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    Stanley has a new marketing director, Lisa Wood. She worked...

    2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

    Stanley has a new marketing director, Lisa Wood. She worked most recently as brand development manager for Continental Tire. She previously handled the introduction of a luxury overland camping brand, ARB 4x4 Accessories, in North, South and Central America

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    Keen has hired John Eberle as general manager of its...

    2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

    Keen has hired John Eberle as general manager of its outdoor, lifestyle and kids division, Keen's largest product category. He will oversee global business operations, management strategy and product and business development for the division, effective Aug. 9. Eberle spent 13 years at Nike in various roles. Most recently, he ...

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    Jill Layfield, former chief executive of Backcountry.com, has agreed to...

    2016-07-20T00:00:00Z

    Jill Layfield, former chief executive of Backcountry.com, has agreed to serve as CEO of Tamara Mellon, a new fashion label run by a founder of Jimmy Choo

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    Andreas Linder, who previously worked as creative director for an...

    2016-07-20T00:00:00Z

    Andreas Linder, who previously worked as creative director for an advertising agency in Germany, joined Edelrid two months ago and will act as head of marketing, replacing Anne Leidenfrost who is leaving for an extended climbing road trip

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    Rüdiger Fox has been appointed as the new chief executive...

    2016-07-20T00:00:00Z

    Rüdiger Fox has been appointed as the new chief executive of Sympatex Technologies, taking the place of Michael Kamm, who is leaving by mutual consent after six years in the post. Like Kamm, he will also act as speaker for the management. Haiko Stüting will remain as joint managing director ...

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    Nemo Equipment has made several appointments in its product department....

    2016-07-20T00:00:00Z

    Nemo Equipment has made several appointments in its product department. Zack Kamen has been named product development manager and Chris Reynolds as product line manager. Kamen comes from the industry design group of Apple Corp., where he is said to have focused on making micron-accurate prototypes for the company. Reynolds ...

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    Brian Jung has been confirmed as the new managing director...

    2016-07-20T00:00:00Z

    Brian Jung has been confirmed as the new managing director of the global business division of Black Yak, South Korea's leading outdoor brand. As we already reported, he takes the place of Jun Suk Kang, who held that position for about four years and is the son of the company's ...

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    Eva Mullins has replaced Lennart Ekberg as sustainability manager of...

    2016-07-20T00:00:00Z

    Eva Mullins has replaced Lennart Ekberg as sustainability manager of Haglöfs

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    In its third high-profile hire in recent months, Keen has...

    2016-07-20T00:00:00Z

    In its third high-profile hire in recent months, Keen has appointed Tyler LaMotte to the new position of global vice president of brand marketing. Prior to Keen, LaMotte served as Apple's senior marketer, in charge of worldwide product marketing. He also worked at Patagonia as global business unit director for ...

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    Bedivar, which has been the agent of Crocs in Portugal,...

    2016-07-11T00:00:00Z

    Bedivar, which has been the agent of Crocs in Portugal, changed its status to that of the brand's exclusive distributor in the country on July 1. Run by a Portuguese industry veteran, Carlos Alemão, Bedivar has been distributing foreign footwear brands since 1990. Crocs said the change was meant to ...

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    Amer Sports has appointed Emilio Morabito as vice president in...

    2016-07-11T00:00:00Z

    Amer Sports has appointed Emilio Morabito as vice president in charge of commercial portfolio management for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), replacing Markus Ense who left at the end of June after appointing several field sales managers and strategic account managers who are now working with the sales ...

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    Antoine Haincourt has been appointed expert associate at the EM...

    2016-07-11T00:00:00Z

    Antoine Haincourt has been appointed expert associate at the EM Lyon Business School, in charge of its international master's degree course on the sports industry. He takes the place of Pascal Aymar, who has decided to work for another university-level program in the same sector, as we have already reported. ...

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    Odlo recently appointed Phillip Weston as its new general manager...

    2016-07-11T00:00:00Z

    Odlo recently appointed Phillip Weston as its new general manager for the U.K. and Ireland. Weston was most recently at Esprit, where he served as vice president and head of the U.K., Ireland and Benelux region. In his new role at Odlo, he will manage all aspects of the Odlo ...

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    Dirk Ostertag has been hired as European sales manager for...

    2016-07-11T00:00:00Z

    Dirk Ostertag has been hired as European sales manager for Camelbak, after the hydration company's acquisition by Vista Outdoor last year and as a means to reinforce its international business. Ostertag previously worked as commercial manager for the Speedo brand at the Oberalp Group in Germany, after other management functions ...

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    Black Diamond Europe says it has completed its staff, with...

    2016-07-11T00:00:00Z

    Black Diamond Europe says it has completed its staff, with 29 highly motivated members at its new headquarters in Innsbruck. Run by Tim Bantle, the top management includes Craig Foster, Georg Hoffberger and Stephan Hagenbusch. Foster, who has been with BD since 2009, is taking over the role of director ...

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    Hoka One One, a division of Deckers Brands, has hired...

    2016-07-11T00:00:00Z

    Hoka One One, a division of Deckers Brands, has hired Michael McManus as its senior sports marketing manager. He joins from Adidas, where he was senior director of global sports marketing for running. At Adidas, he also worked as director of go-to-market, director of grassroots running, and manager of specialty ...

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    Chris Licata will take the place of Peter Weaver as...

    2016-07-11T00:00:00Z

    Chris Licata will take the place of Peter Weaver as chief executive of Tecnica USA when the latter retires on Sept. 6. Licata returned to the winter sports business in 2010, working under Weaver in the Tecnica/Blizzard division, after acting as president and CEO of Blake's All Natural Foods since ...

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    Timbuk2 has announced four leadership appointments, effective from June 1,...

    2016-06-17T00:00:00Z

    Timbuk2 has announced four leadership appointments, effective from June 1, namely Jen Larkin as design director, Nelson Garcia as art director, Azul Couzens as head of marketing and Ami Takahashi as head of international sales. Larkin will play a key role in designing the Autumn 2017 and Winter 2018 collections ...

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    Christina Rolén, a former executive at Adidas and Nike, has...

    2016-06-17T00:00:00Z

    Christina Rolén, a former executive at Adidas and Nike, has been appointed as global marketing director for Haglöfs, the Swedish outdoor brand. Rolén will start at Haglöfs at the beginning of October and she will become part of the company's executive management team. She was most recently chief executive for ...

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    After senior positions in the product division at Mammut Sports...

    2016-06-17T00:00:00Z

    After senior positions in the product division at Mammut Sports Group and Sigma Sport, Uwe Gottschalk took over at the beginning of June as head of product at Vaude. He is covering strategic development of products for all three of the German outdoor brand's categories, from mountain sports to bike ...