That are the most important people for the sporting goods industry – Page 171
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Penalty of Brazil is set to open a subsidiary in...
Penalty of Brazil is set to open a subsidiary in Madrid in March for the markets of Spain, Portugal and Andorra
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P.J. Connell, senior strategic marketing manager at Reef, has been...
P.J. Connell, senior strategic marketing manager at Reef, has been promoted to the position of director of marketing for the company worldwide. He will oversee brand strategy, including new products and marketing. Connell has been with the company since 2006, when he joined as sports marketing manager. Before that, he ...
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JD Sports Fashion has recruited Paul Drew from Asos, the...
JD Sports Fashion has recruited Paul Drew from Asos, the big British e-commerce player, for its own growing electronic sales
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Jon Inge Gullikstad, who has resigned from Active Brands, the...
Jon Inge Gullikstad, who has resigned from Active Brands, the rapidly expanding Norwegian company discussed in the previous issue, after two years as its general manager, is said to be contemplating the establishment of his own company
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As of February 1, Jörgen Lorentzon is new director of...
As of February 1, Jörgen Lorentzon is new director of sales at Didrikson and responsible for sales in Sweden and a few international markets. Lorentzon was recruited from Procurator and has also served five years as director of products at JC.
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The Outdoor Group at Wolverine World Wide has two new...
The Outdoor Group at Wolverine World Wide has two new executives to help drive strategic growth for Merrell and Chaco. Seth Cobb is the new vice president and general manager for Merrell, and Chip Coe takes over those positions for Chaco. Dobb has been with Merrell for more than 15 ...
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Jean-Charles Marchionni is the new representative of Ispo in France,...
Jean-Charles Marchionni is the new representative of Ispo in France, replacing the Munich-based Thomas Grenot, who is now coordinating all the agents of the fair around the world. Marchionni's function will be to encourage more French retailers to visit the show and to help exhibitors to make the most out ...
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Jan-Willem Juffer, former head of sales and marketing at Perry...
Jan-Willem Juffer, former head of sales and marketing at Perry Sport, a leading Dutch sports retailer, has become the general manager of Intersport in the Netherlands, from the beginning of March. Intersport Nederland has been in disarray for several months as its two largest members, Daka Sport and Twin, voiced ...
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Emmanuel Rochedix, who joined Groupe Go Sport from Décathlon in...
Emmanuel Rochedix, who joined Groupe Go Sport from Décathlon in 2007 and became buying director for textile products one year ago, has left the French retail group to work for Virgin's stores in France
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Rockport has created the new position of head of Rockport...
Rockport has created the new position of head of Rockport Europe, and as of April 1, Thomas Vorndran will be filling the role. Vorndran comes from Reebok, which he helped re-establish in the German-speaking countries. He has been with the Adidas Group since 2002. His position at Reebok will be ...
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So! Outsourcing, the company of the German industry veteran...
So! Outsourcing, the company of the German industry veteran Roland Wagner, has stopped distrib uting Diadora in Germany and Austria
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L-Fashion Group, which markets sports brands such as Luhta, Rukka...
L-Fashion Group, which markets sports brands such as Luhta, Rukka and Icepeak, has struck an interesting partnership with Li-Ning. The Finnish company, whose sales grew by 10 percent to about €250 million last year, will be the exclusive distributor of the Chinese brand in some European countries: the German-speaking ones, ...
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Lundhags, the Swedish outdoor brand, is undergoing significant staff changes...
Lundhags, the Swedish outdoor brand, is undergoing significant staff changes following the departure of its chief executive last year. Erik Abrahamsson, former brand manager at Craft, has just joined as brand and assortment manager, dealing with marketing. Tommy Östermann, formerly export manager at Björn Borg, has become sales manager at ...
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Cedella Marley, the eldest daughter of the late Bob Marley,...
Cedella Marley, the eldest daughter of the late Bob Marley, is going to design Puma's track and field uniform for the Jamaican athletes competing in the 2012 Olympic Games in London
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Neil Gillis has informed Blacks Leisure that he plans to...
Neil Gillis has informed Blacks Leisure that he plans to step down as chief executive and a director of the British retail company in six months, under the terms of his three-year service contract. Blacks' nomination committee will now start looking for his replacement. He has overseen a rough time ...
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Jörg Aumüller, formerly with Columbia Sportswear, Quiksilver and Belowzero, replaces...
Jörg Aumüller, formerly with Columbia Sportswear, Quiksilver and Belowzero, replaces the departing Harald Siebold as sales manager of Rip Curl for Germany and Austria
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Nat Campbell, the assistant manager of customer and dealer service...
Nat Campbell, the assistant manager of customer and dealer service for Scott Sports, has been promoted to apparel and accessories product manager for the U.S. bicycle division. He's been with the Swiss company since 2006. He will now work with the sales and marketing departments to define the product line ...
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After a successful licensing deal with its Norwegian distributor, Skigutane,...
After a successful licensing deal with its Norwegian distributor, Skigutane, Bula, the Canadian producer of winter hats, is launching a whole new collection of outerwear at Ispo through a completely overhauled network of distributors. Many of these distributors have been recruited by John Walbrecht, who left Spyder in 2005 and ...
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Harm Ohlmeyer, the chief operating officer for e-commerce at Adidas...
Harm Ohlmeyer, the chief operating officer for e-commerce at Adidas Group, has been named chief e-commerce officer, to start on April 1. Online retail has been named as a priority for the company. Ohlmeyer, 42, will report directly to Herbert Hainer, chief executive of the group, taking on the responsibility ...
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Socrep is going to add Falke's Ergonomic Sport System to...
Socrep is going to add Falke's Ergonomic Sport System to the list of products it distributes in Italy, including those of Alpina, Canada Goose, Elan, Mammut, Montana and Toko
