That are the most important people for the sporting goods industry – Page 34
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Smith hires a marketing head away from Oakley
Smith, the U.S.-based producer of snow goggles, sunglasses and helmets owned by Safilo, has announced the appointment of Taryn Ryan as global head of marketing. Born in South Africa, she joined the Luxottica Group in 2008 as a buyer for its Sunglass Hut retail chain. Two years later, she was ...
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News briefsFormer Jordan brand GM to become CEO of Canyon Bicycles
The growing bicycle market has become an attractive option for experienced executives. On March 1, Nicolas de Ros Wallace will join the German DTC company Canyon Bicycles as its new CEO. He replaces Winfried Rapp, the company’s chief financial officer, who has served as interim CEO since October 2021 following ...
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ArticleBarbara Martin Coppola will run Decathlon worldwide
Decathlon has announced the appointment of Barbara Martin Coppola as the group’s new CEO, starting in mid-March. The 45-year-old French and Spanish binational will take the place of Michel Aballea, who has held the helm of the world’s largest sporting goods retailer since 2015. “The current good health of Decathlon ...
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A new boss for Euretco Sport
On Feb. 1, Olaf de Boer will become the new general manager of Euretco Sport, taking the place of Jan Willem Juffer, who is taking a new position as CEO of ANWB Retail. Euretco Sport is the Dutch franchisee for Intersport and The Athlete’s Foot, and it runs the Runnersworld ...
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Puma hires a new country manager for Benelux
As of March 1, 2022, Gerwin Willemsen will be Puma’s country manager for Benelux, in charge of sales, marketing and operations. He will be taking over from Bas van den Bemt. Willemsen has been with Adidas Benelux for the past 12 years or so, most recently as sales director for ...
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Boardriders appoints new head of retail
Boardriders has promoted Andrew Henry to head of retail in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) for all its brands – Quiksilver, Boardriders, Element, Roxy, RVCA and DC Shoes. Henry is now in charge of 13 Boardriders stores, the 35 European outlets, and several stores and concessions for the ...
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New president and CEO for Ecco USA
Ecco has appointed Tom Berry as president and CEO of Ecco USA, effective immediately. After more than 20 years with the Danish footwear brand, the former president, Dave Quel, had announced his retirement last summer, and Klaus Flock, the chief financial officer of the subsidiary, serving as interim president since ...
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TheDrop.com hires a chief merchandising officer
TheDrop.com, a Las Vegas-based online lifestyle marketplace that targets Millennials and Gen Z, has hired Scott Keating to fill the new post of chief merchandising officer. He will be managing relations with the 300-odd brands and retail shops that sell through the company, including Nike, Roxy, Supreme and Volcom. .Keating ...
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News briefsFormer Sport 2000 CEO joins a Dutch insole startup
Markus Hupach, who recently left as joint CEO of Sport 2000 in Germany, is joining the Dutch startup Arion based in Eindhoven as CEO, effective immediately. Arion’s 7-year-old parent, the sports tech company Ato-Gear, claims to be ushering in “a revolution in athletic footwear” with Arion, a digital software/insole solution ...
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News briefsThe freeskier Chris Benchetler takes creative reins at Atomic
Source: Atomic Chris Benchetler Atomic announced the appointment of the long-time athlete, freeskier and artist Chris Benchetler, hailing from Mammoth Mountain, California, as its new creative director for freeride and freeski products, responsible for their visual design, creativity and styling. The announcement comes shortly after the launch ...
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IMG veteran joins Fanatics for its international development
Fanatics has appointed Matthew Primack as senior vice president of international development. Based in London, he will responsible for the acquisition of new rights, reporting to Gary Gertzog, Fanatics’ president of business affairs. Primack has been work for IMG Licensing for 14 years, most recently as senior vice president, providing ...
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News briefsCosta Sunglasses appoints VP of marketing
Costa Sunglasses has appointed John Acosta as vice president of marketing, with a view – according to Justin Cupps, senior vice president – towards expanding the brand and engaging “with our core fans – the anglers, adventurers and explorers who live to be on the water.” Acosta was previously vice ...
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ArticleNicole Otto leaves Nike to become TNF’s new global brand president
VF Corp. has named a digital expert, Nicole Otto, as global brand president for The North Face (TNF), based in Denver, Colorado. Next June, she will succeed Steve Murray, a British-born industry veteran who will be retiring this year, as planned, returning to the U.K. Murray had been promoted from ...
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News briefsChange of leadership at Chris Sports
Christian Bättig, owner and founder of Chris Sports, a Swiss importer for numerous sports and bike brands for Switzerland and some other countries, has handed over the reins of management to the company’s previous chief financial officer, Andreas Guglielmo, effective Jan. 1. Guglielmo has been with Chris Sports for more ...
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Lululemon appoints new CEO for Mirror
Michael Aragon is to become the CEO of Mirror and Lululemon Digital Fitness on Jan. 17. He will be overseeing the development and expansion of Mirror’s digital platform and report to Lululemon’s CEO, Calvin McDonald. For the past five years Aragon has been chief content officer at Twitch, the livestreaming ...
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New CFO and new COO for Clarus
Clarus Corp. has appointed a new chief financial officer, Michael J. Yates, taking over one of the functions of Aaron J. Kuehne, who has been promoted to the new position of executive vice president and chief operating officer of the parent company Black Diamond and an increasing number of other ...
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Skechers shrinks its board of directors
Skechers has reduced the size of its board of directors to seven members, following the resignation of four current members and the addition of a new one, Zulema Garcia, who will serve on the company’s audit committee. Garcia spent 24 years at KPMG before joining Herbalife Nutrition as senior vice ...
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Alistair Cameron joins sportshoes.com as non-executive director
Alistair Cameron, the experienced sporting goods industry executive who served most recently as CEO of Asics EMEA until November 2019, is joining Sports Shoes, the U.K.-based athletic footwear e-tailer, as non-executive director. The British executive spent 35 years in the industry. He joined Asics in 2009 after working for a ...
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News briefsHigg appoints a chief strategy officer to lead the platform’s expansion
Higg, the environmental software platform responsible for the Higg Index, has appointed James Schaffer as chief strategy officer to lead business development and partnerships. Schaffer’s experience in developing industry initiatives in the apparel sector, where Higg’s platform is widely used, is expected to be instrumental in guiding the company’s expansion ...
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News briefsCallaway expands its board to welcome a financial expert
Callaway Golf Company has expanded the company’s board of directors from 12 to 13 members with the appointment of Bavan M. Holloway. The company’s bylaws require that its board of directors consist of a minimum of six and a maximum of 15 members, the vast majority of whom must be ...
