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Easton-Bell's net sales declined by 4.0 percent to $207.6 million...
Easton-Bell's net sales declined by 4.0 percent to $207.6 million in the first quarter, but its gross margin improved by 1.6 percentage points to 35.8 percent, as compared to the same period a year ago. Excluding severance expenses for the recently dismissed managers of the company, the operating profit before ...
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Nautilus benefited from improved consumer credit conditions in the U.S....
Nautilus benefited from improved consumer credit conditions in the U.S. in the first quarter, as its consumer-direct operations recorded a 26 percent hike in sales to $42.4 million and a 122 percent jump in operating income to $6.7 million, thanks also to strong demand for its cardio products, led by ...
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Brekka, the Italian brand of headwear and other winter accessories,...
Brekka, the Italian brand of headwear and other winter accessories, is targeting growth of at least 30 percent this year, thanks mainly to the expansion of its sales outside its domestic market. One important factor for this year's exceptional growth will be the company's breakthrough into the North American market ...
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Skullcandy's sales fell by 30.4 percent in the first quarter...
Skullcandy's sales fell by 30.4 percent in the first quarter due to a more selective sales policy in North America, where its turnover dropped by 37.9 percent to $28.7 million. In the rest of the world, the headphone company's sales increased by 17.5 percent to $8.4 million but were essentially ...
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Toray Industries suffered a 24.5 percent drop in net income...
Toray Industries suffered a 24.5 percent drop in net income to 48.5 billion yen (€367.9m-$478.3m), falling below its previous projections as its sales grew by only 0.2 percent to ¥1,592 billion (€12.0b-$15.7b) due to lower demand from the automotive sector and the economic slowdown in Europe and China. However, its ...
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Lenzing, a major supplier of rayon and other cellulosic fabrics...
Lenzing, a major supplier of rayon and other cellulosic fabrics to the sportswear sector, suffered a 6.0 percent decline in total sales to €496.5 million in the first quarter although sales volumes for its fibers were 13 percent higher than a year ago. The Austrian company generated nevertheless a better-than-expected ...
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Sales continue to be sluggish for the sporting goods industry...
Sales continue to be sluggish for the sporting goods industry in Sweden. Retailers' sales of sporting goods in country fell by 7 percent during the month of March as compared to the same month of last year, contributing to a 2.8 percent drop for the first quarter of 2013. Cold ...
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The 2012/2013 skiing season was a good one for mountain...
The 2012/2013 skiing season was a good one for mountain sports shops in France. According to FPS, the French sporting goods retailers' association, the turnover across 1,100 such stores grew by 6 percent. The positive performance was boosted by 6.5 percent higher revenues from equipment rentals. Now 70 percent of ...
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The number of visits to North American ski resorts reached...
The number of visits to North American ski resorts reached a 30-year record of 56.6 million in the past autumn/winter season. In the U.S., snow sports retailers saw their sales go up by 3 percent to $3.4 billion for the season, and while equipment was flat, apparel was up by ...
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The French market for swimwear, beachwear and related accessories is...
The French market for swimwear, beachwear and related accessories is worth €442 million, according to a study conducted by NPD Group. This was the turnover in 2012, up 2 percent on the previous year, including swimsuits as well as pool sandals, goggles, swim caps and water exercise equipment. The market ...
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Intersport continued its progress in Finland during the first three...
Intersport continued its progress in Finland during the first three months of 2013 with a 14.1 percent sales increase to €51 million, according to Kesko's quarterly income statement, as the number of stores increased to 62 as compared to 58 a year earlier. Sales fell instead by 23.6 percent to ...
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New Wave turned around with a net profit of 100,000...
New Wave turned around with a net profit of 100,000 Swedish kronor (€11,711-$15,306) in the first quarter of 2013 from a loss of SEK8.2 million in the year-ago period, as sales increased by 10.1 percent to SEK877 million (€102.7m-$134.3m). On a currency-neutral basis, however, sales were down by 7 percent. ...
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Brunswick Corp. reported net sales of $995.3 million for the...
Brunswick Corp. reported net sales of $995.3 million for the first quarter ended March 30, up 4 percent from a year ago. Revenue growth in the quarter was driven by U.S. outboard marine products, marine parts and accessories and fitness equipment, partially offset by declines in fiberglass sterndrive/inboard products and ...
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The protracted winter weather in Europe and the U.S. did...
The protracted winter weather in Europe and the U.S. did not prevent Adidas Golf from reaching record sales of golf shoes in the first quarter of this year, with significant sales increases and higher market shares in the U.S., the U.K. and Japan, says TaylorMade-Adidas Golf, thanks largely to the ...
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Real Madrid has overhauled Manchester United in Forbes' annual ranking...
Real Madrid has overhauled Manchester United in Forbes' annual ranking as the most valuable football team in the world. It is the first time since Forbes began tracking the value of soccer teams, in 2004, that Manchester United has not topped the ranking. The value of Real has surged by ...
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A.T. Cross continued to grow in the first quarter of...
A.T. Cross continued to grow in the first quarter of 2013, with sales up by 5.9 percent to $44.4 million compared with the first quarter of 2012. This was driven by a 9.1 percent increase to $23.8 million for its Cross Optical Group (COG), which runs the Costa and Native ...
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Oxbow is inviting consumers to discover the Waterman culture through...
Oxbow is inviting consumers to discover the Waterman culture through a contest giving them the right to follow the week-long exploits of three sponsored surfers on the Basque coast of France. The winner will take photos and videos of them, feeding contents into the social networks.
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Wintersteiger, the leading manufacturer of ski maintenance and storing solutions...
Wintersteiger, the leading manufacturer of ski maintenance and storing solutions as well as of other types of machinery, has posted record sales for the third year in a row. Total sales soared from €101.8 million in 2011 to €126.2 million in 2012. The significant sales increase came substantially from the ...
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Halfords Group registered a decline in cycling revenues on a...
Halfords Group registered a decline in cycling revenues on a same-store basis of 8.8 percent for the 11-week period ended March 29. For the 52-week period ended March 29, cycling sales were off by 0.6 percent. The group's total revenues increased by 1.7 percent over the last quarter. In the full ...
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Sequential Brands Group, the company that acquired Heelys a few...
Sequential Brands Group, the company that acquired Heelys a few weeks ago, reported a net loss attributable to common stockholders of $7.35 million for the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31, 2012, bigger than the $3.4 million loss it had in the same quarter the previous year. Licensing and other revenues ...
