Financial Results – Page 107

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    American Golf saw a surge in its sales on the...

    2013-07-02T00:00:00Z

    American Golf saw a surge in its sales on the back of Justin Rose's triumph in the U.S. Open on June 16, the first by any Englishman in the tournament for more than 40 years. In the week following the event, the U.K.-based golf retailer registered a 16.4 percent increase ...

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    Intersport España reports a decline of 11.7 percent in its...

    2013-06-21T00:00:00Z

    Intersport España reports a decline of 11.7 percent in its 2012 revenues to €83 million, but the company continued to make a profit as in the previous ten years with a pretax result of €407,000. Retail sales fell by 5 percent to €220 million before VAT.

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    A Norwegian voluntary group of sporting goods stores, Stadion, has...

    2013-06-21T00:00:00Z

    A Norwegian voluntary group of sporting goods stores, Stadion, has reported revenues of 97.312 million Norwegian kroner (€12.7m-$16.8m) for 2012, a slight increase from 2011, and operating profit of NOK 3,644,528 (€0.47m-$0.63m) against NOK 4,447,624 in 2011. Currently, the Stadion chain has 73 affiliated retailers, which is slightly less than ...

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    Dorel Industries has warned investors that earnings will be weaker...

    2013-06-21T00:00:00Z

    Dorel Industries has warned investors that earnings will be weaker than expected for its recreational leisure segment for the second quarter due to bad weather across the U.S., Canada and Europe, which led to lower than anticipated sales volumes, particularly in the specialized bike dealer channel. The segment comprises the ...

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    Zumiez, the American action sports retail chain that took over...

    2013-05-31T00:00:00Z

    Zumiez, the American action sports retail chain that took over Blue Tomato last year, posted net income of $2.5 million in its fiscal first quarter ended last May 4, down by 44.4 percent from a year earlier, due especially to charges of $1.7 million associated with the acquisition of the ...

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    Björn Borg registered sales of 131.4 million Swedish kronor (€15.3m-$19.9m)...

    2013-05-31T00:00:00Z

    Björn Borg registered sales of 131.4 million Swedish kronor (€15.3m-$19.9m) for the first quarter ended March 31, representing a 6 percent decline from a year earlier. Excluding currency effects, sales slipped by 4 percent. The decline was partly due to a smaller volume of spring and summer underwear being delivered ...

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    Spy Optic continued to improve its results in the first...

    2013-05-31T00:00:00Z

    Spy Optic continued to improve its results in the first quarter ended last March 31. Its net losses were reduced to $721,000 in the period from $2,608,000 in the same quarter a year ago, while sales increased by 10.6 percent to $9,008,000. They now consist almost exclusively of Spy branded ...

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    Goldwin's sales increased by 8 percent to 52,510 million yen...

    2013-05-31T00:00:00Z

    Goldwin's sales increased by 8 percent to 52,510 million yen (€398.5m-$517.3m) in the financial year ended last March 31, but the company's net income dropped by 5 percent to ¥3,168 million (€24.0m-$31.2m). Goldwin is projecting small increases in sales and profits for the current financial year to ¥53 billion (€402.2m-$522.1m) and ...

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    In the first quarter of 2013, Vulcabras of Brazil suffered...

    2013-05-31T00:00:00Z

    In the first quarter of 2013, Vulcabras of Brazil suffered a further decline in net sales to R$286.6 million (€107.8m-$139.0m) in the first quarter of this year, down from R$378.7 million in the same period a year ago. The gross margin declined to 20.7 percent from 25.4 percent for the ...

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    Sequential Brands recorded a loss of $21.5 million for the...

    2013-05-31T00:00:00Z

    Sequential Brands recorded a loss of $21.5 million for the first quarter ended March 31, largely due to one-off charges related to its acquisitions of Heelys, Ellen Tracy and Caribbean Joe, which compares to a $400,000 loss in the same period last year. Excluding costs related to the acquisitions and ...

