That are the most important people for the sporting goods industry – Page 36
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ArticleTwo new top managers for Intersport International
Christian Wille, a 43-year-old German citizen who holds a university degree in international finance, will take the place of Martin Künzi as chief financial officer of Intersport International Corp. (IIC) as of January 2022. He will join IIC’s executive management board at the same time as Mateja Jesenek, a 54-year-old ...
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ArticleAsos’ CEO quits in connection with a profit warning
The chief executive of Asos, Nick Beighton, is departing the U.K.-based online fashion retailer in a shock move as the company issued a profit warning, citing supply chain issues and rising costs combined with a slowdown in its growth. Asos is facing “notable cost headwinds” from inbound freight fees, wage ...
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After 40 years in operation, Spain’s BM Sportech has a new CEO
José Maria Barcos Martínez, 67, is yielding control of the company he founded 40 years ago, BM Sportech, which still is a major distributor of sporting goods in Spain. His successor as CEO is a 21-year veteran of the company, Alberto Mastral, who will be joining a new executive board ...
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Additional appointments at Bollé Brands
Bollé Brands, the French-based parent company of Bollé, Cébé and Serengeti, has further strengthened the management of its Sport & Luxury Division by hiring other industry veterans, in addition to those that we have already reported about, including Quentin Chaplein. Corentin Daniel, who worked for 17 years as an engineer ...
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The CEO of Sport 1 will run Norway's whole Sport Holding group
Ole-Henrik Skirstad, who has been the CEO of Norway’s Sport 1 Gruppen, has been named CEO of the whole Sport Holding group, following the merger last year of Sport 1 with the Norwegian branch of Intersport, which was owned by Gresvig. Now that the integration process has been completed, Lars ...
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News briefsJoining Hefter at Polygiene, Eva Doll takes charge of the customer experience in EMEA
Polygiene has hired Eva Doll as its new customer experience manager for the EMEA markets. Doll has extensive experience in the sporting goods and outdoor industries. She comes to Polygiene with a solid background as a freelance editor and content creator for several sports brands, sports publications and news platforms. ...
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ArticleRevo boosts sales management, launches new high-end range
While launching a new high-end line of sunglasses, Revo has appointed three new vice presidents. Jerry Bedingfield is now vice president of sales for the sport and specialty segments in North America, while Christoph Nitz and Kurt Plunger both now hold that same title for Europe. Bedingfield has been working ...
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Schöffel enlarges its executive board
Schöffel is restructuring its top management as it divides its business into two segments – Schöffel Sport for its operations in the outdoor, ski and bike sectors; and Schöffel Professional for the development of clothing for corporate and institutional clients. Stefan Merkt, who has been charge of sales for the ...
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Mirror’s founder and CEO is resigning
CNBC has obtained a copy of a memorandum from Lululemon’s management informing its employees that Brynn Putnam is resigning as CEO of Mirror, the U.S.-based producer of connected wall-mounted screens for workout streaming that Lululemon acquired in June 2020 for $500 million. The memo was signed by Putnam herself and ...
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IIC hires a Salomon executive as GM for mountain sports
Intersport International Corp. (IIC) has officially announced the appointment of Denis Levet, who has worked for Salomon since 2004, as the retail organization’s new general manager of mountain sports. The 44-year-old French native, who started his career at Decathlon 18 years ago, will replace Matthias Klopfenstein in the role next ...
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ArticleBollé Brands hires new executives for e-com, sales, marketing and CSR
The Bollé Brands Group has hired new executives for its marketing, business, e-commerce and corporate social responsibility departments to support a plan to strengthen both its digital and local presence, to raise awareness of all the group’s brands - Bollé, Cébé, Spy+ and Serengeti - and to strengthen its socially ...
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New MD, narrowed focus for Rossignol’s Spanish ski plant
The head of Skis Rossignol de España, Enric Casas, is retiring in October at the age of 65, after 35 years with the company. Casas joined Rossignol in 1986 as an engineer and went on to become a technical manager. He was appointed managing director of the Spanish manufacturing subsidiary ...
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Pabst steps down as CEO of Mammut
Source: Conzzeta Oliver Pabst Following the successful completion of change of ownership from Conzzeta to Telemos Capital, the board of directors of Mammut Sports Group and its CEO, Oliver Pabst, jointly announced that Pabst will step down and that Greg Nieuwenhuys, chairman of the board of directors ...
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News briefsPolygiene hires Sean Tindale as new CMO
The Swedish-based Polygiene Group has appointed Sean Tindale as its new chief marketing officer, with effect from the end of September. He is joining in from Vero Moda, a fashion brand owned by the Besteller Group, where he was the global marketing director from April 2020 to June 2021. Before ...
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New presidents for Mountain Hardwear and prAna
Columbia Sportswear has announced the promotion of Troy Sicotte to the position of president of its Mountain Hardwear brand and the appointment of Monica Mirro as president of prAna. They will both be reporting to Craig Zanon, who became the group’s senior vice president for emerging brands earlier this year. ...
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VF board member steps down, reportedly over her views on racism
VF Corp. announced that Veronica Wuu has decided to step down as one of the 12 members of the group’s board of directors, pointing out that this was not the result of any disagreement on any matter relating to VF’s operations, policies or practices. Wuu had joined the board in ...
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ArticleA new CEO for SportScheck
Signa Retail has appointed Matthias Rucker, a partner of the Boston Consulting Group, as the new CEO of SportScheck, in replacement of Thomas Wanke. Starting on Oct. 1, he will be tasked with expanding the digital transformation of the German sporting goods retail chain into an experiential platform for sports ...
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ArticleWeSports makes many purchases and adds e-com pioneer Johan Ryding to its board
The young Swedish WeSports group has engaged in a big shopping spree, taking over many companies in the last few months. It has also announced that Johan Ryding has joined the company’s board of directors. Ryding is one of the founders of Sportamore, the first Nordic online sports store, and ...
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Former European executive of Burton joins Myutility Bag
Myutility Bag (MUB), the French start-up acquired by Frank Heissat five months ago, has completed a new round of financing and added an experienced partner to help boost its international development. Franck Waterlot, who served as joint European managing director and vice president of commercial and marketing operations a tBurton ...
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New cross-functional management structure at Stadium
Stadium has decided to reorganize the top management under its CEO, Karl Eklöf, following the departure of Magnus Wåhlander, general manager of its Stadium chain. He is leaving the leading Swedish sports retail group after 25 years to become president and CEO of Coop Mitt. Under the new structure, the ...
