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A negative foreign currency swing of 3.8 billion yen (€31.4m-$33.3m)...
A negative foreign currency swing of 3.8 billion yen (€31.4m-$33.3m) led Descente to post a net loss of ¥1,750 million (€14.5m-$15.3m) for the first half of its financial year, ended Sept. 30, against a profit of ¥2,939 million in the year-ago period. Without extraordinary items, net earnings were down by ...
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Yonex' sales jumped by 24 percent to 31.3 billion yen...
Yonex' sales jumped by 24 percent to 31.3 billion yen (€258.9m-$274.4m) in the six months through Sept. 30, but most of the growth took place in China, where the company's recently opened joint venture lifted its sales in the country by 241 percent to ¥8.8 billion (€72.8m-$77.1m), driven by badminton. ...
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Globeride saw its sales grow by 2 percent to 42.3...
Globeride saw its sales grow by 2 percent to 42.3 billion yen (€349.6m-$370.3m) during the six months ended Sept. 30, thanks in part to the improving economy in Japan, but foreign exchange losses of more than two billion yen caused its net income to drop by 54 percent to ¥730 ...
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The Thule Group raised its net income by 9.4 percent...
The Thule Group raised its net income by 9.4 percent to 162 million Swedish kronor (€16.3m-$18.0m) in the third quarter, while its sales inched up by 1.7 percent to SEK 1,366 million (€137.4m-$152.3m), going up organically by 5.2 percent. Sales continued to fall in the Americas, declining by 8.8 percent ...
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361 Degrees boasted a comparable store sales increase of 7.3...
361 Degrees boasted a comparable store sales increase of 7.3 percent in the third quarter. The number of stores dropped to 6,637 outlets, after 295 openings and 511 closures. It could decrease further in the quarters ahead, as the group is envisaging a store count of about 6,500 stores, with ...
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Hanesbrands, which took over Champion Europe recently, has reported a...
Hanesbrands, which took over Champion Europe recently, has reported a low single-digit increase for the Champion brand globally for its third quarter ended Oct. 1, with low double-digit growth in the mass market and strong double-digit growth in Japan. Retail bankruptcies in the U.S. caused a loss of $15 million ...
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Erima reported a sales increase of 8 percent in the...
Erima reported a sales increase of 8 percent in the third quarter of this year, as compared to the third quarter of 2015. Since the beginning of this year, the German sporting goods brand has grown by 12 percent as compared to the previous year. For the first quarter, Erima ...
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About 31 percent of the urban Chinese population aged 15...
About 31 percent of the urban Chinese population aged 15 to 59 years has an interest in football after a steady increase in the last three years, according to China and Football, a study published by Nielsen Sports. It explains that interest has been stimulated by government policy as well ...
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The Inretail Sport Monitor indicates that the Dutch sports market...
The Inretail Sport Monitor indicates that the Dutch sports market raised its sales by just 1.2 percent in the first nine months of this year. Inretail reports that the rise was driven by apparel, up by 1.2 percent, while sports footwear sales increased by 0.5 percent and equipment sales were ...
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More than 70 percent of Sweden's shoppers buy clothes and...
More than 70 percent of Sweden's shoppers buy clothes and shoes for everyday use in a sporting goods store, and most of them are women, according to a survey of 300 people conducted by Bonial. Another notable result of the study is that over 80 percent of the respondents preferred ...
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Himaraya, the big Japanese sports retailer, turned around to a...
Himaraya, the big Japanese sports retailer, turned around to a net loss of 811 million yen (€7.08m-$7.80m) for the financial year ended in March from a profit of ¥1,323 million in the previous year. The Kumamoto earthquakes and 19 percent drop in sales of winter sports equipment were held responsible ...
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August was a positive month for sporting goods sales in...
August was a positive month for sporting goods sales in Sweden. According to HUI, the Swedish market research institute, sporting goods retailers' sales were up by 7.9 percent at current prices, when compared to last year, making August the fourth best month after a record start in January-March. In terms ...
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The major outdoor brands saw their sales of footwear grow...
The major outdoor brands saw their sales of footwear grow by only 1.2 percent in terms of U.S.dollars in 2015, coming just under €5 billion for the year. They would have risen by more than 10 percent, especially outside the U.S., if currency exchange rates had remained constant. Our annual ...
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China will overtake the U.S. to become the world's biggest...
China will overtake the U.S. to become the world's biggest retail market in 2016, with estimated total sales of $4.886 trillion, compared with $4.823 trillion for the U.S., according to Emarketer. The New York-based research firm added that China will remain the world's largest retail e-commerce market, with sales forecast ...
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A recent survey has shown that Swedish e-retailers have been...
A recent survey has shown that Swedish e-retailers have been suffering increased competition from foreign e-retailers. In the past, the competition was coming largely from the U.S., the U.K. and Germany, but the biggest increase has come from China. The survey found that one out of four Swedes made an ...
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Like in 2014, the fashion-oriented segment of the branded casual...
Like in 2014, the fashion-oriented segment of the branded casual footwear market performed better than the comfort-oriented segment in 2015, according to an annual survey that we published in Shoe Intelligence last week. With an overall estimated 8.2 percent increase in terms of U.S. dollars to $11.5 billion, the fashion ...
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British women increasingly like “trainers,” as sneakers and sports shoes...
British women increasingly like “trainers,” as sneakers and sports shoes are called in the U.K.. According to recent research conducted by Mintel, the number of female shoppers who purchased trainers during the past year surpassed for the first time the number of shoppers who purchased shoes with a heel. Trainers ...
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The Norwegian Consumer Ombudsman has ordered Anton Sport, the Norwegian...
The Norwegian Consumer Ombudsman has ordered Anton Sport, the Norwegian high-end sporting goods retailer, to pay a fine of 800,000 Norwegian krone (€88,482.8-$97,763.4) for breach of marketing laws. According to a local newspaper, Dagens Næringsliv (DN), the reason for the penalty was that the chain announced a 20 percent discount ...
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Belle International raised the sales of its sportswear and apparel...
Belle International raised the sales of its sportswear and apparel stores in mainland China by 6 percent on a same-store basis in the second quarter of its financial year. These improvements in the three months from June until August were offset by a comparable sales decline of 10.0 percent for ...
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With an industry-wide growth rate of 6.5 percent for the...
With an industry-wide growth rate of 6.5 percent for the first half of the year, sporting goods retailers are expecting a new record in their sales for this year, according to the Norwegian sporting goods industry association, Sportsbransjen. After reaching record sales in 2015 (see the retail chart in this ...
