Financial Results – Page 62

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    Vulcabras achieves good revenues for the third quarter

    2020-11-18T17:16:00Z

    After production restrictions in the spring and early summer due to the pandemic, Vulcabras resumed full operations at its factories in July, capitalizing on a robust order backlog. It managed to generate a significant sales increase year-on-year. The parent company of Olympikus, which is also the Brazilian licensee for Under ...

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    Fila fell by 7% in Q3 without Acushnet

    2020-11-17T16:55:00Z

    The Fila Group is bouncing back after ending in the red in the second quarter, thanks to stronger demand for golf products. Its revenues rose by 5.8 percent to 917,431 million Korean won (€698.6m-$772.5m) in the third quarter. Excluding revenues from the recently-acquired Acushnet, revenues from the Fila brand went ...

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    Losses continue for Yue Yuen

    2020-11-13T18:02:00Z

    Despite China’s resilience against the pandemic in the third quarter, Yue Yen Industrial Holdings remained in the red, following two quarters of losses. The company was strongly impacted by government measures to contain the spread of the disease at the start of the year, and although the Pou Sheng Chinese ...

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    Alibaba enjoys record Singles Day, but its market cap drops

    2020-11-12T12:14:00Z

    This year’s Singles Day raked in a gross merchandise volume (GMV) of 498.2 billion yuan (€63.67bn-$75.19bn) for Alibaba up sharply from the RMB 268.4 billion reported a year ago. The rival Chinese e-tailer Jd.com had sales of about ¥271.5 billion (€34.71bn-$40.99bn). Lasting 11 days this year, Alibaba’s Chinese sales festival ...

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    Giant Group’s sales are boosted by Covid-19 situation

    2020-11-12T12:13:00Z

    The Giant Group saw its revenues increased by 14.6 percent to 19.47 billion Taiwan dollars (€578.1m-$682.8m) in the third quarter. The growth was primarily driven by the surge in the demand for bicycles and e-bikes in key markets due to the pandemic, with consumers increasingly using bikes for health and ...

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    Accell Group raises guidance as sales surge

    2020-11-12T12:13:00Z

    In an operational update, Accell Group said that it is raising its guidance after sales from July to October jumped by 38 percent from the year-ago period because of the post-Covid boom in the bicycle sector. Since January, the Dutch company’s revenues have progressed by 16 percent. The operating profit ...

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    Descente in the red for H1 and the black in Q2

    2020-11-11T14:56:00Z

    Descente ended the first half of its financial year on Sept. 30 with a net loss of 1,265 million yen (€10.2m-$12.0m), against a profit of ¥2,210 million for the year-ago period, as the economic impact of the pandemic hit its revenues. They declined by 34.9 percent to ¥42,897 million (€345.1m-$407.0m). ...

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    Vista Outdoor’s shares soar on good results and upbeat guidance

    2020-11-11T11:43:00Z

    Vista Outdoor, which includes brands such as Bell, Giro, Camelbak, Camp Chef and Bushnell Golf, saw its stock rise by 8 percent after posting strong results for the second fiscal quarter ended Sep. 27. It also released a positive outlook for the current quarter. Sales surged by 29 percent to ...

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    Bullish about Black Diamond, Clarus withdraws bond offer

    2020-11-11T09:30:00Z

    Clarus Corp. reported third-quarter sales for Black Diamond (BD) that bounced back from the second quarter, but they were still down by 8 percent compared with the third quarter of 2019. Still, the management said it remains upbeat and expects continued recovery into the fourth quarter. Overall, the parent company ...

  • Adidas results
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    Digitalization helps Adidas to recover

    2020-11-10T18:29:00Z

    The Adidas Group made a strong recovery in the third quarter, approaching a normalization of its business, thanks largely to a 51 percent boost in e-commerce, coupled with a more a selective distribution policy. Mentioning its close relations with JD Sports Fashion and Zalando as examples, down to inventory sharing, ...

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    Acushnet’s profits double

    2020-11-10T17:26:00Z

    The American golf company controlled by Fila Korea bounced back in the third quarter, with profits more than doubling compared with the year-ago quarter. Acushnet also witnessed a recovery in sales after lockdowns eased and demand for golf products picked up again as players returned to the golf courses. Following ...

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    Nautilus reaches record profits thanks to home fitness

    2020-11-10T17:26:00Z

    As numerous gyms temporarily closed due to Covid-19, Nautilus experienced strong year-over-year sales increases in the third quarter with customers shifting to home equipment. New customer acquisition was up seven times during the quarter, leading the demand for many of the company’s home fitness products to continue to outpace the ...

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    Dorel Sports posts a 22% sales increase and record earnings

    2020-11-09T18:38:00Z

    Dorel Sports, whose brands include Cannondale, Schwinn, GT, Mongoose, Caloi and IronHorse, saw its revenues increase year-on-year by 22.1 percent to $305.6 million in the third quarter, marking the sixth consecutive quarter of revenue growth for the segment. Excluding the impact of foreign exchange rates, quarterly revenues improved by around ...

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    Asics improves in Q3, but warns about second Covid wave

    2020-11-09T18:35:00Z

    Asics reported better-than-expected third-quarter sales and revised upward its forecasts for the full year, but warned that fourth-quarter sales would take a hit from the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic. Net sales rose by 4.39 percent to 103,309 million yen (€829m-$979m) in the third quarter as more people took ...

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    Mizuno's weak results softened in the latest quarter

    2020-11-09T17:18:00Z

    The impact of restrictive measures to contain Covid-19 in Japan weighed on Mizuno’s results for the first half of its fiscal year ending on March 31, 2021. The Japanese group’s revenues declined by 22.5 percent from the year-ago period to 66.2 billion yen (€537.7m-$639.0m). The gross margin narrowed by 2.0 ...

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    Peloton booms

    2020-11-06T18:53:00Z

    Beating analysts’ projections for an annual turnover of $3.63 billion, Peloton Interactive is projecting revenues of $3.9 billion or more for the current financial year, generating adjusted Ebitda of $300 million, after an impressive first quarter, compared with sales of $1.82 billion and adjusted Ebitda of $117.7 million in the ...

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    New Wave focuses on costs savings

    2020-11-06T18:24:00Z

    The New Wave Group, the Swedish company behind Craft and Cutter & Buck, said actions to prioritize costs, earnings and cash flow bore fruits in the third quarter. The operating margin gained 4.3 percentage points to 12.0 percent due to these efforts. It was only the second time in the ...

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    GoPro swings to a profit

    2020-11-06T18:24:00Z

    The American action camera specialist managed to post a profit for the third quarter thanks to a more intense direct-to-consumer (DTC) approach and strong sales of new products, which helped boost total revenues by 114 percent to $280.51 million. Analysts expected revenues of $234.5 million. GoPro’s net income for the ...

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    Champion’s parent company unveils new strategies

    2020-11-06T17:54:00Z

    Hanesbrands, the parent company of Champion USA, is about to take a new direction. After releasing mixed results for the third quarter, the group’s new chief executive, Stephen Bratspies, said it is conducting an in-depth review of its business to develop a growth strategy better tailored to the post-pandemic world, ...

  • News briefs

    Superdry pushes e-commerce

    2020-11-05T18:28:00Z

    Banking on Black Friday to maximize sales through e-commerce in spite of the new retail lockdowns, Superdry says it has launched new campaigns through its influencers that are delivering record levels of engagement. It will be focusing its energies in the area in the coming months with its new chief ...