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ArticleAmer Sports appoints new CEO for Arc’teryx, plans to accelerate DTC
Amer Sports has announced the immediate appointment of Stuart Haselden, a retail industry executive, to the newly created position of CEO of Arc’teryx Equipment, based in Vancouver, Canada. He succeeds Jon Hoerauf, Arc’teryx’ president, who has decided to leave the company to pursue other plans. In his new role, Haselden ...
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News briefsDeckers appoints DTC and digital specialist to its board
Deckers Brands has appointed Maha S. Ibrahim to its board of directors, effective Feb. 1. Mike Devine, chairman of the board, said he especially values her experience identifying trends and driving growth in the direct-to-consumer and technology sectors. He also said Ibrahim’s insights and capabilities align with management’s focus on ...
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News briefsSyring to leave Thule, Dittmer takes over Central European sales
Thule Group announced on Jan. 29 that company veteran Wolfram Dittmer will assume sales responsibility for Central Europe as a result of the resignation of Thomas Syring, who led the Swedish brand’s Central European sales for the past four years. In total, Syring had been with the company for nearly ...
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News briefsColumbia pushes digitalization and omnichannel with new chief digital information officer
Columbia Sportswear has named former Nike executive Skip Potter executive vice president, chief digital information officer, effective April 1. In this newly created position, Potter will be responsible for advancing the Portland, Oregon-based company’s digital capabilities as well as omnichannel and supply chain potential across the enterprise, which includes the ...
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Propain Bicycles hires global brand manager
Source: Propain Bicycles Volker Knaus Volker Knaus has joined the team at German niche custom brand Propain Bicycles as global brand manager on Jan. 1. After spending five years building and managing the European marketing and sales office of U.S. mountain and gravel bike supplier Pivot Cycles ...
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ArticleGreenstorm Mobility: new majority shareholder, new management
Greenstorm Mobility, a young Austrian e-mobility company that combines e-mobility with a sharing and second-hand concept, has a new majority shareholder and a new management duo. While a British private equity firm, Bregal Milestone, invested a “double-digit million amount” in 2018, it now gave another unspecified cash injection, making it ...
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News briefsEnviolo welcomes bike industry veteran to its board
Source: Derby Cycle Mathias Seidler Bicycle component supplier Enviolo has announced the appointment of Mathias Seidler to its supervisory board. Seidler joined the Enviolo board in Dec. 2020 and is an entrepreneur with a long track record in the bike market. His background includes companies such as ...
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News briefsNew country manager Central Europe for Hestra
Swedish glove manufacturer Hestra has appointed Chris Weber as country manager for Central Europe, a new position in the family-owned company’s corporate structure. Weber took on the position on Dec. 1. Weber previously served as a key account manager for Schöffel and Oakley, he was business manager, racket and team ...
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News briefsNew CSO at RTI Sports
Source: RTI Sports Peter Bretz Since the beginning of the year, Peter Bretz has been the new chief sales officer (CSO) at German bicycle parts and accessories wholesaler and importer RTI Sports. The experienced sales professional already worked as a sales representative for RTI Sports from 1993 ...
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ArticleZwift appoints two new executives
Last September, Zwift Inc., a virtual cycling, running and triathlon training platform, raised $450 million (€371.22 million) from various investors to further expand its business. In January, the Californians announced two senior appointments: Shortly after Mark Cote was named senior director, content programming, YuChiang Cheng joined the Zwift team as ...
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News briefsSigma hires business development director for expansion of e-mobility division
Lars Adloff Lars Adloff took over the newly created position of director of business development at the German bike components and accessories manufacturer Sigma Sport on Jan. 1. Adloff’s main tasks will include supporting national and international OEM customers in the field of drivetrain systems, components and ...
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ArticleSwedish DTC brand RevolutionRace with new chairman
RevolutionRace (RVRC), a Boras, Sweden-based D2C startup owned by Altor, a Stockholm-based private equity investment firm, has received a prominent addition to its board. E-commerce professional Paul Fischbein is taking over as chairman of the outdoor company that made around €50m in sales in 2020. RevolutionRace was founded by Pernilla ...
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News briefsPentland appoints “positive business director”
Source: Pentland Sara Brennan Creating a new position, Pentland Brands has named Sara Brennan as its “positive business director.” The group said her task would be to “accelerate its positive business strategy to deliver on its commitment to take action for people and our planet” across its ...
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Bern Helmets prepares for future development
Bern Helmets has announced an expanded leadership team. Founder Dennis Leedom will join Adam Godwin, CFO, in leading a team of seasoned action sports professionals from the new headquarters in the Cordage Commerce Center, a renovated industrial park in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Leedom has more than 25 years of experience in ...
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Michael White quits as president of Salomon
Source: Amer Sports Michael White Amer Sports announced the immediate departure of Michael White as president of Salomon, indicating that he has decided to “pursue other interests” and adding that it has initiated an external search for a permanent successor. We were unable to find out about ...
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ArticleHerrmans Group: Increasing investments in team and machine park
Growing demand for bicycles has also led to increasing production capacity at Finnish producer Herrmans Group. Its subsidiary Herrmans Bike Components, in particular, has grown at a good pace in recent years, and it continues to grow. Therefore, the company announced that several (not quantified) investments were made in both ...
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Upcoming change in Calida Group’s board of directors
After eleven years on the board of directors, Marco Gadola will not stand for re-election at Calida Holding’s annual general meeting in April 2022. He will continue to serve as vice-chairman of the board until April 2022. He was first elected to the board of directors in April 2011. The ...
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News briefsAbus: Fifth family generation in key positions
August Bremicker Söhne KG – better known globally by its abbreviated name, Abus – is setting the course for the future. With Daniel Bremicker and Nicolas-David Bremicker, two great-great-grandsons of the company’s founder August Bremicker have taken on important management functions in the company for preventive security technology, which was ...
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Karpos appoints Maximilian Hofbauer as new global sales manager
Manifattura Valcismon (MVC), the mother company of Sportful, Karpos, and Castelli, has appointed Maximilian Hofbauer as Karpos’ new global sales manager. Hofbauer, a German national, has previously worked for several outdoor brands – Schöffel, The North Face, Icebreaker, Bergzeit and Norrøna – where he held sales and other managerial functions. ...
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News briefsNew president for Canada Goose’s Asia Pacific division
Source: Canada Goose Scott Cameron Canada Goose has appointed Scott Cameron as the new president for the company’s APAC division. Cameron joined Canada Goose in 2016 as chief strategy and business development officer and most recently served as president of the Greater China region. During this time, ...
