That are the most important people for the sporting goods industry – Page 128
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Polartec has overhauled its sales and marketing operations in Europe....
Polartec has overhauled its sales and marketing operations in Europe. Juan Carlos Gonzalez, former sales director for Europe, has been promoted to the position of managing director of international sales. His position in Marseille is taken over by Eric Young, who has been the European marketing manager for the past ...
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Jeremy Town is promoted to managing director of Footbalance North...
Jeremy Town is promoted to managing director of Footbalance North America, but he will continue to oversee financial matters
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Patagonia has promoted Doug Freeman to the position of chief...
Patagonia has promoted Doug Freeman to the position of chief operating offer, effective immediately, to replace Rose Macario, who now leads Patagonia Works, the new holding company set up by Yvon Chouinard for sustainable development in other sectors. Freeman will report to Casey Sheahan, chief executive of Patagonia. He has served as ...
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Icebreaker has hired Cathy Quain, formerly in charge of direct-to-consumer...
Icebreaker has hired Cathy Quain, formerly in charge of direct-to-consumer sales at Burton Snowboards, as global vice president of retail
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Patrick Pons-de-Vier, who has been running the rather successful footwear...
Patrick Pons-de-Vier, who has been running the rather successful footwear segment of Amer Sports for the past nine years, catapulting Salomon to the second spot on our rugged outdoor footwear chart, has been promoted vice president of the Salomon brand. His former duties have been taken overby Jean-Marc Djian, formerly ...
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Linda Pearce, who has been chief financial officer of Nautilus...
Linda Pearce, who has been chief financial officer of Nautilus since August 2012, is leaving to run a dairy cooperative in her home state of Oregon
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Sara Chandler has become one of the directors of STAG,...
Sara Chandler has become one of the directors of STAG, the British buying group led by her husband Ricky Chandler, whom she married in September 2011, and by Ward Robertson. The former Sara Coyle joined STAG in March 2010 as marketing manager. Reporting to Ricky and Ward, she will be ...
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Pon Holdings has appointed Rob Oudshoorn as senior vice president...
Pon Holdings has appointed Rob Oudshoorn as senior vice president of its bicycle division to replace Xeno Grimmelt, who is leaving the Dutch company after 18 years. Oudshoorn joined Pon at the beginning of this year and is already the board member at the holding company in charge of the ...
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PrimaLoft has appointed David Newey as global manager of partnership...
PrimaLoft has appointed David Newey as global manager of partnership marketing, responsible for developing marketing programs with North American and Asia brand partners. He previously worked for Valspar Corporation, a manufacturer of coatings, and for Polarmax.
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Steve Wilson has been appointed to the new position of...
Steve Wilson has been appointed to the new position of president of O'Neill Clothing USA. He acted as vice president of merchandising and design at O'Neill before joining Quiksilver in the role of general manager and senior vice president in charge of the Americas. In another interesting management change, Danny ...
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Uvu, the brand of high-end apparel for running and outdoor,...
Uvu, the brand of high-end apparel for running and outdoor, has appointed Sebastian Haag product manager and coordinator of the brand's Racing Laboratory which is the name used for the team of Uvu's sponsored athletes. Haag, actually a veterinarian, acted before as freelance product developer for Dynafit, the specialty brand ...
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Roddy Van Breda has been appointed managing director of Adidas...
Roddy Van Breda has been appointed managing director of Adidas South Africa, with effect from Aug. 1. He replaces Winand Krawinki who was recently named managing director of the Central Europe West region, as reported. Van Breda has been with the Adidas Group since 2003 and was most recently sales ...
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Schöffel has appointed Georg Kaiser, 48, to handle sourcing, logistics...
Schöffel has appointed Georg Kaiser, 48, to handle sourcing, logistics and quality control. Formerly with Frankenwälder, a German supplier of women's apparel, he reports directly to Peter Schöffel, chief executive of the company, who has takenover responsibility for the supply chain following the recent departure of another member of the ...
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Samson Wong has been appointed president of the new 60/40...
Samson Wong has been appointed president of the new 60/40 joint venture for the Chinese market between Columbia Sportswear and Swire Resources, effective next Jan. 1. The 54-year old spent 23 years with Swire. He has been involved with Columbia since 2002, running Swire's operations as a distributor of the ...
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SportScheck has appointed Steven Mattwig, 28, as the German sporting...
SportScheck has appointed Steven Mattwig, 28, as the German sporting goods chain's new buying director for sportstyle products and outdoor clothing and equipment. Mattwig, who has already spent ten year in the Otto Group, which owns SportScheck, succeeds Sonja Bunte, who has left the company.
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Annie Bourgade, who has been with Intersport for 20 years,...
Annie Bourgade, who has been with Intersport for 20 years, has replaced Catherine Soudan as buying director of Sport 2000 France, according to Sport-Guide.com. The same online news service reports that Thierry Feron, who has been with Kiabi for 23 years, has been named chief operating officer at the French ...
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On June 1, Thomas Kamm assumed the position of country...
On June 1, Thomas Kamm assumed the position of country manager for Austria and Germany at Merrell and Chaco, two of the brands of Wolverine Worldwide. He replaces Michael Dörner, who managed the sales of Merrell in central Europe for seven years. Dörner has left the group to become ...
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Sportalm is looking for a new sales manager to replace...
Sportalm is looking for a new sales manager to replace Andreas Gotschke, who is set to leave as sales manager of the Austrian sports apparel company at the end of June
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Markus Weinman will leave Lowa this summer to pursue other...
Markus Weinman will leave Lowa this summer to pursue other professional opportunities, after working for this German outdoor company owned by Tecnica Group for 21 years, most recently in charge of sales for Blizzard and other brands owned by Tecnica and distributed by Lowa in some of the German-speaking countries. ...
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Wolverine Worldwide has promoted Karry Johnson to vice president of...
Wolverine Worldwide has promoted Karry Johnson to vice president of sales for the Wolverine brand
