That are the most important people for the sporting goods industry – Page 159
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Viper has taken on the distribution of Roces' products in...
Viper has taken on the distribution of Roces' products in Spain, Portugal and Andorra, starting with items that are immediately available for the Christmas season
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Edi Kaiser, former European sales and marketing director of Spyder...
Edi Kaiser, former European sales and marketing director of Spyder Active Sports, has become the general manager of the German subsidiary of Skins, the Australian producer of compression garments. The 44-year-old takes the place of Christian Scheffold, who left recently to join the Sport Invest Search recruitment agency. Prior to ...
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David Laverty has resigned as senior vice president of operations...
David Laverty has resigned as senior vice president of operations at Callaway Golf
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Diane Pelkey, senior director of global communications at Under Armour,...
Diane Pelkey, senior director of global communications at Under Armour, has gone up one step to become vice president of global brand communications and entertainment with the company
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Oxbow has appointed a new creative director from Australia, Roland...
Oxbow has appointed a new creative director from Australia, Roland Wimbush, replacing Lionel Rouault from France. Wimbush, 36, has already worked for O'Neill, Salomon and Billabong.
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Tecnica has appointed Chris Licata president of the Tecnica/Blizzard division...
Tecnica has appointed Chris Licata president of the Tecnica/Blizzard division of its U.S. subsidiary
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Lisa Thompson is Asics' new product manager for apparel and...
Lisa Thompson is Asics' new product manager for apparel and accessories in the U.K. and Ireland. She has run her own business, and has also worked at Reebok, last holding the title of product manager there. Her goal will be to expand Asics' apparel products, whose sales have risen by ...
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Nike Golf has named Angus Moir to be its general...
Nike Golf has named Angus Moir to be its general manager for the Europe, Middle East and Africa region (EMEA). As of Dec. 1, Moir will take up the position from Stan Grissinger, who has been promoted to director of international business development for the golf brand. Moir, 48, has ...
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Emilio Morabito is the new country manager of Amer Sports...
Emilio Morabito is the new country manager of Amer Sports Italia, taking the place of Marco Furlanis who left several months ago. He worked with fast-moving consumer goods companies like Reckitt Benckiser, Henkel and Unilever and then acted as sales director at Sara Lee for more than 17 years.
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Erica Kerner, global Olympic Games director at the Adidas Group,...
Erica Kerner, global Olympic Games director at the Adidas Group, left the company in September, only a few months before the start of the 2012 Olympic Games in London. Kerner was supervising the comprehensive sponsorship and licensing program put together by Adidas for these Olympics, as she had already done ...
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Mike Egeck, 52, has become the chief executive of Hurley...
Mike Egeck, 52, has become the chief executive of Hurley International, the action sports brand of the Nike group. The brand's founder, Bob Hurley, remains chairman. Egeck had recently left VF Corporation to act as president of True Religion, an American brand of jeans. At VF, he ran Seven for ...
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Nike has named Howard Taylor managing director and vice president...
Nike has named Howard Taylor managing director and vice president of the Nike Foundation, the company's arm that promotes the participation of adolescent girls in society as a way to eradicate poverty in developing countries. He will take over the position in January, leaving his current job at the Department ...
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Seth Darling, who left Volcom as senior vice president for...
Seth Darling, who left Volcom as senior vice president for strategic development and general counsel shortly after the company was bought was PPR in July, is moving over to Nike. He will be the new head of strategy and planning for the giant's affiliate brands, such as Cole Haan and ...
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Schorsch Nickaes will concentrate in the future on his responsibilities...
Schorsch Nickaes will concentrate in the future on his responsibilities as product coordinator at Dynafit, Salewa's ski-touring brand, along with his new position as product line manager of Pomoca, the recently acquired Swiss producer of ski skins and related accessories. Effective in October, he will be discharged from the other ...
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John Rangel has left his position as chief financial officer...
John Rangel has left his position as chief financial officer of Specialized Bicycle Components to take the same job at Tria Beauty, a California-based specialist in light-based skin care products
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The entire board of Intersport International Corporation was confirmed for...
The entire board of Intersport International Corporation was confirmed for another three years at the general meeting of the retail organization in Oslo. Klaus Jost, the 50-year-old general manager of Intersport Deutschland, remains chairman of IIC's supervisory board. The vice presidents are still Jussi Mikkola from Finland, François Bariaud from ...
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Marc Lombardo, the chief financial officer of the Blacks Leisure...
Marc Lombardo, the chief financial officer of the Blacks Leisure Group, has decided to leave the British retailer by Dec. 16 at his own request. There is a nomination committee in place which commences the process to find an appropriate successor.
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Phil Knight, chairman and co-founder of Nike, has been chosen...
Phil Knight, chairman and co-founder of Nike, has been chosen as an economic adviser to Jon Huntsman, the former governor of Utah who is now seeking the Republication nomination for president of the U.S.
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Philippe Dugarin is the new international sales director of Aigle,...
Philippe Dugarin is the new international sales director of Aigle, the French brand of outdoor and lifestyle shoes and clothing owned by Maus Frères, taking the place left vacant by Alexander Hagen after he left one year ago to work for Puma. Dugardin himself worked most recently for Puma, handle ...
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Schöffel is expanding its top management by adding a chief...
Schöffel is expanding its top management by adding a chief operating officer to its executive board. In this position, Torsten Müller will oversee production and human resources effective Oct. 1. For the past two years, Müller was in charge of the European logistics and distribution at VF Corporation and based ...
