That are the most important people for the sporting goods industry – Page 43
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Jako’s founder passes its management to his daughters
Rudi Sprügel has become the supervisory board chairman of Jako, the German teamwear company he founded 32 years ago, and relinquished its operational control to members of his family. His daughters Nadine and Yvonne Sprügel, who have been engaged in the purchasing/product development and finance/personnel departments, respectively, are going to ...
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White quits as president of Salomon
Amer Sports announced the immediate departure of Michael White as president of Salomon, indicating that he has decided to “pursue other interests” and adding that it has initiated an external search for a permanent successor. We were unable to find out about his new plans by the time of going ...
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News briefsNew president for Canada Goose’s Asia Pacific division
Canada Goose has appointed Scott Cameron as the new president for the company’s Asia-Pacific division. Cameron joined Canada Goose in 2016 as chief strategy and business development officer and most recently served as president for the Greater China region. During this time, Cameron was responsible for developing and growing the ...
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New Norwegian country manager for XXL
Taking the place of Andre Sørensen, who is leaving the post for family reasons, Stine Trygg-Hauger will take over by June 1 as the new CEO of XXL in Norway, the sporting goods retail chain’s biggest market. Trygg Hauger, who is 38 years old, has been running the 90-store Norwegian ...
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New international sales director at Protective
Jörg Kazubek has assumed the position of international sales director at Protective, the German cycling apparel brand. He looks back on more than 30 years of experience in the industry and in sales. During his 14 years at Thaler Sports, he worked his way up from customer services manager to ...
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ArticleTecnica’s former CEO is now running Pinarello
Antonio Dus, the seasoned manager who has led Tecnica Group for the past five years, has become the new global CEO of Cicli Pinarello, with a financial stake in the iconic Italian brand of high-end bicycles, which came three years ago under the control of L Catterton, the private equity ...
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New international sales director for TYR Sport
Charlie Siracusa has been appointed vice president of sales for TYR Sport, with global responsibility for the strategic growth of the American brand of swimwear. He was most recently director of apparel for Timberland PRO. Prior to that, he spent 21 years at Carhartt. Siracusa will report to TYR’s CEO, ...
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New international merchandising director from Nike for Lululemon
Lululemon has appointed Bianca Gonzalez as its new senior vice president of global merchandising. She spent the last 18 years at Nike in various roles in merchandising and category management. She was most recently vice president and general manager for the kids segment in North America. At Lululemon, Gonzalez replaces ...
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Eric Chouhmat takes over as DACH manager at Polar
Eric Chouhmat will take over the management of Polar in Germany, Austria and Switzerland with immediate effect. He replaces Eva Hilf, who only took up this position in February 2020. Nothing is known about the reasons for the change. According to his LinkedIn profile, Chouhmat has already been working for ...
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News briefsGiro brings Rome Snowboards' co-founder on board as snow brand manager
Giro, the U.S. helmet specialist owned by Vista Outdoor, has hired Josh Reid as its new snow brand manager. Reid has a 25+ year career in the snowsports industry. He started as a prototype tester at Burton Snowboards, eventually having a hand in everything from leading Burton’s hardgoods testing department ...
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Trisport creates a new COO role
Trisport has created the new position of chief operating officer (COO) to cope with the expansion of Kettler, the German home fitness brand, for which it obtained the rights for all over Europe except the U.K. at the end of 2019. The Swiss company has appointed Christian Burgener, 49, to ...
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ArticleWolverine makes two big executive appointments
Wolverine Worldwide has made a couple of executive appointments to ring in the new year. It has expanded the duties of Jim Zwiers, the current president of its international group. Zwiers is now also president of Wolverine’s global operations group, overseeing portfolio-wide sourcing, logistics, distribution, customer service and information technology. ...
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Lafora is running Polar in both Italy and Iberia
The managing director of Polar Elektro Iberica, Manu Lafora, expanded his duties on Jan. 1 by taking charge of the brand’s new South Europe business region through the subsidiary at its core, Polar Italia. Lafora has been with the company, and in charge of Polar Iberica, since 2008. He was ...
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Arena creates new sales and marketing positions
Arena has promoted Giovanni Ciampaglia to the position of chief digital sales officer, while Eva Vitali has been appointed to the expanded role of consumer and trade marketing director. Ciampaglia, who was previously the Italian-based swimwear company’s global marketing director, will spearhead a new unit entirely focusing on e-commerce. Vitali, ...
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Adidas and Fear of God enter long-term basketball partnership
Adidas and Fear of God, the Californian fashion company founded and led by Jerry Lorenzo, have announced a long-term partnership that will see Lorenzo drive the creative and business strategy for Adidas basketball globally. The partnership will also solidify the establishment of Fear of God Athletics, a third sub-label of ...
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Outdoor Research names a “Vice President of People and Culture”
Outdoor Research (OR) has added Brett Kruse to its leadership team with the intriguing new title of ”vice president of people and culture,” where he will lead the company’s human relations initiatives. Most recently, Kruse worked at Starbucks for more than a decade in HR and operations. Prior to that, ...
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EXECUTIVE CHANGES
+++ Polar has named Eric Chouhmat as its new general manager for Germany, Austria and Switzerland +++ Foot Locker has appointed a new senior vice president and chief information officer, Himanshu Parikh +++ Selema Masekela, a journalist and producer whose father was a jazz legend and activist in South Africa, ...
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Superdry shuffles its management
Superdry has signed a permanent contract with its interim chief executive, Julian Dunkerton, who is also one of its founders. His temporary contract would have expired in April 2021. The brand has also hired a chief operating officer, Silvana Bonello, who will be moving to the U.K., reporting to Dunkerton ...
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News briefsBata appoints Sandeep Kataria CEO
Bata Corporation, the big shoe manufacturer and retailer based in Lausanne, which is also active in the athletic footwear sector through Athletes World and AW Lab, has appointed Sandeep Kataria as global chief executive, replacing Alexis Nasard, who led the company for nearly five years. Nasard stepped down to pursue ...
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One of Zalando’s three CEOs to step down
Rubin Ritter plans to step down as Zalando’s joint chief executive, responsible for strategy and communication. He and the company’s supervisory board will be negotiating to dissolve his contract, which was to run until November 2023. Ritter says that he will be spending more time with his expanding family and ...
