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Columbia Sportswear has also announced the appointment of Snow Burns...
Columbia Sportswear has also announced the appointment of Snow Burns as global vice president of marketing for Mountain Hardwear, with the task of redefining the way in which such an outdoor brand should connect with consumers in the new digital age. Burns spent ten years in Silicon Valley, running the ...
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John Cayer, a veteran of SC Johnson, Kimberly-Clarke and Abbott,...
John Cayer, a veteran of SC Johnson, Kimberly-Clarke and Abbott, has been named president of Mueller Sports Medicine
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Cory Long has joined DC Shoes as vice president of...
Cory Long has joined DC Shoes as vice president of footwear, after working for Supra, Asics and Mitchell & Ness
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Sportfack, the Swedish trade magazine, has a new chief editor,...
Sportfack, the Swedish trade magazine, has a new chief editor, Nicolas Jändel, who previously worked for a fishing magazine and then handled the magazine of Naturkompaniet, the Swedish outdoor retailer owned by Fenix Outdoor International. He takes the place of Martin Willness, who has been with Sportfack for 18 years, ...
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Rutger de Kort has been appointed as country manager for...
Rutger de Kort has been appointed as country manager for Mizuno Benelux from the start of April, Sport Partner reports. This comes after Jean-Paul van der Linden, who has held the job for the last six years, became the Japanese company's senior sales and marketing manager in Europe, the Middle ...
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Heinz Hackl has been appointed as management board member in...
Heinz Hackl has been appointed as management board member in charge of sales at Willy Bogner, the Germany skiwear company. He was previously chief executive at René Lezard, where he managed a financial restructuring plan, after other leadership positions at Marc O'Polo and Joop! Hackl started at Bogner earlier this ...
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Bench has announced that its chief executive and chairman, Bruno...
Bench has announced that its chief executive and chairman, Bruno Sälzer, has stepped down. Sälzer, who had held the position for three years, will reportedly retain his 15 percent stake in the company. He purchased that share of the business in 2014. Emeram Capital Partners, a private equity firm based ...
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2XU is setting up a new Nordic sales subsidiary, based...
2XU is setting up a new Nordic sales subsidiary, based in Oslo, with regional offices also in Sweden, Finland and Denmark. It will be led by Ellen Sorum, who worked previously for Bergans of Norway and Gresvig.
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Petri Kokko, a former general manager of Nike Finland who...
Petri Kokko, a former general manager of Nike Finland who is now running Google's operations in Germany, has become the 7th member of Amer Sports' board of directors
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Wolverine Worlwide has named Greg Tunney, former chief executive of...
Wolverine Worlwide has named Greg Tunney, former chief executive of RG Barry, as president of its Hush Puppies brand of shoes
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David Burroughs, president of Cascade Designs, will replace his father...
David Burroughs, president of Cascade Designs, will replace his father John Burroughs as chairman of the company, which John founded and led for 46 years (more in our Outdoor Industry Compass)
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Peter Lops, a former executive of Viacom, has become the...
Peter Lops, a former executive of Viacom, has become the new chief financial officer of Sequential Brands
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VF Corp. has appointed Velia Carboni as chief digital officer,...
VF Corp. has appointed Velia Carboni as chief digital officer, a new position which has been created by the company in view of expanding its investments across its digital platform. Carboni will report directly to Steve Rendle, the group's chairman, president and chief executive. She will serve on VF Corp.'s ...
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DC Shoes has appointed Michel Minter, former vice president of...
DC Shoes has appointed Michel Minter, former vice president of creative operations at Keen Footwear, as global head of marketing
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Antoine Tinel, formerly in charge of international sales at Le...
Antoine Tinel, formerly in charge of international sales at Le Coq Sportif, has become sales and marketing director at The Lifestyle Company, a French fashion distribution firm. Le Coq had appointed Tinel just over two years ago to handle the French brand's business in international markets, consisting of 30 distributors, ...
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Stefan Jentzsch announced that he will resign as a member...
Stefan Jentzsch announced that he will resign as a member of Adidas' supervisory board at the company's annual meeting on May 9. He has been serving on the board since Nov. 7, 2007. At its latest meeting on March 6, the board decided to propose Frank Appel as his successor. ...
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Thomas A. George has announced his resignation as chief financial...
Thomas A. George has announced his resignation as chief financial officer of Deckers Brands, after nine years with the company, remaining in the role until a successor is found
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Peter Fresia, 51, is strengthening Leki's product development team, working...
Peter Fresia, 51, is strengthening Leki's product development team, working together with Christian Nordhaus. He will be responsible for hardware products. Fresia worked most recently as senior buyer at SportScheck for technical hardware, outdoor shoes and skis. The certified mountain and ski guide previously worked for Sport Schuster and as ...
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Charles Tyrwhitt, a British clothing retailer, has poached Michael Stanier...
Charles Tyrwhitt, a British clothing retailer, has poached Michael Stanier away from Adidas as its new chief executive. Stanier was placed in charge of consumer-direct operations as “head of concept to consumer” at Adidas in 2013. He had joined Adidas in 2009 as chief retail officer. Before that, he worked ...
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David Wiley, a veteran of Helly Hansen, has become the...
David Wiley, a veteran of Helly Hansen, has become the U.K. managing director of Polar
