That are the most important people for the sporting goods industry – Page 94
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XXL Asa has announced a series of changes in its...
XXL Asa has announced a series of changes in its executive management structure. Marcus Wibergh, its managing director for Sweden, will leave in April after eight years with the company to search new opportunities elsewhere. Janicke Blomsnes will take up the position as acting managing director for Sweden, and will ...
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Converse, a subsidiary of Nike, has announced the departure of...
Converse, a subsidiary of Nike, has announced the departure of Geoff Cottrill, the brand's chief marketing officer. Cottrill joined Converse in 2007 in the same role. Prior to Converse, he worked at Starbucks as vice president of global entertainment, leading marketing, category development and international divisions. Before joining Starbucks, he ...
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Andy Rubin, chairman of Pentland Brands, has joined the board...
Andy Rubin, chairman of Pentland Brands, has joined the board of JD Sports Fashion as a non-executive director to support the British retailer's international expansion, thanks especially to his experience in brand development outside Europe. The Pentland Group, which is controlled by the Rubin family, owns 57.47 percent of the ...
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Adidas has hired Dan Near as its new head of...
Adidas has hired Dan Near as its new head of Adidas Hockey for Adidas Group North America. He will report to Michael Rossi, general manager of Adidas Group Canada. Near joins from the National Hockey League (NHL), where he has worked for ten years. In addition to his background and ...
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Nike has announced the appointment of Adam Sussman as Nike's...
Nike has announced the appointment of Adam Sussman as Nike's first chief digital officer. Sussman will report to Trevor Edwards, president of Nike Brand. The move is part of the company's plan to accelerate its digital strategy. In his new role, Sussman will be at the head of the team ...
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Siegfried Passreiter, the long-time managing director of Fischer + Löffler...
Siegfried Passreiter, the long-time managing director of Fischer + Löffler Deutschland, has announced his retirement, effective at the end of 2016. The 60-year-old has served at the company since 1998. Passreiter is also member of the board of the German manufacturers' federation, BSI, where he steers the working committee in ...
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Saucony, part of Wolverine Worldwide, has signed up Tim Broe...
Saucony, part of Wolverine Worldwide, has signed up Tim Broe as program director of the newly-created Saucony Elite Athlete Development Team. Broe, a retired American long-distance runner, is a ten-time USA National Champion and the recipient of the 2015 Boston Globe Cross Country Coach of the Year. Saucony's partnership with ...
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Thomas Weber, a former manager of Reebok who had been...
Thomas Weber, a former manager of Reebok who had been appointed international sales director for Kettler's sports division in 2009, has left the German fitness equipment company, which is still insolvent. His responsibilities have been taken over by Ulrich Kürschner, the former German sales director. Kürschner has been promoted to ...
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Matteo Cecchi has been promoted to commercial director of Eurojersey...
Matteo Cecchi has been promoted to commercial director of Eurojersey after five years with the Italian producer of Sensitive fabrics
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Chip Wilson, the controversial founder of Lululemon Athletica and holder...
Chip Wilson, the controversial founder of Lululemon Athletica and holder of 14.5 percent of its shares, says he has appointed Kathryn Henry to the company's board of directors, exercising his board nomination rights. Henry already worked for Lululemon from 2010 to 2014. Wilson said she knows the vertically integrated company ...
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Jon Hoerauf, global commercial leader at Arc'teryx, has been appointed...
Jon Hoerauf, global commercial leader at Arc'teryx, has been appointed as the Canadian outdoor brand's new president and general manager. He replaces Vincent Wauters, who strongly expanded Arc'teryx while leading the company in the last four years. Wauters was appointed in August as head of the apparel business unit for ...
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Jason Zhu has been appointed as general manager of Columbia...
Jason Zhu has been appointed as general manager of Columbia Sportswear's joint venture in China with Swire Resources. A native of Shanghai, he spent the last 13 years with Nike in China and at its head office in Portland, after working for Procter & Gamble. At Nike, he served as ...
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Icebreaker has appointed Carla Murphy as its new chief marketing...
Icebreaker has appointed Carla Murphy as its new chief marketing and strategy officer. In this role she will be responsible for developing the brand's strategy, at a time when Icebreaker aims at growth both in and outside of its outdoor core market. Murphy was most recently vice president of the ...
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Kästle, the Austrian ski company, appointed Philipp Giselbrecht as new...
Kästle, the Austrian ski company, appointed Philipp Giselbrecht as new marketing manager, replacing Andreas Gollhofer, who is now working for Silhouette, licensee of Adidas Sport Eyewear.
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Wolverine Worldwide announced the resignation of Jim Gabel, president of...
Wolverine Worldwide announced the resignation of Jim Gabel, president of its Performance Group, saying that he is relocating back to Canada for personal reasons. With his departure, Wolverine is again reshuffling its brand management structure, creating a new operating group, the Wolverine Boston Group, to run the so-called Boston brands ...
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Andrew Barker, brand director for Mountain Hardwear and Montrail brands...
Andrew Barker, brand director for Mountain Hardwear and Montrail brands in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, has been appointed general manager for the whole Columbia Sportswear group in the U.K. and Ireland. Darren Wilcox, former sales manager for Columbia and Sorel in the two countries, has left the company. ...
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Puma has promoted Anders Jonsson to the position of area...
Puma has promoted Anders Jonsson to the position of area general manager for the Nordics region. Taking the place of the Danish-based Peter Bedsted, he will be based in Helsingborg, Sweden and report to Martyn Bowen, general manager for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Jonsson has been with ...
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Altamont Capital Partners has recruited Frank Heissat to fill a...
Altamont Capital Partners has recruited Frank Heissat to fill a new position as general manager of Dakine for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). He will also act as European strategy vice president for Renegade Brands, the company that manages the Mervin, Libtech, Girl, HUF, Brixton, Fox and Hybrid Apparel ...
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Active Sportswear, the Danish brand owner and distributor, has set...
Active Sportswear, the Danish brand owner and distributor, has set up a sales subsidiary in Hamburg for the German and Austrian markets for Color Kids, its line of children's activewear. The operation is led by Daniela Thinius, a former sales manager for Puma who helped Stadium to set up its ...
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After nearly 13 months in the job, one of Luxottica's...
After nearly 13 months in the job, one of Luxottica's two co-chief executives, Adil Mehboob-Khan, has left the company with immediate effect and a €6.8 million handshake. He will also get €200,000 to waive any claims against the company as well as his 2015 bonus and ordinary severance payments linked ...
