That are the most important people for the sporting goods industry – Page 87
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Adidas has begun a search for a permanent replacement for...
Adidas has begun a search for a permanent replacement for Chris Grancio, who is leaving as the company's global head of basketball. He has been overseeing Adidas' NBA deal and relations with basketball players since May 2014. Rebecca Jury, vice president of product in Adidas' basketball division, is taking over ...
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David Sharp has handed in his resignation as president and...
David Sharp has handed in his resignation as president and chief executive of Rocky Brands as well as a director of the American company, where he has served in various management roles since 2000. Mike Brooks, chairman, will take over his functions on an interim basis until his successor is ...
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Marco Dippe is the new German country manager of Lacoste,...
Marco Dippe is the new German country manager of Lacoste, responsible also for the other German-speaking countries and Scandinavia, taking the place of Sanjiv Singh who left in May
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Officials of Intersport France decline to comment until next Tuesday...
Officials of Intersport France decline to comment until next Tuesday about a report in sport-guide.com that Corinne Gensollen, 48, will be the new general manager of the French retail group. She would take the place of François Neukirch, who is planning to start up his own Intersport store at Herblay ...
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Oliver Wöhrl has given up as chief executive of Wöhrl,...
Oliver Wöhrl has given up as chief executive of Wöhrl, a major German department store chain owned by his family that is trying to avoid insolvency proceedings after applying for bankruptcy protection for one of its subsidiaries. The head of the supervisory board, Andreas E. Mach, is taking over his ...
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Stadium, Sweden's largest sporting goods chain continues to switch its...
Stadium, Sweden's largest sporting goods chain continues to switch its management. Magnus Wåhlander will now be leaving his role as country manager in Sweden and become instead HR Director in charge of all personnel within the international retail chain. The new Swedish country manager is Mattias Johansson. He joined Stadium ...
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Wintersteiger, the Austrian manufacturer of ski maintenance and service machinery...
Wintersteiger, the Austrian manufacturer of ski maintenance and service machinery and storing solutions, appointed Florestan von Boxberg, 54, as its new chief executive, or head of its board of management. He takes the place left vacant a year ago by the departure of Reiner Thalacker. Von Boxberg worked as project ...
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Fischer has appointed for the first time a marketing manager,...
Fischer has appointed for the first time a marketing manager, Jan Ekmark, who will restructure the existing marketing team of the Austrian ski company and cover digital marketing, sports marketing, trade marketing and other domains. Born in Sweden, Ekmark spent more than seven years with Adidas before he joined the ...
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Canada Goose has appointed Lee Turlington to the new position...
Canada Goose has appointed Lee Turlington to the new position of chief product officer and Kevin Spreekmeester to the new position of chief brand officer. Turlington, who worked previously in leading roles for Nike, Patagonia, The North Face and Fila, had been a consultant of Canada Goose over the last ...
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Andrew Cooper has been named president of Sequential Brands, reporting...
Andrew Cooper has been named president of Sequential Brands, reporting to Yehuda Shmidman, chief executive of the parent company of And 1, Avia, Revo and other brands. He was previously senior vice president of Priceline.com and then a partner of Pegasus Capital Advisors
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Alexander Wirth has been promoted to the position of chief...
Alexander Wirth has been promoted to the position of chief executive of Willy Bogner & Co., taking the place of Willy Bogner, who remains as chairman and main shareholder of the German sports apparel company that bears his own name. After the owner's failure to sell the company at a ...
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An Adidas veteran, Timo Pape, has joined Odlo International in...
An Adidas veteran, Timo Pape, has joined Odlo International in the new position of brand director, responsible for category management, design and marketing. He had been assisting Odlo in these areas and in communication since last year. After working for seven years at Adidas in Portland and Herzogenaurach, and two ...
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Christopher Lindner joined Acushnet last month as president of FootJoy....
Christopher Lindner joined Acushnet last month as president of FootJoy. He acted previously as president of Keds, one of the footwear brands owned by Wolverine Worldwide, which is now led by Gillian Meek. More in Shoe Intelligence.
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Michael Burk has been appointed as chief executive at 21...
Michael Burk has been appointed as chief executive at 21 Sports Group, after Jörg Mayer, the founder and largest shareholder of the online sports retailer, became chairman of the supervisory board. The changes also led to the appointment of Henner Schwarz as chief financial officer and chief operating officer. Both ...
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Ulf Kinneson has resigned as chief executive of Intersport Sweden...
Ulf Kinneson has resigned as chief executive of Intersport Sweden after 3.5 years in the post, where he played a crucial role in transforming the buying group into an integrated retailer through a change of ownership. He will continue as a director of Intersport Sweden, and he will also join ...
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Massimiliano Brunazzo is to take over at the start of...
Massimiliano Brunazzo is to take over at the start of October as the general manager for the business unit covering the training category at the Adidas Group. He takes over from Brian Grevy, who obtained the job two years ago and has left the group, apparently to become chief marketing ...
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Willy Bogner has appointed two new members to its executive...
Willy Bogner has appointed two new members to its executive board. Both of them have worked at Hugo Boss before, among other stations. One of the new members is Christian Ender, who joined Bogner at the beginning of this year to act as international sales manager. He will be responsible ...
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Sole Technology has appointed Esmail Mawjee as interim president of...
Sole Technology has appointed Esmail Mawjee as interim president of the company. Sole Technology's brands include Etnies, éS, Emerica, Altamont, ThirtyTwo and STI Lab. In his new position, Mawjee will report directly to the owner and chief executive officer, Pierre-André Senizergues. Mawjee most recently served as president of the Active ...
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Wolverine Worldwide has announced the appointment of Mike Jeppesen, the...
Wolverine Worldwide has announced the appointment of Mike Jeppesen, the current president of its Global Operations Group, to an expanded role as president of the Wolverine Heritage Group, which includes the Wolverine, Harley-Davidson, Bates, and HyTest brands. He takes over from Ted Gedra, who has recently retired after 30 years ...
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Lululemon has announced the resignation of Rhoda Pitcher effective Aug....
Lululemon has announced the resignation of Rhoda Pitcher effective Aug. 3. Pitcher is the longest-serving board member whose very existence as a real person was questioned this summer by an article in TheStreet.com. A reporter from the news outlet was allegedly unable to reach her and questioned her educational credentials, ...
