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    Outdoor Research has hired a creative marketing and brand director

    2020-01-22T10:29:00Z

    Outdoor Research, the manufacturer of outdoor apparel, has hired a creative marketing and brand director, Andrew Osborn, and a director of design, Kat Schoewe. Osborn was most recently associate creative director at Archrival, an agency in Portland, Oregon, that specializes in youth culture. There he led campaigns for Adidas, Adidas ...

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    Sinoff appointed new managing director of Evolv

    2020-01-22T08:52:00Z

    An American outdoor industry veteran, Bill Sinoff, has been named general manager of Evolv climbing shoes. The Los Angeles-based company, founded in 2003 by Brian Chung, was acquired by the Italian Oberalp Group last summer.

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    New managing director at Bergzeit

    2020-01-21T21:32:00Z

    Markus Zabel has been appointed to one of the two managing director posts at Bergzeit. He replaces Markus Kasperbauer, who left the role after a year, citing personal reasons. The new manager will oversee Bergzeit’s cus- tomer service, corporate IT, quality management, finance and logistics. Zabel will work with the ...

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    Stephan Drake, who founded DPS Skis together with Peter Turner...

    2019-12-20T00:00:00Z

    Stephan Drake, who founded DPS Skis together with Peter Turner in 2005, left the company this fall. Now serving as president and chief executive is Alex Adema, who has been the chief operating officer of the Utah-based ski company since 2015. The reasons for Drake's departure from the company have ...

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    Berghaus expands its product team

    2019-12-20T00:00:00Z

    After working for Salomon, Patagonia and Columbia Sportswear for the past 12 years, Paul Anderton is returning to Berghaus at its head office in Sunderland to serve in the new position of head of category for product and innovation, working closely with James Hodgson, head of design for the British ...

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    Paul Batsch has returned to Salomon as brand manager of...

    2019-12-20T00:00:00Z

    Paul Batsch has returned to Salomon as brand manager of its snowboard division, after working for Scott Sports as product manager and in marketing. Batsch worked for Salomon as an intern six years ago. He reports to Jeremy Joire, business unit director for Salomon Snowboards.

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    Sarah Bany has resigned from Columbia Sportswear, where she was...

    2019-12-20T00:00:00Z

    Sarah Bany has resigned from Columbia Sportswear, where she was a member of the board of directors, in order to administer the estate of her late mother, the company's long-time leader Gert Boyle

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    Archroma, the Swiss producer of chemicals and dyes, has made...

    2019-12-20T00:00:00Z

    Archroma, the Swiss producer of chemicals and dyes, has made Heike van de Kerkhof its chief executive. She is replacing Alexander Wessels, the founding CEO, who is becoming both vice chairman of the board and a senior adviser to the company's owner, SK Capital. The latter acquired the textile chemicals, ...

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    Chuck Ponthier has been appointed by VF Corp. as the...

    2019-12-20T00:00:00Z

    Chuck Ponthier has been appointed by VF Corp. as the new senior director of sales for Altra, the brand of running shoes that it recently acquired. He is described as an experienced executive who has been in charge of sales strategy at major global brands, including Toms, where he served ...

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    The board of directors of Viking Outdoor Footwear has appointed...

    2019-12-20T00:00:00Z

    The board of directors of Viking Outdoor Footwear has appointed René Høgsted as the company's new chief executive. He is expected to take up his new position on Jan. 1, 2020. The 46-year-old brings a wealth of experience in sales, marketing, e-commerce, branding, product and management in strong retail and ...

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    Oboz Footwear, the American outdoor footwear company recently acquired by...

    2019-12-20T00:00:00Z

    Oboz Footwear, the American outdoor footwear company recently acquired by Kathmandu, has appointed Rich Hohne as its new director of marketing. Hohne is joining from Simms Fishing Products, where he spent 10 years in the marketing department. Speaking on his appointment, Oboz's president, Amy Beck, praised Hohne's understanding of technical ...

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    The New Wave Group of Sweden, parent company of Craft...

    2019-11-22T00:00:00Z

    The New Wave Group of Sweden, parent company of Craft and many other apparel brands, has appointed Yann Guinand as account manager for its Craft brand. Guinand, who has a lot of experience in the Swiss sporting goods industry, will be reporting directly to Urs Strahm, brand director of Craft ...

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    The Thule Group has picked a new chief financial officer,...

    2019-11-22T00:00:00Z

    The Thule Group has picked a new chief financial officer, Jonas Lindqvist, who will assume his duties by next May at the latest

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    Change of the guard at Salomon

    2019-11-22T00:00:00Z

    Michael White, the current 55-year-old chief commercial officer of Amer Sports, is going to take the place of a company veteran, Jean-Marc Pambet, as president of the Salomon brand on Jan. 1. Pambet will be working closely with White for the next couple of months to ensure a smooth transition ...

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    This month, taking charge of the Austrian market, Osprey Europe...

    2019-11-22T00:00:00Z

    This month, taking charge of the Austrian market, Osprey Europe appointed Andreas Grasl to the newly created position of sales manager for Austria. He reports directly to Luke Barton, Osprey's head of sales. Grasl was previously event manager at Dynafit, a member of Merrell's sales team and head of sales ...

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    Woolrich International has appointed two new executives, recruiting them from...

    2019-11-22T00:00:00Z

    Woolrich International has appointed two new executives, recruiting them from VF Corp. Federico Manno will serve as general manager of global direct-to-consumer and digital key accounts, and Gaetano Coccopalmeri as export sales director. Both roles are new. Stefano Saccone, another former executive of VF, became chief executive of Woolrich last ...

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    Columbia Sportswear has appointed Pierre Drui as its new director...

    2019-11-22T00:00:00Z

    Columbia Sportswear has appointed Pierre Drui as its new director for Western Europe for the Columbia and Sorel brands. Drui, who has worked for the group for the last 14 years, served most recently as apparel sales manager for Columbia in Europe. Meanwhile, the company has named Bruno Moalic as ...

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    In October, the Millet Mountain Group of Lafuma appointed Verena...

    2019-11-22T00:00:00Z

    In October, the Millet Mountain Group of Lafuma appointed Verena Angerer as marketing coordinator for Germany, Austria and Switzerland, and Christian Gmünder as key account manager for Switzerland. Both have been working with Axel Neumann, sales manager at Millet since the beginning of this year. Angerer, 32, was previously a ...

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    Gore Wear appointed Erman Aykurt to the position of...

    2019-11-22T00:00:00Z

    Gore Wear appointed Erman Aykurt to the position of creative lead on Nov. 1. The 46-year-old was previously a creative director for Puma's sportstyle division. His successor at Puma has not yet been announced. Aykurt has spent the past 20 years in the sporting goods business, working for such companies ...

  • Short stops

    Polygiene, the Swedish anti-odor technology provider, has appointed Nina Forsvall,...

    2019-11-22T00:00:00Z

    Polygiene, the Swedish anti-odor technology provider, has appointed Nina Forsvall, previously of Bühler Nordic, as its new chief financial officer