chief executive at Ziener, the German brand of gloves on Jan. 1, 2014. Brambrink will be working closely together with Frank Burig. While Brambrink takes care of the areas of marketing, sourcing, product management and controlling, Burig ...
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Bogner has appointed Christian Wiesender as international sales director for...
Bogner has appointed Christian Wiesender as international sales director for Bogner Sport. He worked for 13 years at Puma, most recently as global head of sales and merchandising for its fashion and lifestyle segment. Bogner seems more serious about raising its international presence. After setting up a subsidiary in Hong ...
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Norrøna, the Norwegian outdoor brand, has appointed Christian Marsch to...
Norrøna, the Norwegian outdoor brand, has appointed Christian Marsch to the newly created position of sales manager for Germany, Austria, Switzerland and the Netherlands. The passionate 34-year-old freerider, cyclist and climber previously worked as key account manager for Canon. Jochen Hoffmann remains as account manager for Central and Northern Germany. ...
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Eva Schneider and Annette Kemmler form the new management of...
Eva Schneider and Annette Kemmler form the new management of Schneider Sportswear from January. They are both daughters of the company's founder, Hans Schneider, and started working in the executive board of the company in 1999. Previously they shared the management of the company with their father and their brother, ...
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Shock Doctor Sports, the American supplier of protection products for...
Shock Doctor Sports, the American supplier of protection products for sports, has hired a footwear and outdoor industry veteran, Bill Kendall, for the newly created position of vice president of sales for insoles, specialty and outdoor. Kendall officially started working on Feb. 3. He is responsible for the development of ...
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Armada, the American ski company, has hired Alexander Kornprobst for...
Armada, the American ski company, has hired Alexander Kornprobst for the new position of European sales director. He worked previously for Under Armour and then for Schöffel, most recently as the latter's export manager.
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Adrien Kiehn is leaving Manor Group, where he has been...
Adrien Kiehn is leaving Manor Group, where he has been acting for half a year as chief merchandise officer for nonfoods, responsible for fashion, sports, beauty and jewelry products. According to Textilwirtschaft, differences on future development strategies were at the root of the separation.
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Schöffel has assigned Patrick Schmollinger, 40, for the newly created...
Schöffel has assigned Patrick Schmollinger, 40, for the newly created position of sales manager for the company's core market, Germany. Before joining Schöffel, Schmollinger worked as strategic account manager buying groups at Puma Germany. Born in Germany but rooted in Austria, Schmollinger, former professional breaststroke swimmer, represented Austria at the ...
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Johnny Austad plans to leave as chief executive Sport 1...
Johnny Austad plans to leave as chief executive Sport 1 Gruppen, one of Norway's major voluntary chains of sporting goods retailers, at the end of this year, after finding his successor. The 60-year-old manager has led the group, to which 195 stores are affiliated, since its acquisition by Gjelsten Holding ...
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Electric Europe is undergoing major structural changes, following Electric's recent...
Electric Europe is undergoing major structural changes, following Electric's recent brand reset. Along with the consolidation of its back office, the Hossegor-based company has put in place a new sales team for Europe. In France, Jérémie Grynblat, formerly skate team manager, will be in charge of developing sales in the ...
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Casey Sheahan is leaving next Feb. 7, as chief executive...
Casey Sheahan is leaving next Feb. 7, as chief executive and president of Patagonia, a role that he held since March 2006, to return to his family in Colorado. His positions are being taken over by Rose Macario, CEO of the parent company, Patagonia Works. Both have been working closely ...
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Günter Kostrhon has left as international sales manager of Wintersteiger...
Günter Kostrhon has left as international sales manager of Wintersteiger to act as sales manager of Fischer Sports in Austria. Kostrhon takes the place of Gernot Kellermayr, who is leaving as Fischer's Austrian sales manager for the second time. He held that position between 2000 and 2008 and returned to ...
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Uvex Sport hires Jeff Burkley as sales and marketing director...
Uvex Sport hires Jeff Burkley as sales and marketing director of its new U.S. subsidiary, based in Narragansett, Rhode Island
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Roland Greul, the member of Wintersteiger's executive board in charge...
Roland Greul, the member of Wintersteiger's executive board in charge of finance, controlling, personnel and mergers and acquisitions, has left the company after 18 years
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Noble Biomaterials, a U.S. company certified by Bluesign Technologies that...
Noble Biomaterials, a U.S. company certified by Bluesign Technologies that describes itself as a global leader in bacterial management solutions for the medical, defense, industrial and apparel markets, has appointed Stephen Winnen to the new position of managing director for Europe. He will be based at Herbechtlingen, Germany, and will ...
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LK International, the Swiss-based company behind the Kjus line of...
LK International, the Swiss-based company behind the Kjus line of sports apparel, has reorganized its design, product development and marketing functions. They are all supervised now by Nico Serena, the 34-year-old son of Didi Serena, owner of the company, who was previously in charge only of product and design. He ...
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Simon Rider has been confirmed as the chief executive of...
Simon Rider has been confirmed as the chief executive of the Karstadt Sports chain. The former head of Foot Locker Europe has been touted for the job since last July. Miguel Mullenbach remains in charge of sales. Furthermore, André Maeder will assume a new position as CEO for Karstadt Premium, ...
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Black Diamond president and chief executive, Peter Metcalf, has been...
Black Diamond president and chief executive, Peter Metcalf, has been named a director of the Salt Lake City Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco for a three-year term that began on Jan. 1, 2014. Metcalf replaces Scott Hymas, chairman of the board of the Salt Lake City ...
