That are the most important people for the sporting goods industry – Page 58

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    Andreas Rudolf, one of the two managing directors of Sport...

    2019-08-01T00:00:00Z

    Andreas Rudolf, one of the two managing directors of Sport 2000 Germany, has announced that he will not renew his contract. He has worked for the German buying group for the past 13 years, serving most recently as joint managing director as joint managing director alongside Hans-Hermann Deters, overall manager of ...

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    Mark King, a former president of Adidas North America who...

    2019-08-01T00:00:00Z

    Mark King, a former president of Adidas North America who is now 60 years old, has been made chief executive of Taco Bell, one of the American fast-food chains owned by Yum! Brands

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    Helge Mankowski, a former professional football player and up-to-date managing...

    2019-07-10T00:00:00Z

    Helge Mankowski, a former professional football player and up-to-date managing director at Intersport Voswinkel, has left the executive board of the sports retail chain, which filed for insolvency protection proceedings under its own administration on April 24 and is currently up for sale. In January 2017, Intersport Germany appointed Mankowski as ...

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    Nautilus has named James “Jim” Barr IV as its new...

    2019-07-10T00:00:00Z

    Nautilus has named James “Jim” Barr IV as its new chief executive, effective July 29. He will also join Nautilus' board of directors. Barr is a digital/e-commerce veteran, with 12 years of experience as an executive in Microsoft's online businesses. Most recently, he served as group president at Ritchie Bros., ...

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    Life Fitness has made a number of executive appointments. Chris...

    2019-07-10T00:00:00Z

    Life Fitness has made a number of executive appointments. Chris Clawson has succeeded Jason Worthy as chief executive. Clawson was originally hired by the American gym-equipment brand in 1994 as an executive in product development. He worked there for ten years before departing for Matrix Fitness Systems, where he served ...

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    Fischer Ski has appointed a new general manager, Valter Bozzetto,...

    2019-07-10T00:00:00Z

    Fischer Ski has appointed a new general manager, Valter Bozzetto, for its Fischer Footwear subsidiary in Montebelluna, taking the place of Andrea Carraro. Bozzetto, who has worked for other sporting goods brands, says he was convinced that he could engineer Fischer's alpine and cross-country ski boots in a more updated ...

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    The North Face has appointed Tina Rolén as its new...

    2019-07-10T00:00:00Z

    The North Face has appointed Tina Rolén as its new marketing director for the EMEA region, taking the place of Kathy Hines. Rolén joined VF last September as EMEA marketing director for Vans. Prior to that, she had worked for two years as worldwide marketing director for Haglöfs, the Swedish ...

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    Tretorn has appointed a new chief executive, Magnus Månsson, who...

    2019-07-10T00:00:00Z

    Tretorn has appointed a new chief executive, Magnus Månsson, who worked for the New Wave Group, Nike and Puma before running a Swedish fashion brand, Gina Tricot, in the past two years. He takes over the responsibilities of Joakim Appelqvist and Vasko Markovski, who took over a license for the ...

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    PrimaLoft has appointed Jim Frazier as vice-president of global marketing....

    2019-07-10T00:00:00Z

    PrimaLoft has appointed Jim Frazier as vice-president of global marketing. Frazier has extensive experience in the outdoor apparel sector. Most recently, he served as vice-president of United Sports Brands, the parent company of Nathan Sports, Shock Doctor, McDavid, Cutters and XO Athletic. He previously served as product development director for ...

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    Keen Footwear appointed Dieter Klingenberg last month to the recently...

    2019-07-10T00:00:00Z

    Keen Footwear appointed Dieter Klingenberg last month to the recently created position of sales and business development director for Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Slovenia and Scandinavia. Simultaneously, Perry Laukens was appointed to the newly created position of sales and business director for the U.K., France, the Netherlands, Spain, Italy and nine ...

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    VF Corp. has appointed Cameron Bailey as vice-president of its...

    2019-07-10T00:00:00Z

    VF Corp. has appointed Cameron Bailey as vice-president of its global supply chain, effective June 1. He replaces Tom Glaser, who has left VF after 18 years to take over the role of chief operations officer at Tapestry, formerly known as Coach Inc. Bailey has spent his entire career in ...

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    VF Corp. has appointed Denny Bruce as global brand president...

    2019-07-10T00:00:00Z

    VF Corp. has appointed Denny Bruce as global brand president of Williamson Dickie Mfg. Co. (Dickies), replacing Philip Williamson, who will move into a brand ambassador's role

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    Hurley, Nike's boardsports apparel brand, has appointed John Schweitzer as...

    2019-07-10T00:00:00Z

    Hurley, Nike's boardsports apparel brand, has appointed John Schweitzer as its chief executive and chief financial officer. Schweitzer is replacing Bob Coombes, who was made general manager in 2015, with the departure of Hurley's founder and CEO, Bob Hurley. Schweitzer has been with Nike since 2000 and first served in ...

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    Milliken has announced the appointment of one of its own...

    2019-07-10T00:00:00Z

    Milliken has announced the appointment of one of its own executives, Steve Layton, as president of Polartec, who will take the place of Gary Smith and lead the integration process. Leyton joined Milliken in 2012, serving most recently as vice president of sales and marketing for Westex, the flame-retardant fabric ...

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    OrthoLite, the American insole specialist, has hired Milton Brice as...

    2019-07-10T00:00:00Z

    OrthoLite, the American insole specialist, has hired Milton Brice as chief financial officer and Mark Coffield as general manager for Vietnam, where OrthoLite has recently inaugurated a manufacturing plant. Brice has previously worked for The Hershey Company in Asia and South America. Coffield, who will lead Ortholite's new Vietnamese factory, ...

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    All Weather Sports (AWS), the parent company of Dita and...

    2019-07-10T00:00:00Z

    All Weather Sports (AWS), the parent company of Dita and Nomad, has appointed Roelof de Leeuw as its new chief executive. Most recently, de Leeuw acted as managing director at Bosgroup brands such as Gant, Footwear Maruti and O'Neill footwear. He previously held management and director level positions at Simmer ...

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    Henri Lloyd has appointed Ben Ainslie as chief technical...

    2019-07-10T00:00:00Z

    Henri Lloyd has appointed Ben Ainslie as chief technical adviser on product development and a non-executive director to its board

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    Under a previously agreed plan, Giovanni Zoppas, a former executive...

    2019-07-10T00:00:00Z

    Under a previously agreed plan, Giovanni Zoppas, a former executive at Tecnica Group, will concentrate on his role as chief executive and general manager of Thélios, the joint venture officially created between the Marcolin Group and LVMH in April 2018, in which the French luxury group has a 51 percent ...

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    Claes Broqvist has left as chief sales officer of Overalp...

    2019-06-20T00:00:00Z

    Claes Broqvist has left as chief sales officer of Overalp to become the first international sales director of Vicis from Aug. 5. Based in Seattle, the young American brand has developed a special concussion technology that has earned its helmets the top rating in American football for three years in ...

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    Blizzard Tecnica USA has promoted Justin Heanue to national sales...

    2019-06-20T00:00:00Z

    Blizzard Tecnica USA has promoted Justin Heanue to national sales manager. He will report directly to Sam Cook, president of Blizzard Tecnica USA. Blizzard Sport USA is under the Tecnica Group umbrella. Blizzard and Tecnica operate as a single business unit in the U.S.