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J.Lindeberg welcomes new head of design
Neil Lewty will be the new head of design at the Swedish clothing brand J.Lindeberg. He will be responsible for the creative direction of the three divisions fashion, ski and golf starting this August. The position became vacant after German designer Jens Werner resigned in summer 2019. Lewty is currently ...
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Clarus appoints EVP of operations and talent
Clarus Corp., the parent company of Black Diamond and other brands, has appointed Kelly Davis as executive vice-president of operations and talent, effective March 26. Davis previously served as a vice-president and general manager of Idex Corp., a diversified engineered products company, where he was responsible for the Trebor and ...
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Enberget takes over international sales and marketing at Sweet Protection
Sweet Protection announced today that it has named Atle Enberget as its director of international sales and marketing. Enberget has held various jobs for the brand since 2003, including director of international sales. Adding to his existing responsibilities, he will now also run the company’s international marketing arm and oversee ...
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News briefsNew chairman of the board for Montane
Only two weeks after it was acquired by Inverleith, a Scottish based consumer brand investor, the British outdoor clothing brand Montane has appointed Andy Towne as chairman of its refreshed board of directors. Towne is an industry veteran with 25 years of experience in the sports and outdoor industry. Towne ...
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News briefsNew global VP marketing and digital at Kombi
Kombi Sports, a Canadian company that manufactures winter accessories such as gloves and mittens, announced the appointment of Nathalie Binda as Global Vice President of Marketing and Digital. Binda joins Kombi shortly before the company’s 60th anniversary and comes to Kombi from DavidsTea, a Montréal-based, publicly traded retailer of tea ...
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ArticlePrimaloft will make more noise
(SGI) No figures are available, but Primaloft is said to have become very profitable after growing for a while at a double-digit rate every year. Some of the profits are going to be reinvested in consumer-oriented advertising to build up brand awareness, probably starting with the autumn/winter 2021 season, to ...
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New CFO for Thule
Thule has announced that Marianne Bonrud Hagelqvist, the current group accounting director, has taken over as acting chief financial officer of Thule Group, effective Feb. 14. She is replacing Lennart Mauritzson, who has resigned as CFO, until Jonas Lindqvist, currently chief financial officer at Arjo, a global supplier of medical ...
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ArticleEOG: New team members and ambitious goals
The European Outdoor Group (EOG), which currently federates 110 of the world’s leading industrial and retail companies from the outdoor sector, has announced its priorities for the coming years. The focus will be on three pillars: Doing business right with the help of business intelligence; preserving the outdoors; and getting ...
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Espen Falck Engelstad leaves Haglöfs for the Brav Group
The Norwegian Brav Group, which includes the Swix, Toko, Lundhags, Helsport, Hardrocx and Ulvang brands, has appointed Espen Falck Engelstad as its new group leader. He will assume his new position on April 1. Engelstad is currently director of Norrøna Sports and has been with the company for more than ...
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Lowa strengthens its marketing department
Angelika Kettenbach has been supporting the international Lowa marketing team since February. The 26-year-old studied sports management and gained her first experience in a sports PR and marketing agency in Munich. In her newly created position as marketing coordinator, she will support the marketing team in the areas of POS ...
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Kelly Kraus joins Cascade's board of directors
Cascade Designs, the American outdoor company, has appointed Kelly Kraus to its board of directors, where she will be providing leadership on and insight into marketing, product and sales. She is also joining a hiring committee for key leadership roles. Kraus began at Cascade as a sales representative before becoming ...
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Per Wååg appointed new global chief executive of Primus and Brunton Outdoor
Fenix has promoted Per Wååg, a company veteran, to global chief executive of Primus and Brunton Outdoor. Wååg was previously general manager of Brunton, which is also the distributor of Primus in North America. Fenix owns such other outdoor brands as Fjällräven, Hanwag and Royal Robbins and is the parent ...
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News briefsSnowlife strengthens international sales
Snowlife, the Swiss family business specializing in ski gloves, wants to further strengthen its international distribution, which is now largely limited to agents in Italy, Austria and France, plus distributors in Spain, Russia and Eastern Europe. For this purpose, the company has appointed an industry veteran, Robert Demetz, to the ...
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Scott Allan retires from Hydro Flask
Hydro Flask, the specialist in high-performance insulated products, has announced that its global general manager, Scott Allan, will retire on March 1. Allan was named president and chief executive of Hydro Flask in 2012 and global general manager in 2016, when Hydro Flask was acquired by Helen of Troy. Larry ...
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OIA names new executive director
The U.S.-based Outdoor Industry Association (OIA) has announced the promotion of Lise Aangeenbrug from executive director of its philanthropic arm (Outdoor Foundation) to executive director of the OIA. Prior to joining the Outdoor Foundation, Aangeenbrug was executive vice-president of the National Park Foundation (NPF). She also previously served as executive ...
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Clarella resigns as sales manager of Camp Base
Bernat Clarella resigned as sales director of Camp Base at the end of 2019, after a year in the job. He remains an advisor to the Catalonian outdoor retail chain. Clarella was in the past country manager (Spain and Andorra) for Edelrid, sales coordinator for Garmont shoes and country manager ...
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Wolverine World Wide names new global presidents for two of its divisions
(SGI+) Wolverine World Wide has appointed Joelle Grunberg as global president of its Sperry division and Tom Kennedy as global president of the Wolverine brand, with oversight for the Licensing Group and membership on the acquisitions team. Grunberg has spent the past seven years as president and chief executive for ...
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Changes in Lenzing's management board
(SGI) Lenzing, the producer of cellulosic fibers, is switching out one member of its management board and expanding it by one seat. On March 1, Stephan Sielaff, Lenzing’s new chief technology officer, will take the seat vacated late last year by Heiko Arnold, who has left the company. A chemical ...
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News briefsJohn Lacy becomes sole CEO of Burton
(SGI) Burton Snowboards announced that John Lacy will be the company’s sole chief executive. He has shared this role over the past 18 months with Donna Carpenter, who will now take over the position of chairperson of Burton’s board of directors from her late husband and company founder, Jake Burton ...
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New brand director EMEA at Mountain Hardwear
Mountain Hardwear has appointed Danny Harkin as brand director for the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region. Harkin previously worked at The North Face as product director. He has 30 years of experience in multiple management and leadership roles in product and operations in the U.K., Italy and the ...
