That are the most important people for the sporting goods industry – Page 75
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Poc has taken over the distribution of its products in...
Poc has taken over the distribution of its products in Switzerland from Distributors Airtool
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Intercycle is taking on the distribution of Skullcandy in Switzerland...
Intercycle is taking on the distribution of Skullcandy in Switzerland
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Fischer Sports has named Walter Dietiker as its new country...
Fischer Sports has named Walter Dietiker as its new country manager for Switzerland, replacing Marco Zingg who has left the company. Dietiker spent the last 12 years with K2 in Switzerland, after working for Toko and Mammut.
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Thomas Seifert is leaving as German country manager of Polar...
Thomas Seifert is leaving as German country manager of Polar Electro at the end of this month for another assignment outside the sporting goods sector. His place will be taken over by the current local chief operating officer, Lars Adolff. Seifert joined the Finnish company in April 2013 after running ...
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Redipro has signed a contract with a Mexican company, CS...
Redipro has signed a contract with a Mexican company, CS Global, for the distribution in the country of its line of roller skates, which carry the label KRF The New Urban Concept
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Chris Sports is taking over the distribution of Mikasa in...
Chris Sports is taking over the distribution of Mikasa in Switzerland
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Northwave's bike products will be distributed in Switzerland by Bus...
Northwave's bike products will be distributed in Switzerland by Bus Sport, replacing Platts Europe
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Tom Knight, former chief executive of JJB Sports, has been...
Tom Knight, former chief executive of JJB Sports, has been appointed chairman of Fibodo, which specializes in cloud-based management software for sports and activity professionals. The name of the company stands for Find It, Book It, Do It. Knight is a well-known personality in the British sports business, where he ...
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Asics is reinforcing its marketing team in Europe, the Middle...
Asics is reinforcing its marketing team in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) with two recruits, as part of the business transformation plan announced a few weeks ago. Robin Karakash joins Asics Europe as director of integrated marketing communication EMEA, a newly-created function, to deliver consistent brand messaging across ...
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Carsten Unbehaun, managing director for Central Europe at Asics, has...
Carsten Unbehaun, managing director for Central Europe at Asics, has been appointed as the new chief executive at Haglöfs, the Swedish outdoor brand owned by the Japanese company, from the start of next year. He takes over from Peter Fabrin, who decided to return to Denmark for family reasons after ...
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Graham Stapleton, who comes from Dixons, has been appointed as...
Graham Stapleton, who comes from Dixons, has been appointed as the new chief executive of the Halfords Group, the British bike and automotive accessories retailer, replacing Jill McDonald. Benefiting from a “staycation” summer in Britain, Halfords reported in a preliminary statement a 4.8 percent increase in total revenues for the ...
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Tor Jenssen has been appointed as chief marketing officer at...
Tor Jenssen has been appointed as chief marketing officer at Helly Hansen following the departure of Erik Burbank, who held the job for less than two years but previously covered much the same functions as Helly Hansen's senior vice president of brand and marketing. Jenssen has been with the Norwegian ...
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Moritz Maier has been appointed as head of marketing at...
Moritz Maier has been appointed as head of marketing at Alpina Sports, the specialist in winter sports helmets and eyewear. Maier was previously at Head Sportswear, where he spent three years as international marketing manager, after six years in multimedia management and key account marketing at Mammut Sports Group. Maier ...
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Primaloft has appointed Clark Jin as sales and marketing manager...
Primaloft has appointed Clark Jin as sales and marketing manager for the Asia-Pacific region, a newly-created role, effective Sept. 11. Jin has more than 18 years of experience in sales, marketing and merchandising positions at companies including Kufner Textile, W.L.Gore, Itochu and Smart Garment. He is an expert in functional ...
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Wolverine Worldwide has appointed Stewart Whitney as vice president and...
Wolverine Worldwide has appointed Stewart Whitney as vice president and managing director of its Asia-Pacific division. He comes from Timberland, where he led its Asia-Pacific business for six years before becoming president of the brand in 2014. He left Timberland in July of last year, when he was replaced by ...
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Oriol Mercadal has been appointed country sales manager of Helly...
Oriol Mercadal has been appointed country sales manager of Helly Hansen for Spain and Portugal
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Iconix Brand Group has appointed Jane DeFabio as executive vice...
Iconix Brand Group has appointed Jane DeFabio as executive vice president in charge of women's and home furnishings, overseeing Danskin and Ocean Pacific among other properties
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Oberalp is restructuring Salewa's sales and marketing teams after promoting...
Oberalp is restructuring Salewa's sales and marketing teams after promoting one staff member and attracting an external hire. Mark Landenberger is now responsible for Salewa's sales and marketing for the entire Austrian, German and Swiss region. Martin Stolzenberger has also joined as a key account manager. Landenberger has been in ...
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Barry A. Hytinen, 42, has been appointed chief financial officer...
Barry A. Hytinen, 42, has been appointed chief financial officer of Hanesbrands, parent company of Champion and other brands, succeeding the retiring Richard D. Moss
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Christoph Görner joined Sport 2000 Germany on Sept. 1 to...
Christoph Görner joined Sport 2000 Germany on Sept. 1 to work on Laufprofis, the specialty running retail format of the voluntary group, which currently involves 120 retailers. Together with his colleague Marc Schreiner, he reports to the manager of Laufprofis, Jörg Seifert. Görner worked for 18 years at Runners Point, ...
