SCOTT USA has hired Reed Pike as Sales Manager for the Colorado, Minnesota and Ohio territories. With over 30 years experience Reed started in the cycling industry working retail in the San Francisco area. After working for Schwinn as a sales rep in South
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Columbia Hires New UK and Ireland Regional Mgr.
Columbia Sportswear International, AG, has changed its UK and Ireland management team. Effective the end of June, Paul Hayes will assume the position of Regional Manager for the UK and Ireland, where he will assume responsibility for the management of all
Deuter Grows and Restructures
With well over 40% new growth at Deuter this brings with it new in house roles. John Herron has been the organizing force behind customer service and shipping will take on the role of Marketing and Promotions. He will work in tandem with What's UP PR
Ski Tops Brings in New Director of Sales and Marketing
Continued growth , distribution and an expanding sales force has prompted Gary Supple, US Manager of SKI TOPS USA, to hire Dominic A. Chenelia, as Director of Sales and Marketing for the CHAOS and MOON SHADOW headwear brands. Chenelia joined the company
NYSE Warns Huffy About De-Listing
Huffy Corporation has received an early warning letter from the New York Stock Exchange indicating that with the recent decline in market capitalization and the anticipated significant loss in the first quarter of 2004, the Corporation could fall below th
Lowe Alpine and Asolo Consolidate In NH
Lowe Alpine Systems will reorganize its American operations and relocate its brand management, sales and marketing functions to New Hampshire, effective August 1, 2004. These operations will be combined with those of Asolo USA. Geoff O’Keeffe and Gareth R
Canadian Retailers Honored
Retail Council of Canada paid tribute to leaders in the retail industry at its ninth annual Excellence in Retailing Awards dinner. Wayne Sales, President and CEO of Canadian Tire Corporation, accepted the Distinguished Canadian Retailer of the Year award.
VauDe Taps Kurtzweg to Strengthen Apparel Segment
Kenneth Kurtzweg will join VauDe as Brand Manager of Apparel. The newly established position oversees the entire Apparel Product Division. VauDe has a goal to expand its competence in the Apparel segment which historically contributes up to 50% of overall
Madsen to Retire from REI; Jewel to Take the Reins
REI CEO Dennis Madsen will retire from the company at the company's annual membership meeting on March 28, 2005, and said he will spend the next 10 months helping to transition the company's leadership to its current COO, Sally Jewell. Jewell wi
REI Opens Second Houston Store
REI will open a second store in Houston, Texas, in the Willowbrook Shopping Center in October. The new store will serve more than 17,000 active REI cooperative members
in the Houston area. REI opened its first store in Houston in 1996. Last year, that ori
Callaway Wins LPGA Safeway Classic Apparel Contract
Callaway Golf apparel was awarded the contract as the exclusive apparel vendor supporting the 2004 LPGA Safeway Classic to be held at the Columbia Edgewater Country Club, Portland, Oregon. Callaway Golf apparel will be the exclusive supplier for the volun
Chinook Hires Coogan for New Brand Strategy
Chinook Trading has selected Mike Coogan, former VP of global marketing at Kamik, to launch a branded division.
Coogan, who will serve as president of the newly formed branded division at Chinook Trading, is launching a unique multi-brand strategy for the
The GolfWorks Hires Redferne as Technical Manager – U.K.
The GolfWorks has appointed former Clubmaker of the Year Kevin Redfern as the new Technical Manager of The GolfWorks, U.K. Owner and operator of Custom Golf Stix in London and recipient of the Golf Clubmakers Association (GCA) European Clubmaker of the Y
Kitty Bradley Joins Stonewear Designs as GM
Great Trango Holdings has hired Kitty Bradley as the Brand Manager for Stonewear Designs. Kitty joins the team to continue her career in the outdoor and apparel industries. She got her start in the Outdoor Industry as the GM of the Boulder Mountaineer fro
Keen’s CEO Joins TimBuk2 Board
Timbuk2 has added Angel Martinez to its Board of Directors. Mr. Martinez, the CEO of Keen Footwear and former Chief Marketing Officer of Reebok International, brings nearly three decades of consumer brand building expertise to the rapidly growing luggage
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