Consumer insights from the sporting goods industry – Page 30
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Sports Marketing Surveys (SMS) has signed an exclusive contract with...
Sports Marketing Surveys (SMS) has signed an exclusive contract with MMRI for their new intelligence platform, Klood Radar. The partnership will result in a new platform called Sports Radar. Klood Radar, MMRI's proprietary digital search technology, has the ability to automatically collect data on a particular topic, product or brand ...
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The growth trajectory of Yue Yuen has resumed in 2017...
The growth trajectory of Yue Yuen has resumed in 2017 with sales in the nine months to September having risen by 6.7 percent, compared with the increase of only 0.3 percent recorded in the first nine months of 2016. Yue Yuen, a subsidiary of the Pou Chen Group from Taiwan, ...
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Thule Group reports an increase in net income to 185...
Thule Group reports an increase in net income to 185 million Swedish kronor (€19.0m-$22.1m) for the third quarter, up from SEK 156 million in the year-ago period. Sales grew by 6.9 percent to SEK 1,385 million (€142.2m-$165.4m), rising by 8.5 percent on a constant-currency basis. The underlying operating margin increased ...
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The Cisalfa Sport group booked a sharp improvement in Ebitda...
The Cisalfa Sport group booked a sharp improvement in Ebitda to nearly €33 million for the financial year ended last February from €27 million the year before, in spite of only a small increase in consolidated revenues to €429 million from €420 million. It ended up with a net profit ...
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Piper Jaffray's semi-annual survey of American teenagers provides further evidence...
Piper Jaffray's semi-annual survey of American teenagers provides further evidence that the U.S. market is shifting away from big American athletic brands like Nike and Under Armour and toward streetwear brands like Vans or Supreme. Nike remains the #1 brand of athletic apparel and footwear, but its share of teen ...
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The Spanish sporting goods industry federation, Afydad, is putting up...
The Spanish sporting goods industry federation, Afydad, is putting up for sale to non-members a study of the sporting goods sector conducted by Sport Panel, charging €1,000 + VAT. Its members have already received it. The study analyzes the present state of the sector at the retail and consumption levels, ...
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The national voluntary groups affiliated with Intersport International Corp. achieved...
The national voluntary groups affiliated with Intersport International Corp. achieved a currency-neutral increase of 2.2 percent in their retail sales during the first half of 2017, excluding The Athlete's Foot. After a tough first quarter, when their sales inched up by about one percent, the second quarter brought an encouraging ...
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Himaraya swung to a net profit of 535 million yen...
Himaraya swung to a net profit of 535 million yen (€4.0m-$4.8m) in the fiscal year ended last Aug. 31 from a net loss of 811 million, despite a contraction of one percentage point to 35.1 percent in the gross margin due to inventory closeouts. The Japanese retailer's total sales rose ...
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Regatta posted an 18.5 percent increase in sales to £139.8...
Regatta posted an 18.5 percent increase in sales to £139.8 million (€155.9m-$184.7m) for the year ended Jan. 31. According to filed accounts, 5.6 percent of the increase was attributable to the depreciation of the pound sterling. The company, which is based in Manchester, trades under two brand names - Regatta ...
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GfK is predicting a recovery for the Swiss sporting goods...
GfK is predicting a recovery for the Swiss sporting goods market, after several bleak years resulting from the strong Swiss franc and the capricious winter weather. According to the market research company, the Swiss market may end the current calendar year with an increase of between two and three percent ...
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Adidas has passed the Jordan brand as the second-largest sports...
Adidas has passed the Jordan brand as the second-largest sports footwear brand in the U.S. market, based on the athletic footwear report from the NPD Group for the year to date until August. The estimate marks a remarkable rise in the Adidas brand's footwear market share to 11.3 percent, compared ...
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Operating expenses related to Hi-Tec's acquisition and other extraordinary items,...
Operating expenses related to Hi-Tec's acquisition and other extraordinary items, caused Cherokee Global Brands to post a net loss of $589,000 in the second quarter against net income of $1.9 million in the year-ago period. Boosted by indirect sales of $5.95 million from Hi-Tec, total revenues rose to $14.0 million ...
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Interbrand assigned a brand value of $27 billion to Nike...
Interbrand assigned a brand value of $27 billion to Nike for 2017, up by 8 percent from the previous year. It came in 18th place on Interbrand's list of the most powerful brands, which continued to be led by Apple. At the top of the list, higher increases were recorded ...
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Beating its previous guidance, Manchester United reported a 12.8 percent...
Beating its previous guidance, Manchester United reported a 12.8 percent increase in revenues to £581.2 million (€664.2m-$780.1m) for the financial year ended June 30, placing it ahead of Real Madrid as the world's N° 1 football club in terms of turnover. Ebitda grew by more than 17 percent to £199.8 ...
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ISM Search, the European U.K.-based executive recruitment and head-hunting service...
ISM Search, the European U.K.-based executive recruitment and head-hunting service specializing in the sporting goods sector, recently conducted a survey among its candidates in the industry to find out the relevant factors in the successful hiring and retention of key talents. According to ISM, it is the first survey of ...
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Netshoes, which remains the largest pure e-commerce player in the...
Netshoes, which remains the largest pure e-commerce player in the Brazilian market and in Latin America, booked a 15 percent increase in net sales to 461.3 million Brazilian reais (€123.7m-$146.7m) in the second quarter ended June 30, but the quarterly net loss grew to R$35.2 million (€9.4m-$11.2m) from R$33.6 million a year ...
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Japan's Dunlop group turned around to a net profit of...
Japan's Dunlop group turned around to a net profit of 1,727 million yen (€13.2m-$15.7m) in the first half ended June 30 from a loss of ¥1,186 million, despite a one percent drop in total revenues to ¥36.16 billion (€276.5m-$327.9m). Excluding foreign exchange gains, net income rose to ¥1,288 million (€9.8m-$11.7m) from ...
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Beating analysts' estimates, Li & Fung raised its net profit...
Beating analysts' estimates, Li & Fung raised its net profit to $91 million for the first half of 2017 from $86 million in the same period last year. Revenues fell by 9 percent to $7.2 billion, however. The Chinese sourcing giant had to leave the Hang Seng benchmark index last ...
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Giant Manufacturing saw its comprehensive net income jump by 137...
Giant Manufacturing saw its comprehensive net income jump by 137 percent to 1,129.7 million Taiwan dollars (€31.6m-$37.5m) in the second quarter. Excluding a foreign currency gain of NT$ 962 million (€26.9m-$31.9m) and other extraordinary items, profits slipped by 19 percent to NT$ 677.7 million (€19.0m-$22.5m) as revenues fell by 9 percent to ...
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The German bike market is predicted to rise by 12%...
The German bike market is predicted to rise by 12% this year, with e-bikes taking over at least 65% of the turnover, up from 33% two years ago
