That are the most important people for the sporting goods industry – Page 170
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Vaude waited for the recent Ispo China show in Beijing...
Vaude waited for the recent Ispo China show in Beijing to formally announce a comprehensive collaboration with Kailas, a major Chinese manufacturer of outdoor gear, for its development on the Chinese market. Vaude is one of the first European outdoor companies to have been active in Asia. It set up ...
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Three new employees are intended to assist with production growth...
Three new employees are intended to assist with production growth at Lorpen N.A. David Uria has been named global manufacturing manager, coming from the engineering department of Volkswagen in his native Spain. Catalina Davies is the new office and production assistant. Nick Lindop is social media consultant, working to expand ...
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Total Apparel Group has named Robert Lineburg to be president...
Total Apparel Group has named Robert Lineburg to be president of its subsidiary Kappa North America, and Jeff Sirchio is the new chief operating officer. Lineburg comes from a children's apparel company, Keystone Apparel, where he was chief executive. The new appointments come as the company's board approved a 1 ...
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Crocs has named Andrew Davison to be its new chief...
Crocs has named Andrew Davison to be its new chief marketing officer. He was previously senior director of digital innovation at Crispin Porter & Bogusky, leading the efforts of its joint venture start-up, B-cycle, the first citywide bike-sharing program in the U.S. He was also a founder and chief executive ...
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Crocs has named Andrew Davison chief marketing officer. He was...
Crocs has named Andrew Davison chief marketing officer. He was previously senior director of digital innovation at Crispin Porter & Bogusky, leading the efforts of its joint venture start-up, B-cycle, the first citywide bike-sharing program in the U.S. He was also a founder and chief executive of Texturemedia, a marketing ...
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Lowe Alpine France is to be wound up by the...
Lowe Alpine France is to be wound up by the end of June and most of its activities transferred to Ricochet Access, a French distribution company selling Ziener gloves and apparel, and Dynamic skis. As part of the change, the majority of this firm's shares were taken over by Valérie ...
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The former general agent of K-Way in France, The Lifestyle...
The former general agent of K-Way in France, The Lifestyle Company, has become the French distributor of the French brand, now a property of BasicNet. The company recently became the French distributor of Barbour, and it would like to add other sports brands. It already sells Fred Perry, Ben Sherman ...
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Lars Adloff has replaced Matthias Köste, the outgoing managing coordinator...
Lars Adloff has replaced Matthias Köste, the outgoing managing coordinator of Polar Electro in Germany
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Adam's Golf, which acquired Yes! Golf in bankruptcy proceedings last...
Adam's Golf, which acquired Yes! Golf in bankruptcy proceedings last January, has confirmed the brand's distributors for the UK and Europe
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Odlo has opened a new showroom in Reading for the...
Odlo has opened a new showroom in Reading for the British market
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Graham Starkey is returning to his old employer, Foremost Golf,...
Graham Starkey is returning to his old employer, Foremost Golf, to be its business development manager. He will work on the company's new buying group for golf clubs and help expand its e-mail marketing program. He helped launch that program in his first go-round with the company in 2000, but ...
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Patrizia Dalla Rosa, most recently with The North Face at...
Patrizia Dalla Rosa, most recently with The North Face at its former European office in Italy, is the new marketing and communication manager at Garmont
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Danny Orr, product manager at Somnio, a Californian brand of...
Danny Orr, product manager at Somnio, a Californian brand of athletic footwear with adjustable midsoles, is to take over the helm of its European operations from the end of this month. He replaces Saskia Stock, who is leaving to become marketing director at Black Diamond Europe, replacing Thomas Hodel from ...
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Proam Sport, which belongs to Megasport, has taken on the...
Proam Sport, which belongs to Megasport, has taken on the distribution of Nomis, Technine and Siege for Spain, Portugal, Andorra and France, in line with Megasport's deal for Bula
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Orbea, a company in the Basque country in Spain, had...
Orbea, a company in the Basque country in Spain, had acquired the global distribution rights for Orca, the New Zealand brand of triathlon and compression garments. Orbea already distributes Orca's high-end neoprene suits; its goal is to be market leader in triathlon apparel.
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Brooks Sports, the European subsidiary of Brooks based in Münster,...
Brooks Sports, the European subsidiary of Brooks based in Münster, Germany, and led by Heiner Ibing, is about to split its European business into two halves: Heiner Böhle will handle Germany, Austria and Switzerland, while Markus Kredtke, with Brooks since 2006 and most recently sales manager for the Europe, Middle ...
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Therm-ic has stopped representing Trezeta in Germany and Austria...
Therm-ic has stopped representing Trezeta in Germany and Austria
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Jürgen Konrad, long-time sales director of Asics in Germany (with...
Jürgen Konrad, long-time sales director of Asics in Germany (with the company since 1984), has switched to New Balance. The 48-year-old will run the New Balance operation in Germany, replacing Rainer Graeber. Since autumn last year, the French-based Royer Group has been in charge of distribution of New Balance in ...
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Lorpen, the high performance sock maker, appoints David Uria as...
Lorpen, the high performance sock maker, appoints David Uria as global manufacturing manager and Nick Lindop to oversee communication with dealers and consumers
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At Salomon, Alexander Haas has been promoted to international product...
At Salomon, Alexander Haas has been promoted to international product and marketing manager for Nordic sports based in Annecy, France. His former position as category manager for Nordic sports in Germany has been filled by Daniel Mühlbacher.
