That are the most important people for the sporting goods industry – Page 133
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Dale of Norway, the Scandinavian specialty manufacturer of knitwear, is...
Dale of Norway, the Scandinavian specialty manufacturer of knitwear, is making inroads into the Russian market, where it has picked a distributor that also handles brands such as Icebreaker, Hanwag, Fjällräven, Tierra, Rossignol, Kästle, Sea to Summit and Eagle Creek. Based in Moscow, NordSport will start distributing Dale in the ...
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Sport Partner reports that TCK Sports Group, a Dutch company...
Sport Partner reports that TCK Sports Group, a Dutch company that distributes a flurry of sports and outdoor brands, from Lowa to Deuter, Tecnica, Arena and many more, is taking over all the employees and the brands distributed by the Belgian firm Amigo Sport. This business encompasses the distribution of ...
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Colmar has a new distributor in France. The products of...
Colmar has a new distributor in France. The products of the Italian brand, including its skiwear, streetwear, golfwear and beachwear, will now be distributed by Sunset Sport, which is already the distributor for France of such brands as Elan, Uvex, Swix and Montana. Sunset Sport is to replace the Shiele ...
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Cober, an Italian manufacturer of ski, trekking and nordic walking...
Cober, an Italian manufacturer of ski, trekking and nordic walking poles, has appointed Vinicio Rossi to the new position of commercial director, responsible for domestic and foreign markets. For Cober, which has been working on an OEM basis for big companies such as Décathlon, Head and Elan, the move signals ...
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Profile Design, the Californian specialty brand for triathlon equipment such...
Profile Design, the Californian specialty brand for triathlon equipment such as wetsuits, bike parts and tires, has entered the markets of Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg through a distributor. The Action Sports company is based in Welkenraedt, Belgium, and is run by Andreas Tubes and Dany Vogts. Action Sports carries ...
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Snowgoose has become the distributor of Trespass in the Netherlands....
Snowgoose has become the distributor of Trespass in the Netherlands. The company, headed by Marcel Koomen, is strongly established in the outdoor and ski markets as the former Dutch distributor of Haglöfs, La Sportiva and Dale of Norway, among others. Snowgoose temporarily halted its activities two years ago, when Haglöfs ...
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Technolyt in the Netherlands has become the distributor of Original...
Technolyt in the Netherlands has become the distributor of Original Buff for the Benelux countries. The Dutch company already sells several brands of outdoor accessories, including Nathan, Timex, Sea to Summit, Bynolyt and Zeiss. The Spanish brand was previously distributed in both the Netherlands and Belgium by R.A. Company, which ...
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+++ Jen Bak-Holder, a former consultant with PricewaterhouseCoopers, has replaced...
+++ Jen Bak-Holder, a former consultant with PricewaterhouseCoopers, has replaced Thomas Otto Rohold as investor relations manager at IC Companys, parent of Peak Performance +++ Christian Bahr, who has worked for Puma and New Balance, has been appointed European sales manager of On Running, the fast-growing Swiss brand of running ...
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Asics' Austrian subsidiary has revamped its organization to strengthen its...
Asics' Austrian subsidiary has revamped its organization to strengthen its market position in the country and to work more effectively with its retail customers. Lorenz Staudinger, who worked in both sales and purchasing of local sporting goods retailers, will be in charge of the key accounts ? Sport Eybl & ...
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SGI Europe already reported exclusively a few weeks ago on...
SGI Europe already reported exclusively a few weeks ago on the appointment of Matthias Baümer, former general manager of Puma Germany, at the helm of a new regional unit covering Germany, Austria and Switzerland (DACH). This is one of the seven regional units formed by Puma in Europe as part ...
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Lululemon, the fast-growing Canadian-based marketer of yoga-inspired apparel, has added...
Lululemon, the fast-growing Canadian-based marketer of yoga-inspired apparel, has added Robert Bensoussan to its board of directors to help increase its international focus, which has been so far limited for the most part to the U.S. The company's management indicated at a recent conference for investors that it is planning ...
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Rick Alden, the 48-year-old entrepreneur who founded Skullcandy in 2003,...
Rick Alden, the 48-year-old entrepreneur who founded Skullcandy in 2003, is returning to his former position as chief executive of the American publicly quoted audio and headphone company. He had left the post in March 2011. The change of management follows the resignation of Jeremy Andrus, former president and CEO, ...
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Effective April 1, Salewa Sportgeräte, the German subsidiary of the...
Effective April 1, Salewa Sportgeräte, the German subsidiary of the Italian outdoor company, will be transferred into a newly created company called Oberalp Deutschland, acting as a subsidiary of the Bolzano-based Oberalp Group. In the new company, all activities around the group's own brands, Salewa, Dynafit, Silvretta, Pomoca and Wild Country, ...
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Salewa has set up a joint venture with Inspiration Outdoor...
Salewa has set up a joint venture with Inspiration Outdoor Trading, which has been the Italian outdoor brand's distributor and licensee for China for more than a year. Salewa is investing 40 million yuan renminbi (€4.7m-$6.4m) in the company, in which it holds a stake of 60 percent. The two partners have ...
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Marchon Eyewear has set up a new sales division that...
Marchon Eyewear has set up a new sales division that will be focusing only on servicing the sporting goods sector in the Europe,Middle Eastand Africa (EMEA) region. It will notably handle sales of performance sunglasses and snow goggles for its long-standing Nike Vision license, as well as action sports sunglasses ...
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Shimano will take over the distribution of its products in...
Shimano will take over the distribution of its products in Denmark and the Baltic countries from the start of July. The company currently works with Bjarne Egedesø A/S, a Danish company that sells Shimano in Denmark as well as in the Baltics. Shimano is setting up its own sales office ...
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The German operations of Reusch have taken on the distribution...
The German operations of Reusch have taken on the distribution of Exel, the Finnish maker of poles and floorball equipment, in Germany and Austria. In a first step, the offer of poles is limited to Nordic sports and backcountry, whereas products for summer activities and alpine skiing are planned to ...
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John Zopfi, former sales director for Sole Technology in Europe,...
John Zopfi, former sales director for Sole Technology in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), has left the board sports company to set up his own company. Zopfi was previously with Patagonia, for which he built up sales in northern Europe. His track record at Patagonia was apparently one ...
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Rossignol has created the new position of commercial manager for textile...
Rossignol has created the new position of commercial manager for textile and has appointed Olivier Richard to the job. He will report to Jean Holvoet, general manager of the textile department, a sector that was reintegrated into the group in April 2012. Richard, aged 41, was a leading actor in the ...
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Odlo has chosen a new partner for the sale of...
Odlo has chosen a new partner for the sale of its products in Sweden, replacing ISC. It's a new start-up, Sports@hill. An established Swedish distributor, Tennis Fashion, is behind the new company. Hans Larsson, with prior experience from Craft, will be responsible for sales of Odlo products in the country, ...
