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Jordi “Coke” Salvans, a Spanish industry veteran, has joined Original...
Jordi “Coke” Salvans, a Spanish industry veteran, has joined Original Buff to act as sales manager. He has worked for Salomon since 1988 in the country, establishing the brand as a major player in the outdoor market. Two years ago he took charge of Salomon's snowboard operations, Bonfire, Wilson Golf ...
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Michel Rayot is retiring as president and chief executive of...
Michel Rayot is retiring as president and chief executive of Tecnica Group France after 40 years in the sports industry and 34 years at the head of the Italian company's operations in France. His functions are being taken over by Lucien Hauteville, who headed up The North Face in France ...
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The board of directors of Conzzeta, the Swiss company that...
The board of directors of Conzzeta, the Swiss company that owns Mammut Sports Group, has proposed to elect Ernst Bärtschi as its new chairman at the next annual meeting in April 2014. The 61-year-old executive has been the chief executive of Sika, a producer of construction chemicals, for seven years ...
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Deckers Outdoor Corporation has appointed Jeffrey Bua as president of...
Deckers Outdoor Corporation has appointed Jeffrey Bua as president of the Teva brand, taking the place of Joel Heath who has left the company to pursue other opportunities. Bua has been in the footwear industry for more than 30 years. He has been with Deckers since 2011, acting as president ...
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Patagonia Europe has appointed Gabriel Davies as European surf manager,...
Patagonia Europe has appointed Gabriel Davies as European surf manager, responsible for its new line of wetsuits. The former surfer and environmental activist has been working in product and marketing for Quiksilver for 20 years.
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Anders Cleemann has been appointed chief executive for the Peak...
Anders Cleemann has been appointed chief executive for the Peak Performance brand at IC Companys, taking over the position from Henrik Bunge who is leaving the group. Cleemann was previously responsible for two other sportswear brands of the Danish group, Tiger of Sweden and By Malene. His nomination is part ...
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Adding to his role of director of Schöffel's sales division,...
Adding to his role of director of Schöffel's sales division, the 45-year-old Christophe Weissenberger has taken on the position of brand manager. In this position, he will take care of marketing, product management and design. In recognition of his increasing importance to the company, its managing partner, Peter Schöffel, has ...
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On Oct. 1, Joakim Persson joined the team of the...
On Oct. 1, Joakim Persson joined the team of the continental European operations of Sherpa Adventure Gear, the apparel manufacturer from Nepal. Sherpa set up a European office in Sindelfingen outside Stuttgart, Germany, earlier this year and premiered at this summer's OutDoor show in Friedrichshafen. Persson, 53, will support Wolfgang ...
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Leatherman Tool has promoted Scott Pugliese vice president of product...
Leatherman Tool has promoted Scott Pugliese vice president of product engineering
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Hans Rafael Meier is the new marketing manager of Sigg...
Hans Rafael Meier is the new marketing manager of Sigg Switzerland, replacing Günther Dchoberth-Schwingenstein. He comes from Swatch.
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Jack Wolfskin engaged Michael Vogel as senior manager e-commerce and...
Jack Wolfskin engaged Michael Vogel as senior manager e-commerce and digital from Aug. 1. He reports to the chief marketing officer of the company, Elke Stein. Vogel worked previously as e-commerce manager for Peek & Cloppenburg in Hamburg, where he was responsible for the development of the company's online business. ...
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Daniel Larsson, who has been country manager of The North...
Daniel Larsson, who has been country manager of The North Face for the Nordic and Baltic countries since July 2007, has a new job at the brand as head of sales for Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa, based at the European headquarters in Switzerland. Jonas Andersson has taken ...
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Collonil, the German shoe care company, has assigned Carsten Gövert...
Collonil, the German shoe care company, has assigned Carsten Gövert to the new position of key account manager for outdoor. He was previously sales director of Holmenkohl.
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Salewa confirms the appointment of Maurizio Priano, formerly with Helly...
Salewa confirms the appointment of Maurizio Priano, formerly with Helly Hansen, as the company's European marketing manager
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We have already reported on Sally Jewell leaving as chief...
We have already reported on Sally Jewell leaving as chief executive of Recreational Equipment Inc. (REI) to become Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Interior. From Oct. 1, her position will be filled by Jerry Stritzke, who has been with Coach since 2008, serving lately as president and chief ...
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Teva, a division of Deckers Outdoor Corp., has hired Lorie...
Teva, a division of Deckers Outdoor Corp., has hired Lorie Pointer as senior product line manager for its water category of men's, women's and kid's footwear. She will report to Juerg Geser, senior director of global product/merchandising. With more than 15 years of experience in the footwear industry, Pointer will ...
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Big Agnes, the U.S. brand of tents, sleeping bags and...
Big Agnes, the U.S. brand of tents, sleeping bags and other outdoor equipment, has announced various management appointments to meet the demands of its recent fast growth. The new position of the chief financial officer has been filled by Greg Fritz. Linda Curzon is the first customer service manager in ...
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Keen Footwear's new president, Mike Abbott, who had joined the...
Keen Footwear's new president, Mike Abbott, who had joined the company as its president at the beginning of July, has already left the company. The former chief executive officer of Specialized Bicycles and Burton Snowboards was going to fill a void left by the departure one year ago of James ...
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(Already published in the Asia Outdoor issue). Robert Sazaki has...
(Already published in the Asia Outdoor issue). Robert Sazaki has resigned as president of LaCrosse Footwear, reportedly for personal reasons. The former Nike official had joined the U.S. company as executive vice president last December after its takeover by the Japanese distributor of the brand, ABC-Mart. Yasushi Akaogi, a Japanese ...
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(Already published in the Asia Outdoor issue) Columbia Sportswear has...
(Already published in the Asia Outdoor issue) Columbia Sportswear has appointed Russ Hopcus senior vice president in charge of North American sales, effective July 29. In this newly created position, Hopcus will report directly to Tim Boyle, president and chief executive. Hopcus, 54, will be responsible for sales in both the ...
