All Market Statistics articles – Page 49
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The sports and leisure division of the New Wave group,...
The sports and leisure division of the New Wave group, which owns Craft, Cutter&Buck and several other brands, pushed its sales up by 20 percent to 465 million Swedish kronor (€52.4m-$69.2m) for the first quarter. This was chiefly due to acquisitions made last year, Ahead and Paris Glove, which added ...
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The Life Fitness division of Brunswick Corporation, which comprises the...
The Life Fitness division of Brunswick Corporation, which comprises the Life Fitness and Hammer Strength brands, slightly lifted its sales to $157.1 million in the first quarter. This amounted to an increase of 0.4 percent. The division's international sales fell by 13 percent, but commercial equipment sales enjoyed a large ...
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Wolverine Worldwide, which sells the Merrell and Patagonia Footwear brands,...
Wolverine Worldwide, which sells the Merrell and Patagonia Footwear brands, saw its sales drop by 2.4 percent to $322.8 million for the quarter ended March 24, due to the troubles hitting many of Europe's economies. Sales in the U.K., which represents half of European sales, were hard hit by two ...
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The outdoor and action sports unit of VF Corporation, the...
The outdoor and action sports unit of VF Corporation, the owner of The North Face and Vans, among others, lifted its sales by 60 percent for the first quarter. Sales were inflated by the acquisition of Timberland, but the rise also included organic growth of 15 percent. The turnover of ...
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The warm winter shaved about $25 million off the turnover...
The warm winter shaved about $25 million off the turnover of Jarden's outdoor business unit in the first quarter. This contributed to a sales decline of 1.1 percent to $670 million for the unit, which includes the K2, Coleman, Marmot, Penn and Rawlings brands. The company expects another hit of ...
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Under Armour's sales soared by 23 percent to $384 million...
Under Armour's sales soared by 23 percent to $384 million for the first quarter of this year, with similar growth rates for apparel and footwear. The company said that the rise was partly driven by new products, like Cold Black and Armour Bra. Under Armour's gross margin dipped by 0.8 ...
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Crocs lifted its sales by 19.9 percent to $271.8 million...
Crocs lifted its sales by 19.9 percent to $271.8 million for the quarter, in spite of a sales decline of 2.7 percent in Europe. This was more than compensated by sales increases of 17.1 percent in the Americas and 40.5 percent in Asia. The company's wholesale revenues jumped by 15.9 ...
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Columbia Sportswear's European sales fell by 14 percent to $38.1...
Columbia Sportswear's European sales fell by 14 percent to $38.1 million for the first quarter of this year, but the drop was compensated by a sales rise of 14 percent in Latin America and Asia, while the company's turnover remained flat in the U.S. market. The outdoor group's turnover landed ...
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Pittards saw its revenues go up by 6 percent to...
Pittards saw its revenues go up by 6 percent to £38.2 million (€46.3m-$60.7m) in 2011, but the operating profit remained stable at £2.7 million (€3.3m-$4.3m) because of the increased cost of materials. In particular, Pittards and other tanners with factories in Ethiopia rushed to buy and process as much material ...
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Britain's Halfords Group reports a 5.7 percent increase in sales...
Britain's Halfords Group reports a 5.7 percent increase in sales on a comparable store basis for its cycling group in the fourth quarter of its financial year, ended March 30. The progress came on top of an 8.7 percent increase in the same period a year ago and was driven ...
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Fila has reported a 24 percent increase in its consolidated...
Fila has reported a 24 percent increase in its consolidated revenues to 764.4 billion won (€502.6m-$676.1m) for the past financial year. The gross margin declined by 3.65 percentage points to 50.48 percent, but the operating profit rose by 5 percent to KRW106.6 billion (€70.1m-$92.3m). Net income fell by 99 percent ...
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Heavy snowfalls in central Sweden and spring-like conditions in the...
Heavy snowfalls in central Sweden and spring-like conditions in the south of the country jump-started Swedish sporting goods retailers' sales in February. The were up by no less than 22 percent during the month as compared to February 2011. After negative growth toward the end of 2011, sales took a ...
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Conzzeta, the parent company of Mammut Sports Group, announced that...
Conzzeta, the parent company of Mammut Sports Group, announced that its subsidiary for sporting goods lost some turnover in its last financial year (the same as the calendar year) in comparison with 2010. Sales went down by 4.7 percent to 210.8 million Swiss francs (€174.8m-$233.6m). Conzzeta says, however, that Mammut ...
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Intersport France reached sales of €1,298 million at retail prices...
Intersport France reached sales of €1,298 million at retail prices in 2011, 5.4 percent more than in the previous year. Because of the lack of snow, the 187 stores located in the ski resorts suffered a decline of a little less than 2 percent. The other 366 doors, 15 of ...
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Peak Sport, the Chinese sports brand, lifted its sales by...
Peak Sport, the Chinese sports brand, lifted its sales by 9.4 percent to nearly 4,647 million renminbi (€556.1m-$734.0m) last year, as it continued to expand in second- and third-tier cities around China. The brand had 7,806 stores operated by retail partners at the end of last year, up by 582 ...
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The revenues of the sportswear stores operated by Belle International...
The revenues of the sportswear stores operated by Belle International climbed by 15.0 percent to 10,412 million renminbi (€1,246m-$1,645m) last year. The Chinese company, whose latest moves are described earlier in this issue, said that comparable store sales in that segment increased at a mid-single-digit level, but at the same ...
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Wintersteiger, the big Austrian manufacturer of service solutions for snow...
Wintersteiger, the big Austrian manufacturer of service solutions for snow sports, cracked the €100 million mark in total turnover for the first time in its history during the last financial year, after reaching a level of €93.4 million in the previous year. More detailed figures will be presented on April ...
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According to the Cambodian Ministry of Commerce, the country's footwear...
According to the Cambodian Ministry of Commerce, the country's footwear industry managed to raise exports of shoes by 49 percent in value during 2011. The total value of exports was $264 million. The most important customers were the U.S., Canada, Japan, and various Asian and European countries. Currently, there are ...
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Online sales of sporting goods grew in Sweden by 32...
Online sales of sporting goods grew in Sweden by 32 percent in the fourth quarter of 2011, making this segment one of those experiencing one of the strongest growth rates. A specific sales figures was not immediately available. The growth estimate comes from the Swedish postal service, Posten, and HUI ...
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The 2011 U.K. Golf Participation Report put out by Sports...
The 2011 U.K. Golf Participation Report put out by Sports Marketing Surveys indicates that there was no real drop in the practice of golf in the U.K. last year, with some exceptions. It found that about 4 million adults above the age of 15 played golf at least once on ...
