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Deckers Brands saw its share price go down by more...
Deckers Brands saw its share price go down by more than 8 percent after releasing lower than expected figures for its third quarter, ended Dec. 31. Sales rose by only 1.4 percent during the quarter to $795.9 million, with increases of 1.0 percent at Ugg and 3.2 percent for Teva, ...
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GoPro's sales shrank by 31 percent to $436.6 million for...
GoPro's sales shrank by 31 percent to $436.6 million for the last quarter of 2015, which is aligned with the sharply downgraded guidance issued a few weeks ago, but the result was still worse than expected, with a net loss of $34.4 million against a profit of $122.3 million for ...
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Stella International Holdings saw its manufacturing revenues increase by 5.1...
Stella International Holdings saw its manufacturing revenues increase by 5.1 percent in the last quarter of 2015 to $389.2 million. They finished the year at $1,705.0 million, up 8.5 percent, with continued strength in sports fashion footwear. The maker of athletic and fashion footwear saw average selling prices fall by ...
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Mizuno's European sales improved by 7.5 percent for the nine...
Mizuno's European sales improved by 7.5 percent for the nine months until the end of December, with robust sales of running and indoor sports shoes. The rise contributed to an increase of 7.4 percent for the entire group's turnover to ¥143.7 billion (€1,099.1m-$1,230.6m) for the nine months. Sales advanced by ...
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Goldwin's revenues expanded by 4 percent to 17,300 million Japanese...
Goldwin's revenues expanded by 4 percent to 17,300 million Japanese yen (€132.2m-$148.3m) but comprehensive net income was off 67 percent to ¥1,114 million (€8.51m-$9.55m) in the fiscal third quarter until the end of December. Sales were driven by The North Face, Canterbury, Champion and Danskin, though the mild winter has ...
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Yonex has achieved a huge sales increase in China in...
Yonex has achieved a huge sales increase in China in the three months until the end of December. The racquet sports company's implied sales for the quarter hit the equivalent of 3,387 million Japanese yen (€25.9m-$29.0m) in China, where badminton is among the most widely-played sports, up from ¥403 million ...
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Sales fell by 4.1 percent to 562 million Danish kroner...
Sales fell by 4.1 percent to 562 million Danish kroner (€75.3m-$84.3m) at Peak Performance in the six months ended on Dec. 31, corresponding to a drop of 4.0 percent in constant currencies. The decline was limited to wholesale revenues in the Nordic countries. Sales went up in the rest of ...
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Italian sporting goods companies are going through a rough patch...
Italian sporting goods companies are going through a rough patch due to unseasonable weather conditions. The lack of snow has made their total turnover drop by 20 percent in Italy and Austria, according to estimates by Assosport, the national association of sporting goods manufacturers, as reported by Corriere del Veneto, ...
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Bike Europe reports that imports of bicycles into the European...
Bike Europe reports that imports of bicycles into the European Union jumped by 4.0 percent in the first eight months of the year. After five years of decline, during which imports dropped by more than 20 percent, the numbers picked up again in 2014, with a rise of 1.6 percent ...
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Zalando said it booked a 30 percent sales increase in...
Zalando said it booked a 30 percent sales increase in the fourth quarter of 2014 to a level expected to range between €865 million and €872 million, generating an adjusted operating margin (Ebit) of between 7 and 9 percent. With that, the German-based e-tailer reached an Ebit margin of between ...
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Lululemon has upgraded its guidance for the quarter running to...
Lululemon has upgraded its guidance for the quarter running to the end of January on the back of robust sales during the holiday season. The Canadian yoga apparel company said the uptick had been driven by strong execution in stores and online during the key holiday weeks. While sales were ...
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CCM Hockey, the Canadian-based supplier of ice hockey products that...
CCM Hockey, the Canadian-based supplier of ice hockey products that belongs to the Adidas Group, said that sales of its global equipment business advanced by 8 percent last year and by 18 percent over the past two years. The company attributed the rise to its focus on research and development, ...
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Li Ning, the Chinese sports company that has been struggling...
Li Ning, the Chinese sports company that has been struggling to take advantage of the market's clean-up in the last two years, says it will break even in 2015 after three years of losses, based on unaudited numbers for the eleven months until the end of November. The company suffered ...
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As it continues to reap the benefits of its improved...
As it continues to reap the benefits of its improved ranges and the Chinese market's clean-up, 361 Degrees said that orders increased at a high single-digit rate in value at its wholesale fair in December, compared with the same event in 2014. Orders have been on the rise for eight ...
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Peak Sport Products, the Chinese sports footwear and apparel brand,...
Peak Sport Products, the Chinese sports footwear and apparel brand, said that orders increased at a low-teens rate at wholesale prices at its sales fair for the third quarter of this year. Basketball and running footwear remained the brand's best-selling products, due to rising demand for performance sports products. Footwear ...
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Sales have been slowing down lately at Pou Sheng International,...
Sales have been slowing down lately at Pou Sheng International, the retail and distribution subsidiary of Yue Yuen. Based on preliminary figures, the company's operating revenues grew by 16.2 percent to $2.30 billion in 2015, but they were up by only 8.5 percent in November and by 1.7 percent in ...
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The Financial Times reported last week on growing enthusiasm for...
The Financial Times reported last week on growing enthusiasm for running in China, explaining that runners in the larger cities had to enter draws to be allowed to take part in half or full marathons. The British newspaper writes that about 100,000 people applied for full or half marathons in ...
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Himaraya, the Japanese sporting goods retailer, said that it suffered...
Himaraya, the Japanese sporting goods retailer, said that it suffered a loss of nearly 2.5 billion yen (€19.0m-$20.8m) for the first quarter of its fiscal year, to the end of November. This compares with a loss of ¥955.8 million (€7.3m-$7.9m) for the same period last year. Sales were off by ...
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Dunlop Sports Co. has suspended payment of its dividend and...
Dunlop Sports Co. has suspended payment of its dividend and reduced executive pay for three months from January, after a sharp sales decline at Cleveland Golf Company and a large impairment loss on the shares of this subsidiary. Dunlop Sports said in a statement that the golf company is struggling ...
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Issuing its second profit warning in three months, Pittards, the...
Issuing its second profit warning in three months, Pittards, the U.K.-based leather producer, said it will make a reasonable profit for this year, but it will be materially below forecasts, due to the slowdown in China and Russia. These two factors are apparently offsetting the impact on margins from lower ...
