News Briefs – Page 618
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Kastner & Öhler is planning to add a couple of...
Kastner & Öhler is planning to add a couple of Gigasport stores in Austria to its present network of 15 sports stores in the country. It closed one in the past summer. After pulling out of the Czech Republic and Slovakia in 2012, Gigasport also closed its three stores in ...
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Lululemon Athletica opened its store on London's King's Road on...
Lululemon Athletica opened its store on London's King's Road on Jan. 23. Meanwhile, members of the Wilson family that controls Lululemon are planning to open two or three Kit & Ace stores in London as well later this year, according to Drapers magazine. Kit & Ace is a new chain ...
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Uefa has signed a license agreement with Marka to develop...
Uefa has signed a license agreement with Marka to develop the first Uefa Champions League Experience concept stores in the Middle East. The first opening is scheduled for May this year at the Yas Mall on Yas Island, Abu Dhabi and there are confirmed plans for further expansion across the ...
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New Balance is reportedly planning to open its first flagship...
New Balance is reportedly planning to open its first flagship store in the U.K. at a prime location on Oxford Street in London, but not before 2017, although the lease has been signed apparently. The brand has many stores in the U.S., but in the U.K. it only has concessions ...
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Moncler has opened its first Paris boutique exclusively dedicated to...
Moncler has opened its first Paris boutique exclusively dedicated to the brand's men's collections, which include Moncler Gamme Bleu, Moncler main collection, and the Moncler Lunettes eyewear collection. The new 80-square-meter store is located in the trendy Marais district, at 11 rue des Archives. The concept store has been designed by ...
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Keen has opened an enlarged mono-brand store in Atrium Flora,...
Keen has opened an enlarged mono-brand store in Atrium Flora, a premium shopping center in Prague, through its successful Czech distributor, Outdoor Concept. Replacing a smaller outlet that was opened on the same site three years ago, it's the third Keen store in the city.
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The ANWR Group, which controls the operations of Sport 2000...
The ANWR Group, which controls the operations of Sport 2000 and Fairplay International Sports in Germany, Switzerland and the Benelux countries, reports a sales increase of 8.4 percent in the sporting goods sector to €844 million. The segment ended the year with a 9.2 percent jump in December. More details ...
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Reportedly, Sport Eybl & Sports Experts continued to lose money...
Reportedly, Sport Eybl & Sports Experts continued to lose money under the control of Sports Direct International. According to Austria's Wirtschaftsblatt, the leading Austrian retailer booked a loss of €17.8 million for the extraordinary 8-month financial year ended in April 2014, or €36.79 million including special charges. Sales remained relatively ...
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Erima's sales grew by 15 percent to €53 million in...
Erima's sales grew by 15 percent to €53 million in 2014. The German team sports brand benefited from its diversification into tennis and running clothing and from the victories of sponsored German teams in handball and tennis.
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Deckers Brands' share price tumbled by 19.7 percent after the...
Deckers Brands' share price tumbled by 19.7 percent after the company published lower than expected financial results for the third quarter ended Dec. 31 and reduced its own expectations for the full financial year. The stronger dollar and soft sales of Classic Ugg styles in October and November were cited ...
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Nautilus, the U.S. fitness equipment company, announced in a preview...
Nautilus, the U.S. fitness equipment company, announced in a preview of its annual results that its sales should reach about $274 million in 2014, amounting to an increase of about 25 percent. This comes after a robust fourth quarter, in which sales expanded by about 23 percent to around $95 ...
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Halfords Group reported organic sales growth for its Cycling and...
Halfords Group reported organic sales growth for its Cycling and Travel Solutions stores of 7.6 percent in the 15 weeks ended Jan. 9. Overall retail sales for the British group increased by 6.5 percent. The company said the bikes segment was boosted by children's cycles, which recorded a 13.8 percent ...
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Yue Yuen raised its total sales by 6 percent to...
Yue Yuen raised its total sales by 6 percent to the equivalent of $8 billion in 2014, based on the company's latest monthly sales updates. In December, its sales increased by 3 percent to $734 million as compared to the same month a year earlier.
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Descente is projecting a 21 percent increase in net income...
Descente is projecting a 21 percent increase in net income to 5.4 billion yen (€40.7m-$46.0) on 12 percent higher sales of ¥123 billion (€927.8m-$1,047.1m) for the financial year ending in March. In the first nine months through Dec. 31, sales increased by 14 percent to ¥86.3 billion (€651.0m-$734.7m) generating a 51 percent increase ...
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Spectaris, the German optical industry association, feels that there is...
Spectaris, the German optical industry association, feels that there is ample room for market development in sports eyewear. According to its estimates, 15.6 million German residents who need vision correction and practice sports don't use sports eyewear or sport-specific contact lenses. ZVA, the German opticians association, recently pointed out that ...
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Sports Marketing Surveys (Sms), in conjunction with Women & Golf...
Sports Marketing Surveys (Sms), in conjunction with Women & Golf Magazine, has announced the forthcoming release of a study into British golfers which shows that male golfers could be a key stimulus in increasing women's participation in the sport. According to the study, commissioned by the magazine, the top reason ...
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In a preliminary statement, the Lafuma Group reported today a...
In a preliminary statement, the Lafuma Group reported today a 10.0 drop in its total turnover in local currencies and on a pro-forma basis for the financial year ended last Dec. 31, pointing out that the decline was in line with its profitable growth strategy. Sales fell by 9.2 percent ...
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The Confederation of the European Bicycle Industry (Conebi) has unanimously...
The Confederation of the European Bicycle Industry (Conebi) has unanimously elected its first board of directors. It includes René Takens of the Accell Group as president, Erhard Buechel of Büchel & Co. as vice president, Massimo Panzeri of Atala, also as vice president, and Sacha Boedijn of RAI Association as ...
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Retailers are joining forces with vendors in other segments of...
Retailers are joining forces with vendors in other segments of the sporting goods industry besides outdoor sports. American Golf, one of Europe's largest integrated golf retailers, has become an “associate member” of the British Golf Industry Association (BGIA).
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David Ingemie is retiring as president of Snow Sports Industries...
David Ingemie is retiring as president of Snow Sports Industries of America (SIA) after 34 years in the position. He joined the association 39 years ago as marketing director, working a lot to promote U.S. consumers' participation in snow sports. He had already indicated his intention to step down last ...
