That are the most important people for the sporting goods industry – Page 65
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Hans Dohrmann has been placed at the head of Internetstores,...
Hans Dohrmann has been placed at the head of Internetstores, the online sport retailing platform owned by the Signa Sports Group. He replaces Christian Bubenheimer, who spent only six months in the post. Dohrmann was the founder of a Swiss e-bike specialist, M-Way, which he ran under the ownership of ...
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Zalando appointed two new vice presidents this month. Sara Diez,...
Zalando appointed two new vice presidents this month. Sara Diez, previously working as senior buying director for Europe and the Middle East at Nike, became vice president for Zalando's product line for woman. Diez succeeds Dalbir Bains, who left Zalando after four years. Before her career at Nike, Diez worked ...
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Yann Tschumi has been appointed chief executive of Compressport International,...
Yann Tschumi has been appointed chief executive of Compressport International, the Swiss producer of compression garments for running and other activities. He will work closely with Sylvain Laur, president and founder of the company. Tschumi spent the last six years as vice president of sales for Rip Curl in Europe ...
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Jet Set, the ski and sports apparel brand based in...
Jet Set, the ski and sports apparel brand based in Switzerland, has assigned Michael Michalsky, a well-known German fashion designer, to the position of creative director. Michalsky previously worked as a designer at Levi's and was until 2006 the creative director of Adidas. He has cooperated with several brands, among them ...
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Bogner has promoted Anthony Joly-Pottuz, currently sales manager for France,...
Bogner has promoted Anthony Joly-Pottuz, currently sales manager for France, to country manager for the French market. He will succeed Raphaël Bouvet, who has left the German winter sports apparel brand to join Mammut. Joly-Pottuz has previously worked for Nike, Boards & More and Poc.
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Nike has announced the appointment of Ann Hebert as vice-president...
Nike has announced the appointment of Ann Hebert as vice-president of global sales. She will replace Mike Best, who has decided to retire after nearly 30 years with the brand. Hebert is another Nike veteran, with 23 years at the company. Most recently, she was general manager of Asia-Pacific and ...
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Mizu, the American brand of reusable bottles, has hired two...
Mizu, the American brand of reusable bottles, has hired two new executives while it is introducing a new water filtration and purification category. Craig Smith, who has been most recently the European sales and marketing manager of Dragon, will serve as European sales and marketing manager of Mizu Europe. Scott ...
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Runtastic, the mobile fitness company owned by Adidas, has announced...
Runtastic, the mobile fitness company owned by Adidas, has announced that its co-founder and chief executive, Florian Gschwandtner, will withdraw from operational management and leave the company, effective Dec. 31, 2018. He has been with the start-up for nearly ten years. Alfred Luger and Christian Kaar, respectively chief financial officer ...
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John W. Rogers Jr., a 60-year-old financial exports who founded...
John W. Rogers Jr., a 60-year-old financial exports who founded Ariel Investments in 1983, has joined Nike's board of directors
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Lacoste has selected for the first time a woman, Louise...
Lacoste has selected for the first time a woman, Louise Trotter, as the brand's creative director, replacing Felipe Oliveira Baptista after eight years in the post. Trotter comes from the U.K., where she has been in charge of style for a British fashion brand, Joseph, during the last nine years. ...
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Oy Sultrade, one of the major distributors of sports products...
Oy Sultrade, one of the major distributors of sports products in Finland and the Baltic countries, has a new chief executive, Sari Rosin, replacing Risto Salo, the former CEO of Halti, who is leaving the company. Rosin, 46, will remain CEO of Oy Transmeri Ab, one of the subsidiaries of ...
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In a surprise move, MCM has named the German designer...
In a surprise move, MCM has named the German designer Dirk Schönberger to be its new global creative director. Schönberger is leaving Adidas, where he has served as creative director since 2010. Denis Dekovic will be assuming a modified version of his former post at Adidas. Schönberger is well known ...
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Burton Snowboard's current president, John Lacy, will be joining Donna...
Burton Snowboard's current president, John Lacy, will be joining Donna Carpenter, joint owner of the company along with her husband Jake Burton Carpenter, as its co-chief executive. The company has also appointed Sarah Crockett, formerly with Vans and REI, as its new marketing director. Sharing a two-decade history, John Lacy ...
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The board of directors of Columbia Sportswear has elected Sabrina...
The board of directors of Columbia Sportswear has elected Sabrina Simmons to direct its Nominating and Corporate Governance and Compensation Committees. Simmons will also be a candidate for full-term board membership at the company's 2019 annual shareholders meeting. Currently, Simmons sits on the boards of Williams-Sonoma and ELF Cosmetics, chairing ...
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Pentland Brands has appointed Katrina Nurse as the company's new...
Pentland Brands has appointed Katrina Nurse as the company's new chief finance officer. She is replacing Sam Gilburd, who took a career break in 2017, after ten years with the group, and Mandy Venters, who had been serving as interim CFO since March of last year. Nurse is coming off ...
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Timberland has appointed Christopher Raeburn, the British fashion designer, to...
Timberland has appointed Christopher Raeburn, the British fashion designer, to be its first global artistic director. He will be splitting his time between his own Christopher Raeburn brand, based in London, and Timberland's offices in New Hampshire, Switzerland and Hong Kong. Known for his green philosophy and use of recycled ...
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Peter Smith has been appointed chief executive of Bollé Brands,...
Peter Smith has been appointed chief executive of Bollé Brands, the new company formed by A&M Capital to run the Bollé Safety business and the consumer eyewear and helmet business of Bollé, Cébé and Serengeti recently bought from Vista Outdoor, Smith was most recently the CEO of Musto. He previously ...
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The NBA has appointed Ralph Rivera as its new managing...
The NBA has appointed Ralph Rivera as its new managing director for Europe and the Middle East, effective Jan. 2, 2019. He replaces Ben Morel, who stepped down from the role in May to become the chief executive of Six Nations. Rivera was most recently managing director at Eurosport Digital ...
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Jorcani has been appointed as the distributor of Capranea, the...
Jorcani has been appointed as the distributor of Capranea, the Swiss brand of high-end skiwear, in Spain and Andorra
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Iconix Brand Group has announced that Robert Galvin was appointed...
Iconix Brand Group has announced that Robert Galvin was appointed as chief executive, president and a member of the board of directors of the company, effective Oct. 15. Galvin was most recently chairman of Cherokee. He has previously served as chief operating officer and European president of Sports Brands International, ...
