Financial insights for the sporting goods industry – Page 55
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Superdry resumes revenue growth
Superdry saw revenues inch up by 0.8 percent to £118.4 million (€136.2m-$164.2m) in the fourth quarter ended April 24, after being severely hit by Covid-19 pandemic restrictions and lockdowns earlier in the financial year. “The early signs following the reopening of our UK stores are encouraging, as lockdown restrictions start ...
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Under Armour raises FY guidance after a 35% sales hike in Q1
Under Armour raised its full-year guidance for sales and profits after reporting better-than-expected results in the first quarter, as its business continues to rebound from Covid-19 shutdowns and a restructuring plan launched last year is bearing fruits. The brand said it now anticipates that its revenues will rise in 2020 ...
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Columbia raises guidance after a good Q1
Columbia Sportswear performed better than expected in the first quarter, despite port congestion problems in North America. Net income reached $55.9 million, jumping from $213,000 in the year-ago quarter, when the pandemic first hit the company. Revenues gained 10 percent to $625.6 million, including a 20 percent rise in DTC ...
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Mips grows by 55% in the sport segment
The ongoing bike boom helped Mips to raise its total sales by 48 percent to 83 million Swedish kronor (€8.17m-$9.90m) in the first quarter of 2021. The growth was driven by a 55 percent increase to SEK 78 million (€7.71m-$9.31m) in its dominant Sport segment, where the number of clients ...
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Polygiene posts double-digit revenue growth, led by ViralOff
Polygiene, the Swedish-based provider of antimicrobial treatments, posted revenues of 83.9 million Swedish kronor (€8.3m-$10.1m) in 2020, an increase of 22 percent as compared to 2019. In connection with the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, the company launched its ViralOff antiviral technology in April, followed by an upgraded formula with ...
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Yue Yuen turned around in Q1
Yue Yuen Industrial says it estimates that it made a net profit of between $80 million and $90 million in the first quarter, against last year’s pandemic-triggered loss of $56 million for the period. The world’s largest shoe producer says it has enhanced the utilization and efficiency of its manufacturing ...
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Fitness and Outdoor raise Garmin’s results
The current popularity of cycling and home fitness has proven to be an engine of growth for Garmin, which posted another strong quarter. The Swiss-based company, which also makes equipment for the aviation and automotive industries, reported a 25 percent sales gain to $1,072.3 million for the three months to ...
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Strong start of the year for Puma
After bouncing back in the second half of 2020, Puma accelerated further in the first quarter of 2021, with revenues surging by 25.8 percent in constant currencies to €1,548.8 million, generating an increase in the gross margin of 0.9 percentage points to 48.5 percent and a big jump in net ...
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Crocs ups guidance after rising by over 60% in Q1
Raising its guidance for the full financial year after a very strong first quarter, Crocs predicted that its revenues will grow by between 40 and 50 percent in 2021 from last year’s level of $1,386 million, up from its previous forecast of 20-25 percent growth. Posting the third consecutive quarterly ...
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New Wave swings to Q1 profit on cost controls
Sweden’s New Wave Group swung to a record first-quarter operating profit, driven by lower costs, despite a sales decline during the period. The operating profit for the three months to March 31 came in at 100 million Swedish kronor (€9.9m-$12m) compared with a loss of SEK 24.1m (€2.4m-$2.8m) a year ...
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Shimano’s revenues rise by 64.4%
Both the bicycle components and fishing tackle divisions of Shimano benefited from the Covid-19 crisis in the first quarter of 2021. Overall, Shimano’s quarterly sales – as compared to the first three months of last year – grew 64.4 percent to 126.43 billion yen (€961.6m-$1.2bn). The gross margin rose by ...
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Stella bounces back in Q1
In a business update, Stella International said its revenues for the first quarter increased by 15.3 percent to $303.4 million. This was mainly due to a favorable comparison base with last year’s first quarter, when the Chinese company’s revenues were affected by store and factory closures, as well as lower ...
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Better margins on flat sales for XXL
XXL ASA managed to generate positive operating earnings (Ebitda) of 207 million Norwegian kroner (€20.6m-$24.9m) on relatively flat revenues of NOK 2,166 million (€215,916-$260,212) in the first quarter of 2020, compared with an Ebitda loss of NOS 36 million (€3.6m-$4.3m) in the same period a year ago. The gross margin ...
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Skechers is boosted by international wholesale and digital
Lifted by robust international demand, Skechers’ revenues jumped by 15.0 percent in the first quarter to a record level of $1,428.4 million, as compared to a year ago. Sales outside of the U.S. soared by 20.2 percent to represent 58 percent of the total turnover. In particular, the International Wholesale ...
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Moncler posts double-digit revenue growth in Q1, but Europe is down
Moncler saw its consolidated revenues jump by 18 percent to €365.5 million in the first quarter of 2021, with a jump of 21 percent in local currencies, although many countries were still being affected by coronavirus-related restrictions. The growth was primarily driven by a strong contribution from China, Korea and ...
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Thule wants to double sales by 2030, reducing CO² emissions
Everything is still going well for the Swedish-based Thule Group. In an interim report, it said that its sales for the first quarter soared by 45.5 percent from the year-ago quarter to 2,538 million Swedish kronor (€250.7m-$301.6m) ,or by 56.0 percent in constant currencies. Net income jumped to SEK 447 ...
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Strong post-pandemic progress for Li Ning and Xtep
As they are only obliged to publish their results for the first half and the full financial year, some more public Chinese sporting goods companies published an operational update for the first quarter, following up on Anta Sports Products’ previously reported excellent post-pandemic figures for the period. Li Ning Company ...
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MAP Active’s sales fell by 36% in pandemic year
The Jakarta-based sporting goods retailer, wholesaler and manufacturer managed to report a little net profit of 2,078 million Indonesia rupees (€120,000-$140,000) for 2020, down sharply from IDR 686.8 billion in the previous year as its total revenues fell by 36 percent to IDR 4,781 billion (€274m-$329m) because of the Covid-19 ...
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Sequential narrows losses, but deadline looms
While reporting lower losses, the Sequential Brands Group, whose brand portfolio includes And1 and Avia, warned that it will not be able to comply with some of its debt covenants for the next 12 months. It is still negotiating an extension of a new waiver on a credit agreement expiring ...