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Magellan has appointed Pascal Darré as country manager for France....
Magellan has appointed Pascal Darré as country manager for France. He has worked for Philips Semiconductors and other firms. Notably, he became in 2006 marketing director of a GPS company, CompeGPS, before acting as a freelance consultant and journalist in the sector. FFRP, the French hiking and trekking association, has ...
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Icebreaker, the kiwi Merino apparel brand, has promoted Maximilian Hofbauer...
Icebreaker, the kiwi Merino apparel brand, has promoted Maximilian Hofbauer to chief of European operations. He has been with the company since 2009, serving as managing director of Icebreaker's distribution company based outside Munich and in charge of Germany, Sweden and Norway. He will continue to direct the business in ...
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Lorpen, the Spanish maker of technical socks, has added 7,500...
Lorpen, the Spanish maker of technical socks, has added 7,500 square feet at its factory in Mexico and is working on expanding both its Mexican and Spanish production facilities by 17 percent with new higher-tech knitting machines. In addition, Lorpen has made some staffing changes to help the company expand. ...
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Maxime Guillaumond, a former K2 executive, has been promoted to...
Maxime Guillaumond, a former K2 executive, has been promoted to sales director of the Raidlight and Vertical brands in the German-speaking countries. The French-born Guillaumond joined the combination of the two brands in April as sales & marketing coordinator and has assumed the additional function after Raidlight decided to take ...
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Karl-Heinz Maurer, the managing director of Salewa Germany for 19...
Karl-Heinz Maurer, the managing director of Salewa Germany for 19 years who created his own consultancy firm in 2009, no longer cooperates with his partner HFT-Consulting, a similar company that puts its focus on the apparel and shoe business. Maurer says that synergies were not sufficient, but he emphasizes that ...
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Wolverine World Wide's president of global operations, Michael McBreen,...
Wolverine World Wide's president of global operations, Michael McBreen, is stepping down after more than three years in the job. The company said his replacement has been chosen, but the name remains under wraps. He will join the company by Jan. 1. McBreen was hired by Wolverine in June 2008 ...
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Moutain Force, the young Swiss label of outdoor and snow...
Moutain Force, the young Swiss label of outdoor and snow wear, has created the position of chief financial and operating officer and assigned it to Werner Matzner, who has been in similar positions with Mövenpick and in the aviation industry
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Greg Easton has hired Shane Michelli as president of Easton...
Greg Easton has hired Shane Michelli as president of Easton Technical Products
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Timberland has taken over the distribution in Greece, following...
Timberland has taken over the distribution in Greece, following the financial problems of its former partner there, Ridenco, which were apparently caused by the difficult economic and financial situation in the country. Two other brands, Nautica and La Martina, have also terminated their agreements with the Greek group. Timberland's office ...
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Deuter has hired Katrin Riedel as manager for corporate responsibility....
Deuter has hired Katrin Riedel as manager for corporate responsibility. For this newly created position, the 29-year-old brings in a lot of experience from former employers such as Aldi, the food chain, and Allianz, the insurance company. In both companies she was involved in issues such as corporate volunteering and ...
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Joakim Persson, formerly with Icebreaker, Naturkompaniet, Sport Conrad and Peak...
Joakim Persson, formerly with Icebreaker, Naturkompaniet, Sport Conrad and Peak Performance, has been appointed sales director for Primus and Brunton in Germany and Austria
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The new chief financial officer at Five Ten is Wally...
The new chief financial officer at Five Ten is Wally Barker. He will handle overall financial strategy for the company, which is best known for its shoes for rock climbing. His work history includes being president and chief financial officer for Quiksilver Japan, as well as stints with financial groups ...
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Eureka! tents and other camping products are going to be...
Eureka! tents and other camping products are going to be distributed in the U.K. by SGM Group
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Scott K. Williams has joined the executive team at Cabela's...
Scott K. Williams has joined the executive team at Cabela's as its new executive vice president and chief marketing and e-commerce officer. He comes from Fanatics, an online retailer of sports apparel and collectibles, where he was president. He joined Fanatics in 2010, before that, he was a corporate vice ...
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Carol Blayden, formerly with Cascade Designs, joins Ex-Officio, one of...
Carol Blayden, formerly with Cascade Designs, joins Ex-Officio, one of the brands of Jarden Corporation, as marketing manager
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Bettina Kiebler, formerly with Daniel Hechter Sport and Kjus, has...
Bettina Kiebler, formerly with Daniel Hechter Sport and Kjus, has joined the apparel design team of Halti
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Oscar Bel has left as Spanish country manager of The...
Oscar Bel has left as Spanish country manager of The North Face to work for Diesel in Madrid
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Icebreaker has appointed Darren Glassman global general manager of RedRam,...
Icebreaker has appointed Darren Glassman global general manager of RedRam, the Kiwis' line of everyday merino thermal underwear which was launched last year. Glassman has been with Icebreaker since 2008 where he steered the company's socks and accessories business.
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Vaude has appointed Birgit Bohnert general manager of its retail...
Vaude has appointed Birgit Bohnert general manager of its retail development company, Vaude Franchising. For the last decade, the 42-year-old built up the Marc O'Polo Junior collection under a licensing agreement. At Vaude, she will report at the operating level to Jan Lorch, sales director, and formally to the managing ...
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Patagonia Europe has hired Paul Anderton for the new position...
Patagonia Europe has hired Paul Anderton for the new position of merchandise manager. Over the past four years, Anderton served Salomon as apparel product line manager after he had worked for Berghaus. The new PR co-ordinator for Patagonia's European operations is Florence Lesouef. Meanwhile, the company has opened its first ...
