That are the most important people for the sporting goods industry – Page 126
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Joining two other members of its executive board, Michael Sylvester...
Joining two other members of its executive board, Michael Sylvester has been appointed managing director of Fink Schuhe + Sport, the German shoe and sports retailer based in Wiesbaden. He is responsible for sales, marketing, accounting, finance and controlling. The other two managing directors are still Rolf Lahr, responsible for ...
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Rip Curl Europe reports the appointment of Henri Rodriquez as...
Rip Curl Europe reports the appointment of Henri Rodriquez as manager of its surfwear division, reporting to the new chief executive, Wilco Prins. Rodriguez comes from Billabong, where he filled similar functions.
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Intersport France has appointed François Neukirch, who was at the...
Intersport France has appointed François Neukirch, who was at the helm of Groupe Go Sport until one year ago, as its new managing director. He replaces François Bouche, who has left the company. Neukirch, 53, brings long-standing experience in the retail and sporting goods sector. He worked at Décathlon from ...
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Jack Wolfskin has appointed Philipp Prechtl to the new post...
Jack Wolfskin has appointed Philipp Prechtl to the new post of head of retail, reporting to Markus Bötsch, chief sales officer. The 35-year-old worked most recently with Ernst & Young, after acting as regional sales manager of Aldi.
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Wolverine Worldwide has appointed Gene McCarthy as president of the...
Wolverine Worldwide has appointed Gene McCarthy as president of the Merrell brand, reporting to Jim Zwiers, president of the company's Performance Group. His experience of more than 30 years in the footwear and apparel industry includes leadership roles as senior vice president of footwear at Under Armour, co-president of Timberland, ...
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Burton Snowboards appoints Bill Anderson as senior brand director...
Burton Snowboards appoints Bill Anderson as senior brand director
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Adri Zwarthoff, formerly an international executive at O'Neill, has been...
Adri Zwarthoff, formerly an international executive at O'Neill, has been appointed as chief executive of X-Tend, the Dutch company that functions as the Benelux subsidiary of Craft, the sports apparel brand owned by the New Wave group in Sweden. Zwarthoff spent the last 19 years at O'Neill, where he became ...
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+++ Tim Phipps has left Fred Perry, where he was...
+++ Tim Phipps has left Fred Perry, where he was in charge of footwear, to become Nike's European category sales director for Nike Sportswear, focusing on the young fashion segment +++ Oliver Müller, field sales manager of Amer Sports in Switzerland, is being promoted country manager, replacing the retiring Andi ...
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IC Companys, the Danish-based parent company of Peak Performance and...
IC Companys, the Danish-based parent company of Peak Performance and other sportswear brands, has appointed Mads Ryder as its new chief executive, describing him as an experience and international-oriented manager with talent and flair for trademarks and branding. The 50-year-old took over on Aug. 1 from Niels Mikkelsen, who has ...
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At Uvex Sports, Christian Wild has taken the position of...
At Uvex Sports, Christian Wild has taken the position of sales director for the German market, replacing Günther Kocher who will retire at the age of 65, after 16 years of working for the manufacturer of glasses and helmets. The 38-year-old Wild held a similar position at Dalbello Völkl Ski, ...
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Asics has appointed Stefan Heinrich to the newly created role...
Asics has appointed Stefan Heinrich to the newly created role of head of emerging markets, effective Aug. 1, following the athletic equipment company's creation of a new region covering emerging markets. Heinrich is currently general manager at Asics Austria, where he is responsible for Austria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia ...
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K-Swiss has appointed Eric Sarin as its new vice president...
K-Swiss has appointed Eric Sarin as its new vice president of product, reporting directly to Barney Waters, K-Swiss' chief marketing officer. Sarin will oversee all aspects of the brand's product design, development and strategy globally and will be based in Westlake Village, California. He brings to K-Swiss 17 years of ...
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Marian Homburger has been appointed European marketing coordinator of Line...
Marian Homburger has been appointed European marketing coordinator of Line Skis and Full Tilt, K2's specialty brands for freeride skis and boots, respectively. He has replaced Korbinian Resenberger. The 26-year-old will be in charge of all marketing activities and of sponsored athletes. Before joining K2 Europe in his new role, ...
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Toni Sailer, the brand of snow sports apparel, has appointed...
Toni Sailer, the brand of snow sports apparel, has appointed a new marketing director replacing Markus Schneider who left the company. He has been replaced by Andreas Lehnig, who previously worked for Gabor, a German marketer of footwear, where he was in charge of new media and market research.
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Dakine has announced that François Carrete has stepped down as...
Dakine has announced that François Carrete has stepped down as president, following the completion of the sale of the company to Altamont Capital Partners on July 23. Carrete had been president for the past 18 months. Leslie Lane will assume the role of chairman and chief executive. Lane has served ...
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Bernd Wahler is leaving Adidas to become president of the...
Bernd Wahler is leaving Adidas to become president of the VfB Stuttgart football team, where he played in his youth, in September. Aged 55, he has been acting lately as senior vice president of innovation at the Big a, responsible for technology. Wahler first joined Adidas in 1987 and worked ...
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Keen Footwear's new president, Mike Abbott, who had joined the...
Keen Footwear's new president, Mike Abbott, who had joined the company as its president at the beginning of July, has already left the company. The former chief executive officer of Specialized Bicycles and Burton Snowboards was going to fill a void left by the departure one year ago of James ...
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Roman Müller, 46, will lead the SportXX division of Migros...
Roman Müller, 46, will lead the SportXX division of Migros as of Sept. 1, taking the place of Felix Kuhat at the head of this Swiss sporting goods retail operation. He has spent six years with Manor Group and four years with Odlo. At Manor, which owns the Athleticum chain, ...
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Toni Karuvaara started on July 1 in the new position...
Toni Karuvaara started on July 1 in the new position of fish team leader at Patagonia Europe. His job will be to turn Patagonia into the number one specialist supplier of high-quality fly fishing clothing in Europe. Fly fishing is said to be a true passion for Karuvaara, who has ...
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Paul Stratta, the multi-lingual and versatile globetrotter of the sporting...
Paul Stratta, the multi-lingual and versatile globetrotter of the sporting goods industry, has been made chief executive of Karbon Kinetics (KKL), the London-based company that manufactures an award-winning electric two-wheeler, Gocycle. He takes the place of Richard Thorpe, who founded KKL in 2002. He will concentrate on design, development and ...
