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    On the back of relatively strong trading in the last...

    2015-12-18T00:00:00Z

    On the back of relatively strong trading in the last two months, the board of the JD Sports Fashion group predicts that its profit before tax and exceptional items for the current financial year is likely to reach £10 million more than market expectations of £125 million (€172.1m-$189.5m). The board ...

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    Intersport PSC Holding, the Swiss licensee of Intersport International Corporation,...

    2015-12-18T00:00:00Z

    Intersport PSC Holding, the Swiss licensee of Intersport International Corporation, reports a 31.8 percent improvement in its net profit to 1,926,000 Swiss francs (€1,786,000-$1,791,000) for the financial year ended last Sept. 30 in spite of an 18.8 percent decrease in its revenues to CHF 161.7 million (€149.9m-$162.2m), due in part ...

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    Lululemon has reduced its full-year guidance due to a sharp...

    2015-12-18T00:00:00Z

    Lululemon has reduced its full-year guidance due to a sharp decline in profit margins for the third quarter of its fiscal year, ended Nov. 1. The group's turnover advanced by 14 percent to $479.7 million for the quarter. Sales were up by 9 percent in comparable terms and in constant ...

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    Johnson Outdoors turned around to a net profit of $1,167,000...

    2015-12-18T00:00:00Z

    Johnson Outdoors turned around to a net profit of $1,167,000 in its fourth quarter ended Oct. 2 from a loss of $876,000 in the year-ago period. Sales increased by one percent to $85.7 million in the seasonally slow period, but they were flat at $47.6 million in outdoor and fell ...

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    Belle International reports a same-store increase of 6.0 percent in...

    2015-12-18T00:00:00Z

    Belle International reports a same-store increase of 6.0 percent in the third quarter through the end of November for its sportswear and apparel business, which consisted of 6,796 directly operated stores for major sports brands in Mainland China, mostly single-brand, at the end of the period. With 20,506 stores at ...

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    Sports participation in the U.K. continues to rise, according to...

    2015-12-18T00:00:00Z

    Sports participation in the U.K. continues to rise, according to the latest Sport England Active People Survey. The study, which covers the period between Oct. 2014 and Sept. 2015, reveals that 15.74 million people aged 16 and over played at least 30 minutes of sport at moderate intensity at least ...

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    According to recent data by Sports Marketing Surveys (SMS), football...

    2015-12-18T00:00:00Z

    According to recent data by Sports Marketing Surveys (SMS), football participation in the U.K. peaks in popularity among 6-13s, with more than a third playing. From this point the percentage of participants drops steadily to 13 percent at age 18. It holds steady between 25 and 44, and finally falls ...

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    Online shopping is getting more and more popular in the...

    2015-12-18T00:00:00Z

    Online shopping is getting more and more popular in the EU, and sporting goods are a major attraction. According to recent data by Eurostat 53 percent of all EU citizens purchased goods or services online in 2015. Of the online customers, 60 percent bought clothes and sports goods, followed by ...

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    Spy's net loss widened to $788,000 in the third quarter...

    2015-11-30T00:00:00Z

    Spy's net loss widened to $788,000 in the third quarter from a loss of $19,000 in the same period a year ago as the U.S. company's sales fell by 14.6 percent to $9,370,000 during the period. The gross margin declined sharply to 43.7 percent from 49.2 percent in the same ...

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    The launch of the Spark, a sports and fitness watch...

    2015-11-30T00:00:00Z

    The launch of the Spark, a sports and fitness watch integrating a heart-rate monitor and permanent activity tracking, among other features, supported sales growth of 5 percent to €146.0 million in the third quarter for the consumer product division at TomTom, excluding automotive hardware. Coming in several versions, the Spark ...

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    Moncler's revenues jumped by 25 percent, or by 17 percent...

    2015-11-30T00:00:00Z

    Moncler's revenues jumped by 25 percent, or by 17 percent at constant currencies, during the first nine months of the year compared with the same period last year, with revenues reaching €561.5 million. Growth was driven by the weak euro, particularly in the Americas. Revenues grew in all regions, with ...

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    Intersport Austria has not been hurt in the end by...

    2015-11-30T00:00:00Z

    Intersport Austria has not been hurt in the end by the departure of its former biggest member, Sport Eybl & Sports Experts, bought by Sports Direct International two years ago. The retail organization has reported a 6.5 percent sales increase to about €500 million during the financial year ended Sept. ...

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    In a preliminary statement, Intersport's Swiss licensee, Intersport PSC, said...

    2015-11-30T00:00:00Z

    In a preliminary statement, Intersport's Swiss licensee, Intersport PSC, said that its consolidated net profit rose to 1.9 million Swiss francs (€1.7m-$1.8m) in the latest financial year from CHF 1.5 million in the previous one. The results improved thanks to cost controls and extraordinary gains in spite of a decline ...

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    Noting that the company's operating profit before amortization had fallen...

    2015-11-30T00:00:00Z

    Noting that the company's operating profit before amortization had fallen by 2.5 million Australian dollars (€1.7m-$1.8m) in the first four months of its financial year, Billabong International's management warned shareholders at the company's annual meeting about some external challenges to its turnaround plan. It listed among other problems the decline ...

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    Yonex' net profit rose by 12 percent to 1,217 million...

    2015-11-30T00:00:00Z

    Yonex' net profit rose by 12 percent to 1,217 million yen (€9.4m-$9.9m) in the first half ended Sept. 30, as sales went up by 6 percent to ¥25,218 million (€193.9m-$205.1m). The conversion of the business in China from a distributor to a direct mode led to a 175 percent jump ...

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    Sales rose by 4.4 percent to 26,039 million yen (€200.2m-$211.7m)...

    2015-11-30T00:00:00Z

    Sales rose by 4.4 percent to 26,039 million yen (€200.2m-$211.7m) at Goldwin in the first half through Sept. 30, and its operating profit increased by 37.9 percent to ¥429 million (€3.3m-$3.5m). However, the Japanese company's net income fell by 24 percent to ¥510 million (€3.9m-$4.1m) due to store closures and ...

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    Globeride saw its revenues go up by 5 percent to...

    2015-11-30T00:00:00Z

    Globeride saw its revenues go up by 5 percent to 41,406 million yen (€318.3m-$336.6m) in the first half ended Sept. 30, with strength in fishing and golf, yet net earnings were down by 9 percent to ¥1,579 million (€12.1m-$12.8m) because of higher non-operating expenses. Citing the malaise of the Japanese ...

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    Fila Korea turned around to a net loss of 17,884...

    2015-11-30T00:00:00Z

    Fila Korea turned around to a net loss of 17,884 million Korean won (€14.6m-$15.4m) in the third quarter ended Sept. 30 from a net profit of KRW 21,370 million in the year-ago period. Revenues increased by 4 percent to KRW 196,383 million (€157.6m-$166.2m), but they fell by 13 percent at ...

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    Stella International sees the demand for sports fashion styles continuing...

    2015-11-30T00:00:00Z

    Stella International sees the demand for sports fashion styles continuing to grow in China, helping the Chinese manufacturer of athletic and fashion footwear to record higher orders in the last quarter of this year and in 2016. In the third quarter ended Sept. 30, the group's revenues increased by 6 ...

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    Beating analysts' expectations, Alibaba Group Holdings reported a 32 percent...

    2015-11-30T00:00:00Z

    Beating analysts' expectations, Alibaba Group Holdings reported a 32 percent increase to $3.49 billion in revenues for the second quarter of its financial year, ended on Sept. 30. Sales through mobile devices nearly tripled to $1.66 billion. The total gross merchandise volume on its Chinese marketplaces went up by 28 ...