That are the most important people for the sporting goods industry – Page 46
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Changes in the sales team at Chris Sports
Chris Sports, a Swiss distributor for numerous sports, bike and outdoor brands such as Giro, Kari Traa, Keen, Elevenate, Evoc and Mountain Hardwear, is reorganizing its business unit for hardgoods and bike products in the same way as its softgoods/shoes department – with only one sales manager – due to ...
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Dynafit strengthens its sales team
Dynafit , the mountain sports specialist owned by the Oberalp Group, has strengthened its team. The newly created position of strategic account specialist is now filled by Herbert Steinmassl, who has already worked for Dynafit for more than five years and was most recently brand representative responsible for Bavaria. His ...
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ArticlePatagonia’s European chief will run the whole group
Ryan Gellert, an American who has been running Patagonia EMEA since the end of 2014, has been promoted to serve as chief executive of Patagonia Works, the parent company of Patagonia Inc. In addition, Jenna Johnson has been promoted from vice president of technical outdoor to a new post as ...
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Puma appoints new distribution GM for EEMEA
Puma has assigned Johan Kuhlo to a new position as general manager in charge of distribution for Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EEMEA). Kuhlo, who has been lately the company’s head of corporate strategy and investor relations, will be working out of the German company’s regional hub in ...
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Top Rossignol executive joins Bollé Brands
François Beneben has left the position of vice president of the Rossignol Group for Europe, Asia and the Southern Hemisphere, which he had held since March 2018, to join Bollé Brands as president of its Sport & Luxury business, covering the group’s brands of sunglasses and goggles: Bollé, Spy, Cébé, ...
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Mathias Boenke will leave Intersport
Mathias Boenke, who has been one of the pillars of the Intersport organization in Germany, Austria and other countries since 2014, will leave it after his current contract expires in 2021 to look for opportunities elsewhere. Boenke informed Intersport Germany’s supervisory board about his decision after the completion of the ...
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Michelle Poole becomes president of Crocs
Michelle Poole has been promoted to the position of president of Crocs, taking over one of the former functions of Andrew Rees, the company’s chief executive. After working for Kangol, Timberland, Converse and Sperry Top-Sider, Poole joined Crocs in 2014 as senior vice president of global merchandising, adding responsibility for ...
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Tretorn boosts its management, pushes the pedal on DTC
Tretorn, the Swedish footwear and outerwear brand, continues to reinforce its management team as it seeks to overhaul its business model and develop direct-to-consumer channels. Currently, wholesale clients represent about 95 percent of the company’s revenues. But by 2024, Tretorn wants the share to fall to 50 percent, while a ...
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A new DACH manager at Puma
Puma has appointed a new country manager for Germany, Austria and Switzerland, or the so-called DACH region. Nina Graf-Vlachy will take on the position in October, taking the place of Matthias Bäumer, who left the post in June to become the brand’s general manager for teamports. Born in Slovenia, Graf-Vlachy ...
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Thule Group is changing its senior management
Thule Group is forming a new senior management team to take a “global approach” to its supply chain and product development, starting on Oct 1. The change comes with the announcement that Fred Clark, business area president for the Americas region, will be retiring in early 2021, as soon as ...
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Salvaged, Seafolly has a new CEO
Seafolly, the Australian swimwear and beachwear brand, has a new chief executive, Brendan Santamaria. The company came out of four months of voluntary bankruptcy proceedings at the beginning of August. Avoiding liquidation, it was rescued by its owner, L Catterton Asia, through a settlement under which it repaid in full ...
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Fiske rejoins the industry as head of Marquee Brands
Marquee Brands, the parent company of Body Glove, Dakine and various fashion brands, has appointed Neil Fiske as its first chief executive. Sam Porat, managing director of Neuberger Berman, the investment company behind Marquee Brands, noted that Fiske is joining the group with “world-class multi-brand operational experience” and “a track ...
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A single managing director for Derbystar
Andreas Filipovic, one of the two managing directors of Derbystar, has been dismissed from the German team sports company with immediate effect, without any reasons being given. The other managing director, Joachim Böhmer, will remain with the company, taking over Filipovic’s responsibilities in the areas of sales and sponsoring. Derbystar, ...
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ArticleManagement reshuffle at Pentland
In an internal promotion, Chirag Patel is taking the place of Andy Long as chief executive of Pentland Brands, the owner of Berghaus, Canterbury, Ellesse, Speedo and other brands, overseeing a re-shaped executive team. Filling a new role, Long will become next January a director of Pentland Brands’ parent company, ...
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ArticleAmazon’s European chief is stepping down
Xavier Garambois, who has been running Amazon’s European retail operations for the past eight years, is leaving the company. According to The Telegraph, he will be replaced by Jorrit Van der Meulen, Amazon’s vice president for Europe, who has also been in charge of Amazon Devices (Alexa, Vesta, etc.) outside ...
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Li & Fung appoints chief customer officer
Li & Fung of Hong Kong has appointed Deepika Rana to the new post of chief customer officer. A 17-year veteran of at the international sourcing group, Rana will retain the titles of president of supply chain solutions, president of the executive office, and executive vice president and country director ...
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A special director joins Under Armour’s board after a new shareholders’ complaint
Under Armour has announced that Wes Moore, the chief executive of the Robin Hood Foundation, has joined its board of directors. The foundation has distributed more than $3 billion to organizations that address disparities in education, housing, food insecurity and workforce development. Moore, 41, has worked in investment banking and ...
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ArticleIntersport International elects new chairman, sets new goals
Held online in a virtual format, the annual general assembly of Intersport International Corp. (IIC) elected today a Canadian industry veteran, Rick White, as its new chairman. The 61-year-old manager, who is known for his operational efficiency, takes the place of the 65-year-old Jussi Mikkola from Finland, who retired as ...
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Adidas’ former Yeezy boss will work for Shopify
The mystery about the recent departure of the former head of the successful Yeezy business unit at Adidas is solved. Shopify has just announced that Jon Wexler will be joining the global, Canadian-based e-commerce company on Sept. 14 as vice president of its creator and influencer program. As he did ...
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New management for Kesko’s resilient sports unit
Sami Kiiski, a 44-year-old manager who left as chief executive of Halti at the end of July after turning the company around, has taken the leadership of Kesko’s Leisure Trade division, which includes Intersport Finland, the major player in the Finnish sporting goods market. One of his tasks will be ...
