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    Chris Pawlus is the new vice president of product design...

    2018-12-28T00:00:00Z

    Chris Pawlus is the new vice president of product design and innovation at Keen, the Portland-based maker of outdoor shoes. He will oversee the Outdoor, Lifestyle and Kids departments. Pawlus joins Keen from Timberland, where he spent 21 years, most recently as creative director and vice president of global product ...

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    Troy Sicotte will be Columbia Sportswear's vice president of North...

    2018-12-28T00:00:00Z

    Troy Sicotte will be Columbia Sportswear's vice president of North American sales for the Mountain Hardware brand as of Oct. 22, 2018. He will report to Joe Vernachio, the brand's president. Sicotte has spent well over a decade in the footwear and outdoor industries, first at Birkenstock USA and then ...

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    William D. Perez, founder of a firm specializing in consulting...

    2018-12-28T00:00:00Z

    William D. Perez, founder of a firm specializing in consulting for family-owned businesses, has become an independent director of Johnson Outdoors

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    Evan Engel, who is said to have 11 years of...

    2018-11-16T00:00:00Z

    Evan Engel, who is said to have 11 years of experience in dealing with complex financial, operational and merger & acquisition processes, has joined the board of directors of Cherokee Global Brands, the owner of the Hi-Tec brand. Engel worked with Cherokee's chief executive, Henry Stupp, on its recent refinancing.

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    XXL ASA announced a major change of leadership after publishing...

    2018-11-16T00:00:00Z

    XXL ASA announced a major change of leadership after publishing relatively weak results for the third quarter. As of Dec. 1st, Ulf Bjerknes will become the new chief executive of the leading Nordic sporting goods retailer, replacing Hans Fredrik Steenbuch. Bjerknes was the CEO of the Swix Sport group between ...

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    Albert Habsburg was recently appointed to the position of commercial...

    2018-11-16T00:00:00Z

    Albert Habsburg was recently appointed to the position of commercial director at Schöffel, responsible for controlling, finances, legal issues and all financial matters linked to the company's operative business. For the past 17 years, Habsburg had been working for Kunert, the sock specialist based in Germany. Schöffel has restructured its ...

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    James Curleigh, the former head of Salomon North America and...

    2018-11-16T00:00:00Z

    James Curleigh, the former head of Salomon North America and Keen, has left Levi Strauss & Co. to be the chief executive of Gibson Brands, a well-known maker of guitars that just emerged from bankruptcy proceedings

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    Mizu, the American brand of reusable bottles, has hired two...

    2018-11-16T00:00:00Z

    Mizu, the American brand of reusable bottles, has hired two new executives while it is introducing a new water filtration and purification category. Craig Smith, who has been most recently the European sales and marketing manager of Dragon, will serve as European sales and marketing manager of Mizu Europe. Scott ...

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    Outdoor Research has hired Andy Burke as head of commercial...

    2018-11-16T00:00:00Z

    Outdoor Research has hired Andy Burke as head of commercial sales and Dan Petersen as senior manager of corporate and group sales. Both are seasoned executives, and their appointment follows the departure late last year of Dave Mahoney, who was Outdoor Research's vice president of sales. For the past eight ...

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    Pentland Brands has appointed Katrina Nurse as the company's new...

    2018-11-16T00:00:00Z

    Pentland Brands has appointed Katrina Nurse as the company's new chief finance officer. She is replacing Sam Gilburd, who took a career break in 2017, after ten years with the group, and Mandy Venters, who had been serving as interim CFO since March of last year. Nurse is coming off ...

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    Timberland has appointed Christopher Raeburn, the British fashion designer, to...

    2018-11-16T00:00:00Z

    Timberland has appointed Christopher Raeburn, the British fashion designer, to be its first global artistic director. He will be splitting his time between his own Christopher Raeburn brand, based in London, and Timberland's offices in New Hampshire, Switzerland and Hong Kong. Known for his green philosophy and use of recycled ...

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    Ingrid Fonteiner has been appointed by Ortlieb to the newly...

    2018-11-16T00:00:00Z

    Ingrid Fonteiner has been appointed by Ortlieb to the newly created position of head of its development department

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    David Loechner has resigned as president, chief executive and board...

    2018-11-16T00:00:00Z

    David Loechner has resigned as president, chief executive and board member of Emerald Expositions Events, owner of the Outdoor Retailer trade shows and others. He will, however, remain with the company through the end of the year to help with the transition. Emerald's chief financial officer, Philip Evans, has stepped ...

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    The board of directors of Columbia Sportswear has elected Sabrina...

    2018-11-16T00:00:00Z

    The board of directors of Columbia Sportswear has elected Sabrina Simmons to direct its Nominating and Corporate Governance and Compensation Committees. Simmons will also be a candidate for full-term board membership at the company's 2019 annual shareholders meeting. Currently, Simmons sits on the boards of Williams-Sonoma and ELF Cosmetics, chairing ...

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    David Labistour is planning to leave as chief executive of...

    2018-11-16T00:00:00Z

    David Labistour is planning to leave as chief executive of Mountain Equipment Co-op next June. In the 11 years that he spent in this position, the Canadian outdoor retail chain raised the number of its stores from 12 to 23. The number of members of the cooperative rose from 2.7 ...

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    Chris Pawlus is the new vice president of product design...

    2018-11-16T00:00:00Z

    Chris Pawlus is the new vice president of product design and innovation at Keen, the Portland-based maker of outdoor shoes. He will oversee the Outdoor, Lifestyle and Kids departments. Pawlus joins Keen from Timberland, where he spent 21 years, most recently as creative director and vice president of global product ...

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    Patrick Daniels, a former regional director of Esprit, recently joined...

    2018-11-16T00:00:00Z

    Patrick Daniels, a former regional director of Esprit, recently joined Aigle as vice president of sales for Europe, the Middle East and Africa

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    Victor Duran, the forward-looking executive who replaced Franz Julen at...

    2018-11-16T00:00:00Z

    Victor Duran, the forward-looking executive who replaced Franz Julen at the helm of Intersport International Corp. (IIC) at the beginning of 2017, has stepped down as chief executive of the international retail organization with immediate effect. IIC's board has appointed a 52-year-old Dutch executive, Steve Evers, to take his place ...

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    Brian Small, who is now 62 years old, is retiring...

    2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

    Brian Small, who is now 62 years old, is retiring as chief financial officer of JD Sports Fashion on Oct. 31 after 15 years with the company, which has made many important acquisitions lately, including those of Go Outdoors in the U.K. and The Finish Line in the U.S. Under ...

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    Vibram North America has announced that Michael Gionfriddo will retire...

    2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

    Vibram North America has announced that Michael Gionfriddo will retire as the company's president and chief executive effective Dec. 31, and that Fabrizio Gamberini has been hired as the new president of the U.S. operation. Also, the company has announced that Richard Riegel, currently a member of U.S. company's board ...