Financial insights for the sporting goods industry – Page 44
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News briefsGoldwin forecasts 5.7% drop in operating income
Goldwin, the Japanese company whose brand portfolio includes territorial trademark rights or licenses for some western sports brands, is currently forecasting a 5.7 percent drop in annual operating earnings to 14 billion yen (€107.6m) for the 12 months ending March 31, 2022. Annual revenues are predicted to rise by 10.5 ...
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ArticlePerformance running paced Asics’ gains in 2021
Driven by a 31 percent increase in annual sales of performance running shoes, Asics generated revenues of more than 400 billion yen for the first time in four years in 2021. And the Japanese company’s annual operating income topped 20 billion yen for the first time since 2016. Net sales ...
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ArticleMizuno’s sales growth came to a halt in Q3
Mizuno reported record profits for the nine months ended Dec. 31, as sales growth continued to be underpinned by the strong performance of its golf and running products, particularly in EMEA and the Americas. However, the growth stopped in the third quarter, which showed a drop in sales of 2 ...
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ArticleNautilus books a loss in Q3, with soft sales outside the U.S.
Nautilus recorded a 22 percent drop in revenues to $147 million in the third quarter ended Dec. 31, despite a 63 percent rebound from the corresponding 2019 period, excluding the divested Octane business. The net result was a loss of $13.5 million against a net income of $28.9 million in ...
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ArticleDecathlon Germany reports best year in history
Decathlon Germany has reported the most successful financial year in the company’s 35-year history. Since the first German store opened in Dortmund in 1986, the sporting goods manufacturer and retailer has expanded to 84 stores, two logistics centers and four campus locations for central services with a total of 4,833 ...
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ArticleXXL starts 2022 with a sales dip after 9.4% growth in Q4
XXL ASA said its revenues declined in January by around 20 percent to 720 million Norwegian kroner (€71.5m-$81.7m), after a “record-breaking” January 2021, as the Nordic sports retailer’s monthly sales performance was conditioned by less favorable winter sport conditions in most of the Nordic region as well as an earlier ...
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News briefsLuanvi posts double-digit sales increase
Luanvi, the Spanish sportswear manufacturer, posted revenues of €14.5 million in 2021, which represent a 25 percent increase year-on-year. The result also marks an improvement as compared to pre-pandemic levels, the company said. As reported by CMD Sport, the positive trend is continuing in 2022, as the company recorded a ...
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ArticleShimano finished the FY strongly, but slowing down
Shimano’s consolidated revenues went up by 44.6 percent to 546.3 billion yen (€4.14bn-$4.73bn) in the financial year ended Dec. 31, recovering from growth of only 4.1 percent in the previous year. Still, the company is guiding for an increase of only 6.1 percent in 2022. The group’s operating earnings jumped ...
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ArticleNew CEO as Peloton’s wheels are no longer spinning in place
The business of Peloton Interactive took a wild ride that will undoubtedly alter the leading connected fitness brand’s course in the months ahead, possibly resulting in a change of ownership, as previously reported. Under fire from investors such as Blackwells Capital, which issued a detailed 65-page report on the company’s ...
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News briefsAnta Sports and Li Ning shares benefit from the Beijing Games
With the start of the Olympic Games in Beijing, the share prices of Chinese sports companies Anta Sports and Li Ning have risen, each by almost five percent in recent days. Analysts attribute this to a positive mood among the population due to the Games. The value of one Anta ...
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News briefsBodytone may have equaled its record year
According to CMDsport, Bodytone International Group appears to have equaled in 2021 its record annual sales of 2020, which amounted to €28.5 million. And the Spanish producer of fitness equipment is looking forward to an even better 2022. Speaking with CMDsport, one of Bodytone’s two CEOs, Joaquín Marín, projected a ...
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ArticleEntering new markets, Champion could become a $3.2 bn brand
Champion plans to enter new regions, including several key new markets in Eastern Europe and the Middle East, contributing to a new forecast from parent company Hanesbrands that the brand will reach $3.2 billion in annual sales by 2024, above the $3.0 billion target it projected last May. Building upon ...
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ArticleJohnson Outdoors reports strong orders, sales drop due to supply chain issues in Fishing segment
Johnson Outdoors, the U.S.-based owner of several fishing, diving, camping and watercraft brands, including Jetboil, Scubapro, Eureka and Old Town, amongst others, saw sales decrease in the first quarter of its financial year as supply chain disruptions made it difficult to keep up with demand for outdoor recreation products. Total ...
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ArticleGoPro is back in the black, as subscriptions gain traction
The first year of GoPro’s Direct-To-Consumer subscription strategy was a wild success by any measure for the American producer of action cameras. Revenues in 2021 grew 30 percent year-over-year to $1.16 billion as subscriptions rose by 107 percent. The company currently has approximately 1.6 million total subscribers paying $49.99 monthly ...
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ArticleDeckers sees 19-20% growth for its fiscal year
Deckers Brands, the parent company of Ugg, Hokaand other brands, is currently forecasting revenues of $3.03-3.06 billion for the full financial year ending March 31, indicating a growth of between 19 and 20 percent. It expects to book a gross margin of less than 51.5 percent for the year, leading ...
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ArticleSkechers sets sight on metaverse after record 2021
Skechers revealed plans to seek growth opportunities in the metaverse after posting better-than-expected results in the fourth quarter of 2021 and sales records in every quarter of the year. Revenues in the three months ended Dec. 31 increased by 24.4 percent to $1,648 million, topping analysts’ expectations by about $100 ...
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ArticleStrong results for Columbia, driven by DTC
Despite persistent supply chain disruptions that negatively impacted its wholesale revenues, Columbia Sportswear reported impressive fourth-quarter results on the strength of its Direct-To-Consumer and e-commerce businesses and an improvement of 1.6 percentage points in the gross margin to 52.2 percent, as higher freight costs were more than offset by a ...
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C-Suite InterviewMathias Boenke: New Balance sees European sales of €1 bn doubling
New Balance recently predicted that its sales would grow by about 30 percent to $4.5 billion in 2021, which would likely keep it as the sixth largest sports brand in the world. Reaching a new record level, a similar increase was booked last year in Europe, said Mathias Boenke, a ...
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Kappa has not been doing well in China
China Dongxiang struggled with the Kappa brand, for which it holds the rights in China, during the third quarter ended Dec. 31. The company indicated that retail revenues at Kappa and Kappa Kids stores in China declined by the mid-teens during the period, and that they were off by a ...
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Driven by Europe and China, Asics ups its guidance
Asics has improved its guidance for the past financial year, due to better-than-expected results in the Performance Running and Core Performance Sports categories, as well as in Europe and Greater China. Higher sales and operating results than previously forecast should lead the company to report a net profit of around ...
