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Quoting GfK and Asmas, the Swiss sporting goods retailers' association,...
Quoting GfK and Asmas, the Swiss sporting goods retailers' association, the Swiss Sport+Mode reports a 2.4 percent drop in the Swiss market for the first quarter of 2014, after an increase of the same magnitude in the fourth quarter of 2013. Here also, the weather was the main cause of ...
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In the first quarter of this year, the 127 companies...
In the first quarter of this year, the 127 companies that belong to Assosport, Italy's sporting goods industry association improved their sales results, thanks primarily to an estimated jump of 15 percent in their sales abroad, which represent around 75 percent of their total turnover. For all of 2013, the ...
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Sporting goods retail sales increased in Sweden in April for...
Sporting goods retail sales increased in Sweden in April for the second consecutive month. According to HUI Research, they grew by 1.5 percent compared with the same month last year. Based on the same number of working days, sales increased by 9 percent. This brings the cumulative growth in the ...
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Grey and wet winter weather resulted in a small decline...
Grey and wet winter weather resulted in a small decline of 0.58 percent in sporting goods retail sales in Norway in the first quarter of 2014, despite a record month in January, according to Sportsbransjen. As reported by a Norwegian newspaper, DN, XXL was a clear winner with an increase ...
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Descente saw a 19.6 percent increase in revenues to 109.94...
Descente saw a 19.6 percent increase in revenues to 109.94 billion yen (€788.5m - $1,075m) for the financial year ended on March 31. They generated a gross margin of 51.8 percent and an operating margin of 5.7 percent. Net profits went up by 26 percent to ¥4.47 billion (€32.2m - ...
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At Goldwin, sales went up by 4.5 percent to 54.87...
At Goldwin, sales went up by 4.5 percent to 54.87 billion yen (€395m - $539m) for the financial year ended last March 31, and they generated a 14.5 percent increase in net income to ¥3.02 billion (€21.7m - $29.7m). The operating margin grew by 0.4 percentage points to 4.0 percent. ...
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Moncler finished the first quarter with revenues of €145.4 million,...
Moncler finished the first quarter with revenues of €145.4 million, up by 16 percent in euros and by 19 percent in local currencies. With adjusted operating earnings representing 31 percent of sales before amortization (Ebitda) and 26.9 percent of sales before interest (Ebit), the Italian company's net income increased to ...
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Xebio's sales rose by 6 percent to 204.8 billion yen (€1,480.53m-$2,013.75m)...
Xebio's sales rose by 6 percent to 204.8 billion yen (€1,480.53m-$2,013.75m) in the financial year ended last March 31, bolstered by 13 percent growth in its golf segment to ¥52.8 billion (€381.72m-$519.17m). Footwear sales were up by 6 percent and outdoor sports by 5 percent. Sales of sports apparel increased by ...
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Holdsport, the South African retail group that went public last...
Holdsport, the South African retail group that went public last year, reported increases of 3 percent in sales as well as net income for the financial year ended on Feb. 28. Revenues of 1.42 billion rand (€100.22m-$136.30m) generated a net profit of R173.7 million (€12.26m-$16.67m) for the year. The company operates 20 ...
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Zumiez reports that Blue Tomato, the Austrian-based online and offline...
Zumiez reports that Blue Tomato, the Austrian-based online and offline action sports retailer that it bought at the end of 2012, has been enjoying continuous quarterly sales increases on a comparable store basis since its acquisition. Blue Tomato was responsible for most of the growth of 9.7 percent to $162.9 ...
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Fila Korea's consolidated operating income improved by 36 percent to...
Fila Korea's consolidated operating income improved by 36 percent to 29.6 billion Korean won (€21.31m-$29.00m) in the first quarter as the company's revenues rose by 17 percent to KRW 199.3 billion (€143.69m-$195.54m). Fila's athletic sales around the world increased by 9 percent to KRW 81.7 billion (€58.93m-$80.19m) during the quarter. Golf sales ...
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Giant Corporation reported a 7 percent sales increase in the...
Giant Corporation reported a 7 percent sales increase in the first quarter ended March 31 to 14.2 billion Taiwanese dollars (€348.24m-$473.68m), although its global production of bicycles and electric vehicles dropped slightly to 1.53 million units, down from 1.55 million units in the year-ago period. Net income improved by 10 ...
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Johnson Health Tech experienced a 203 percent jump in net...
Johnson Health Tech experienced a 203 percent jump in net income to 349.2 million Taiwanese dollars (€8.56m-$11.65m) in the first quarter on 10 percent higher revenues of TWD 3.66 billion (€89.75m-$122.08m). Sales grew by 20 percent at the company's commercial arm, Matrix Fitness, with growth of 24 percent in North America, ...
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The Dutch sporting goods retail market fell by an estimated...
The Dutch sporting goods retail market fell by an estimated 3.9 percent in the first quarter of 2014 according to the Inretail Sports Monitor. In February and March, it declined at a slower rate than in January. Particularly strong drops took place in winter sports and winter fashion apparel because ...
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Zalando, the big German-based internet retailer, reports a 35 percent...
Zalando, the big German-based internet retailer, reports a 35 percent sales increase to €501 million in the first quarter, including a rise of 27 percent to €223 million in the German-speaking area. The operating margin remained negative but improved to a loss equivalent to 6.5 percent of sales from 7.2 ...
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After suffering an operating loss of €0.2 million in the...
After suffering an operating loss of €0.2 million in the past year, due to the weather and the economic crisis, Golfino is targeting an improvement of between €1.5 million and €2.0 million in the current financial year. The outlook is based mainly on good sell-throughs in the U.S. and the ...
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Brooks Sports reports a 23 percent increase to $64.5 million...
Brooks Sports reports a 23 percent increase to $64.5 million in its sales in the Europe, Middle East and Africa region, with a volume of 1.3 million pairs. A 30 percent increase is expected for 2014. The American company is moving its European office from Germany to the Netherlands, as ...
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Iconix Brand Group says that 40 percent of its revenues...
Iconix Brand Group says that 40 percent of its revenues will be generated outside the U.S. this year, in spite of big contracts with Walmart in the U.S. for Danskin and Ocean Pacific. Iconix recently signed new licensing deals for Umbro in Italy, India, Australia and South Africa. Umbro will ...
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Sales were off by 5.9 percent to $124.3 million for...
Sales were off by 5.9 percent to $124.3 million for Johnson Outdoors in its second quarter, ended on March 28, as U.S. customers delayed purchases of fish finders, kayaks, diving computers, camping equipment and other outdoor products due to a long and cold winter season. Sales declined by 4.3 percent ...
