That are the most important people for the sporting goods industry – Page 150
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Marco Kunz, who became country sales manager for Adidas in...
Marco Kunz, who became country sales manager for Adidas in the Netherlands just over two years ago, saw his remit enlarged to become head of sales for all the Benelux countries: Sport Partner reports that in this new function, he will lead sales activities for both the Adidas and Reebok ...
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Spyder Active Sports has a new marketing manager, Jamie Starr,...
Spyder Active Sports has a new marketing manager, Jamie Starr, who had been previously managing editor and brand consultant for the Spear Creative Group, as well as editor of Snow Magazine, based in Aspen, Colorado. Russ Rowan, Spyder's vice president of sales and global marketing, has a juicy description for ...
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From next October, Jochen Zeitz will no longer act as...
From next October, Jochen Zeitz will no longer act as chief executive of the Sport & Lifestyle division of PPR, which comprises Puma, Cobra Golf, Tretorn and Volcom. The division will report directly to Jean-François Palus, recently elevated to the position of PPR's group managing director. Palus will be assisted ...
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Vans is opening a subsidiary in Sweden this year, and...
Vans is opening a subsidiary in Sweden this year, and taking over the distribution in Norway and Finland in 2013, according to the Sportfack magazine
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Haglöfs will open a new sales subsidiary this spring for...
Haglöfs will open a new sales subsidiary this spring for the Benelux markets. It will be the third new subsidiary set up by the Swedish company in just one year, following its takeover by Asics, in line with an export and distribution strategy that calls for improved proximity, service and ...
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John Zopfi takes over the responsibility of European sales director...
John Zopfi takes over the responsibility of European sales director for Sole Technology, the parent company of Etnies, Emerica, Altamont and ThirtyTwo. Zopfi, 44, has been working for Patagonia for the last eight years. The Dutchman will oversee all EMEA sales activities.
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Skechers USA is going to start handling its own business...
Skechers USA is going to start handling its own business in Japan with its own subsidiary, Skechers Japan. Hirokazu Iwasaki, who has worked previously with Nike, Adidas and Puma, will lead the Japanese operations, which plans to fully enter the market with the coming fall/winter collection. Skechers hopes to double ...
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Newton Running has brought Stuart Johnson on board to be...
Newton Running has brought Stuart Johnson on board to be its new vice president for marketing. He has worked in global marketing for 20 years for companies including Reebok, Starbucks and Microsoft.
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Peter Jan Stormmesand has been named managing director of Halfords...
Peter Jan Stormmesand has been named managing director of Halfords Netherlands by the board of Macintosh Retail Group, Halfords' parent company. The 50-year-old has been working in the automotive business since 1983, most recently at Brezan. His declared goal at Halfords is to increase its market share in the Netherlands ...
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Asics has appointed Stefan Heinrich country manager of its Austrian...
Asics has appointed Stefan Heinrich country manager of its Austrian sales subsidiary, responsible also for the markets of Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Slovenia. He has already worked as marketing manager at the regional office of Asics in Germany for the past four years, after doing a similar job ...
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James Gilbert South Africa is expanding its licensing and distribution...
James Gilbert South Africa is expanding its licensing and distribution agreement with Everlast to comprise all apparel, footwear and equipment sold under the brand in South Africa
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Frank Koch is leaving as general manager of Green Fitness,...
Frank Koch is leaving as general manager of Green Fitness, the company that markets Greenmaster's licensed line of Reebok fitness equipment in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. He will be replaced by Erik von Delius, who is also a shareholder in the company, where he had been in charge mainly of ...
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Golfsmith International Holdings has named Sue E. Gove as its...
Golfsmith International Holdings has named Sue E. Gove as its new president, adding on to her current duties as chief operating officer and chief financial officer. She has been with the company since 2008, and was named CFO in March 2009. Before joining Golfsmith, she was an independent consultant, and ...
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Nike Golf is taking over the distribution in Spain from...
Nike Golf is taking over the distribution in Spain from Norgolfe, a Portuguese company that managed to build up its presence throughout the Iberian Peninsula in the last years. It started in Portugal in 2002 and added the southern part of Spain in 2004. Norgolfe will continue to handle distribution ...
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WeSC is taking over the distribution of its products in...
WeSC is taking over the distribution of its products in the U.K. from Lateral Corp.
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PPR has chosen Todd Hymel to be the chief operating...
PPR has chosen Todd Hymel to be the chief operating officer of its Sport & Lifestyle division, which comprises Puma, Volcom, Cobra, Electric and Tretorn. He is a specialist in mergers and acquisitions, and is tasked with expanding the division's existing brands and integrating new brands. He will report to ...
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The search for new investors is not preventing Collective Brands,...
The search for new investors is not preventing Collective Brands, the American multi-brand group, from accelerating its efforts to expand internationally: Saucony, its specialty brand of running shoes, has picked Tavistock Group Mexico as its new distributor for the Central American country. Tavistock, which operates through 160 business units in ...
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Denis Bordenave is the new general manager of Polar Electro...
Denis Bordenave is the new general manager of Polar Electro in France, replacing Christophe Lataste, who had the job since 2001. He previously worked for Unilever and other companies.
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Trek Bicycle is going to spend the next four months...
Trek Bicycle is going to spend the next four months transitioning to direct operations in Poland, where until now it has worked with SSC as its distribution partner. It will work with SSC on the changeover, and retailers can buy product from either Trek or SSC during the transition period. ...
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Callaway Golf, which has been suffering continued sales declines and...
Callaway Golf, which has been suffering continued sales declines and losses in recent times, has a new president and chief executive to spearhead its expected turnaround. The company's board of directors picked Oliver “Chip” Brewer, 48, to take on the role from March 5 onward after reviewing more than 50 ...
