Financial Results – Page 38
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Gymshark FY profit up 47 percent, readies London store
Gymshark Group Ltd.’s net profit rose by 47 percent to £36.5 million (€41.4m) from £24.8 million for the 12 months ended July 31, 2021. Group revenues for the DTC-only brand increased by 68 percent to £401.9 million (€455.8m) from £260.7 million. Financial year operating profit slipped to 11.6 percent from ...
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Nautilus reports Q4 loss as retail re-orders drop
Nautilus recorded an operating loss of $21.9 million against an operating profit of $39.7 million in the fourth quarter as retail re-orders were depressed. Gross margin slid to 17.5 percent from 38.3 percent, a factor that the company blamed on higher product costs, logistics, increased discounting, and additional investments in ...
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Foot Locker sees FY sales at top end of estimates as Q1 hit estimates
The U.S. retail chain Foot Locker said it now expects full-year sales to be at the high end of guidance after better than expected first-quarter results. Comparable store sales fell 1.9 percent in the first quarter to April 30, better than the 3.5 percent decline expected by analysts. The company ...
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VF Corp going strong despite slowdown in Q4 sales due to China lockdowns
VF Corp reported a revenue increase of 9 percent to $2.8 billion (€2.65bn) in the fourth quarter of 2022, driven by The North Face (TNF), although sales at Vans were flat during the period. Sales were boosted by a 15 percent increase in the EMEA region and 12 percent in ...
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Deckers’ revenues top $3 billion for first time, Hoka set to surpass $1 billion
In an exceptional display of corporate resilience and growth, Deckers has announced a record-breaking revenue topping $3 billion. In the spotlight is the Hoka brand, which has not only contributed significantly to this success but is also on track to surpass a significant milestone of $1 billion in sales.
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Woolrich posts 22% sales increase
Woolrich achieved a 22 percent sales increase in 2021 compared to the previous year. The sales growth was primarily attributed to its new business mix, based on a renewed focus on directly operated retail via both the brick-and-mortar and online channels. Stefano Saccone, who joined Woolrich as CEO in 2019 ...
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Björn Borg with best Q1 sales in history
Total net sales from the Swedish Björn Borg Group increased 22.7 percent to 226.6 million Swedish kronor compared to SEK 184.7 in the corresponding quarter last year. Operating profit was SEK 29.3 million (€2.79m), up 30.8 percent from last year’s SEK 22.4 million. Gross profit margin decreased slightly to 50.0 ...
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Canada Goose will drive DTC sales higher this year
Canada Goose, which is forecasting 18 to 27 percent revenue growth to C$1.3 to C$1.4 billion (€893.1m-€961.8m) this financial year ending in April 2023, intends to grow its Direct to Consumer business for the 12 months in the low to high teens on a comparable basis. If that objective is ...
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Dunlop Sports exceeds expectations in Q1
Sales of Sumitomo Rubber Industries’ sports brands improved 27 percent in the first quarter, from 23,327 million Yen to ¥29,685 million (€219.85m), resulting in an operating profit of ¥3,980 million (€29.48m), up 61 percent from ¥2,468 million a year earlier. The group’s golf brands – Dunlop, Srixon and Cleveland – ...
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On raises full-year guidance after beating expectations in Q1
On Holding AG raised its guidance for the full year after reporting better-than-expected sales and profits in the first quarter ended March 31. The Swiss athletic gear company generated sales of 235.7 million Swiss francs (€225.2m), up by 67.9 percent on the year earlier and comfortably above an analysts consensus ...
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Goldwin’s annual operating profit up 11 percent
Goldwin’s revenues rose by 8.6 percent to 98,235 million yen (€756.4m) in the financial year ended March 31, while operating profit climbed by 11.2 percent to ¥16,501 million (€127.1m), better than a Feb. 10 operating earnings forecast calling for a 5.7 percent decline to ¥14 billion. But the reported annual ...
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Fila’s Q1 operating profit dips on supply chain, Acushnet expenses
Fila Holdings group revenues inched 1.8 percent higher in constant currency to 1,073,563 million Korean won (€751.5m) and were 8.6 percent higher on a reported basis for the first quarter ended March 31. The revenue improvement was attributed to growth in Acushnet sales of 4.3 percent (12.9 percent on a ...
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Technogym revenues up double-digits in all but one region
Technogym posted 17.8 percent growth in consolidated first-quarter revenues to €151.6 million, with all geographic regions reporting double-digit sales growth in the period ended March 31. Business-to-business sales, bolstered by double-digit improvement in all sub-segments, rose by 38.8 percent to €104.7 million; business-to-consumer sales, impacted international lockdowns but above the ...
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Thule Group enters new categories, updates financial targets
At its capital markets day, the Swedish Thule Group has presented plans to enter the two new product categories in 2023: car seats – to be launched in Europe first, expanding worldwide in a second step – and dog transport products, starting with a dog cage. The company was also ...
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JD Sports lifts annual guidance despite footwear shortages
Britain’s JD Sports Fashion raised its annual profit outlook, despite a global shortage of key footwear styles and indicated upbeat sales so far this year. The company said it now expected profit before tax and exceptional items for the year to January 29 to be about £940 million (€1.1bn) and ...
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Yue Yuen profit dips on retail drag
Yue Yuen Industrial reported a 10.8 percent drop in first-quarter net profit to $97.1 million compared to $108.4 million in the year-ago period ended March 31, as growing manufacturing capacity was overshadowed by weak sales at its Pou Sheng Intl. retail subsidiary due to the resurgence of Covid-19 in mainland ...
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Descente sees 12.4% sales gain as profitability improves
Descente, the Japanese sportswear company, saw sales in its financial year ended March 31 increase by 12.4 percent to 108,892 million yen (€815.1m), despite the fourth quarter being marked by new Covid-19 lockdowns in China and sluggish apparel sales due to the warm winter in South Korea. Sales of athletic ...
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Mizuno hit record EMEA results last year
The Japanese company, bolstered by strong sales in running and golf, reached its highest ever annual revenue and operating profit in the EMEA in the financial year 2021. Total regional sales grew 37.7 percent to 17.9 billion yen (€137.8m) on a ¥1.4 billion (€10.8m) operating profit compared to a ¥0.3 ...
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Topgolf tees up earnings guidance rise for Callaway after strong Q1
Callaway Golf raised annual guidance after a strong first quarter, driven by its Topgolf driving range venues, where sales surged on pre-Covid pandemic levels after a slow start due to the Omicron variant and strong performances from its other segments. Revenue for the three months to March 31 rose 59.6 ...
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Yonex bolstered by badminton in Covid recovery year
Yonex’s sales increased 44.5 percent to 74.4 billion yen (€573.5m) for the financial year ended March 31 as the Japanese company reported strong product sales growth in China on the strength of badminton. As the company recovered from Covid-19 impacts, annual operating profit soared by 553 percent to ¥6,738 million ...