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    Descente reports a 15 percent rise in net income to...

    2013-05-15T00:00:00Z

    Descente reports a 15 percent rise in net income to 5,639 million yen (€42.8m-$55.6m) for the financial year ended March 31 as its consolidated revenues grew by 11 percent to ¥91.9 billion (€696.6m-$906.4m). For the current fiscal year, the Japanese company is now forecasting a net profit of ¥6.1 billion ...

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    Favorable exchange rates allowed Giant Manufacturing to raise its sales...

    2013-05-15T00:00:00Z

    Favorable exchange rates allowed Giant Manufacturing to raise its sales by 3.5 percent to 13.24 billion Taiwanese dollars (€345m-$448m), and they pushed up its net income by 32.7 percent to TWD886 million (€23m-$30m). U.S. sales were negatively affected by unfavorable weather conditions. European sales were flat due to abnormal weather ...

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    Measured against strong performances in the first quarter of 2012,...

    2013-05-15T00:00:00Z

    Measured against strong performances in the first quarter of 2012, Garmin's sales rose by only 1.7 percent in the fitness segment to $72.4 million in the 13-week period ended March 30, and they fell by 1.3 percent to $76.2 million in the outdoor segment. Gross margins rose to 62.1 percent ...

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    Easton-Bell's net sales declined by 4.0 percent to $207.6 million...

    2013-05-15T00:00:00Z

    Easton-Bell's net sales declined by 4.0 percent to $207.6 million in the first quarter, but its gross margin improved by 1.6 percentage points to 35.8 percent, as compared to the same period a year ago. Excluding severance expenses for the recently dismissed managers of the company, the operating profit before ...

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    Nautilus benefited from improved consumer credit conditions in the U.S....

    2013-05-15T00:00:00Z

    Nautilus benefited from improved consumer credit conditions in the U.S. in the first quarter, as its consumer-direct operations recorded a 26 percent hike in sales to $42.4 million and a 122 percent jump in operating income to $6.7 million, thanks also to strong demand for its cardio products, led by ...

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    Brekka, the Italian brand of headwear and other winter accessories,...

    2013-05-15T00:00:00Z

    Brekka, the Italian brand of headwear and other winter accessories, is targeting growth of at least 30 percent this year, thanks mainly to the expansion of its sales outside its domestic market. One important factor for this year's exceptional growth will be the company's breakthrough into the North American market ...

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    Skullcandy's sales fell by 30.4 percent in the first quarter...

    2013-05-15T00:00:00Z

    Skullcandy's sales fell by 30.4 percent in the first quarter due to a more selective sales policy in North America, where its turnover dropped by 37.9 percent to $28.7 million. In the rest of the world, the headphone company's sales increased by 17.5 percent to $8.4 million but were essentially ...

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    Toray Industries suffered a 24.5 percent drop in net income...

    2013-05-15T00:00:00Z

    Toray Industries suffered a 24.5 percent drop in net income to 48.5 billion yen (€367.9m-$478.3m), falling below its previous projections as its sales grew by only 0.2 percent to ¥1,592 billion (€12.0b-$15.7b) due to lower demand from the automotive sector and the economic slowdown in Europe and China. However, its ...

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    Lenzing, a major supplier of rayon and other cellulosic fabrics...

    2013-05-15T00:00:00Z

    Lenzing, a major supplier of rayon and other cellulosic fabrics to the sportswear sector, suffered a 6.0 percent decline in total sales to €496.5 million in the first quarter although sales volumes for its fibers were 13 percent higher than a year ago. The Austrian company generated nevertheless a better-than-expected ...

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    Sales continue to be sluggish for the sporting goods industry...

    2013-05-15T00:00:00Z

    Sales continue to be sluggish for the sporting goods industry in Sweden. Retailers' sales of sporting goods in country fell by 7 percent during the month of March as compared to the same month of last year, contributing to a 2.8 percent drop for the first quarter of 2013. Cold ...