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Maier Sports, the German outdoor and snow sports apparel brand,...
Maier Sports, the German outdoor and snow sports apparel brand, has hired Dennis Dietrich, previously at Internetstores, to become project manager for public relations and marketing, as part of the marketing team led by Stefan Taft
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Sebastian Glasner, a former official of SportScheck, has become marketing...
Sebastian Glasner, a former official of SportScheck, has become marketing manager of Tatonka, replacing Christine Goeschel
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Zeal Optics has a new president, Ben Peters, who was...
Zeal Optics has a new president, Ben Peters, who was appointed in July to take the place of Joe Sanchez, who became vice president of product development at Costa Sunglasses last December. Like Sanchez, Peters has worked for many years at Zeal's parent company, Maui Jim Sunglasses. He started as ...
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Benjamin Chapuis has taken the place of Camille Henry as...
Benjamin Chapuis has taken the place of Camille Henry as director of collections for Le Chameau, the French supplier of hunting boots. Chapuis is responsible for product development and purchasing. He worked at Decathlon as a product engineer for three years until 2007, when he joined the French Royer Group ...
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Previously at Cascade Designs and Sierra Designs, Bill Conradt has...
Previously at Cascade Designs and Sierra Designs, Bill Conradt has switched to ExOfficio as vice president of global sales. He has been assigned to expand the international sales at ExOfficio, an outdoor and travel brand owned by Jarden Corporation. Conradt spent 13 years at Cascade Designs, to become vice president ...
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An experienced executive, Liz Braund, has joined Royal Robbins in...
An experienced executive, Liz Braund, has joined Royal Robbins in the position of vice president of merchandising and design. She will also be in charge of product development and innovation. Braund has spent 20 years in performance apparel, working for important brands such as Nike, The North Face and Oakley. ...
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Zeal Optics has developed a new polarized and photochromic lens,...
Zeal Optics has developed a new polarized and photochromic lens, the Automatic, building on its technological heritage in goggles
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Jim van Dine will no longer run Hoka One One,...
Jim van Dine will no longer run Hoka One One, the fast-growing brand of trail running shoes. It seems that his departure is connected with plans of the new owner of the brand, Deckers Corp., to consolidate its operations, based in the San Francisco Bay area, into its own head ...
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Marti Batalla, who founded Grifone in 1984, is leaving the...
Marti Batalla, who founded Grifone in 1984, is leaving the Spanish outerwear company after more than 20 years at its helm. His departure is related to the acquisition of a controlling stake in the company by Ramón Cierco, who began to invest in Grifone in 2011. Other shareholders are Sandro ...
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Claes Broqvist, who has resigned after six years as sales...
Claes Broqvist, who has resigned after six years as sales director of Odlo Sportswear, is moving from Switzerland to Italy next January to fill a new position at Oberalp, parent company of Salewa, Dynafit and other brands, as regional general manager in charge of North America, Asia, the U.K. and ...
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Salomon has appointed Anthony Diana as its new regional category...
Salomon has appointed Anthony Diana as its new regional category manager for footwear in the U.S. Diana has more than nine years of experience in the outdoor industry and seven years with multiple brands within the Amer Sports group, Salomon's parent company. For these brands, he has served as product ...
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Patagonia has appointed Lisa Pike Sheehy to the newly-created role...
Patagonia has appointed Lisa Pike Sheehy to the newly-created role of vice-president of environmental activism. She will report directly to Patagonia's chief executive, Rose Macario. Pike Sheehy is also on the board of the Outdoor Industry Association. This year Patagonia has donated $6.2 million to 741 grassroots environmental groups. The ...
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Wolverine Worldwide has appointed John Coe as managing director of...
Wolverine Worldwide has appointed John Coe as managing director of its London-based subsidiary, taking the place of Dan LeVesconte, to “drive continued growth” for its brands in the region. As general manager of Chaco since March 2011, Coe has been running Wolverine's fastest-growing brand. He gained international experience as president ...
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Attila Hegyi, former purchasing manager at Mountex, the leading Hungarian...
Attila Hegyi, former purchasing manager at Mountex, the leading Hungarian outdoor retailer, is switching to Singing Rock from the start of October to supervise the Czech outdoor equipment supplier's European sales. This is a new function at Singing Rock, where Hegyi will be reporting to Guilherme Settanni, sales and marketing ...
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Jeff Lasher, who has been chief financial officer of Crocs...
Jeff Lasher, who has been chief financial officer of Crocs since 2011, is leaving the company in early November to occupy a similar position at West Marine. Mike Smith, a former executive of Collective Brands and Wolverine Worldwide who joined Crocs earlier this year as senior vice president of finance, ...
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Crocs has promoted Terence Reilly from vice president of global...
Crocs has promoted Terence Reilly from vice president of global marketing to senior vice president and chief marketing officer
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Matt J. Reintjes has left Vista Outdoor, where he was...
Matt J. Reintjes has left Vista Outdoor, where he was running the outdoor products division, to become the first professional chief executive of Yeti Coolers, effective Aug. 31. Roy Seiders, who founded the American company with his brother Ryan nine years ago, will remain Yeti's chairman, concentrating on strategy and ...
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Patagonia has hired Alex Beasley as its new country manager...
Patagonia has hired Alex Beasley as its new country manager for the U.K. & Ireland. The announcement has come after a series of recent hires and reorganizations as the company continues its restructuring across Europe. Beasley will manage Patagonia's wholesale business and support its retail and e-commerce strategy in the ...
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Alibaba, the huge Chinese-based internet company that owns Tmall.com, the...
Alibaba, the huge Chinese-based internet company that owns Tmall.com, the Taobao marketplace and a dozen other operations, has hired a Canadian-born executive, Michael Evans, as president in its bid to expand internationally. He reports to Daniel Zhang, the group's chief executive who succeeded Jonathan Lu in May. His initial task ...
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John McCarvel, who retired as president and chief executive of...
John McCarvel, who retired as president and chief executive of Crocs last April, has become lead investor and chairman of Xero Shoes, a U.S. company that produces versatile and lightweight performance and recreation sandals. Dennis Driscoll, who joined Xero three years ago and is now acting as its chief product ...
