All Executive changes articles – Page 76
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Alexander Nehls is switching from Adidas Outdoor to become international...
Alexander Nehls is switching from Adidas Outdoor to become international marketing director for Dynafit from the start of next year, reporting directly to Benedikt Böhm, managing director of the ski touring and mountain sports brand. Nehls will manage the international marketing team from the company's head office in Aschheim near ...
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Previously senior field sales manager at the Adidas Group in...
Previously senior field sales manager at the Adidas Group in Norway, Stian Sunde has been hired as Norwegian country manager for Haglöfs, starting from the beginning of February. This comes after the departure of Bjarne Budal, who led the Swedish outdoor brand's business in Norway for many years. At the ...
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Jill Layfield left Backcountry.com on Dec. 10 as chief executive,...
Jill Layfield left Backcountry.com on Dec. 10 as chief executive, after four years at the head of the American company, giving no reasons for her departure. A replacement has not yet been announced, but Jim Holland, a co-founder of Backcountry.com and her predecessor, remains as president. Since joining this e-commerce ...
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Reiner Pichler will become on April 1 the new chief...
Reiner Pichler will become on April 1 the new chief executive of Calida Holding, the Swiss lingerie group that controls Lafuma with 59.9 percent of the shares. He will replace Felix Sulzberger, who spent 14 years at the helm of Calida and engineered the takeover of the French group. According ...
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Haglöfs has hired a number of key people in recent...
Haglöfs has hired a number of key people in recent weeks. The latest recruit is Robert Olsson, who has become the company's new senior designer for apparel. In the ‘90s, Olsson was one of Sweden's biggest freeride skis stars. At the peak of his career, he began designing garments for ...
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Haglöfs is launching an online store in Sweden and preparing...
Haglöfs is launching an online store in Sweden and preparing to open others across the Nordic markets and Europe. The company described the Swedish online store as part of a wider digital initiative for the company, with Europe to be covered shortly and online stores to be opened in all ...
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Stephen Smith will take over next February as the new...
Stephen Smith will take over next February as the new president and CEO of L.L. Bean, and he will be the first outsider in the position, replacing the retiring Chris McCormick
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The North Face has opened its newest flagship store at...
The North Face has opened its newest flagship store at 290 Regent Street in London. The 400-square-meter location features on-site lockers to allow customers to leave their belongings and “explore” London freely. Screens will show the latest adventure films. Sponsored athletes will make appearances at the store.
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Uhl Günter Exclusiv will take on the distribution of Lizard...
Uhl Günter Exclusiv will take on the distribution of Lizard in Austria. The agency already handles Osprey, Scarpa, Smartwool and Skitrab.
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Working through its new Japanese distributor, SSK Corporation, Schöffel has...
Working through its new Japanese distributor, SSK Corporation, Schöffel has opened three stores in the cities of Osaka, Nagoya and Tokyo. Two more are planned for next year. In addition to Schöffel's apparel collections, the stores carry Lowa shoes and Deuter backpacks.
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Odlo has completed the reorganization of its management structure with...
Odlo has completed the reorganization of its management structure with the appointment of Antoine Sathicq as chief sales officer. The position is new, but it covers most of the functions of the previous sales director, Claes Broqvist, who left the company a few weeks ago. The other members of the ...
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Prana, the yoga and outdoor brand owned by Columbia Sportswear,...
Prana, the yoga and outdoor brand owned by Columbia Sportswear, connected with the local community for the opening of a new store in Palo Alto, California. Own retailing is an important part of the brand-building and distribution for Prana, which has five U.S. stores and an online store, as well ...
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Montane has appointed Robert Pollhammer as European area manager covering...
Montane has appointed Robert Pollhammer as European area manager covering Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Italy, to support the British outdoor brand's expansion across these markets. Pollhammer was previously an independent sales agent in Germany, supervising Montane's sales as well as marketing, public relations and retail support in the country. While ...
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Martin Lebeau, Merrell Footwear's Canadian sales director, has been appointed...
Martin Lebeau, Merrell Footwear's Canadian sales director, has been appointed general manager for the Saucony brand in Canada. Merrell and Saucony are both part of the Wolverine Worldwide group. Lebeau is reporting to Todd Dalhausser, senior vice president of North American sales for Saucony. He is based in a new ...
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Woolrich, the U.S. outdoor apparel company, has appointed Kyle Kilcherman...
Woolrich, the U.S. outdoor apparel company, has appointed Kyle Kilcherman as its director of sales, to take charge of North American wholesale apparel sales. Kilcherman was formerly a professional golf player and a sales representative for Nike Golf, but he built up experience in the broader sports and outdoor industry ...
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Woolrich has opened a second Dutch store in Amsterdam and...
Woolrich has opened a second Dutch store in Amsterdam and a second American store in Boston as part of its continuing retail expansion. In 2014 the U.S. sportswear brand opened flagship stores in Prague, Hamburg, Sylt (Germany), Tokyo, New York and Brescia (Italy). The new Amsterdam store is located at ...
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Petzl has appointed Brian Block to head its North American...
Petzl has appointed Brian Block to head its North American sports division. Block was previously sales director for Gregory Mountain Products and High Sierra Outdoor, after several years as a regional representative for brands from Osprey to Marmot, Sole and Scarpa, as part of Ames Adventure Outfitters. Block is to ...
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Andrew Townsin, country manager of Aigle for the U.K. and...
Andrew Townsin, country manager of Aigle for the U.K. and Ireland, is seeing his responsibilities extended in the new position of brand director of the French outdoor lifestyle company for the U.K. and Ireland as well as the U.S. and South America. Townsin joined Aigle in 2010 after two years ...
