Consumer insights from the sporting goods industry – Page 36
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August was a positive month for sporting goods sales in...
August was a positive month for sporting goods sales in Sweden. According to HUI, the Swedish market research institute, sporting goods retailers' sales were up by 7.9 percent at current prices, when compared to last year, making August the fourth best month after a record start in January-March. In terms ...
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Himaraya, the big Japanese sports retailer, turned around to a...
Himaraya, the big Japanese sports retailer, turned around to a net loss of 811 million yen (€7.08m-$7.80m) for the financial year ended in March from a profit of ¥1,323 million in the previous year. The Kumamoto earthquakes and 19 percent drop in sales of winter sports equipment were held responsible ...
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The Norwegian Consumer Ombudsman has ordered Anton Sport, the Norwegian...
The Norwegian Consumer Ombudsman has ordered Anton Sport, the Norwegian high-end sporting goods retailer, to pay a fine of 800,000 Norwegian krone (€88,482.8-$97,763.4) for breach of marketing laws. According to a local newspaper, Dagens Næringsliv (DN), the reason for the penalty was that the chain announced a 20 percent discount ...
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Like in 2014, the fashion-oriented segment of the branded casual...
Like in 2014, the fashion-oriented segment of the branded casual footwear market performed better than the comfort-oriented segment in 2015, according to an annual survey that we published in Shoe Intelligence last week. With an overall estimated 8.2 percent increase in terms of U.S. dollars to $11.5 billion, the fashion ...
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On paper, July seems to have been a weak month...
On paper, July seems to have been a weak month for sporting goods retailers in Sweden as their sales fell by 0.2 percent as compared to the same month a year ago. It was a show of strength, however, considering that sales had risen by a full 13.4 percent in ...
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Belle International raised the sales of its sportswear and apparel...
Belle International raised the sales of its sportswear and apparel stores in mainland China by 6 percent on a same-store basis in the second quarter of its financial year. These improvements in the three months from June until August were offset by a comparable sales decline of 10.0 percent for ...
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With an industry-wide growth rate of 6.5 percent for the...
With an industry-wide growth rate of 6.5 percent for the first half of the year, sporting goods retailers are expecting a new record in their sales for this year, according to the Norwegian sporting goods industry association, Sportsbransjen. After reaching record sales in 2015 (see the retail chart in this ...
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Yonex is having a ball in the newly opened Chinese...
Yonex is having a ball in the newly opened Chinese market with its badminton products. Sales in China led to a jump of 676 percent in the Japanese company's sales in the Asia region – outside Japan - to 4,174 million yen (€36.9m-$41.6m) in its first quarter, ended June 30. ...
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Giant Manufacturing Co. has reported a 3.7 percent drop in...
Giant Manufacturing Co. has reported a 3.7 percent drop in total sales to 29.08 billion Taiwan dollars (€833m-$941m) for the first half of this year. Net income fell by 5 percent to TWD 1.69 billion (€48.5m-€54.8m). The company produced a total of 2.56 million bicycles during the period.
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Zalando posted a 25 percent sales increase to €916.4 million...
Zalando posted a 25 percent sales increase to €916.4 million for the second quarter against the same period of 2015. Earnings before interest and taxation (Ebit) almost tripled to €80.9 million. The Berlin-based fashion e-tailer said the number of active customers grew to 18.8 million by the end of the ...
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With total sales up by 7 percent to 10.7 billion...
With total sales up by 7 percent to 10.7 billion yen (€94.6m-$106.7m), Goldwin reported a comprehensive loss of ¥917 million (€8.1m-$9.1m) for the first quarter ended June 30, up from a loss of 37 million in the year-ago period. Excluding extraordinary items, the quarterly loss declined to ¥62 million (€0.55m-$062m) from ¥214 ...
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Descente booked a comprehensive net loss of 1,389 million yen (€12.3m-$13.8m)...
Descente booked a comprehensive net loss of 1,389 million yen (€12.3m-$13.8m) for the first quarter, compared with net income of ¥1,077 million in the year-ago period, for the first quarter to June 30, claiming foreign currency exchange adjustments of ¥2,278 million (€20.1m-$22.7m), apparently related to the appreciation of the yen. Sales ...
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Foreign currency losses of 1,118 million yen (€9.8m-€11.1m) and higher...
Foreign currency losses of 1,118 million yen (€9.8m-€11.1m) and higher investments forced Globeride to post a comprehensive net loss of ¥370 million (€3.0-$3.4m) for the first quarter ended June 30 against a profit of ¥582 million in the previous year. New product development and sales promotions allowed the company to ...
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Zalando has posted preliminary figures showing that its revenues in...
Zalando has posted preliminary figures showing that its revenues in the second quarter grew by between 24.0 and 26.0 percent over the year-ago quarter to €909-€924 million. The online fashion retailer expects to report adjusted earnings before interest and taxes (Ebit) of €68 to €88 million for the period - ...
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The Lafuma Group managed to improve both sales and margins...
The Lafuma Group managed to improve both sales and margins during the first six months of the year, despite challenging economic conditions and sluggish consumption. The French company's revenues gained 6.9 percent over the year-ago period to €85.6 million, with significant disparities among its brands. Millet, Lafuma furniture and the ...
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BSI, the German Sports Goods Manufacturers Association, presented a study...
BSI, the German Sports Goods Manufacturers Association, presented a study on watersports at the recent OutDoor show in Friedrichshafen, which we have covered widely in The Outdoor Industry Compass. BSI questioned online 250 men and 250 women who purchased a watersports product in sporting goods stores in the last 12 ...
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GoPro went through another tough quarter in the period ended...
GoPro went through another tough quarter in the period ended June 30 as sales plummeted by 47 percent to $220.7 million as compared to a year ago, despite a 14 percent increase in average selling prices. On sequential basis, however, sales were up by 20 percent from the first quarter, ...
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Ahead of the release of its first-half results on Sept....
Ahead of the release of its first-half results on Sept. 13, JD Sports Fashion said its strong performance continued after its positive trading statement of June 17. If the situation continues, the company should deliver headline pre-tax profits for the year ending next Jan. 28 in the upper half of ...
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Deckers Brands posted a better-than-expected net loss of $58.9 million...
Deckers Brands posted a better-than-expected net loss of $58.9 million in the seasonally weak first quarter of its financial year, ended June 30, although it was higher than the $47.3 million loss recorded in the year-ago period. The gross margin declined to 43.7 percent from 40.5 percent in the same ...
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Thule Group reported net income of 308 million Swedish kronor...
Thule Group reported net income of 308 million Swedish kronor (€32.2m-$35.7m) in the second quarter ended June 30, up from SEK 238 million in the previous year. Sales increased by 6.3 percent to SEK 1,795 million (€187.7m-$207.8m) and the operating margin improved by 1.3 percentage points to 23.2 percent. In ...
