Retail insights from the sporting goods industry – Page 15
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News briefsZumiez updates quarter-to-date sales
Zumiez, the parent of the Blue Tomato retail chain, reported a 4.2 percent increase in international net sales, consisting of revenues generated in Europe and Australia, for the nine weeks ended Dec. 30. However, comparable international sales were down 4.2 percent for the period. Group sales fell by 6.6 percent ...
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News briefsIntersport Spain still down from 2019
Neither separately nor in aggregate have the companies that make up Intersport Spain yet matched the annual sales of 2019 – which themselves were, for the most part, in decline from 2018. The latest available figure for its full-year 2022 is about 28 percent down from the pre-lockdown year. Intersport ...
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ArticleA challenger rises in Spanish pádel e-tail
In its three years of operation, Padel Pro Shop has reached €10 million in annual sales, and its latest annual results for 2023 represent a year-on-year increase of 95 percent. For the new year, the online retailer’s objective is to achieve another increase in annual sales, this time of 60 ...
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News briefsGerman consumer sentiment deteriorates
After the consumer mood in Germany recovered at the end of 2023, consumers are once again more pessimistic about the future in the new year. This was revealed by the consumer barometer for January published by the German Retail Association (HDE), which is compiled monthly by the Handelsblatt Research Institute ...
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ArticleAliExpress publishes report on general online shopping landscape in Europe
AliExpress, the international online retail marketplace of Alibaba International Digital Commerce Group, has published its first Consumer Insights Report examining the online shopping landscape in Europe. The report surveyed consumers in France, Germany, Spain and the UK and aimed to uncover key trends and insights into European consumers’ online behavior ...
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Infographics & DataSGI Sporting Goods Scorecard Q3 2023
Find out whose sales are up and whose profits are down for Q3 2023 in our exclusive and downloadable version of our SGI Europe sporting goods industry scorecard. We’ve expanded our coverage and now examine 48 of the leading sporting goods industry companies.
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ArticleJD Sports cuts profit forecast due to weak consumer spending
After sales at JD Sports Fashion’s sales fell short of expectations in the 22 weeks to December 30, the British retailer, which owns Go Outdoors, Blacks, Millets and other retail brands, lowered its profit guidance for the full year. According to the company, organic sales growth at constant currency ...
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News briefsJD.com wins anti-monopoly lawsuit against Alibaba
Chinese e-tailer JD.com has announced that it has won an antimonopoly lawsuit against Alibaba Group, Reuters reported. According to the High People’s Court of Beijing, Tmall, Alibaba’s brand platform, abused its market dominance and adopted monopolistic practices known as “choose one from two,” causing JD.com serious damage. Alibaba Group Holding ...
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News briefsSportsShoes.com partners with Parkrun
SportsShoes.com has announced a global partnership with community event network Parkrun. The UK online running shoes, running clothing and outdoor gear retailer is now the exclusive official retail partner of Parkrun in the UK, supporting the global Parkrun community with the sourcing and distribution of Parkrun’s range of merchandise. This ...
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News briefsSelfridges seeks debt financing after Signa insolvencies
Following the wave of insolvencies that have hit the Signa Group, British department store chain Selfridges Group is reportedly in talks with the Thailand-based Central Group to negotiate future financing to settle outstanding debts. Signa bought Selfridges together with Central Group last year for £4 billion. Central became the majority ...
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ArticleFootway Group announces extraordinary general meeting, restructuring nearing completion
E-commerce company Footway Group AB has convened an extraordinary general meeting for its shareholders on Jan. 25, 2024, at the company’s premises in Kista, Sweden. The company stated in a press release that it “will shortly apply for plan negotiations to complete the reconstruction formally,” and it is expected to ...
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News briefsIntersport Austria retailers pleased with successful Christmas business
Source: Intersport Austria The Alpine Ski and Service segments performed exceptionally well during the Christmas period In hardly any other industry, the weather influences the buying mood of Austrians as much as in sporting goods retail. The arrival of winter on the first weekend of Advent gave ...
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AnalysisThe world’s biggest sports retailers
Our annual analysis of the world’s largest sports retailers has the revenue of 50 companies and ranks their growth compared with last year.
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News briefsManagement changes at Alibaba
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group has announced the appointment of Eddie Yongming Wu as Group CEO and Chairman of Taobao and Tmall Group with immediate effect. He will also serve as CEO of the two subsidiaries. He replaces Daniel Zhang, who is resigning from the group’s executive positions to focus ...
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News briefsBlue Tomato expands “Rent Your Ride” rental service
Action sports and lifestyle retailer Blue Tomato is expanding its offer to rent selected products such as snowboards, splitboards, boots and bindings. As part of the “Blue Tomato Rent Your Ride” service, customers can obtain advice on the products in several stores in Germany and Austria and then rent them. ...
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News briefsRip Curl to expand its retail presence in Spain
Rip Curl, part of KMD Brands, is planning to expand its retail presence in Spain in partnership with the El Corte Inglés department stores, according to Modaes. Spain is Rip Curl’s second European market after France. The brand currently has three stores in Spain, where it also sells its products ...
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News briefsAlibaba.com records rising demand for smart fitness and sustainable sports products
B2B e-commerce platform Alibaba.com recently published the most important trends among B2B buyers in the sports sector. The Chinese company found that the total number of orders for smart fitness products increased by 51 percent year-on-year (mid-October to mid-November 2023 compared to the same period in 2022). The most popular ...
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News briefsDecathlon reportedly continued to sell in Russia, denies allegations
According to investigative media site Disclose, French sporting goods retailer Decathlon has secretly continued to sell clothes in Russia despite its official announcement on March 29, 2022, that it was ending its activities in the country due to the war in Ukraine. In October of this year, Decathlon sold its ...
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News briefsTonal offers trade-in program after Lululemon discontinues Mirror
Tonal, an intelligent home gym with a personalized approach to strength training, announced “Mirror Trade-In,” a trade-in program that offers customers of Lululemon Studio Mirror hardware the opportunity to replace their discontinued Mirror device with a Tonal device. Lululemon stopped selling Mirror hardware and announced it would stop producing new ...
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News briefsDecathlon to offer ultra-fast car chargers at UK stores
Decathlon has partnered with public electric vehicle charging infrastructure provider Be.EV to provide ultra-fast electric vehicle charging points in a number of stores across the UK. This is Decathlon UK’s first partnership with a public charging network. Locations are already planned in various stores across the UK, with the Decathlon ...
