All Market Statistics articles – Page 51
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Schweizer & Sport und Mode's quarterly survey of Swiss sporting...
Schweizer & Sport und Mode's quarterly survey of Swiss sporting goods retailers indicates that their sales fell by between 10 and 12 percent in 2011, with footwear suffering the lowest damage. The main reasons were unseasonable weather patterns, a weak economy and the strong value of the Swiss franc. In ...
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Intersport Russia generated revenues of €7 million in the short...
Intersport Russia generated revenues of €7 million in the short period from August to December that it was under the control of Kesko late last year, but there was an operating loss of €6 million, partly attributable to launching costs. By Dec. 31, 36 stores had been transferred to Kesko's ...
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Mizuno raised its turnover by about 5 percent for the...
Mizuno raised its turnover by about 5 percent for the three months until the end of December to ¥36,837 million (€ 358.6 m-$469.5m), and the multi-sports Japanese company reduced its net loss for the third quarter of its financial year to ¥102 million (€1m-$1.3m) – roughly halving the loss incurred ...
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Net income jumped by 75.5 percent to 872 million yen...
Net income jumped by 75.5 percent to 872 million yen (€8.5m-$11.1m) for Descente in its third fiscal quarter, ended Dec. 31. Revenues increased by 8.7 percent to ¥20.7 billion (€201.0m-$263.9m) for the period. Gross margins slipped by 0.8 percentage points to 45.0 percent, but the operating profit increased by 51.0 ...
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Jarden Corporation says its results for the fourth quarter of...
Jarden Corporation says its results for the fourth quarter of 2011 should show a big increase in net income to $205-210 million from $46.7 million in the same period a year earlier, with total revenues up by between 2 and 3 percent to a range of $1,725-1,735 million. It did ...
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iVendix, the online wholesale portal of Centerstone Technologies, reports a...
iVendix, the online wholesale portal of Centerstone Technologies, reports a 30 percent increase last year to €1.4 billion in the value of sales transactions going through its international platform for the sports and sportswear industries. It processed 470,000 orders, up 15 percent, from 1,225,000 log-ins. The number of active ...
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Tradeinn, a major online retailer of sporting goods based near...
Tradeinn, a major online retailer of sporting goods based near Girona, Spain, has reported a sales increase of more than 50 percent to over €11 million for 2011. The company set up a new head office and logistics center at Celrà last year. It incorporates a brick-and-mortar store of 400 ...
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Sports and recreation goods are predicted to be among the...
Sports and recreation goods are predicted to be among the items that will grow the most at retail in South Africa this year, along with all kinds of clothing and footwear, rising at an annual rate between 4.7 and 4.9 percent. The Bureau of Market Research and Unisa expect the ...
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In the first quarter of its 2011-12 fiscal year, ended...
In the first quarter of its 2011-12 fiscal year, ended last Dec. 31, Lafuma Groupe increased its overall sales by 4.4 percent to €54.7 million, marking the highest quarterly growth in three years. Sales in France dipped by 2.2 percent to €31.4 million, while the international business grew by 14.7 ...
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Sales of snow sports equipment in the U.S. went well...
Sales of snow sports equipment in the U.S. went well in the period from August to November 2011, according to a survey made by Leisure Trends Group for Snow Sports Industries of America, but the numbers were probably not so good afterwards due to a generalized lack of snow. In ...
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Consumer confidence in the U.K. reached a very low point...
Consumer confidence in the U.K. reached a very low point in December, paving the way for the bankruptcy of major retailers such as Blacks Leisure and Peacocks, although heavy discounting at the end of the month helped to boost sales of clothing and footwear after Christmas. In contrast with the ...
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Quiksilver managers told analysts at the ICR Xchange investor conference...
Quiksilver managers told analysts at the ICR Xchange investor conference a few days ago that they see opportunities for growth in spite of strong competition in the action sports market from the likes of Billabong, Nike, VF Corp., PPR and Abercrombie & Fitch. In the next five years, untapped geographical ...
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The revenues of the sporting goods retailers affiliated with Sport...
The revenues of the sporting goods retailers affiliated with Sport 2000 in Germany fell by 2.6 percent in 2011, according to preliminary estimates by its parent company, the ANWR Group, Higher proceeds from the centralized settlements of all its voluntary groups, including Sport 2000 as well as Garant, Rexor and ...
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According to the International Cotton Advisory Committee, global cotton production...
According to the International Cotton Advisory Committee, global cotton production should grow by 8 percent in the current 2011-12 season, reaching 26.8 million tons. Conversely, consumption is expected to drop by as much as 2 percent to 23.9 million tons. ICAC, an intergovernmental group, expects a surplus of 2.9 million ...
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Vietnam's exports of clothing rose by 38% to $15.6 billion...
Vietnam's exports of clothing rose by 38% to $15.6 billion in 2011, thanks in part to a 12 percent increase in average prices. Geographically, they rose by 52 percent in Japan, by 41 percent in Europe and by 14 percent in the U.S. Footwear exports from Vietnam hit $5.7 billion ...
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Crocs indicates that its sales exceeded $1 billion in 2011...
Crocs indicates that its sales exceeded $1 billion in 2011 for the first time in its history, as it revenues ended up at the high end of its expectations in the fourth quarter of the financial year. Investors responded positively, boosting the company's value on the stock exchange by 4.6 ...
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Revenues from cycling products rose by 15.1 percent at Halfords...
Revenues from cycling products rose by 15.1 percent at Halfords in the U.K. during the third quarter ended Dec. 31, but they were mainly driven by children's bikes and accessories. New products and warm weather in the ramp-up to the Christmas season gave a boost to this business. Including the ...
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The European Cyclists' Federation issued a study quantifying the contribution...
The European Cyclists' Federation issued a study quantifying the contribution of cycling to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions (GHG): If citizens of the European Union all used their bicycles with the same intensity as Danes did in 2000, cycling an average of 2.6 km per day, they could help ...
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Metro Group, the big German player in the cash &...
Metro Group, the big German player in the cash & carry business and parent company of the Kaufhof department store chain, has lowered its outlook for the outgoing fiscal year both in terms of turnover and profit. The management said that overall sales would be slightly lower than last year's ...
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The Vietnam Leather & Footwear Association (Lefaso) reports a 5.3...
The Vietnam Leather & Footwear Association (Lefaso) reports a 5.3 percent increase in the country's production of athletic shoes to 29.7 million pairs for the first 11 months of this year. The production of other types of shoes increased at a higher rate of 10.3 percent to 5.2 million pairs ...
