That are the most important people for the sporting goods industry – Page 165
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Amer Sports has created a new position of export director...
Amer Sports has created a new position of export director to supervise the distributors of all its brands throughout the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region. It will be filled by Pascal Perrigaud, who had a similar job at Pentland Brands as vice president for international business development, handling ...
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Ralf Pütman quits as buying director of Galeria Kaufhof after...
Ralf Pütman quits as buying director of Galeria Kaufhof after 20 years with the German retail group, owned by Metro. Speculation is that the 46-year-old had been keen on replacing Lovro Mandac as chief executive in 2009, when the latter's contract was extended for another three years. Joachim Nowak remains ...
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Bert Stokman quits Gazelle after working for the Dutch bike...
Bert Stokman quits Gazelle after working for the Dutch bike company as purchasing manager for four years
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Richard Prenderville, a former Adidas executive who has been running...
Richard Prenderville, a former Adidas executive who has been running global marketing for Reebok since September 2006, has left the company to pursue other opportunities. Viktoria Wallner, who headed up the digital marketing operations of the brand, will take over his place.
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Marcus Kuerner, senior environmental manager at Adidas, is the new...
Marcus Kuerner, senior environmental manager at Adidas, is the new chairman of the product safety committee of Fesi, the Federation of the European Sporting Goods Industry. Bruno Alves, government and public affairs director at Nike, has been elected chairman of Fesi's intellectual property rights committee. Alves will be assisted by ...
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Robert Kröger, head of marketing at Sympatex for the last...
Robert Kröger, head of marketing at Sympatex for the last four years, has quit the company to join the German Sky TV channel. Kröger has been replaced by Beate Hoerl, who continues to run the marketing of Sympatex' parent company, Plouquet.
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Hugh Hamill will be heading up a new organization within...
Hugh Hamill will be heading up a new organization within Easton-Bell Sports, designed to centralize product development, design and product costing for the company's Easton, Bell, Giro and Riddell brands. His title is senior vice president of product creation and he will lead the formalized sharing of these duties among ...
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LK International, the Swiss company that markets the Kjus brand,...
LK International, the Swiss company that markets the Kjus brand, has hired three top managers. Heiner Löffler is head of logistics and will oversee purchasing and the apparel brand's entire supply chain, effective immediately. The 52-year-old has joined LK International from WMF, the cutlery company, and was previously involved in ...
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Joseph F. Berardino, managing director at the business consulting firm...
Joseph F. Berardino, managing director at the business consulting firm Alvarez & Marsal, has been named to the board of directors of Quiksilver
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The North Face has named Duncan Bembridge to be its...
The North Face has named Duncan Bembridge to be its new hardgoods sales director for the Europe, Middle East and Africa region (EMEA). He will work on the distribution and sales strategy for footwear and equipment in the region, and build a sales team to expand the brand's presence there. ...
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Falke, the big German brand of socks, underwear and apparel,...
Falke, the big German brand of socks, underwear and apparel, has created the new position of division manager for its sportive ESS (Ergonomic Sport System) line. The position has been filled by Oliver Daniel Bogatu, who most recently ran the German operations of Vente Privée.
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Tim Bantle has been named the new director of apparel...
Tim Bantle has been named the new director of apparel for Black Diamond. He was formerly the business unit director of technical outerwear and equipment at Patagonia.
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Andreas Zinschitz will join the management of Kastner & Öhler...
Andreas Zinschitz will join the management of Kastner & Öhler next July 1 to handle its sports division, consisting mainly of the Austrian retailer's chain of Gigasport stores, and its human resources department. It's a new position within the group, which employs 1,820 people and reached sales of €272 million ...
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Li & Fung has promoted Bruce Rockowitz to be president...
Li & Fung has promoted Bruce Rockowitz to be president and chief executive of the group. He will work with nine newly promoted presidents for the nine business units in the trading, logistics and distribution segments of the company's operations. Rockowitz has been an executive director of the big Hong ...
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Nike is moving some executives around among its brands. Michael...
Nike is moving some executives around among its brands. Michael Spillane, the chief executive of Converse, will be moving over to take that role, along with president, at Umbro. The current CEO and president of Umbro, Jim Allaker, is retiring. Jim Calhoun, the CEO of Hurley, will replace Spillane as ...
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Skins has set up a subsidiary for the North American...
Skins has set up a subsidiary for the North American market in Carlsbad, California, called Skins North America, which will be run by Tim McCool
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Amer Sports is taking over the distribution for Mavic in...
Amer Sports is taking over the distribution for Mavic in Italy and Spain, where it has its own offices, starting next September. Until then, the distributors of this brand of cycling products are Vittoria in Italy, and Team Bike and a couple of others in Spain. The Italian market will ...
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O'Neill has signed a deal allowing The Primer Group to...
O'Neill has signed a deal allowing The Primer Group to be its exclusive distributor in the Philippines. Primer already distributes many action sports brands in the country, including the Quiksilver roster, Volcom and Gravis. In addition to expanding as a distributor over the last 25 years, Primer also promotes efforts ...
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Aspom, the new European recruitment agency specializing in action sports,...
Aspom, the new European recruitment agency specializing in action sports, says its website has counted 45,000 visitors per month since its launch one year ago. Job-seekers enjoy free access to the offers posted on the site, which are run both in French and in English. Based on the Basque coast ...
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Trek Sweden AB, the Swedish subsidiary of the American bicycle...
Trek Sweden AB, the Swedish subsidiary of the American bicycle giant, will be responsible for the Finnish market as well, starting on July 1. To ensure top-quality service, a Finnish department will be opened at the Trek Sweden AB office in Halmstad. Recruitment is now under way. This summer, Trek ...
