That are the most important people for the sporting goods industry – Page 73
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J. Lindberg, the Swedish apparel company, whose sports clothing focuses on...
J. Lindberg, the Swedish apparel company, whose sports clothing focuses on ski and golf, has appointed Jens Werner to the newly created position of creative director. Werner joined J. Lindberg as design director of sports in October 2016. In May 2017, he assumed the position of design director also for the company's ...
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Columbia Sportswear has announced the appointment of Christian Buss as...
Columbia Sportswear has announced the appointment of Christian Buss as director of investor relations, reporting to Jim Swanson, senior vice president and chief financial officer of the group. Buss, who has been involved in equity analysis since 2005, comes from Credit Suisse, where he was director of global apparel research. ...
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Gumercindo Moraes Neto has resigned as president of Asics for...
Gumercindo Moraes Neto has resigned as president of Asics for Latin America, with effect from Nov. 1. Alexandre Fiorati, the chief financial officer of Asics do Brasil, is said to be taking over his place. A veteran of the Brazilian sporting goods industry, Gumercindo plans to take a six-month sabbatical, ...
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Skechers has appointed a new chief financial officer, John Vandermore....
Skechers has appointed a new chief financial officer, John Vandermore. He takes over the related responsibilities from David Weinberg, who will continue as chief operating officer of the company. Vandermore spent the last two years as CFO of Mattel. He previously worked for 12 years with the Walt Disney Company ...
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Merrell has appointed a new chief marketing officer, Strick Walker,...
Merrell has appointed a new chief marketing officer, Strick Walker, and a new senior product director for active lifestyle, Johanna Koeberle. Walker comes from Spindrift Beverage company, where he had a similar job. He worked previously for Patagonia and Converse. Koeberle is an Adidas veteran who has also worked for ...
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Lululemon Athletica has reportedly appointed a new “brand creative director”...
Lululemon Athletica has reportedly appointed a new “brand creative director” who may or may not take the place of Lee Holman, the creative director who has announced his resignation from the end of this year. The new manager, Rémi Paringaux, is expected to supervise product design as well as branding. ...
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The European Outdoor Group has formally started inviting applications for...
The European Outdoor Group has formally started inviting applications for the position of secretary general, which has been filled until now by Mark Held. The candidate should have a minimum of ten years of experience in the wider outdoor sector, among other prerequisites. More in our Outdoor Industry Compass.
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Sumitomo Rubber has promoted the 45-year-old Richard Jackson to the...
Sumitomo Rubber has promoted the 45-year-old Richard Jackson to the position of general manager for Spain
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Dac Sport Import will handle the distribution in Switzerland of...
Dac Sport Import will handle the distribution in Switzerland of the brands previously represented by another distributor, Sport Concept, following a merger of the two companies. Founded in 1985, Sport Concept has been until recently the Swiss distributor of Hestra, Montura, Timbuk2 and other brands. It lost the distribution of ...
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Lee Holman, senior vice president and creative director of Lululemon,...
Lee Holman, senior vice president and creative director of Lululemon, is leaving at the end of this year for personal reasons. A former creative director for Burberry and Nike Sportswear, he had joined the Canadian company in 2014.
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Jörg Wahlers, former chief operating officer and chief financial officer...
Jörg Wahlers, former chief operating officer and chief financial officer at Escada, has taken up the same functions at Jack Wolfskin from Sept. 27. Wahlers takes over the CFO function from Axel Mau, who joined the German outdoor company in 2015 and left in August. But the combination with the ...
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Christopher (Chris) T. Metz is the new chief executive of...
Christopher (Chris) T. Metz is the new chief executive of Vista Outdoor, parent company of Camelbak, Bushnell, Giro and many other brands in the outdoor and firarms sectors. He takes the place of Mark DeYoung, who resigned abruptly a few weeks ago. Metz has been the president and CEO of ...
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Blue Tomato has opened its fourth Swiss store in Winterthur...
Blue Tomato has opened its fourth Swiss store in Winterthur
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Casey Sheahan, who had announced his retirement last month after...
Casey Sheahan, who had announced his retirement last month after one year as president of Keen Footwear, is going back into active duty as chief executive of Simms Fishing Products, while that company's president and majority owner, K.C. Walsh, will become executive board chairman. Sheahan served as president of Patagonia ...
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Nicolas Préault, 51, will be the new chief executive of...
Nicolas Préault, 51, will be the new chief executive of Tecnifibre, the French tennis equipment company in which Lacoste acquired an 80 percent stake a few months ago, starting early next year, according to sport-guide.com. Préault has been the general manager of Arena France since 2003. He previously worked for ...
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Ivo van Ireland, a sales director who previously worked for...
Ivo van Ireland, a sales director who previously worked for K-Swiss and Palladium, has been appointed as Havaianas' general manager for Central Europe, covering mainly Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Sales in the region, which are growing rapidly, were previously steered by Vanessa Sosa, who was also responsible for Spain and ...
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Richard Leedham has decided to step down as president of...
Richard Leedham has decided to step down as president of Berghaus, the outdoor brand owned by the Pentland Group, after 22 years with the company, and to leave the business in early 2018. He has agreed to assist in the next few months in the recruitment of a new brand ...
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Jan Henning has been promoted to European sales director at...
Jan Henning has been promoted to European sales director at Didriksons, the Swedish outdoor and lifestyle apparel brand acquired three years ago by Herkules IV, the Norwegian company that also owns Odlo. He will be responsible for sales all over Europe of Didriksons' Originals line, which is specifically meant for ...
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Creating a new position, Intersport International Corp. has appointed Katja...
Creating a new position, Intersport International Corp. has appointed Katja Erbe to run the growing network of master franchise partners for its The Athlete's Foot banner in Europe. She comes from Adidas, where she served in numerous management roles, most recently as senior sales director for Central Eastern Europe. She ...
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Barrabès, the Spanish outdoor and winter sports retailer, has appointed...
Barrabès, the Spanish outdoor and winter sports retailer, has appointed Jesús Ferradas as sales area manager, charged with coordinating the operations of its seven physical stores and its online store at the strategic and sales levels. He previously worked for BM Sportech, Mammut and Millet.
