Consumer insights from the sporting goods industry – Page 64
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Italy's largest sporting goods retailer, Cisalfa Sport, has nothing to...
Italy's largest sporting goods retailer, Cisalfa Sport, has nothing to say yet about a possible change in its ownership structure. Meanwhile, the company reports a 4.9 percent drop in its revenues to €370 million for the financial year ended last February, excluding the revenues from Intersport Italia, which is controlled ...
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Activinstinct, the British online sporting goods retailer, said today that...
Activinstinct, the British online sporting goods retailer, said today that its customers in the U.K. have ordered nearly 40 percent more than a year ago so far into the month of July, indicating that the London Olympics may be boosting the business. Including sales to foreign customers, orders are up ...
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According to new market research, the Chinese outdoor market expanded...
According to new market research, the Chinese outdoor market expanded by 57.8 percent in 2011 to an estimated 11 billion yuan at the retail level, or the equivalent of €1.4 billion, compared with the level of 6,970 million yuan reported in 2010. The figures come from a report compiled by ...
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Yue Yuen saw its sales increase by 9.5 percent to...
Yue Yuen saw its sales increase by 9.5 percent to $3.61 million for the first half of the year. The company's turnover in shoe manufacturing was up by 9.4 percent to $2.56 billion, driven by China and South American markets, even though its shoe manufacturing volume declined by 1.2 percent ...
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In the first half of 2012, 60 percent of the...
In the first half of 2012, 60 percent of the fashion companies listed in the FashionUnited Top 100 Index registered an increase in the value of their stock, with the index rising by 6 percent during the period. The top five performers were Prada (+48%), Collective Brands (+48%), Perry Ellis ...
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Descente's net income improved by 18.2 percent for the financial...
Descente's net income improved by 18.2 percent for the financial year ended March 31 to 3,045 billion (€31.6b-$38.5b), as revenues grew by 8 percent to 83.03 billion 83.03 (€862.6m-$1,050.0m). The gross margin rose to 48.70 percent from 47.55 percent.
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Goldwin increased revenues by 14.79 percent to 48.64 billion (€505.3m-$615.4m)...
Goldwin increased revenues by 14.79 percent to 48.64 billion (€505.3m-$615.4m) for the financial year ended March 31. Net income improved by 75.39 percent to 2.62 billion (€27.2m-$33.1m). The gross margin for the Japanese company, which is mainly engaged in the manufacture and sale of sports apparel, dropped from 41.44 percent ...
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Golfsmith announced a 12 percent increase in group revenues to...
Golfsmith announced a 12 percent increase in group revenues to $146.0 million in the second quarter ended June 30, compared with net revenues of $130.2 million for the same period of fiscal 2011. Comparable store sales went up by 4.7 percent, but the company registered a 4.8 percent decrease in ...
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While Britain's manufacturing output is on the slide, New Balance...
While Britain's manufacturing output is on the slide, New Balance stuck to its production of about 1.2 million pairs of footwear at its U.K. plant last year. The company said that this commitment had strongly contributed to growing consumer demand: New Balance's sales across Europe jumped by about 25 percent last year ...
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A survey by the Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association (SGMA) shows...
A survey by the Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association (SGMA) shows that 83.5 percent of its members are expecting a further increase in their domestic sales, while only 61.2 percent predict that their sales abroad will go up. The SGMA points out that the sporting goods market underperformed the rest of ...
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A new study by Indescat indicates that 46 percent of...
A new study by Indescat indicates that 46 percent of the Spanish people practice sports regularly. The total reaches 63 percent of the population if occasional participants are added to the count.
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Direct Golf UK lifted its sales by 23 percent for...
Direct Golf UK lifted its sales by 23 percent for the first half ended last March. Entirely privately owned, Direct Golf has 21 stores across the U.K., after four openings between 2011 and 2012. It also has an online shopping platform and an online TV platform, Direct Golf TV. Improved ...
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Patagonia's sales have doubled since 2008 to reach $540 million...
Patagonia's sales have doubled since 2008 to reach $540 million for the financial year ended last April, or 30 percent more than in the previous year, according to a report in The Seattle Times, and its profits have tripled in the same period. After 14 openings in the past year, ...
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JD Sports Fashion reported modest sales increases on a same-store...
JD Sports Fashion reported modest sales increases on a same-store basis for the 19 weeks ended on June 9. They were up by 1.2 percent in its sports stores and by 3.0 percent in its fashion stores, but gross margins continued to be under pressure as anticipated. The British retailer ...
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Three months of excellent growth in the Swedish sporting goods...
Three months of excellent growth in the Swedish sporting goods industry, which made up for a decline in the market last year, came to an end in April as sales took a negative turn. According to HUI Research, April sales decreased by 5.5 percent when compared with the same month last year. ...
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The new consumer panel set up by the Dutch sports...
The new consumer panel set up by the Dutch sports industry shows that the consumption of sports products in the Netherlands jumped by 5 percent in the first quarter of this year. This came after a paltry year in which the Dutch sports market is estimated to have shrunk by ...
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Finansavisen, a Norwegian newspaper, reports that inventories have been piling...
Finansavisen, a Norwegian newspaper, reports that inventories have been piling up at Bergans because of the outdoor brand's relatively weak growth in its own market last year. As reported in our previous issue, Bergans' turnover jumped by more than 8 percent to nearly 700 million Norwegian kroner (€92.9m-$116.0m) last year, ...
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The International Cotton Advisory Council, an intergovernmental group, thinks that...
The International Cotton Advisory Council, an intergovernmental group, thinks that cotton prices will stay low because of high inventories for the next year. The council says that cotton stocks should rise by 43 percent to 13.3 million tons in the year that ends July 31, and should grow by another ...
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According to Emota, the European E-Commerce and Mail Order Trade...
According to Emota, the European E-Commerce and Mail Order Trade Association, European e-commerce outpaced the North American e-tail business last year. In 2011, the European online market grew by 19 percent and reached a total retail turnover of €246 billion, compared with €237 billion in the U.S. and Canada. Emota ...
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Peak Performance generated some growth in the three months ended...
Peak Performance generated some growth in the three months ended March 31, which corresponded to the third quarter in IC Companys' financial year, but without matching the double-digit increases recorded by Tiger of Sweden, Soaked in Luxury and Marlen Birger. Jackpot and Cottonfield suffered setbacks. Across the group's 11 ...
