All Executive changes articles – Page 97
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Effective with the spring collection 2013, Exped, the Swiss brand...
Effective with the spring collection 2013, Exped, the Swiss brand of outdoor equipment, will split its North American distribution. While the U.S. market continues to be covered by Exped's Seattle-based subsidiary, which was founded in 2009, the Canadian distribution will be in new hands: Montreal-based In-Sports Fashion will be in ...
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Jim Trombly and Martin Flora, two former executives of Massif...
Jim Trombly and Martin Flora, two former executives of Massif Mountain Gear, a company in Boulder, Colorado, have joined Sierra Designs as product director and creative director, respectively
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LaCrosse's chief executive, Joseph Schneider, and the company's chief financial...
LaCrosse's chief executive, Joseph Schneider, and the company's chief financial officer, David Carlson, have resigned from the company on their own terms. They had both occupied their positions for more than a decade. The announcement comes nearly three months after the Portland-based manufacturer of boots for the outdoor, work and ...
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Leki has hired Matthias Boss as new product manager for...
Leki has hired Matthias Boss as new product manager for gloves and softgoods. Boss is a real glove expert: He worked in the product management of Reusch before he switched to an Asian glove producer. Most recently, he served at Gore-Tex in various positions in sales and product management.
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Sub Zero Technology, the British brand of technical baselayers, down...
Sub Zero Technology, the British brand of technical baselayers, down and waterproof apparel, is eyeing the Chinese market and is about to seal various distribution deals there. The plan is to have not just one general distributor for the country, but to divide it into different regions for which the ...
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Arc'teryx Equipment has appointed two new top managers to its...
Arc'teryx Equipment has appointed two new top managers to its Vancouver-based team: Jon Hoerauf is new vice president and senior director of global commercial sales, while Adam Ketcheson is vice president and senior director of global marketing and B2C, both reporting to Vincent Wauters, general manager. In his previous career, ...
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Daniel Rothmeier has been appointed coordinator for marketing and PR...
Daniel Rothmeier has been appointed coordinator for marketing and PR at Maier Sports, the German snow and outerwear company, replacing Claudia Steeb who has left for a maternity break. Most recently, Rothmeier was part of the sports communication division at Mercedes-Benz.
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Mountain Force, the Swiss brand of snow and outdoor apparel,...
Mountain Force, the Swiss brand of snow and outdoor apparel, has created the new position of international sales manager. Effective Oct. 1, the new job will be handled by Sabine Weissbacher. Previously, the 51-year-old ran the international sales of Airfield, a brand of higher-end sports fashion and skiwear. Before her ...
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Helly Hansen has restructured its North American management structure by...
Helly Hansen has restructured its North American management structure by promoting Gary Davis to vice president of Canadian operations and appointing Filio Francke to the new position of vice president of U.S. operations. Davis had been acting as general manager of Helly Hansen North America. Francke served most recently ...
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66° North sealed a distribution deal for Canada with Rick...
66° North sealed a distribution deal for Canada with Rick Lalande, a long-time sales director of Head in the same country. Besides North America and Iceland, 66° North sells into ten European countries (including Greenland and the Faröe Islands). Fizan, the Italian brand of poles, is now covering the German ...
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Urs Egli will join, effective Nov. 5, LK International as...
Urs Egli will join, effective Nov. 5, LK International as product manager for skiwear. In that position, the 36-year-old will oversee the strategy of the Kjus brand in regard to both the collections and the brand. He will report to Nico Serena, chief of design and product development. Most recently, ...
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Evelyne Langenegger, a 38-year-old former manager of Adidas, has joined...
Evelyne Langenegger, a 38-year-old former manager of Adidas, has joined Jack Wolfskin in Switzerland to take care of key accounts, replacing Jürg Lüthi who has moved to Outdoor Trading
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G3, a Canadian company specializing in ski mountaineering equipment, has...
G3, a Canadian company specializing in ski mountaineering equipment, has hired Gord Bailey for the new position of vice president in charge of sales and marketing. For 15 years Bailed worked for Garmont North America in various positions, among them vice president of sales and marketing. Before his time at ...
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Patrick Baboin, a 16-year veteran of Timberland, has retired...
Patrick Baboin, a 16-year veteran of Timberland, has retired as part of a reorganization of the management. Aged 62, he plans to continue to be involved in the sporting goods and outdoor sector as a consultant. As general manager of Timberland's French subsidiary, he relocated its office from the ...
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Michael McCormick, executive vice president of global sales and...
Michael McCormick, executive vice president of global sales and marketing at Columbia Sportswear, has resigned from the company for personal reasons. Tim Boyle, the company's chief executive, will take over on an interim basis. McCormick joined Columbia in August 2006 as vice president of sales and was named to ...
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Donna Fitch, the previous director of men's merchandising at Woolrich,...
Donna Fitch, the previous director of men's merchandising at Woolrich, has been promoted to vice president for merchandising. She's been with the company since January. In addition, Woolrich has hired Karuna Scheinfeld to be its new vice president for design. She was previously at W.P. Lavori, where she was the ...
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Sport Partner reports that Pieter Saman, who started at Bever...
Sport Partner reports that Pieter Saman, who started at Bever in April as multi-channel manager, has just added the function of marketing manager for the leading Dutch outdoor retailer. He replaces Stijn van Hees, who became marketing coordinator and remains the operational point of contact for marketing. However, marketing as ...
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Thomas Brock, who has been with Mammut Sports Group as...
Thomas Brock, who has been with Mammut Sports Group as sales director for equipment and footwear in Germany since 2003, was appointed head of Mammut's operations in the Swiss market. He will replace Bernhard Bolliger, the longtime country manager in Switzerland, who decided to go into retirement and to spend ...
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Canada Goose, the marketer of rugged down jackets, has appointed...
Canada Goose, the marketer of rugged down jackets, has appointed Christian Stoll sales director for Austria and Germany. Most recently, he worked for Puma, where he introduced the company's sailing category. In his career of 25 years within the fashion and performance sector, Stoll served also for Murphy & Nye.
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Columbia Sportswear has appointed Stefan Gmeiner as country manager for...
Columbia Sportswear has appointed Stefan Gmeiner as country manager for Germany, the Netherlands and Slovenia for the Columbia and Sorel brands from the start of this month. He replaces Mike Kaier, who left to join Falke. Gmeiner was previously category sales manager for apparel, performance layers and accessories for the ...
