That are the most important people for the sporting goods industry – Page 37
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News briefsDohrmann will leave as CEO of the Internetstores group
After more than three years as CEO of the Internetstores group, Hans Dohrmann will leave the German multi-channel retail company, which operates websites and physical stores in the cycling, camping and outdoor markets such as Addnature, Bikester, Brügelmann, Campz and Fahrrad.de. According to the group’s Berlin-based parent company, Signa Sports ...
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Frasers promotes Nevitt to CCO, Al-Mudallal to COO
Frasers Group, the parent company of U.K.-based Sports Direct, promoted Sean Nevitt to chief commercial officer and David Al-Mudallal to chief operating officer. Nevitt, previously global head of commercial, has been with the company for over 30 years. Al-Mudallal joined the business in 2017, first as head of talent at ...
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News briefsNew CEO and board members for Ecco
Ecco’s CEO, Steen Borgholm, stepped down from his post on Aug. 20 “by mutual agreement” after four years and more than two decades with the Danish footwear company. He will be replaced by Panos Mytaros, who has been with the company for 27 years, taking care mainly of the production ...
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News briefsBlack Diamond hires a ski industry veteran, Mike Hattrup
Black Diamond Equipment has named Mike Hattrup business unit director for its ski category, reporting to the company’s global vice-president of product, Kolin Powick. He will cover the brand’s entire ski and snow safety business including skis, avalanche transceivers, JetForce airbag backpacks, probes, shovels, as well as snowpacks and ski ...
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News briefsChris Hammann is K2 Sports’ new country manager for Germany
Source: K2 Sports Chris Hammann A sporting goods industry expert, Chris Hammann, has jumped on board at K2 Sports starting Aug. 1, taking over the role of country manager for Germany at the K2 Sports office in Penzberg near Munich. He succeeds Karsten Möhrer, who has left ...
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News briefsBrooke Farris becomes Rip Curl’s CEO
Kathmandu Holdings has announced that Brooke Farris will assume the position of CEO of Rip Curl, effective Aug. 16, 2021. The appointment follows the previously announced promotion of Michael Daly, who has headed up Rip Curl for 19 years, to CEO and managing director of the whole group. In her ...
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ArticleAmer names Fogliato as Salomon’s president and CEO
Amer Sports has found a new and experienced executive with an excellent background in the sporting goods industry, Franco Fogliato, to head up Salomon as president and CEO. He will take on the responsibily by March 15, 2022, at the latest. Columbia Sportswear announced a few days ago that Fogliato ...
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Franco Fogliato leaves Columbia
Columbia Sportswear announced that Franco Fogliato, executive vice president of global omnichannel since Nov. 2020 and executive VP and general manager for the Americas since 2017, has informed the company of his intention to leave after a short transition period ending Sept. 3, 2021. Fogliato joined the group in 2013 ...
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Ashley passing CEO role at Frasers to his daughter’s fiancée
Michael James Wallace Ashley, who founded the company now called Frasers Group in 1982 and owns 64 percent of its shares, is planning to hand over the position of CEO to Michael Murray on May 1, 2022, after the end of the company’s current financial year. A statement from the ...
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New head for Adidas North America
Rupert Campbell, a 54-year-old British national who has been running Adidas’ operations in Russia and the CIS countries since 2018, is set to succeed Zion Amstrong as president of Adidas North America from next Jan. 1, reporting to Roland Auschel, executive board member in charge of global sales. Adidas’ CEO, ...
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News briefsMarkus Dirr appointed executive director product marketing and sales at Messe München
Source: Messe München Markus Dirr Just in time for the restart of the trade show season, ISPO organizer Messe München has established a new central division, “Product Marketing and Sales.” The newly structured unit is to bring together the marketing and sales competencies of the two disciplines ...
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K-Swiss with new VP marketing and e-commerce for the Americas
K-Swiss, owned by Chinese Xtep International Holdings Ltd, has appointed Kate Minner as its new vice president of marketing and e-commerce for the Americas region. She will oversee day-to-day operations across all areas, including the company’s DTC platform, which focuses on growing the brand’s wholesale portfolio across sports, fashion and ...
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News briefsBoardriders appoints Nicolas Foulet as president of Quiksilver Europe
According to Shop Eat Surf, Nicolas Foulet, chief information officer at Boardriders since 2015, is the new president of EMEA for Quiksilver. He takes over the role from Greg Healy, who was responsible for Europe in addition to APAC since 2019. Healy had added Europe to his portfolio after Thomas ...
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News briefsSmartwool appoints new sales and e-commerce executives
Jennifer McLaren, CEO of Denver-based merino specialist Smartwool, has named two new executives for the brand’s sales and e-commerce departments. Corey Stecker, previously international general manager of sales and marketing, was promoted to global head of sales. He has been with Smartwool since 2016. In his new role, he assumes ...
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Ecco USA's president retires
Dave Quel will retire at the end of the month as president of Ecco USA. Klaus Flock, the chief financial officer of Ecco USA, will take over the job on an interim basis on Aug. 1 until a permanent replacement is appointed. Quel joined the company in 1999 as territory ...
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Teyssier becomes Puma’s general manager for Europe
Puma has appointed a new general manager for Europe, Richard Teyssier, effective from Sept. 1, taking over many of the functions of Arne Freundt, who joined the executive board as chief commercial officer of the company in June. Teyssier, 53, has served as area general manager for Puma France since ...
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News briefsChange of leadership at Schoeller Textil
Siegfried Winkelbeiner, managing director of Schoeller Textil, will go into retirement and, after ten years with the Swiss textile company, hand over the helm to Joachim Kath this month. Coming from the chemical industry, Kath joined this major supplier to the sporting goods industry one and a half years ago ...
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News briefsION strengthens marketing team
Sara Bassano (left) and Rebecca Volz ION, the bike, surfwear and accessories company that belongs to Boards & More, has strengthened its marketing department with two new team members, Rebecca Volz and Sara Bassano. Volz worked for six years as a student assistant at Red Bull ...
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Another long-serving director steps down at JD Sports Fashion
Another director is leaving the board of directors of JD Sports Fashion, following a statement made at its recent annual shareholders’ meeting that the composition of the board should “address the tenure of certain Board members who have served on the Board for longer than recommended within the Corporate Governance ...
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CrossFit appoints Jason Dunlop as president
CrossFit has appointed Jason Dunlop, a former Nike executive, to the new role of president. Dunlop also held senior roles at Starbucks, Canada Goose, Waterstones, The Body Shop, Marks & Spencer,and The Gap. At Nike, he was the executive responsible for the brand’s Direct-To-Consumer (D2C) business across Europe, the Middle ...
