That are the most important people for the sporting goods industry – Page 80
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Eva Emstedt has been elected as a new member of...
Eva Emstedt has been elected as a new member of Thule Group's board of directors
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Susan Lyne, former CEO of the AOL Brand Group and...
Susan Lyne, former CEO of the AOL Brand Group and president of the BBG Ventures investment fund, joins the board of directors of GoPro
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Active Brands, the Norwegian group that is changing hands (see...
Active Brands, the Norwegian group that is changing hands (see our latest issue), has established its own subsidiary in Finland and has taken full control of four of its brands in this market: Dæhlie, Johaug, Kari Traa and Sweet Protection. The new office is located near Helsinki's airport and run ...
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Sport Partner reports that Kubus Sports is taking up the...
Sport Partner reports that Kubus Sports is taking up the distribution of Komperdell in the Benelux countries, complementing an offering that already includes Elan, Nitro, Level and Giro products
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Icebreaker has a new European head of wholesale, Udo Heyder....
Icebreaker has a new European head of wholesale, Udo Heyder. He comes from VF Corp. , where he spent nine years as area manager for Germany and Central Europe and then three years as international sales manager for Smartwool. Based at Icebreaker's European office in Munich, Heyderreplaces Ibrahim Can, who ...
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With Martin Schneider set to retire as chief information officer...
With Martin Schneider set to retire as chief information officer of VF Corp. at the end of this year, Sandra Harris, vice president of global business technology, will take over his position
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Schöffel has a new person in charge of the product...
Schöffel has a new person in charge of the product management division, Stefan Späth, succeeding German Käsmeier who is leaving the company after 12 years by mutual agreement. He will report directly to the chief executive, Peter Schöffel. Späth worked for 11 years in purchasing and sales for Sport Förg, ...
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Promoting two of its managers, Zumiez has named Troy Brown...
Promoting two of its managers, Zumiez has named Troy Brown as president of North America and Adam Ellis as president of international. They will both report to Richard Brooks, president of the U.S. action sports retailing group, which owns Blue Tomato in Europe. Brown has been executive vice president of ...
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Sigma Sport, the former distributor of Brooks in Spain, is...
Sigma Sport, the former distributor of Brooks in Spain, is taking on the distribution of 361°, the Chinese sports brand, which has already introduced itself in Germany, Austria and Italy
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Stefan Bernard, who was the German country manager for Garmin...
Stefan Bernard, who was the German country manager for Garmin between the end of 2011 and the end of 2015, will be in charge of strategy and sales and marketing operations for Hoka One One and Teva across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. He will be based in London. ...
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Sportimex Benelux is expanding its offering of ice skating and...
Sportimex Benelux is expanding its offering of ice skating and inline skating products with the Roces brand, which will be sold alongside brands from CCM to Tempish and Ferrari Skates
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Christian Triquet, who has been most recently president of Merrell...
Christian Triquet, who has been most recently president of Merrell in Canada, will act as interim executive in charge of the Canadian market for Inov-8, the British footwear brand taken over by Descente two years ago. Triquet has been in the sporting goods industry for 30 years, working also for ...
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Kristin Versümer has been appointed to the position of chief...
Kristin Versümer has been appointed to the position of chief digital officer of Sportalm, the Austrian sports apparel firm. Sitting on its executive board, she will be responsible for Sportalm's e-commerce business, its marketing activities, sales and international expansion, in close cooperation with Wilhelm and Ulli Ehrlich, owners of the ...
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Billabong has appointed Kevin Meehan as global general manager of...
Billabong has appointed Kevin Meehan as global general manager of the RVCA brand. He replaces Bill Bettencourt, who is joining a footwear brand that has yet to be disclosed. Meehan joins the company from Volcom, where he was most recently president of the Americas. He brings 20 years of experience ...
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Compressport has opened a French sales subsidiary in Annecy, keeping...
Compressport has opened a French sales subsidiary in Annecy, keeping the agents of its former distributor for the country, Sigmax Europe
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Many members of Sport 2000 and Fair Play in the...
Many members of Sport 2000 and Fair Play in the Netherlands attended a farewell party for Hans de Winther, the departing director of sports retailing at ANWR-Garant Nederland, who received words of warm praise and other tokens of appreciation from various protagonists in the Dutch sports industry
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Proged will distribute the Nike Swimwear line licensed by Perry...
Proged will distribute the Nike Swimwear line licensed by Perry Ellis in Spain and Portugal
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Roland Wagner is retiring as chief executive of his own...
Roland Wagner is retiring as chief executive of his own Munich-based sales agency, Die Sportsspezialisten (SO!), which represents brands such as Elan, Buff, Laken, Smellwell, Runtastic and Fila Skates, but he will continue to be its owner, while consulting for sports-related brands. The helm will go over to Marc Hasenstein, ...
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Greg Dacsyshyn, who has spent many years at Burton Snowboards...
Greg Dacsyshyn, who has spent many years at Burton Snowboards as its chief creative officer, is leaving the company after more than 20 years to set up his own creative agency, called Camp High. The agency will continue to set the creative direction for Burton in terms of products and ...
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XXL ASA has appointed Patrick Verwilligen as managing director for...
XXL ASA has appointed Patrick Verwilligen as managing director for its new Austria chain of sports and outdoor stores, starting on May 1. He will receive 63,467 share options as part of his compensation. Verwilligen is a Dutch citizen who grew up in Austria. He is currently head of leasing ...
