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Puma’s brand momentum outpaces supply chain drags in Q3
Puma raised its outlook for full-year sales after reporting solid growth in sales and earnings in the third quarter ended Sept. 30 despite persistent supply chain headwinds and difficulties for Western brands in China. Sales in the three month period increased by a reported 20.0 percent to a quarterly record ...
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Spain's Munich is on track for a record year
Munich, a leading Spanish shoe producer in the futsal category, is on track to break its record for annual sales, Diffusion Sport reports. Sales for the first half of this year, ended on Sept. 30, matched those of the equivalent period in its current record year of 2018. The owner ...
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Shimano hikes guidance as bike segment soars by 30%
While reporting excellent figures for its third quarter ended Sept. 30, Shimano said it was expanding production capacity at its factories in Japan and overseas to respond to the growing global demand for its products, as Covid outbreaks have disrupted both manufacturing and logistics everywhere. Bike dealers’ inventories are still ...
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HeiQ unveils high-performance cellulose yarn derived from carbon-negative materials
HeiQ unveiled what it calls a potential game-changer for the textile industry on Oct. 26 in a digital presentation. HeiQ AeoniQ is a high-performance cellulose yarn derived from a wide range of natural, carbon-negative sources, including wood pulp and algae. The new fiber is currently advancing to pilot production prior ...
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Dometic buys Igloo
Dometic, the Swedish producer of coolers, has taken over Igloo, a Texas-based manufacturer of passive coolers and drinkware for the outdoor market, from a private equity group, ACON Investments. The closing of the transaction was subject to certain regulatory approvals, which have now been granted. The acquisition was completed on ...
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Li Ning accelerated in Q3
Excluding sales at Li Ning Young stores, Li Ning performed better than a year ago during the third quarter ended in September, scoring a sales increase in the high 20s on a same-store basis at retail, compared with the low single-digit improvement recorded a year earlier. The company’s own direct-to-consumer ...
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Clarus will offer 2.75 million shares of common stock
Clarus Corporation, the company based in Salt Lake City, Utah that owns brands such as Black Diamond, Pieps, Sierra Bullets and Rhino-Rack, announced that it intends to offer 2,750,000 shares of common stock and use the net proceeds from the offering for general corporate purposes, including repayment of debt, capital ...
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VF raises sales outlook although supply chain strains cap Q2 growth
VF Corp. lost more than 5 percent of its value on the stock market after it published its results for its second quarter ended Sept. 30 on Oct. 22, but it has regained some ground since. The management improved its guidance for this year’s revenues to $12.0 billion from $11.8 ...
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Sweaty Betty collaborates again with rēspin
Sweaty Betty has embarked on a second collaboration with rēspin, the brand founded by the actress Halle Berry. The result is a limited edition of 24 articles of activewear designed by Lindsey Flores and called The rēspin Edit. The collection’s jackets, leggings and other items range in price from $14 ...
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Allbirds’ IPO seeks a $2 bn valuation
Allbirds has priced its planned public offering at a range of between $12 and $14, which would give it a valuation of more than $2 billion, in spite of continued losses. It plans to offer a total of 19.2 million shares to raise up to $269 million. A Series E ...
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China Dongxiang’s Kappa sales dip
In contrast with other Chinese sportswear companies, China Dongxiang reported a mid-to-high-teens decline at its Kappa and Kappa Kids stores for its second quarter ended Sept. 30, with a mid-to-low single-digit drop on a same store basis. For the first half of the company’s financial year, sales were off by ...
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Porsche gets involved in kitesurfing
In addition to its long-standing sponsorship activities in the sports of tennis and golf, Porsche will also support the further development of kitesurfing in the future. The first event sponsored by the automotive brand will be the Red Bull King of the Air in Cape Town in November 2021. In ...
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Schildkröt launches new fitness products
Germany’s MTS Sportartikel Vertriebs is introducing a new range of products as part of its Schildkröt fitness product line. It consists of a new push-up multi-trainer board, a sit-up trainer and a shaping loop set with three elastic loops at different strength levels. Besides that, the German brand is going ...
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Thule sees sales gains and rising costs
The outdoor trend, which kicked in shortly after the first Covid-19-related lockdowns, has once again brought good sales growth for the Swedish Thule Group. The trend toward outdoor and leisure activities closer to home continued to positively impact all of the group’s product categories in the third quarter. According to ...
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International sports apparel market 2020
This chart shows the revenues, growth and market share of the top 26 sports apparel brands in 2020 vs. 2019. The chart and data can be downloaded. This is exclusive data and analysis for Premium Members.
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Asics is again sponsoring the World Ekiden relay
This year Asics is once again sponsoring the World Ekiden, scheduled for Nov. 22 and open to the public for enrollment since Oct. 4. Just as the marathon symbolizes a herald’s run to Athens thousands of years ago to deliver news of a battle, the Ekiden symbolizes the relay that ...
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361 Degrees returned to growth in Q3
Retail sales of the 361° branded products grew by a rate in the mid-teens during the third quarter, says 361 Degrees, outperforming the high single-digit increase that the Chinese sportswear company had reported for the same period a year ago. Its 361° Kids line did even better, rising by between ...
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Crocs posts an Ebit margin of over 32% on 73% higher sales
Performing better than what analysts had estimated, Crocs reported a sales increase of 73.0 percent in the third quarter to a record level of $625.9 million, with a gain of 72.2 percent on a constant-currency basis. The company posted an exceptionally high operating margin of 32.2 percent, up from 19.9 ...
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Tecnica rolls out ski boot recycling project in 8 countries
After revealing its plans for an end-of-life solution for used ski boots in the spring of this year, the Tecnica brand is about to start its new “Recycle your boots” program. The circular project, being launched in the Alps region this autumn, aims to contribute to protecting the planet by ...
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Oberalp Group plans to expand in Southern Europe
The Italian Oberalp Group intends to invest more in other Southern European markets in the coming years, according to SAZ. To this end, Marion Alexandre has been appointed to the new position as general manager for South Europe as of June 1, 2021. She is to be responsible for developing ...