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News briefsAdidas appoints MD for Central Europe and VP of ‘Global Hype’
Adidas has promoted Marina Moguš from general manager of Eastern Europe to managing director of Central European operations. She will now have charge of the markets of Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. The company will in time be expanding her purview to ...
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News briefsA new Swiss chairman and CEO for Arena
A Swiss citizen, Peter Graschi, has been appointed as the new chairman and CEO of Arena by Capvis, the Swiss private equity firm that took over control of the Italian-based swimwear company in 2014. Starting on July 1, he has taken the place of Luca Selvatici, chairman and joint CEO, ...
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Hoka One One strengthens its product team
Hoka One One has announced Evie Moe and Matt Rask as new senior members of its product team. Moe has been hired as the brand’s first senior director of apparel. Hoka’s apparel division was launched in March 2020, and it is growing rapidly. Most recently, Moe served as the vice-president ...
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ArticleJD upgrades its forecast, reinstates the CEO role
Confirming a report that came out in The Sunday Times in May, which had been initially denied, Peter Cowgill, executive chairman and CEO of JD Sports Fashion, revealed a plan to divide his role before the next annual general meeting of the company one year from now, adding that “a ...
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ArticleGymshark’s co-founder and main shareholder replaces Hewitt as CEO
Starting on Aug. 1, Ben Francis, the 29-year-old entrepreneur who co-founded Gymshark in 2012 and is the British fitness apparel brand’s controlling shareholder, will take over the role of CEO from Steve Hewitt, who had been appointed managing director in 2015 and promoted to CEO two years later. Francis has ...
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A new executive director and a new board member for Anta
Anta Sports Products announced two executive changes. Bi Mingwei has been promoted as an executive director of the company, effective July 1. Mingwei is currently a vice president of Anta and a director of certain subsidiaries within the group, primarily responsible for financial management, business processes, information management and logistics ...
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Oberalp names Marion Alexandre as head of Southern Europe
The Oberalp Group has appointed Marion Alexandre as general manager for Southern Europe, effective June 1st. Alexandre will be in charge of the territories of France, where she has taken over the role from Pierre-Jean Touchard, as well as Spain, Portugal and Andorra. Most recently, Alexandre served as global commercial ...
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ArticleA digital expert will be Wolverine’s new CEO
Blake Krueger, who was reported a few weeks ago to be 66 years old, with a net worth of more than $40 million, is gradually relinquishing his functions at Wolverine Worldwide, where he has worked for 28 years. The 52-year-old Brandan Hoffmann, who took his place as president of the ...
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UBC hires an e-commerce expert from Lotto, licenses Head sneakers
United Brands Company (UBC), an Italian licensee for branded sneakers, has hired Pierpaolo Guerra to manage its digital and e-commerce activities as part of its efforts to develop its omnichannel strategy. Guerra comes from Lotto Sport Italia where he was in charge of digital and omnichannel activites. Previously, he was ...
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New international brand president for K-Swiss
K-Swiss has promoted Dave Grange to the position of international brand president, replacing Barney Waters who is leaving the company after 12 years to lead an unnamed brand of eyewear. Grange was most recently vice president of sales in charge of the Americas for K-Swiss and Palladium, which became the ...
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Burton promotes Kenney as chief strategy officer
Ali Kenney, previously SVP of strategy & insights, has been promoted to chief strategy officer at Burton Snowboards, a new position within the company. Kenney will lead key work around brand purpose, corporate strategy, consumer centricity, sustainability, equity/diversity/equality/inclusion and prioritization of key growth opportunities. Her defining moment early in her ...
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ABG places Apex’ former CEO in charge of EMEA
The Authentic Brands Group (ABG), the rapidly expanding New York-based brand ownership and licensing group founded and run by Jamie Salter, has set up a subsidiary for the EMEA region in London and hired Henry Stupp to run it. As president of ABG EMEA, he is tasked of driving ABG’s ...
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ArticleJohn Colonna takes the helm at K2-MDV
After three years as president of K2 Sports, John Colonna has been named president and CEO of K2-MDV Holdings. Based in Seattle, he will be responsible for the Marker Dalbello Völkl (MDV) and K2 Sports businesses, overseeing the global presence of all its brands and their products including K2 skis, ...
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A woman from the candy industry will lead IHRSA
Elizabeth Clark is the first woman to have been appointed as president and CEO of IHRSA, the leading fitness industry association born 40 years ago whose full name is International Health, Racquet and Sportsclub Association. On Aug. 16, she will take the place of an interim president and CEO, Brent ...
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Andreas Sievers is now running Victor Europe
Andreas Sievers started as the new managing director of Victor Europe, the subsidiary of Victor Rackets based in Germany, on June 1. He succeeds Rolf Aurin, who held this position jointly with Jan Beutler from 1997 and alone from 2019. The two executives had bought the rights to the Taiwanese ...
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Head will be run by a team
As previously reported in SGI Europe, Johan Eliasch is stepping down as CEO of the Head group, effective immediately, in connection with his election on June 4 as the new president of the International Ski Federation (FIS). As the majority shareholder of the Austrian-based company, which he took over in ...
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ArticleEliasch quits as Head’s CEO
It’s now official. As previously reported, Johan Eliasch had pledged to step down as CEO of Head if he would be elected president of the International Ski Federation (FIS), which actually happened on June 4. A statement from Head has confirmed his resignation – effective immediately - as CEO of ...
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New CEO for Decathlon USA
Christian Ollier, who has worked for Decathlon for 15 years, has been elevated to the position of CEO of Decathlon USA. He takes the place of another company veteran, Michel D’Humières, who is said to be moving to handle other projects inside the world’s largest sporting goods retail chain. Ollier ...
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New CEO for CCM Hockey
Marrouane Nabih, who had been serving as CCM Hockey’s chief financial officer since February 2019, has been promoted to the position of CEO, heading up a renovated executive suite. Jeffrey Dalzell has been promoted to chief product officer, Janne Heino to executive vice president in charge of Europe, and Caroline ...
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Case StudyNew boss and new structures for the Luhta group
Juha Luhtanen, 51, became the new managing director of the Luhta Sportswear Company on May 4, taking the place of his older brother, Vesa Luhtanen, who has retired after many years at the helm of the Finnish-based family-owned company, previously known as the L-Fashion Group. The change of management has ...
