That are the most important people for the sporting goods industry – Page 27
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News briefsJD Sports Fashion reaches deals with its former executive chairman
JD Sports Fashion says that it has come to an agreement with its former executive chairman, Peter Cogwill, whom it obliged to step down in May after an internal review of its management. The U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) had fined JD for the illicit disclosure of “commercially sensitive ...
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News briefsTNF appoints new CMO and chief product and merchandising officer
VF Corp. brand The North Face has added two women to its management team. Sophie Bambuck is joining the company as chief marketing officer and Jennifer Ingraffea as chief product and merchandising officer. Both managers have worked at Nike in leadership positions for years, just like TNF’s new president, Nicole ...
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News briefsFelix Münnich becomes the new chief commercial officer at Mammut
Münnich comes from one of the top players in the sporting goods business.
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News briefsMarcel Korner to become new CEO of TSG International
Source: TSG Marcel Korner Marcel Korner will become the new CEO of Zurich-based TSG International AG, a specialist in protective equipment for action sports originally founded by Titus Dittmann in Germany in 1988, effective Oct. 1, 2022. He succeeds Ruedi Herger, who, together with his partners, took ...
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News briefsCorinne Gensollen named new chair of Intersport International
Source: IIC Corinne Gensollen, Intersport International Corporation’s new chairwoman At its annual general meeting in Helsinki, the delegates of the national Intersport organizations voted for Intersport International Corporation’s (IIC) new board of management. Rick White was re-elected as an independent IIC board member from Canada. At the ...
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ArticlePeloton’s co-founders Foley and Kushi step down
Peloton Interactive announced that it has accepted the resignations of John Foley as executive chair and Hisao Kushi as chief legal officer, effective Sep. 12, 2022, and Oct. 3, 2022, respectively. Foley co-founded Peloton in 2012 and has built the company into a global interactive fitness platform. After previously serving ...
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ArticleReebok names new CEO as Matt O’Toole moves to ABG
Source: Reebok Todd Krinsky Reebok has tapped Todd Krinsky, a 30-year company veteran and member of its senior leadership team for more than a decade, as its new CEO. He is replacing Matt O’Toole, president and CEO of Reebok, who is moving to executive vice chairman of ...
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ArticleChairman of Pou Sheng resigns, successor already in place
The board of directors of Hong Kong-based company Pou Sheng International, the retail subsidiary of Yue Yuen Industrial, has announced that Lee Shao-Wu has resigned from all of his positions at the company, including those of chairman, executive director, chairman of the disclosure committee, authorized representative of the company and ...
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News briefsDPS Skis bolsters product and marketing teams with new hires
U.S.-based ski manufacturer DPS Skis announced the hiring of Stu Gleason as ski and process engineer and Zach Clayton as global marketing manager. These additions complement DPS Skis’ product and marketing departments as the company expands into global markets. Gleason brings nearly two decades of product development experience to the ...
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News briefsNew Balance with new international marketing director
Romina Bongiovanni replaces Tim Malone, who left the company to join Crocs, as global director of international marketing at New Balance. She will report to Jeff McAdams, VP of global marketing, and join the company’s global leadership team. Most recently director of global comms and entertainment at New Balance, Bongiovanni ...
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News briefsD3O appoints SVP marketing, North America
Source: D3O via ShopEatSurf Kevin Franks D3O, a U.K.-based specialist provider of impact protection solutions and materials, has appointed Kevin Franks as SVP marketing, North America. Franks joins D3O with more than two decades of marketing and brand management experience in the cycling and powersports industry, including ...
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News briefsMarchon promotes CMO, SVP global brands to president
VSP Vision has promoted Thomas Burkhardt from chief marketing officer and senior vice president of global brands, marketing and design at Marchon to Marchon’s president. He will be reporting to VSP’s chief operating officer, Earnie Franklin. Burkhardt is succeeding Nicola Zotta, president since 2016. This is the same year Marchon ...
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News briefsVP of Meta’s VR platform resigns
Vivek Sharma, vice president of Meta’s social virtual-reality platform, is resigning after six years with the company, a spokesman for the company has confirmed to The Verge. Sharma’s team will be reporting to Vishal Shah, vice president of Meta’s metaverse. Facebook describes the platform, called Horizon Worlds, as a “social ...
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News briefsiFit Health & Fitness reportedly loses key executives as CEO search continues
IFit Health & Fitness, the U.S. connected fitness company that formally withdrew its registration statement for an initial public offering in early April, is losing two top senior executives, according to a report by the NY Post yesterday. CFO Steve Barr, named co-president in February, and Tony Smith, a 28-year ...
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News briefsDavenport joins Peak Ski Company’s executive team
Source: Peak Skis Chris Davenport Montana-based Peak Ski Company announced that Chris Davenport has joined the company’s leadership team as senior director of skiing and product innovation. Earlier this year, Peak Ski Company co-founders Bode Miller and Andy Wirth launched the company and its 2022/23 lineup of ...
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News briefsLeDap appoints new CEO
LeDap, an international padel group founded in 2021 that operates a network of padel clubs in Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark, Poland, Spain, Austria, the UAE, Germany and the U.K., has appointed Eno Polo as the group’s new CEO, effective Sept. 5. Polo has many years of experience in the consumer ...
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ArticleCanada Goose appoints president for its China business
Source: Canada Goose Larry Li, president China Canada Goose announced the appointment of Larry Li as president China, effective immediately. In this role, Li will oversee all business operations of the Canadian brand in mainland China, including retail, marketing and finance. He will be based out of ...
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News briefsTyrolia with new director global sales and marketing for Head/Tyrolia bindings
Source: Tyrolia Horst Tschida Tyrolia has said goodbye to its longstanding employee Robert Stanzl, who has retired from his role as director of global sales and marketing for Head/Tyrolia alpine bindings after 45 years with the company. His successor – also a Tyrolia veteran with an 18-year-long ...
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ArticleKasper Rorsted to leave Adidas
Source: Adidas AG Kasper Rorsted, CEO Adidas AG has announced that Kasper Rorsted, CEO, and the company’s supervisory board have mutually agreed that Rorsted will step down from his position in 2023. The search for a successor has already begun. Rorsted will continue as CEO until a ...
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ArticleJohnson to retire as chairman and CEO of Foot Locker
Source: Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA) Mary N. Dillon Foot Locker, Inc., the New York-based specialty athletic retailer, announced that, as part of a planned succession process, Richard A. Johnson will retire as president and CEO, effective Sep. 1, 2022. Mary N. Dillon, former executive chair and ...
