Zoot Sports named Dave Jewell as Footwear Category Manager. Jewell began his career selling shoes at specialty retail and spent 12
years leading the footwear business for Road Runner Sports. 3 years
ago, Jewell transitioned to the manufacturing side of the business as
the Category Manager for Adidas. At Adidas, Jewell had global
responsibility for their 3 key running silhouettes: the AdiStar,
Supernova and Response.
Alongside leading running specialty footwear brands, Jewell is an avid runner and a 3-time finisher of the Hawaii Ironman World Championships.
“Dave is a key addition to our management team. We are the #1 brand in multi-sport and our mission is to become the leading endurance sports brand in the world. Dave’s knowledge of the runner and the running specialty market will accelerate our pace towards this goal,” said Brian Enge, Vice President and General Manager of Zoot.
“I am excited to join the Zoot family and look forward to growing such an authentic and product-driven brand within the running specialty channel of distribution,” comments Jewell.
Zoot noted that it has seen over 300% revenue growth in the last 5 years, and is the leading brand worn by athletes at the Ironman World Championships in Kona. The brand continues to find popularity amongst endurance athletes seeking premium quality products for running, cycling, swimming and triathlon, and is poised to maintain an aggressive level of growth.
