Consumer insights from the sporting goods industry – Page 25
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The Thule Group reported a 12.7 percent sales increase for...
The Thule Group reported a 12.7 percent sales increase for the third quarter to 1.56 billion Swedish kronor (€150.6m-$170.4m). The growth in local currencies amounted to only 3.8 percent, with a drop of 4.4 percent in the Americas compensated for by a 7.8 percent increase in Europe and the rest ...
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Zalando has once again reduced its guidance for the current...
Zalando has once again reduced its guidance for the current financial year, indicating that a very hot and long summer affected its sales, resulting in heavy discounting, and delayed the switch to autumn/winter season. The big e-tailer is now expecting its revenues to grow at the low end of its ...
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The FC Barcelona club reported record revenues of €914 million...
The FC Barcelona club reported record revenues of €914 million for the 2017/18 season, up from €708 million in the previous year. Ebitda went up to €177 million from €124 million. Higher sponsorship revenues, including those obtained through a new shirt deal with Japan's Rakuten, were only one of the ...
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The Willy Bogner group raised its sales by about 5...
The Willy Bogner group raised its sales by about 5 percent to €71.9 million for the first half of the current fiscal year, which will be ending this month, aided by strategic changes launched in 2016 and implemented since last November under the new leadership of Andreas Baumgärtner. This marks ...
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Due to a shift in sales toward the second half...
Due to a shift in sales toward the second half of the year, the turnover of Le Coq Sportif declined to €56.8 million for the first six months of this year, down from €57.6 million in the prior-year period, but the French brand substantially raised its profit margins. A sharper ...
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The Swiss sporting goods market suffered an estimated decline of...
The Swiss sporting goods market suffered an estimated decline of 2 percent at retail during the first six months of 2018, according to joint research conducted by GfK and Asmas, the Swiss sporting goods retailers' association, with online sales growing at a double-digit rate. Poor weather conditions at the beginning ...
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Bic indicates that its sports division's sales declined at a...
Bic indicates that its sports division's sales declined at a double-digit rate during the first half of this year
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Zumiez, the American action sports retailer whose holdings include Blue...
Zumiez, the American action sports retailer whose holdings include Blue Tomato in Europe, continued to improve its results in the second quarter ended Aug. 4. Total revenues went up by 13.9 percent to $219.0 million, with a 6.3 percent increase on a comparable basis. Sales grew by 14 percent to ...
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With a double-digit sales increase for the second quarter and...
With a double-digit sales increase for the second quarter and the first half ended June 30, Europe outperformed other markets for Giant Manufacturing Co., thanks to the strengthening demand for e-bikes. Sales remained soft in China, although the company was encouraged by an increase in high-end carbon bikes in the ...
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Women's sports attract more and more people in the U.K....
Women's sports attract more and more people in the U.K. According to new research by Nielsen Sports for the Women's Sport Trust and England Hockey, more than half of the U.K. population (59 percent) declares an interest in women's sports. Data show the growth of women's sport as a sponsor ...
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Non-performance sneakers, also known as “athleisure” footwear, is now driving...
Non-performance sneakers, also known as “athleisure” footwear, is now driving growth in the sports leisure category in the U.S., according to NPD's Footwear Insights report for the second quarter of the year. Leisure sneakers - which include sport lifestyle and boots — saw sales increase by 7 percent to $2.9 ...
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A foreign currency loss of 712 million yen (€5.6m-$6.4m) caused...
A foreign currency loss of 712 million yen (€5.6m-$6.4m) caused Globeride, the owner of the Daiwa brand of fishing products and the distributor of Prince in Japan, to book a net loss of ¥248 million (€1.9m-$2.2m) for its fiscal first quarter ended June 30, compared with net income of ¥497 ...
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Descente reported a 28 percent increase in attributable net income...
Descente reported a 28 percent increase in attributable net income to 975 million yen (€7.7m-$8.8m) for its fiscal first quarter ended June 30, while total revenues went up by 2 percent to ¥30.8 billion (€244.6m-$279.0m), driven by Le Coq Sportif in Japan and the Descente brand in China. Sales in ...
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Yonex reported a 9 percent drop in revenues to 14.5...
Yonex reported a 9 percent drop in revenues to 14.5 billion yen (€115.1m-$131.3m) for its first fiscal quarter, ended June 30. Sales fell by 9 percent in the Japanese domestic market, down to ¥9.25 billion (€73.4m-$83.7m), with declines in tennis as well as badminton. Sales in China drifted down by ...
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Yue Yuen warns that it expects to report first-half declines...
Yue Yuen warns that it expects to report first-half declines of 5.5 percent in revenues and about 40 to 45 percent in profits for its manufacturing operations. The lower revenues are attributed to fluctuating order patterns and an unfavorable product mix. The drop in profits for the period ended June ...
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Clarus Corporation, the parent company of Black Diamond, improved its...
Clarus Corporation, the parent company of Black Diamond, improved its guidance, predicting a sales increase of between 20 and 23 percent this year and an adjusted Ebitda margin of about 8.5 percent, while reporting on a very strong second quarter. Sales went up by 50 percent to $45.9 million during ...
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Adidas took six of the top ten spots in a...
Adidas took six of the top ten spots in a recent ranking of world's most Instagrammed sneakers. Meanwhile, the survey found that 53 percent of the world's most Instagrammed sneakers were Nike models. The Adidas NMD, which took the top spot, was mentioned in 5.7 million posts, followed by the ...
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Groupe Go Sport's sales moved up by 8.6 percent to...
Groupe Go Sport's sales moved up by 8.6 percent to €406 million for the first half of this year, as reported by its majority shareholder, the Rallye group. On a same-store basis and in constant currencies, its sales were up by 4.2 percent for the six months. The entire retail ...
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Figures presented at the recent Ispo Shanghai show indicate that...
Figures presented at the recent Ispo Shanghai show indicate that five million pairs of running shoes are now been sold in China every year and that the total running market grew in 2017 by 25 percent to an estimated $6.32 billion. Around 700 million people, or half of the Chinese ...
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The share of branded shoes with a sports sole in...
The share of branded shoes with a sports sole in the Russian footwear market reached 70 per cent in 2017, as compared to only 45 per cent several years ago, according to the Fashion Consulting Group. This trend is clear evidence that the women shoes with heels are rapidly losing ...
