Financial Results – Page 45
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ArticleStrong global growth and positive outlook for Intersport
Retail sales grew by 20.7 percent in 2021 to a new record of €12.2 billion (including VAT) for the retailers affiliated with Intersport International Corp. (IIC). In terms of local currencies, sales went up by 19.4 percent for the year, with growth of 20.4 percent in the second half after ...
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U.K.-based American Golf grows strongly
American Golf, which claims to be the largest golf retailer in Europe, has reported an exceptional 55 percent increase in revenues for the fourth quarter of 2021 as compared to the same period of 2019, indicating that the Covid pandemic has given a strong impulse to the game of golf. ...
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Puma grew by 14% in Q4 and by 32% in 2021
In a preliminary statement, Puma reports a currency-adjusted sales increase of about 14 percent to €1,767 million in the fourth quarter of 2021, leading to an improved operating profit of €65 million for the period, up from €63 million in the corresponding quarter of 2020. The results were achieved in ...
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Chinese sports companies are doing relatively well
Some Chinese sports companies indicated that their results improved in the fourth quarter of 2021, just as China’s National Bureau of Statistics announced a better-than-expected increase of 4.0 percent in the country’s gross domestic products for the period, in spite of Covid and other challenges, leading to a growth in ...
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Stella International grows by 44.9%
A sales increase in consolidated revenues of 44.9 percent to $405.8 million in the fourth quarter of 2021 is expected to lead to an increase of 35.6 percent to around $1.5 billion for the full financial year, said Stella International, thanks to a continued recovery in orders for its shoe ...
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New memberships and online sales support Sport 2000 Austria’s growth
Sport 2000 Austria looks back on a rather successful calendar year 2021, considering the circumstances, growing for the second year in a row during the pandemic. The turnover figures for 2021 were better than expected, and according to the buying group’s CEO, Holger Schwarting, the positive development should continue in ...
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Deporvillage posts record sales again
Deporvillage has met its targets and wrapped up an 11th consecutive year of growth. As CMDsport reports, revenues for 2021 amounted to $160 million, for a 40 percent year-on-year increase, and total customers worldwide now exceed 2.5 million, thanks to 700,000 new ones. The Spanish mutichannel sports e-tailer carries 100,000 ...
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ArticleJD again raises its profit forecast
JD Sports Fashion said it expects that its pre-tax profit for the financial year ending Jan. 29 year will reach a level of at least £875 million (€1,050m-$1,197m), well ahead of the analysts’ consensus averaging £810 million, as its sales went up by more than 10 percent on a same-store ...
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More manufacturing offsets a drop in retail at Yue Yuen
In releasing its monthly revenues, Yue Yuen said it finished the 2021 calendar year with an increase of just 1.1 percent in total revenues to $8,533.4 billion, with a drop of 2.1 percent in December. Calculations indicate that the group’s shoe and components manufacturing operations booked a sales increase of ...
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News briefsBlue Tomato’s parent grows strongly
Zumiez’ international sales, which are concentrated in Europe and Australia, grew by 45 percent year-on-year and on a comparable store and currency-neutral basis during the nine-week period ended Jan. 10. With its sales in North America going up by 5 percent, the action sports retailers’ total sales were up by ...
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ArticleTradeinn logs another big rise in annual revenues
Tradeinn enjoyed a stellar year in 2020, as pandemic restrictions played to the strengths of the Spanish e-tailer’s business. The results for 2021, however, surprised even its CEO, David Martín, as he confessed to CMDsport. What Martín calls the “doping” effects of the pandemic produced a 52 percent increase in ...
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Lululemon warns about its guidance
Lululemon is now predicting that its revenues and earnings per share will be on the low end of the previously forecast ranges for the fourth quarter of 2021, blaming the Omicron variant of Covid for increased capacity constraints, more limited staff availability and reduced operating hours at certain stores. The ...
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Crocs improves its guidance
Crocs improved its financial guidance, telling investors that it now expects to reach a non-GAAP operating margin of nearly 30 percent for 2021 as sales will likely show a 67 percent increase to $2.31 billion for the year, rather than the previously predicted 62-65 percent range. The new forecast is ...
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ArticleNike beats Q2 estimates on strong North American showing
The Nike group reported higher-than-expected earnings and sales in the second quarter ended Nov. 30, as a strong performance in North America offset a continued slowdown in China and persistent, industry-wide supply chain challenges. In the quarter, Nike’s sales inched up by one percent to $11,357 million and were flat ...
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Slinger posts higher losses while sales double in Q2
Sales jumped by 106 percent to $5.4 million in the second quarter ended Oct. 31 for Slinger, the company that started to deliver its innovative, portable Slinger Bag tennis ball launcher at the end of 2019. However, the company’s operating loss expanded to $35.1 million from a loss of $0.2 ...
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News briefsNew business plan for Polygiene
The board of directors and the management of Polygiene, the Swedish ingredient brand supplier, have set new financial targets for the 5-year period from 2022 to 2026. According to the new business plan, Polygiene should achieve net sales of more than SEK 1 billion (€98.6 million) and an Ebit ...
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ArticleGood 11-month results allow Accell to repay government Covid credit facility
The company’s growth in sales and profits so far this year will allow the Accell Group to fully repay its “Go-C” credit facility, issued during the Covid-19 pandemic, before the end of 2021. In this context, the Dutch company has also converted its existing revolving credit facility (“RCF”) from seasonal ...
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ArticleJohnson Outdoors boosts inventories, sees recovery in diving
Johnson Outdoors ended its financial year on Oct. 1 with a year-on-year increase of 71 percent to $166.6 million in its inventories. The company said it is focused on managing supply chain constraints and related costs, indicating that the demand for its fishing, camping, water recreation and diving products remained ...
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Lululemon bumps up guidance but Mirror struggles, airfreight costs rise
Lululemon Athletica increased guidance for sales and earnings guidance following a strong top and bottom line showing in the third quarter ended Oct. 31. The upgrade for the year came despite an unimpressive performance by its connected fitness business, Mirror, and higher airfreight costs amid ongoing global supply chain constraints. ...
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Sports Direct’s parent eyes record profits after post-lockdown bounce in H1
Frasers Group - the U.K.-based parent company of Sports Direct and other retail chains – said it was on track to post record profits for its full year, after sales in its first half ended Oct. 24 rose by 23.6 percent to £2,339.8 million (€2,736.6m-$3,089.1m). Top line gains were supported ...
