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VF Corporation has announced the election of Matthew J. Shattock,...
VF Corporation has announced the election of Matthew J. Shattock, Beam's president and chief executive, to its board of directors. Shattock, 50, will serve on the compensation and finance committees of VF's board. He has been at the head of Beam, a leading premium spirits company, since 2009, first as ...
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Oliver Wieser, formerly managing director of Stiefelkönig, a big Austrian...
Oliver Wieser, formerly managing director of Stiefelkönig, a big Austrian shoe retail chain that recently changed ownership, has been appointed head of the Dachstein brand, an old Austrian brand of outdoor boots. The 40-year-old will be supported by Marlene Lumpi, formerly with The North Face, and Christian Wolsegger, sales manager, ...
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Benedikt Böhm, until now the business unit manager...
Benedikt Böhm, until now the business unit manager of Dynafit International, has been appointed joint managing director of Salewa's German subsidiary, effective April 1. He will share the work with Stefan Rosenkranz, a former executive at Fischer who joined Salewa as head of the German operations in 2007. Bähm continues ...
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Evernew, the Japanese brand of high-end titanium dishes for outdoor...
Evernew, the Japanese brand of high-end titanium dishes for outdoor use, is making it into the European market. A few weeks ago, a European headquarters and a warehouse were opened outside Gothenburg, Sweden, to run the operations there even though the managing director, a Japanese executive, will operate from Japan. ...
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Igloo Products has named David C. Thornhill new executive vice...
Igloo Products has named David C. Thornhill new executive vice president and chief operating officer. He will report to Gary Kiedaisch, the company's chairman and chief executive, who made the announcement. A graduate of the University of South Florida with a bachelor of science in marketing, Thornhill brings 26 years ...
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Cober, an Italian manufacturer of ski, trekking and...
Cober, an Italian manufacturer of ski, trekking and Nordic walking poles, has appointed Vinicio Rossi to the new position of commercial director, responsible for domestic and foreign markets. For Cober, which has been working on an OEM basis for big companies such as Décathlon, Head and Elan, the move signals ...
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Vaude has created a few new positions in its management....
Vaude has created a few new positions in its management. René Bethmann has been hired as head of material development for apparel and is set to additionally take over similar responsibilities in the equipment department. The 32-year-old has served in comparable positions at Norrøna and Helly Hansen. Mario Schlegel has ...
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Johnson Outdoors has created new positions in its Johnson Outdoors...
Johnson Outdoors has created new positions in its Johnson Outdoors Gear (JOG) and Watercraft divisions. Aside from two regional appointments for the U.S. market, Johnson has named Chris Lussier senior regional and international sales manager for JOG and the newly acquired Jetboil brand. Lussier, a former vice president for sales ...
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Schoeller Textil has added a new business unit for knits,...
Schoeller Textil has added a new business unit for knits, and has named Stefano Tonizzo to lead it. The unit encompasses all knits for the sports sector and comes six months after Schoeller acquired the sports and technical textiles areas from Eschler. Product development and sales both are handled by ...
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After a couple of seasons of vacancy, Mountain Hardwear is...
After a couple of seasons of vacancy, Mountain Hardwear is back in Austria. The brand of Columbia Sportswear will be handled by Florian Grimus who acts simultaneously as agent of Prana, Five Ten and Shred in the country. Before his time as an independent agent, he was involved in the distribution ...
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Per Wååg has been appointed category and purchasing manager at...
Per Wååg has been appointed category and purchasing manager at Primus, the Swedish brand of stoves, lamps and other accessories. The 36-year-old will act as interface between sales, marketing and product management at the subsidiary of Fenix Outdoor. He is very familiar with the Swedish industry of outdoor accessories since ...
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Christina Hanke has been appointed to the new position of...
Christina Hanke has been appointed to the new position of head of marketing communications at Odlo. The 38-year-old was, among other companies, with MBT, the shoe company, where she steered global communications. The new head of marketing at Odlo's subsidiary for Switzerland is Adrian Fuchs. Meanwhile, Odlo has chosen a new ...
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Columbia has appointed Paul Freysoldt to be new country sales...
Columbia has appointed Paul Freysoldt to be new country sales director for Austria mainly in charge of the key accounts. Freysoldt worked for Salewa and Dynafit before and replaces Tom Czizegg, who switched to Timberland to run its footwear business in the German-speaking countries.
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Kozi Kidz, the British specialty brand of outerwear for children,...
Kozi Kidz, the British specialty brand of outerwear for children, has finally picked an agency for the German market. Until now, the country was covered by the U.K. headquarters directly. The new man in charge is Andreas Radtke with his Sports Concepts agency, which also represents Craghoppers in the country.
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Dale of Norway, the specialty manufacturer of knitted functional outerwear,...
Dale of Norway, the specialty manufacturer of knitted functional outerwear, has hired Bjørn Burkhalter as new international sales manager. With this move, the 37-year-old returns to both his country, Norway, and the sporting goods business. At Dale, he will take over his position by mid-February. He replaces Lorents Tvedt, who ...
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Granger's, the U.K.-based supplier of maintenance products for outdoor-related equipment,...
Granger's, the U.K.-based supplier of maintenance products for outdoor-related equipment, footwear and apparel, has set up a joint venture with a German company offering complementary products, BNS Bergal, Nico & Solitaire Vertriebs GmbH. Based in Mainz, Germany, the partnership aims to strengthen Granger's distribution in Austria and Germany.However, the tie-up ...
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Sportpulsion has started to represent Montane in France. The French...
Sportpulsion has started to represent Montane in France. The French company also represents sports brands such as Giro, Nidecker and Northwave.
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After 35 years with Vaude, many of them directing the...
After 35 years with Vaude, many of them directing the purchase and import department, Hubertus von Dewitz retired at the turn of the year. He is the brother of Albrecht von Dewitz, the company's founder, and uncle of Antje von Dewitz, the current managing director. When Vaude first started up, ...
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After four years with the British outdoor company, Matt Kemp...
After four years with the British outdoor company, Matt Kemp has quit Berghaus to accept another interesting challenge in retail. At Blacks Outdoor, Kemp has taken on the role of trading director, in which he reports directly to Ken Reeve, the retailer's managing director. Most recently, Kemp served as Berghaus' ...
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The parent company of Rab and Lowe Alpine has a...
The parent company of Rab and Lowe Alpine has a new U.S. sales manager. Chris Tennal will work for Equip Outdoor Technologies, managing two national sales teams for the two technical outdoor brands, working from the company's office in Louisville, Colorado. His previous experience includes a job as hardgoods buyer ...
