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Marmot Mountain will have for the first time a general...
Marmot Mountain will have for the first time a general manager with global responsibility for product, sales and marketing. The role has been assigned to Joe Flannery, who worked for Adidas in Germany and the U.S. and then served as vice president of global marketing for The North Face. In ...
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Mark Parker, the Nike group's president and chief executive, has...
Mark Parker, the Nike group's president and chief executive, has been elected as a director by the Walt Disney Company's board of directors. Robert Iger, Disney's chairman and chief executive, pointed to Parker's insights into consumers and his broad experience of international markets. Parker will stand for election along with ...
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Pat Loomis, who has built up several European brands in...
Pat Loomis, who has built up several European brands in the U.S. market, announced that he was retiring earlier this month. He was president of Bergans USA, the North American subsidiary of the Norwegian outdoor brand. Loomis will be replaced in this job by Keith Patterson, who was previously vice ...
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Michael Bennett has taken on responsibility for Puma Safe, the...
Michael Bennett has taken on responsibility for Puma Safe, the sustainability and compliance division of Puma, following the departure of Reiner Hengstmann, who had been running the division since 1999. Bennett has been since January 2015 the director of Puma International Trading Services, the sourcing subsidiary of the company in ...
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Vincent Wauters, who has been driving the strong development of...
Vincent Wauters, who has been driving the strong development of Arc'teryx, is leaving the Amer Sports group, where he had been recently appointed president of apparel and member of its executive board. Heikki Takala, president and chief executive of Amer, says he is taking direct responsibility for the development of ...
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The co-founders of Sportyjob.com, Andy Gugenheimer and Lennart Queck, have...
The co-founders of Sportyjob.com, Andy Gugenheimer and Lennart Queck, have recruited Lucy Palmer as business development manager to help their employment platform to expand in Europe. She was with the GSM Group for 15 years, before joining SurfStitch Europe as project manager in 2011. Running in English, French and German, Sportyjob.com ...
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Ironman and Infront Sports & Media have announced the appointment...
Ironman and Infront Sports & Media have announced the appointment of Hans-Peter Zurbruegg as managing director of Ironman Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). The executive will also continue in his role at Infront, where he leads the Active Lifestyle & Endurance unit, managing operations, marketing and strategic initiatives for ...
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Nora Stowell has left the Amer Sports group to join...
Nora Stowell has left the Amer Sports group to join W. L. Gore & Associates as its global sales leader for footwear, gloves and accessories. Stowell was previously vice president of U.S. sales for the Finnish group's winter, outdoor and cycle divisions, encompassing brands from Atomic and Salomon to Arc'teryx, ...
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SportScheck announced today the resignation of Stefan Herzog after more...
SportScheck announced today the resignation of Stefan Herzog after more than ten years of service on its executive board, stressing that the 54-year-old manager was leaving the German sporting goods retail chain of his own will to pursue other business opportunities, following the recent changes in the management structure. Markus ...
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Tim McCool, who has been active in the U.S. sports...
Tim McCool, who has been active in the U.S. sports and outdoor industry for many years, has been appointed vice president of global sales at Leatherman Tool Group. He started working for the outdoor tools and lights supplier from Oregon at the beginning of this month. McCool's assignment is to ...
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Bike Europe reports the departure of Steven Merlin from Selle...
Bike Europe reports the departure of Steven Merlin from Selle Italia, where he oversaw the saddlemaker's global sales for many years
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Arne Strate, who has been responsible for marketing at Volcom...
Arne Strate, who has been responsible for marketing at Volcom in Germany and Austria for ten years, is joining the growing European Outdoor Group (EOG) in the new position of marketing and business development manager. He previously worked for Reef. More in The Outdoor Industry Compass.
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Christian Ender has been appointed international sales manager at Bogner,...
Christian Ender has been appointed international sales manager at Bogner, taking the place of Klaus Grönefeld who is moving to an unidentified firm. Ender, 39, acted most recently as general manager of Louis Vuitton's office for Central Europe, responsible for five countries. He previously worked for Hugo Boss, helping it ...
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Dan Wille has been appointed general manager and vice president...
Dan Wille has been appointed general manager and vice president of InMovement, the brand that was formally launched in September by Brunswick Corporation to provide equipment for a more active workplace. Wille was previously at Life Fitness, the group's core fitness brand, as vice president supervising the product development, engineering ...
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Wolverine Worldwide announced yesterday yet another change in the top...
Wolverine Worldwide announced yesterday yet another change in the top management with the appointment of Pat O'Malley as president of the Saucony brand. Reporting to Jim Gabel, president of the company's Performance Group, he takes the place of Richie Woodworth, who was recently named president of Wolverine's Lifestyle Group. O'Malley ...
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Billabong International announced the retirement of Ed Leasure, president of...
Billabong International announced the retirement of Ed Leasure, president of the Americas, after 40 years in the action sports industry and nine years with the company. Billabong also announced a new operating structure for the region, redistributing functions. Shannan North, president of the Billabong brand, will run the group's remaining ...
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Andreas Rauter has left as European sales manager of Burton...
Andreas Rauter has left as European sales manager of Burton (which will not have a stand at the next Ispo Munich show) to replace Miro Geise as country manager of O'Neill for Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Before his three-year station at Burton Europe, Rauter worked as export manager of Oberalp ...
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Glenbrae has appointed a brand director, Alan Purdie, who has...
Glenbrae has appointed a brand director, Alan Purdie, who has been a golf professional and a manager at high-profile golf clubs
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After the recent departure of Jason Steris, chief executive of...
After the recent departure of Jason Steris, chief executive of Volcom, Eric John, vice president of global retail at Volcom, has now left the company as well. Described by Shop-eat-surf as a member of Steris' close circle, John had been with Volcom since 2008. The changes follow the appointment of ...
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Jochen Hoffmann returns to Eagle Creek, after a 17-year absence...
Jochen Hoffmann returns to Eagle Creek, after a 17-year absence from this property of VF Corporation, in the position of European key account manager, concentrating on the sports and outdoor retail channels. He also worked in sales and marketing positions at Berghaus, Bergans of Norway and Norrøna. In the U.S., ...
