News briefs – Page 25

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    Nautilus is now planning to launch its Bowflex Max Trainer...

    2015-05-05T00:00:00Z

    Nautilus is now planning to launch its Bowflex Max Trainer internationally through foreign distributors in the second half of this year. The product continued to be the main sales driver for the company in the first quarter of 2015, where Nautilus raised its total revenues by 34 percent to $96.2 ...

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    New Wave Group reports a 21 percent sales increase to...

    2015-05-05T00:00:00Z

    New Wave Group reports a 21 percent sales increase to 1,096 Swedish kronor (€117.6m-$131.3m) for the first quarter, with a 9 percent gain in local currencies. The gross margin improved to 45.7 percent and operating profit grew by SEK 7.7 million, resulting in an operating margin of 0.2 percent compared ...

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    Thule Group reported vastly improved results for the first quarter...

    2015-05-05T00:00:00Z

    Thule Group reported vastly improved results for the first quarter of 2015. Sales increased by 27.1 percent to 1.37 billion Swedish kronor (€145.6m-$163.1m), although they went up by only 11.5 percent in local currencies, with lower growth in North America than in Europe and the rest of the world. The ...

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    Lululemon Athletica posted net income of $239.0 million for the...

    2015-05-05T00:00:00Z

    Lululemon Athletica posted net income of $239.0 million for the financial year ended Feb. 1, down from $279.5 million in the prior year, on 13 percent higher revenues of $1.8 billion. The situation was reversed in the final quarter, where the Canadian-based company raised its net earnings slightly to $110.8 ...

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    Luxottica is expected annual savings of €100 million from the...

    2015-05-05T00:00:00Z

    Luxottica is expected annual savings of €100 million from the integration of Oakley's back-office functions and sales operations into the group, which we have already reported about. The group would like to see Oakley's sales and the number of O stores double over the next three years. The group reported ...

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    Mash Holdings, the holding company that regroups interests held by...

    2015-05-05T00:00:00Z

    Mash Holdings, the holding company that regroups interests held by Mike Ashley in the sports business, more than doubled its pre-tax operating profit in the fiscal year to the end of April 2014 to £542.6 million (€758.4m-$834.2m), according to accounts filed at Companies House and reported by British newspapers. Mash ...

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    Himaraya, the big Japanese sporting goods retail chain, reported a...

    2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

    Himaraya, the big Japanese sporting goods retail chain, reported a 72 percent increase in net income to 225 million yen (€1.8m-$1.9m) for the six months ended Feb. 28. Sales rose by 4 percent to ¥34.6 billion (€274.1m-$290.0m). The gross margin improved by 1.1 percentage points to 37.4 percent, but operating ...

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    Pou Sheng International, one of the two leading Chinese retailers...

    2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

    Pou Sheng International, one of the two leading Chinese retailers of sports apparel and footwear, saw its sales increase by 23.9 percent to $580.5 million for the first three months of the year. The month of March alone yielded a sales increase of 16.7 percent to $197.2 million. Several Chinese ...

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    Giant Manufacturing's revenues grew by 11 percent to 60.22 billion...

    2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

    Giant Manufacturing's revenues grew by 11 percent to 60.22 billion Taiwanese dollars (€1,807m-$1,928m) last year. Unit shipments reached 6.6 million bicycles. The company is forecasting a sales increase of between 5 and 10 percent for this year.

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    The sporting goods segment of the Conzzeta group, represented essentially...

    2015-03-31T00:00:00Z

    The sporting goods segment of the Conzzeta group, represented essentially by the Mammut Sports Group, had stable results in 2014 in terms of Swiss francs. It generated an operating margin of 8.3 percent, down from 8.5 percent in 2013, while revenues rose to CHF 249.9 million (€239.1m-$260.0m) from CHF 247.0 ...

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    New data filed by Fila Korea show that its operating...

    2015-03-31T00:00:00Z

    New data filed by Fila Korea show that its operating margin has been declining since a ratio of 16.5 percent of revenues in 2010. It fell last year to 11.7 percent from 13.3 percent in 2013. As previously reported, the company's annual revenues rose by 8 percent in 2014 to ...

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    Sales increased by 4.1 percent at Acushnet Company in 2014,...

    2015-03-31T00:00:00Z

    Sales increased by 4.1 percent at Acushnet Company in 2014, reaching $1,537 million, according to the financial documents filed by Fila Korea, which acquired the U.S.-based parent company of Titleist and FootJoy four years ago, in combination with other investors. Acushnet's operating margin dropped to 7.1 percent from 8.1 percent ...

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    Skullcandy reported a 34 percent sales increase to $96.8 million...

    2015-03-10T00:00:00Z

    Skullcandy reported a 34 percent sales increase to $96.8 million for the fourth quarter of 2014, delivering a gross margin of 43.3 percent and a 97 percent improvement in operating income to $5.3 million. Net earnings jumped to $7.4 million from $3.6 million in the year-earlier quarter. The headphone brand's ...

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    Fourlis Group achieved a sales increase of 10.2 percent to...

    2015-03-10T00:00:00Z

    Fourlis Group achieved a sales increase of 10.2 percent to €122.4 million for its sporting goods retail business last year. This comprises Intersport stores in Greece, Cyprus, Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey. The Ebitda for sports retailing was up by 43.2 percent to €10.8 million and pre-tax profit reached €4.3 million, ...

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    Acushnet delivered last year an operating margin of 10.5 percent...

    2015-03-10T00:00:00Z

    Acushnet delivered last year an operating margin of 10.5 percent of revenues, which grew by 3 percent to US$1,537.6 million, a 4 percent increase in local currencies. It reached sales of $1,122.4 million with Titleist golf clubs and balls, and $415.2 million with FootJoy golf shoes.

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    Johnson Health Tech reached revenues of 16,646 million Taiwanese dollars...

    2015-03-10T00:00:00Z

    Johnson Health Tech reached revenues of 16,646 million Taiwanese dollars (€480.4m-$529.0m) in the year ended last Dec. 31, up from TWD 15,428 million in the previous year. The Matrix Fitness line of fitness equipment boosted its sales by 19 percent globally.

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    Sports Marketing Surveys (SMS), the sports research company, found that...

    2015-03-10T00:00:00Z

    Sports Marketing Surveys (SMS), the sports research company, found that golf participation stabilized just above 3.301 million players in the U.K. last year. This is a sharp drop compared with more than 4 million players in 2006 but slightly down from 3.364 million in 2013. The trend for last year ...

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    Labor costs in China are expected to rise by 12...

    2015-03-10T00:00:00Z

    Labor costs in China are expected to rise by 12 percent annually in the period from 2013 to 2020. According to The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), part of the Economist publishing group, manufacturing labor costs in China will continue to increase sharply on an annual basis, although they will do ...

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    Fila Korea raised its revenues by 8.3 percent to 797,380...

    2015-02-25T00:00:00Z

    Fila Korea raised its revenues by 8.3 percent to 797,380 million won (€636.0m-$722.7m) last year, but its net income declined by 37 percent to KRW 60,696 million (€48.4m-$55.0m). The operating profit slipped by 4.6 percent to KRW 93,588 million (€74.7m-$84.8m), but pre-tax income went up by 2.4 percent to KRW ...

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    Yonex has reported an 11 percent increase in revenues to...

    2015-02-25T00:00:00Z

    Yonex has reported an 11 percent increase in revenues to 35,312 million yen (€261.8m-$297.3m) for the first nine months of its financial year, ended Dec. 31, indicating a 16 percent jump during the third quarter. Net income reached ¥1,298.9 billion (€9,632m-$10,934m) during the nine-month period, more than double the level ...