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The International Cotton Advisory Committee, a group based in the...
The International Cotton Advisory Committee, a group based in the U.S., reports that prices for cotton dropped in April, the first drop in seven months. The reasons cited were a decline in demand and a switch to man-made fibers. The Cotlook A Index listed cotton at $2.44 per pound on ...
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Devanlay, holder of the Lacoste license, will invest €100 million...
Devanlay, holder of the Lacoste license, will invest €100 million in the brand this year compared with €25 million in 2010. Lacoste is expected to increase sales by a double digit figure this year after being stable in 2010, José Luis Duran, chairman of Devanlay, said in an interview with ...
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Briko finished 2010 with a 20 percent increase in sales...
Briko finished 2010 with a 20 percent increase in sales to €7 million. The increase is in line with the targets set by the B Holding, a company owned by the Boroli family, which took over the Italian firm in 2008. Briko achieved 65 percent of its revenues with winter ...
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Sales of sporting goods in Sweden increased by 0.2 percent...
Sales of sporting goods in Sweden increased by 0.2 percent in February, according to the DHI Retail Sales Index, resulting in a sales decrease of 4.7 percent for the first two months of 2011.
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U.S. antitrust authorities are reportedly creating obstacles to Jarden Corporation's...
U.S. antitrust authorities are reportedly creating obstacles to Jarden Corporation's plans to increase its stake in the Rossignol Group. Meanwhile, Jarden reports that its Outdoor Solutions segment enjoyed a 25.3 percent increase in operating earnings to $50.0 million in the first quarter of 2011 on 10.3 percent higher sales of ...
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Crocs increased net income by 276.1 percent to $21.5 million...
Crocs increased net income by 276.1 percent to $21.5 million in the first quarter, lifted by a 36 percent increase in revenues to $226.7 million. The group booked strong sales growth in all distribution channels and geographies. Wholesale revenues increased by 36.9 percent to $164.6 million, retail by 32.5 percent ...
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Nautilus reported a net profit of $1.6 million in the...
Nautilus reported a net profit of $1.6 million in the first quarter against a loss of $7.8 million in the same period a year ago. Sales increased by 5.8 percent to $48.3 million, with the direct-to-consumer business up by 24 percent to $30.3 million. Retail sales rose by 6.5 percent ...
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Represented mainly by Life Fitness, the fitness segment of Brunswick...
Represented mainly by Life Fitness, the fitness segment of Brunswick Corporation recorded operating profit of $23.4 million in the first quarter on 31 percent higher sales of $156.4 million. Sales outside the U.S. grew by 40 percent to an implied $86.0 million.
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Cybex reported net profit of $379,000 in the first quarter,...
Cybex reported net profit of $379,000 in the first quarter, against a loss of $753,000 one year prior. Revenues rose by 19 percent to $31.0 million and gross margins went up by 0.1 percentage points to 36.3 percent.
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The Spanish sports footwear brand Munich recorded growth in sales...
The Spanish sports footwear brand Munich recorded growth in sales by 22 percent in 2010. With the help of a very strong performance by the company's corporate stores, Munich achieved total sales of €28 million in 2010. The company owns 10 corporate stores in Spain, three of them opened during ...
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Brooks Sports is targeting sales of $300 million in 2011...
Brooks Sports is targeting sales of $300 million in 2011 after a sales increase of 21 percent in 2010 to $190 million and a strong order backlog. Orders are up by 37 percent for U.S. footwear, 42 percent for U.S. apparel, 50 percent from the EMEA (Europe, Middle East & ...
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Oakley's sales of optical products grew by 11 percent in...
Oakley's sales of optical products grew by 11 percent in the first quarter worldwide, with particularly strong progress in the buoyant North American market. The brand has just opened a store in Times Square in New York, which is visited by an estimated 26 million people each year. The store ...
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American Sporting Goods increased sales by 31.5 percent to $231.7...
American Sporting Goods increased sales by 31.5 percent to $231.7 million in 2010, while gross profit grew to $87.6 million from $63.0 million and net income rose to $15.0 million from $0.4 million. The company was acquired by Brown Shoe Company on Feb. 17. Its brands include Avia, Ryka and ...
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The French sporting goods market fell by around 2 percent...
The French sporting goods market fell by around 2 percent in the first quarter of this year, according to an estimate by FPS, the French sporting goods retailers' federation. While they had grown by 17 percent in November and by 2 percent in December year-on-year, the retailers' sales declined by ...
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The revenues of Euretco Sport, the Dutch buying group behind...
The revenues of Euretco Sport, the Dutch buying group behind Sport 2000, Runnersworld and the Sport Point partnership, crept up by 0.1 percent last year. The Euretco buying group reported that its sports unit had performed better than its interior decoration business, but not as well as its fashion division, ...
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After a sudden dip in January, Swedish sport retail increased...
After a sudden dip in January, Swedish sport retail increased in February. In current prices, sales increased by 0.2 percent in comparison with February 2010. In constant prices, sales volume increased by 2 percent compared with February 2010. This means that sport sales in constant prices so far have decreased ...
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Hervis Sport, one of the leading Austrian retail chains for...
Hervis Sport, one of the leading Austrian retail chains for sporting goods, increased its sales by 7.3 percent last. The company, which is a subsidiary of Spar, reached total sales of €461 million after VAT. In 2010, it opened 10 new stores, four in Austria and six in other countries. ...
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Swix Sport Group experienced a 42 percent boost in sales...
Swix Sport Group experienced a 42 percent boost in sales last year to 581 million Norwegian kroner (€73.7m-$104.0m), compared with 410 million NOK in 2009. The company reported an operating profit before amortization (Ebitda) of 73 million Norwegian NOK (€9.2m-$13.1m), up from 44 million NOK in 2009. Changes such as ...
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After eight economically unstable years, Dale of Norway group experienced...
After eight economically unstable years, Dale of Norway group experienced positive turnover growth in 2010. The operating profit was 6.9 million Norwegian kroner (€73.7m-$104.0m), about 11.5 million NOK more than in 2009. The turnover was 91.2 million NOK (€11.6m-$16.3m), of which about two-thirds was sold outside Norway. Continued growth is ...
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Bertel O. Steen says its Viking Fottøy subsidiary turned around...
Bertel O. Steen says its Viking Fottøy subsidiary turned around to a profit of 26 million Norwegian kroner (€3.3m-$4.7m) last year from a loss of 22 million NOK in 2009. The turnover reached 340 million NOK (€43.1-$60.9m), of which almost 30 percent was represented by sales to sports retailers. The ...
