Consumer insights from the sporting goods industry – Page 38
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Intersport Austria continues to perform well, reporting a 10 percent...
Intersport Austria continues to perform well, reporting a 10 percent increase in sales for the first half of its financial year through to the end of March. As in the past year, it was probably aided by ongoing problems at Sport Eybl under the ownership of Sports Direct International. Aside ...
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Descente's sales climbed by 10.3 percent to ¥135,778 million (€1,098.8m-$1,247.1m)...
Descente's sales climbed by 10.3 percent to ¥135,778 million (€1,098.8m-$1,247.1m) for the fiscal year until the end of March 2016, with nearly stagnant sales in Japan but expansion in other markets. The Japanese winter sports apparel brand and supplier of many other branded sports products lifted its sales by just ...
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In a press release regarding its campaign around yesterday's Boston...
In a press release regarding its campaign around yesterday's Boston Marathon, which Adidas is now sponsoring, New Balance said that the group's global sales increased last year by 12.7 percent to $3.72 billion, including the estimated sales of joint venture partners and distributors. Also included are the revenues of ...
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According to Sweden's HUI research institute, retail sales of sporting...
According to Sweden's HUI research institute, retail sales of sporting goods dropped by 1.4 percent in the country in December, which was a record month for retail in general. The decline was largely due to unusually warm weather during the month. In January the weather turned colder and sporting goods ...
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Orders collected by 361 Degrees for delivery in the fourth...
Orders collected by 361 Degrees for delivery in the fourth quarter of 2016 were up by a high single digit at its latest house fair, with higher volumes and average selling prices. Footwear led the growth, and apparel orders improved slightly. Orders for the 361° Kids collection rose by a ...
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Sportscheck raised its sales by 7.7 percent to €319 million...
Sportscheck raised its sales by 7.7 percent to €319 million for the fiscal year to the end of February, reports the Otto Group, the owner of the German sports retailer, as part of its preliminary results. Sportscheck had indicated earlier this year that it staged a recovery after a sales ...
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Safilo Group has reported a low single-digit increase for Smith...
Safilo Group has reported a low single-digit increase for Smith Sports Optics, with strong sales in a declining North American snow sports market for its products. The parent company said that Smith is also on track in its core products in Europe, but its position in eyewear needs improvement. The ...
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Conzzeta Group, the Swiss holding company that controls the Mammut...
Conzzeta Group, the Swiss holding company that controls the Mammut Sports Group, reports that the outdoor company's operating result and operational cash flow will be adversely affected in the coming years by the costs of a five-year strategic program, after a drop in sales and operating result last year. Conzzeta ...
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Exports of complete bicycles from Taiwan increased by just over...
Exports of complete bicycles from Taiwan increased by just over 10 percent to $1.9 billion in 2015, according to the Taiwan Bicycle Association (TBA). The export volume for complete bicycles was up by 6.55 percent to 4 million units, and the unit price moved up by 3.27 percent to $474.02. ...
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Alibaba is likely to overtake Walmart as the world's largest...
Alibaba is likely to overtake Walmart as the world's largest retail platform in its fiscal year ending March 31. The Chinese e-commerce giant indicated that it had reached 3 trillion yuan renminbi (€412bn-$462bn) in gross merchandise value (GMV) as of March 21. The figure, achieved on the back of consumption-driven ...
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Pegasus International posted $4.4 million in net losses for its...
Pegasus International posted $4.4 million in net losses for its fiscal year, ended Dec. 31, marking a dramatic plunge from a net profit of $184,000 in 2014 due to a $5.4 million loss on exchange rate differences. Sales contracted by 3.7 percent to $74.7 million, as low double-digit declines in ...
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The Asia Pacific Snow Conference at Ispo Beijing had an...
The Asia Pacific Snow Conference at Ispo Beijing had an extra attraction this year with the publication of a report about the Chinese ski industry. As reported by Ispo.com, the report was authored by Bin Wu, chief strategy officer of the ski resort division at Vanke, who previously worked as ...
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Comparable store sales at Belle International's sportswear and apparel stores...
Comparable store sales at Belle International's sportswear and apparel stores in mainland China increased by 6.2 percent for the three months until February – the fourth quarter of the big Chinese retailer's financial year. The company had 7,111 sportswear and apparel stores at the end of the quarter, all of ...
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Uhlsport reports an increase of 10.2 percent in its turnover...
Uhlsport reports an increase of 10.2 percent in its turnover last year, which reached a record level of €64 million. Strong growth was registered in the company's two main markets – Germany and France – but its business went up in other countries as well. The current financial year has ...
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TomTom reports that sales of its sports products soared by...
TomTom reports that sales of its sports products soared by 40 percent to €69 million last year, with the shipment of more than 600,000 GPS sports watches. This compensated for slightly lower sales in personal navigation devices, although Tomtom said it performed better than the market and gained share in ...
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Kering, the French group that holds majority stakes in Puma,...
Kering, the French group that holds majority stakes in Puma, Volcom and Electric, reports that the sales of its Sports and Lifestyle division increased by 13.5 percent to €3,682.5 million last year. That includes a comparable increase of 5.9 percent, meaning sales in constant currencies and relating to continuing activities. ...
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The sports and leisure division of the New Wave Group...
The sports and leisure division of the New Wave Group raised its sales by 16 percent to 2,258 million Swedish kronor (€241.4m-$266.5m) last year, with more abundant sales in the U.S. and Europe. The division includes the Craft, Seger, Cutter & Buck and Ahead brands and it distributes Speedo in ...
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The weak yen caused Globeride to swing to a loss...
The weak yen caused Globeride to swing to a loss of 230 million yen (€1.87m-$2.06m) in the third quarter ended Dec. 31 from a profit of ¥953 million. Sales grew by 11 percent to ¥18.0 billion (€146.3m-$161.2m). The gross margin declined by 0.3 percentage points to 34.4 percent on a ...
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Erima announced last month that it experienced a double-digit increase...
Erima announced last month that it experienced a double-digit increase in 2015 for the second year in a row. After rising by 15 percent in 2014, the German team sport specialist's sales grew last year by 10 percent to €58 million, with increases of between 3 and 18 percent by ...
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The average number of rounds of golf played across England,...
The average number of rounds of golf played across England, Scotland and Wales during the fourth quarter of 2015 was down by 7 percent as compared to the fourth quarter of 2014. According to Sports Marketing Surveys (SMS), all the regions suffered a decrease in the number of rounds played in ...
