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The board of directors of Columbia Sportswear has elected Sabrina...
The board of directors of Columbia Sportswear has elected Sabrina Simmons to direct its Nominating and Corporate Governance and Compensation Committees. Simmons will also be a candidate for full-term board membership at the company's 2019 annual shareholders meeting. Currently, Simmons sits on the boards of Williams-Sonoma and ELF Cosmetics, chairing ...
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Pentland Brands has appointed Katrina Nurse as the company's new...
Pentland Brands has appointed Katrina Nurse as the company's new chief finance officer. She is replacing Sam Gilburd, who took a career break in 2017, after ten years with the group, and Mandy Venters, who had been serving as interim CFO since March of last year. Nurse is coming off ...
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Timberland has appointed Christopher Raeburn, the British fashion designer, to...
Timberland has appointed Christopher Raeburn, the British fashion designer, to be its first global artistic director. He will be splitting his time between his own Christopher Raeburn brand, based in London, and Timberland's offices in New Hampshire, Switzerland and Hong Kong. Known for his green philosophy and use of recycled ...
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Ingrid Fonteiner has been appointed by Ortlieb to the newly...
Ingrid Fonteiner has been appointed by Ortlieb to the newly created position of head of its development department
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Outdoor Research has hired Andy Burke as head of commercial...
Outdoor Research has hired Andy Burke as head of commercial sales and Dan Petersen as senior manager of corporate and group sales. Both are seasoned executives, and their appointment follows the departure late last year of Dave Mahoney, who was Outdoor Research's vice president of sales. For the past eight ...
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Mizu, the American brand of reusable bottles, has hired two...
Mizu, the American brand of reusable bottles, has hired two new executives while it is introducing a new water filtration and purification category. Craig Smith, who has been most recently the European sales and marketing manager of Dragon, will serve as European sales and marketing manager of Mizu Europe. Scott ...
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James Curleigh, the former head of Salomon North America and...
James Curleigh, the former head of Salomon North America and Keen, has left Levi Strauss & Co. to be the chief executive of Gibson Brands, a well-known maker of guitars that just emerged from bankruptcy proceedings
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Albert Habsburg was recently appointed to the position of commercial...
Albert Habsburg was recently appointed to the position of commercial director at Schöffel, responsible for controlling, finances, legal issues and all financial matters linked to the company's operative business. For the past 17 years, Habsburg had been working for Kunert, the sock specialist based in Germany. Schöffel has restructured its ...
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XXL ASA announced a major change of leadership after publishing...
XXL ASA announced a major change of leadership after publishing relatively weak results for the third quarter. As of Dec. 1st, Ulf Bjerknes will become the new chief executive of the leading Nordic sporting goods retailer, replacing Hans Fredrik Steenbuch. Bjerknes was the CEO of the Swix Sport group between ...
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Evan Engel, who is said to have 11 years of...
Evan Engel, who is said to have 11 years of experience in dealing with complex financial, operational and merger & acquisition processes, has joined the board of directors of Cherokee Global Brands, the owner of the Hi-Tec brand. Engel worked with Cherokee's chief executive, Henry Stupp, on its recent refinancing.
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Polygiene has hired Rebecka Harvyl as its new marketing manager....
Polygiene has hired Rebecka Harvyl as its new marketing manager. Prior to joining Polygiene, Harvyl served as a project manager and marketing coordinator at Hemmakväll, also in Sweden. Meanwhile, Bobby Howell has been hired as Polygiene's commercial director of North America, covering the West Coast region. He will work alongside ...
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Tina Rolén, former marketing director at Haglöfs, has joined VF...
Tina Rolén, former marketing director at Haglöfs, has joined VF Corp. to take the marketing lead at Vans in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Rolén has spent many years in the sports, outdoor and fashion industry, working with brands from Nike and Adidas to Mini Rodini and Haglöfs. ...
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Vasque Footwear has promoted a long-serving veteran of the company,...
Vasque Footwear has promoted a long-serving veteran of the company, Allison Gettings, to vice president and general manager of Red Wing Shoes
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The Mammut Sports Group has appointed Kris Kustler, formerly Swiss...
The Mammut Sports Group has appointed Kris Kustler, formerly Swiss managing director of the company, as managing director of Mammut North America, with immediate effect. The appointment follows the sudden departure of Joe Prebich after only about six months in the post. Mammut said the separation was made “professionally,” but ...
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Cascade Designs has appointed Dave McDonald as senior vice president...
Cascade Designs has appointed Dave McDonald as senior vice president and chief operations officer (COO), to supervise the supply chain, manufacturing, logistics and distribution. McDonald was previously president at Lakeside Metal Specialties, an international sourcing and manufacturing services firm, after leadership functions at several other public, private and family-owned companies. ...
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Haglöfs has appointed a new global product manager, Paul Cosrove,...
Haglöfs has appointed a new global product manager, Paul Cosrove, who was most recently the apparel category manager at Berghaus. He took office on Oct. 15, reporting to Carsten Unbehaun, the former Asics manager who became the company's new chief executive in January.
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Vibram North America has announced that Michael Gionfriddo will retire...
Vibram North America has announced that Michael Gionfriddo will retire as the company's president and chief executive effective Dec. 31, and that Fabrizio Gamberini has been hired as the new president of the U.S. operation. Also, the company has announced that Richard Riegel, currently a member of U.S. company's board ...
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Brian Small, who is now 62 years old, is retiring...
Brian Small, who is now 62 years old, is retiring as chief financial officer of JD Sports Fashion on Oct. 31 after 15 years with the company, which has made many important acquisitions lately, including those of Go Outdoors in the U.K. and The Finish Line in the U.S. Under ...
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Joe Hansen, who worked for Prana as international sales director...
Joe Hansen, who worked for Prana as international sales director for eight years, is now working as U.S. national sales manager of Tentree, the sustainable six-year-old outdoor company based in Vancouver
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Jeremy Hale, former vice president for international development at Billabong,...
Jeremy Hale, former vice president for international development at Billabong, has been named president of an American brand of mountain lifestyle clothing, Mountain Khakis, otherwise known as MK. He is taking the place of Ross Saldarini, who founded the company 15 years ago. He has left, reportedly to pursue other ...
