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Jonas Peterson has replaced Magnus Månsson as chief executive of...
Jonas Peterson has replaced Magnus Månsson as chief executive of Craft, the sports apparel specialist owned by the Swedish New Wave Group. Peterson already worked at Craft a few years ago as sales and marketing manager but in May 2010 he became chief executive of Cross Sportswear, another Swedish brand, ...
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Sport Depot, the leading sporting goods retailer in Bulgaria and...
Sport Depot, the leading sporting goods retailer in Bulgaria and a major wholesaler, has signed distribution contracts with Keen and Trezeta (more on this company in SGI Europe)
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International Sportswear Company (ISC) has become the Swedish distributor...
International Sportswear Company (ISC) has become the Swedish distributor of Barigo, makers of watches and altimeters for mountaineers and skydivers
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Silvia Felt has been appointed product line manager for Europe,...
Silvia Felt has been appointed product line manager for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) at Berghaus. She replaces Sébastien Willefert, who switched to the Lafuma Group as assistant director in charge of international development earlier this year. Operating from Berghaus' subsidiary in Munich, Felt will be responsible for ...
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Fjällräven, the Swedish outdoor brand, has appointed Erik Jansen to...
Fjällräven, the Swedish outdoor brand, has appointed Erik Jansen to become its sales manager for the Benelux countries. This new position is meant to cope with the Swedish brand's rapid expansion in the Netherlands and Belgium. Jansen, who previously worked in publishing, will supervise two sales representatives, one of them ...
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Dale of Norway appointed Anette Evensen as marketing manager from...
Dale of Norway appointed Anette Evensen as marketing manager from the start of November. The Norwegian knitwear brand's marketing activities were previously supervised by Arnstein Raunehaug, marketing and sales manager, who is leaving the company in February. The sales manager's job is to be taken over in March by Bjørn ...
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Invista has hired Catherine Anderson Jones for its Cordura brand...
Invista has hired Catherine Anderson Jones for its Cordura brand as marketing communications manager for the performance and protective fabrics division. In her new role, the 46-year-old will be responsible for the management of all marketing communications activities for the European market. Anderson Jones has 25 years of experience in ...
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Edelrid will use Scarpa North America's facilities in Boulder, Colorado,...
Edelrid will use Scarpa North America's facilities in Boulder, Colorado, for warehousing and fulfillment. A local sales coordinator will continue to work with Edelrid for sales and customer service.
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Terramar Sports, the American producer of technical baselayers, is...
Terramar Sports, the American producer of technical baselayers, is going to be the new distributor of Bridgedale socks for the U.S. and Canada from next January. The British line has been distributed until now by Garmont North America, which is being dissolved. As previously reported, Scott Sports will distribute Garmont ...
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Alan Offenberg, founding partner of Compass Group Management, has been...
Alan Offenberg, founding partner of Compass Group Management, has been promoted chief executive of Compass Diversified Holdings, parent company of Camelbak and other firms. He had been made interim CEO after the former CEO, Joseph Massoud, took a protracted leave in February 2011. He has resigned from the position and ...
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After six years in office, Kay Steinbach has decided to...
After six years in office, Kay Steinbach has decided to step down from his job as managing director of Yeti, the specialty brand of sleeping bags and other down products. A successor has yet to be announced. The majority shareholder of Yeti is Nordisk, the Danish company of outdoor products, ...
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Inov-8, the fast-growing British company that is making its mark...
Inov-8, the fast-growing British company that is making its mark in trail running and other sports, has appointed Lee Cox as vice president of sales for the U.S. He worked for five years at Reebok and then spent one year at New Balance, leading its merchandising team in the U.S.
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Effective Jan. 1, Clifton Pemble will be promoted president and...
Effective Jan. 1, Clifton Pemble will be promoted president and chief executive of Garmin. In this role he replaces Min Kao, one of the founders of the American GPS company, who will remain with the group as chairman of the supervisory board. Pemble joined Garmin as an engineer shortly after ...
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Jonathan Petty, European marketing manager at Patagonia, is preparing to...
Jonathan Petty, European marketing manager at Patagonia, is preparing to move to London to become regional manager for the same brand in northern Europe, encompassing the U.K., Ireland, the Nordics and the Baltics. To reinforce its business in all of Europe, Patagonia has carved the continent into four regional units. ...
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Bridgedale, the U.K. specialty brand of functional socks, wants to...
Bridgedale, the U.K. specialty brand of functional socks, wants to intensify its presence on the European continent: It has hired Christian Benedikt as business development manager for Europe. In this newly created position, the 33-year-old will be working on strengthening Bridgedale's market position in Germany, Austria and Italy. Therefore, Benedikt ...
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Jack Wolfskin will boost its executive board with the appointment...
Jack Wolfskin will boost its executive board with the appointment from next Feb. 1 of Elke Stein to the newly created position of joint managing director in charge of marketing and product development. The 45-year-old spent 16 years at Adidas, first as key account manager and marketing director for Central ...
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Polartec has appointed Gary Smith as chief executive and...
Polartec has appointed Gary Smith as chief executive and Joe Robinson as chief financial officer, completing a management succession process announced in July. Smith, 49, is to succeed the current chief executive, Andrew J. Vecchione, as of Nov. 1. An expert in the outdoor and apparel industries, Smith previously served ...
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Reportedly, Northland Professional, the Austrian brand of outdoor apparel, has...
Reportedly, Northland Professional, the Austrian brand of outdoor apparel, has created the new position of a sales director in charge of Germany. The job will be done by Alois Koeberl, who worked for Levi's for some years. He will not operate from the German sales field, but from Northland's headquarters ...
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Vibram has appointed Antonio Dus for the newly created position...
Vibram has appointed Antonio Dus for the newly created position of consultant to Marco Bramani, the group's chief executive and president. The 42-year-old's job will be to improve leadership of the company as a supplier of shoe soles as well as driving innovation and quality within the company. He will ...
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Keen, the American outdoor footwear brand, which has been working...
Keen, the American outdoor footwear brand, which has been working with distributors throughout Europe so far, will be taking care of its own sales and marketing in the Netherlands starting from the autumn 2013 season. Hans Feenstra, who has served at Keen in different functions since 2004, will take charge ...
