That are the most important people for the sporting goods industry – Page 49
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Hanesbrands will soon have a new CEO
Champion’s parent company, Hanesbrands, has appointed Stephen B. Bratspies as its new chief executive, granting him a seat on its board of directors. He will be taking these posts on Aug. 3, thereby succeeding Gerald W. Evans Jr., who already announced his retirement after 37 years with the company, staying ...
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News briefsRose Marcario leaves as CEO of Patagonia
Rose Marcario is stepping down as chief executive of Patagonia on June 12, after 12 years with the company, the last six as CEO. She joined Patagonia as chief financial officer in 2008 after spending 15 years in private equity. Patagonia’s chief operating officer, Doug Freeman, will take her place ...
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Stephan Fanderl leaves Galeria
Stephan Fanderl is said to be leaving the position of chief executive of Galeria Karstadt Kaufhof (Galeria), the holding company formed in 2018 from the merger of the Galeria Kaufhof and Karstadt department stores. He has suggested a consensual separation to the Austrian-based Signa Retail Group, parent company of Galeria, ...
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New Swiss country manager for Fischer
Fischer Sports has appointed Silvan Häfliger as its new country manager for Switzerland, starting on July 15. He will take the place of Walter Dietiker, who is leaving the company for reasons of health. Häfliger previously spent 15 years in the winter sporting goods sector, working for Stöckli Swiss Sports ...
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Melody Harris-Jensbach will leave Jack Wolfskin
Melody Harris-Jensbach, the seasoned executive who has been running Jack Wolfskin for the past six years, will soon be leaving the German outdoor brand. According to a press release, Callaway Golf Company, which took over Jack Wolfskin at the beginning of 2019 for around €418 million, and Harris-Jensbach had already ...
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Lacoste appoints CEOs for North and Latin America
Lacoste has appointed Robert Aldrich as chief executive for North America and Pedro Zannoni as chief of the Latin America region. Aldrich previously served as chief executive for the Americas at Ermenegildo Zegna, the big Italian brand of high-end menswear. Zannoni has joined from Asics, where he was president of ...
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Slinger Bag appoints Tom Dye as COO
Slinger Bag, the new sports brand focused on innovating game improvement equipment for ball sports, has hired Tom Dye as chief operating officer. In this role, he will be responsible for the global operational and logistical management of the business. Dye has more than 35 years of senior management experience ...
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Hervis appoints Roland Jegle to the management
Hervis Sport is expanding its management: From June 1, Roland Jegle, 43, will be supporting the international Austrian-based sporting goods chain’s current managing director, Martin Weber. The goal is a “strategic realignment of the company,” according to its announcement. Jegle will lead the purchasing department, among other areas. Jegle has ...
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GoPro’s VP of design steps down
According to Bloomberg, GoPro’s vice president of design, Danny Coster, departed “earlier this year,” after a four-year stint. He was previously with Apple. As we have reported, GoPro had a turnover of $119 million in its first quarter of this year, down from $243 million in the year-ago period. Partly ...
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New management for Orvis
Simon Perkins has been appointed as the new president of Orvis, the leading American supplier and retailer of fly-fishing equipment, clothing and footwear. Starting immediately, he will take the place of Bill McLaughlin, who will work as an adviser during a transition period. Perkins is the son of Leigh Perkins, ...
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Zalando loses financial expert
Birgit Haderer will be leaving Zalando, the German-based e-tailer. In her position as chief financial officer, Haderer was closely involved in Zalando’s expansion. Previously working for Goldman Sachs, she set up and eventually led Zalando’s financial department. In 2014, she managed Zalando’s IPO, which, at a value of $668 million, ...
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Former Nike manager works for the Higg Index
Higg Co., the developer of the Higg Index for the measurement of the sustainability of textile products, has hired Del Hudson, a former executive of Nike, as its new vice president of marketing and communications. Hudson spent 20 years at Nike on communication and sustainability at various locations. He then ...
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Arc’teryx places a creative Adidas veteran in a top new position
Katie Becker has joined Arc’teryx Equipment as the Canadian outdoor brand’s first vice president in charge of creative operations. Becker comes from Adidas, where she had worked for 12 years, most recently as senior global design director. Prior to that, she held various design positions at Merrell, Helly Hansen and ...
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Halti’s CEO is leaving
Sami Kiiski is resigning at the end of July as the chief executive of Halti, a leading a Finnish producer of ski and outdoor clothing. He did not say at this stage what he is going to do next. Halti has launched a search for his successor. Kiiski became the ...
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Trisport appoints new joint chief executive
After Trisport, which has been the exclusive importer of Kettler in Switzerland for 40 years, acquired the fitness equipment patents of the insolvent German brand and the trademark rights for its distribution in Europe in mid-January, the company has appointed Melanie Lauer as its new joint chief executive. Lauer will ...
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Stronger management for Kettler
Melanie Lauer has joined the executive board of Trisport to help the development of the Kettler brand of fitness equipment in the areas of marketing, logistics, procurement, finance and operations. Lauer, who comes from Conrad Electronic, will serve as one of the Swiss company’s general managers alongside Stefan Christen, who ...
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JD doesn’t want Kate Smith at Boohoo
JD Sports Fashion has blocked the nomination of Kate Smith as a non-executive director of a rather successful British e-tailer, Boohoo. The big British sports and outdoor retailer didn’t say why it was withholding its consent, but one reason seems to be the fact that Boohoo has been developing strongly ...
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Gerson returns as president of Speedo North America
Pentland Group has announced Jim Gerson’s return as president of Speedo North America, effective June 1. The announcement comes on the heels of Pentland’s acquisition of the Speedo North America business from PVH Corp. in early April. Gerson previously held that role, from 2010 to 2016. Prior to that, he ...
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Northwave appoints new country manager in Germany
Andreas Kiesewetter, 43, is taking the place of Uwe Schlager at Northwave as country manager for Germany and Austria. Kiesewetter has worked for the company’s German subsidiary for five years.
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Rossignol appoints a global director
The Rossignol Group has made François Goulet its global director, according to sport-guide.com. The appointment follows the departure of the vice president for Europe, François Benaben, after more than eight years with the group. The group’s president and chief executive, Bruno Cercley, explained to sport-guide.com that “it makes sense in ...
