All Executive changes articles – Page 88
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Deckers Brands has appointed Maggie Winkel as the general manager...
Deckers Brands has appointed Maggie Winkel as the general manager of Teva, a newly created role under the Performance Lifestyle Group at Deckers Brands. The appointment will be effective on Oct. 24. In this new position, Winkel will manage global product and brand marketing for Teva as well as the ...
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Cascade Designs has appointed Erik Flink as brand director for...
Cascade Designs has appointed Erik Flink as brand director for Therm-a-Rest and Karl Fritzsche as brand director for Platypus, SealLine and PackTowl. Flink has been with Cascade Designs for more than 17 years. Most recently, he was brand director of the Platypus Hydration division. Previously, he has been product manager ...
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Columbia Sportswear has appointed David Lawner as interim senior vice...
Columbia Sportswear has appointed David Lawner as interim senior vice president of retailing in North America and Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), while the company has started a search to replace Shawn Cox. From 2011 until March 2016, Lawner was president in charge of U.S. retailing and ecommerce ...
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Leki has boosted its international sales department with the appointment...
Leki has boosted its international sales department with the appointment of Michael Brechtelsbauer as area manager for North America, Scandinavia and some other European countries
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Cory Bayers, former global creative vice president at Lululemon,...
Cory Bayers, former global creative vice president at Lululemon, has become the new vice president of marketing for Patagonia
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Moritz Kuhn started at the beginning of October as country...
Moritz Kuhn started at the beginning of October as country manager for Haglöfs in Germany and Austria, after several years at the Adidas Group and most recently as a team leader at Zalando. Kuhn replaces Herbert Horelt, who has been with the Swedish outdoor company since 2003 and left last ...
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Brian Moore, who served as vice president of global footwear...
Brian Moore, who served as vice president of global footwear for The North Face for four years until last May, has joined Tracksmith, an American brand of performance running apparel and accessories, as product manager. We understand that his appointment is intended to strengthen the sourcing capabilities of the company, ...
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Chris Roberts, managing director of Mammut UK, left the company...
Chris Roberts, managing director of Mammut UK, left the company earlier this month. The business is going to be supervised on an interim basis by Andy Ernst, head of the sales division for Europe, although he is based in Switzerland and the U.K. operations are led on a daily basis ...
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Canada Goose has appointed Lee Turlington to the new position...
Canada Goose has appointed Lee Turlington to the new position of chief product officer and Kevin Spreekmeester to the new position of chief brand officer. Turlington, who worked previously in leading roles for Nike, Patagonia, The North Face and Fila, had been a consultant of Canada Goose over the last ...
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Wigwam Mills has a new chief executive, Thomas Wheeler. He...
Wigwam Mills has a new chief executive, Thomas Wheeler. He takes the position from Robert Chesebro, who remains Chairman. Wheeler is the second outsider to have joined the top management of the American socks manufacturer, which is owned by Chesebro's family. Wheeler will also act as president of Wigwam. He ...
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Osprey Packs has launched a search for a new chief...
Osprey Packs has launched a search for a new chief executive. The role has been held for the past 15 years by Tom Barney, but he will resign as of Oct. 28. No reason has been given for his departure. Mike Pfotenhauer, founder and owner of the company, publicly praised ...
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David Sharp has handed in his resignation as president and...
David Sharp has handed in his resignation as president and chief executive of Rocky Brands as well as a director of the American company, where he has served in various management roles since 2000. Mike Brooks, chairman, will take over his functions on an interim basis until his successor is ...
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+++ Gary Adam, president of international sales at Rocky Brands,...
+++ Gary Adam, president of international sales at Rocky Brands, has left the company +++
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Hohenstein has announced the appointment of John Frazier as senior...
Hohenstein has announced the appointment of John Frazier as senior technical director of Hohenstein Institute America. In this role, he will support apparel and footwear clients across North America in the implementation of green chemistry, textile and materials research. Prior to joining Hohenstein, he was senior director of chemistry at ...
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Wolverine Worldwide has announced the appointment of Mike Jeppesen, the...
Wolverine Worldwide has announced the appointment of Mike Jeppesen, the current president of its Global Operations Group, to an expanded role as president of the Wolverine Heritage Group, which includes the Wolverine, Harley-Davidson, Bates, and HyTest brands. He takes over from Ted Gedra, who has recently retired after 30 years ...
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Liz McLellan has been appointed marketing manager of Sterling Rope,...
Liz McLellan has been appointed marketing manager of Sterling Rope, building upon the relaunch of the American brand in 2015. She worked previously with Emery Waterhouse and The Via Group, an advertising agency where she had Greenpeace and Samsung among her clients.
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Frédéric Seymarc has been appointed as French country manager of...
Frédéric Seymarc has been appointed as French country manager of Ternua, the Spanish outdoor brand, which has taken over the distribution of its products in the country, starting in October. Seymarc worked for Decathlon until 1992. After spending some time in Australia, he came back to France to work for ...
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Wolverine Worldwide's board of directors has authorized a new stock...
Wolverine Worldwide's board of directors has authorized a new stock repurchase program for up to $300 million, replacing the balance of a program it had approved in 2014. The company will also issue 10-year bonds with a face value of $250 million that will help redeem a series of outstanding ...
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Oboz Footwear, headquartered in Bozeman, Montana, has opened a product...
Oboz Footwear, headquartered in Bozeman, Montana, has opened a product design and development office in Portland, Oregon. The company has also announced two new members to its product creation team. Brad Long has been named director of product while Seth Brown is the new senior product developer. Long has more ...
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David Burroughs is taking over as president of Cascade Designs...
David Burroughs is taking over as president of Cascade Designs from Joe McSwiney, who held the post for ten years. He is the son of John Burroughs, founder and chairman of the 44-year-old company, whose brand portfolio includes Therm-a-Rest, Mountain Safety Research (MSR), Platypus, SealLine, and PackTowl. McSwiney, who has ...
