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Exercise boosts Covid survival, study finds
According to a study conducted by cardiologists at the San Carlos Clinical Hospital in the Spanish capital of Madrid, patients who exercise regularly are eight times more likely to survive Covid-19 than sedentary patients. Published in the American medical journal Infectious Diseases and Therapy, the study examined 520 Covid-19 patients, ...
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Reebok launches consumer-inspired apparel collection with This Memento
Reebok has introduced Meet You There (MYT) x Memento, the latest installation of Reebok’s Meet You There franchise. The new apparel collection comprises a selection of lifestyle pieces in men’s, women’s and unisex sizes ranging from XXS to XXXL. The collection was brought to life through Reebok’s partnership with This ...
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ArticleSporting goods industry stocks rose by 10.9% in Q1 2021
Confirming the resilience of our industry, the average stock market value of 38 selected public companies in the sporting goods sector advanced by 10.9 percent in the first three months of 2021. Comparatively, the main stock indices grew by only between 2.4 percent and 8.5 percent over the period.
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Europe’s sports sponsorship market falls by 9%
The total value of Europe’s sponsorship market dropped by 23 percent across all industries last year, marking the first time it has declined in almost a decade, a new report from the European Sponsorship Association (ESA) in cooperation with Nielsen Sports has revealed. The drop was a consequence of the ...
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Big gains in Italy’s bike consumption and production
A total of 2.01 million bicycles were sold in Italy in 2020, or 17 percent more than in the previous year, according to data provided by the Italian bike industry association, ANCMA. The coronavirus pandemic contributed to the strong increase, driving the demand for socially-distanced and sustainable urban mobility options. ...
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The German fitness industry suffers a 24% decline in turnover
After more than 30 years of ongoing growth, the German fitness industry registered a 24.5 percent decline in turnover to €4.16 billion in 2020 as the Covid-19 pandemic heavily impacted gyms. The figures come from a report titled Eckdaten der deutschen Fitness-Wirtschaft 2021 [Tr.: Key data from the German Fitness ...
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AliExpress rewards consumers for Le Club Paris 2024 challenges
Until the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, Le Club Paris 2024 is offering its own members the opportunity to participate in fun challenges and to earn points that enable them to enter prize draws and enjoy exclusive rewards - such as participating in special experiences with Olympic and Paralympic ...
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French ski industry in critical state
The French sporting goods industry association, Union Sport & Cycle (USC), plans to ask the French government for a specific aid package for the country’s ski sector, whose total losses for the current season are estimated at about €1 billion - without including those of the skilift and cable car ...
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Sports sales boom in Norway continues over the internet
The Norwegian sporting goods market, which grew by 7 percent last year across the major retail chains, continues to be very buoyant, especially over the internet, as noted by Sportsbransjen, the country’s sporting goods industry association. According to Klarna, the Swedish fintech company, online sales of sports and leisure products ...
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Strong start of the year in Norway and Finland
According to Virken, the general retail trade increased by 9.2 percent in Norway in January, as compared to the same month a year ago, despite the closure of some shops and malls for one week, rising by 54.3 percent online and by 6.4 percent offline. The sporting goods sector had ...
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The Danish sports market drops by 9.1%
In contrast with the previously reported consumption trends in Norway, the sporting goods market did not go well in Denmark last year, like in the major Western European countries. Dealers of sporting goods and camping equipment saw their sales contract by 9.1 percent, according to Statistics Denmark. Shoe and apparel ...
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Boom in pandemic running in N. Ireland and U.K., survey says
Macmillan Cancer Support, a London-based charity, estimates that eight percent of Northern Ireland’s population, or some 116,000 people, have taken up running to preserve their health since the Covid pandemic lockdowns began last March. About seven percent have taken up meditation or yoga. The youth in the U.K. has proven ...
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ArticleThe Norwegian market grew by over 7% in 2020
Norway has the highest per capita consumption for sporting goods in Europe, and it grew strongly last year – in spite or because of the coronavirus epidemic – in contrast with an overall sales decline estimated at around 10 percent in the five major European countries. One main reason was ...
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Galvin Green reports surge in interest from young golfers
Galvin Green, the Swedish brand specializing in the design and supply of high-performance clothing for golfers, says it has experienced a rising interest from younger golfers among its customers over the past year. According to data reported in Golfbusinessnews, the number of younger golfers aged 18-25 buying Galvin Green products ...
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Soft anti-Covid restrictions boost sales of winter sports items in Russia
After a slump in sales at the beginning of the current autumn/winter season, sales of products for winter sports in Russia have proven to be strong in January and February thanks to abundant snow and weak quarantine restrictions, allowing all ski facilities to continue to operate in contrast with ...
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Athlete social advocacy grows as a key marketing trend, Nielsen report suggests
A recent report by Nielsen, titled The Changing Value of Sponsorship : 2021 Sports Marketing Trends, suggests that the sponsor media value generated by athlete advocacy posts on social media could reach $1.2 billion by 2023. According to the study, 95 percent of the athletes who have more than five ...
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News briefsWomen’s sneakers are booming on StockX
StockX has released a report on the resale market’s evolution since the company’s founding, in February 2016. Men’s sneakers continue to dominate resales, but the resale of women’s sneakers has been growing at a faster rate, having multiplied by a factor of 1,500 since the start. StockX says it now ...
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ArticleNPD: The European market fell by 10% in 2020, with running down 3%
We apologize for a mistake made in an article yesterday about the running market in Germany and the four other major European countries. We run the article here again with a different first paragraph: According to NPD, the total European market for athletic footwear and apparel suffered an overall decline ...
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Lululemon establishes a Global Wellbeing Index
Lululemon has released its first Global Wellbeing Report, a survey that benchmarks the state of wellbeing worldwide with an inaugural Global Wellbeing Index. Lululemon commissioned an online survey managed by Edelman Data & Intelligence. The survey was conducted between Nov. 13 and Dec. 1, 2020 in ten countries, including Canada, ...
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Golf is thriving in the U.K. despite Covid restrictions
Sports Marketing Surveys (SMS) reports that somehow in the age of Covid-19 and despite the course closures in November, rounds of golf played in the U.K. during the fourth quarter of 2020 were up year-on-year by 41 percent. They were already up in the third quarter by 59 percent. The ...
