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The Norwegian Alpine Ski Area Association reports an average increase...
The Norwegian Alpine Ski Area Association reports an average increase of 15 percent in the sale of tickets by ski lift operators for the whole snow sports season through Feb. 28. The season started early in November and persisted through the winter. In contrast with previous seasons, all the regions ...
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After weak Christmas sales, which were due to high pressure...
After weak Christmas sales, which were due to high pressure during the Black Friday promotion, the sale of sporting goods in Sweden jumped by 7 percent in January. The main reason for was the abundant snow and the cold weather throughout the country, which motivated higher than average purchases of ...
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Nike remains the world's most valuable fashion brand, according to...
Nike remains the world's most valuable fashion brand, according to Brand Finance. H&M and Zara come next, followed by Adidas, Hermès and Louis Vuitton. While Nike's estimated brand value is down by 12 percent to $28.0 billion as compared to a year ago Adidas' brand value is up by 41 ...
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According to Virke, the Enterprise Federation of Norway, the Norwegian...
According to Virke, the Enterprise Federation of Norway, the Norwegian sporting goods industry has grown by 41 percent in the period of 2008 to 2016, and it can expect to grow by a further 4 percent in 2018 in terms of sales to the trade. At the retail level, sales ...
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Johnson Health Tech suffered a net loss of 89.7 million...
Johnson Health Tech suffered a net loss of 89.7 million Taiwan dollars (€2.5m-$3.1m) in 2017 against a net profit of NT$19.5 million. Excluding foreign exchange and other extraordinary items, the company's net income declined by 82 percent to NY$130.6 million (€3.6m-$4.5m), as an expansion of 0.9 percentage points in the gross ...
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Giant Manufacturing posted a 33 percent drop in net income...
Giant Manufacturing posted a 33 percent drop in net income to 82.05 billion Taiwan dollars (€2.3bn-$2.8bn) for last year because of adverse foreign exchange rates and pricing pressure from OEM clients. Total revenues declined by 3.5 percent to NT$55.2 billion (€1.5bn-$1.9bn), but they were flat in local currencies. The production also ...
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Sport XX announced that it reached revenues of 307 million...
Sport XX announced that it reached revenues of 307 million Swiss francs (€259.9m-$320.8m) in 2017, a 6.6 percent increase on the previous year. The Swiss sporting goods retail chain, which is owned by the Migros cooperative, added two more stores in the course of last year, reaching a total of ...
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After rising by 4.4 percent in 2016, memberships in health...
After rising by 4.4 percent in 2016, memberships in health and fitness clubs grew by 4.0 percent to 60.0 million in 2017 as compared to 2016, according to an annual report released by Europe Active and Deloitte ahead of the Fibo trade show in Cologne. Germany continued to strengthen its ...
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Hervis Sport reported a 5.2 percent sales increase to €520...
Hervis Sport reported a 5.2 percent sales increase to €520 million last year. In particular, its sales in the domestic Austrian market increased by 6.5 percent to about €315 million, indicating a significant gain in market share. The balance of the turnover came from Hervis' stores in Germany, Slovenia, Hungary, ...
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Wintersteiger reports a record total turnover for 2017 of €154...
Wintersteiger reports a record total turnover for 2017 of €154 million and intends to continue its rapid double-digit growth through both partnerships and acquisitions. The machinery and ski service specialist from Ried im Innkreis in Austria increased its annual sales by 10 percent, and its pre-tax profits rose by 30 ...
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The consumption of sporting goods products grew in France by...
The consumption of sporting goods products grew in France by 3 percent to €11.3 billion including bicycles in 2017, according to preliminary figures compiled by the country's sporting goods industry federation, Union Sport & Cycle. In particular, sales grew by an estimated 5.7 percent in footwear and by 2.2 percent ...
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Skechers' management told investors at an investors' conference organized by...
Skechers' management told investors at an investors' conference organized by UBS that it feels well-positioned to raise its operating margin from 10 percent to 12-13 percent after its heavy investments outside the U.S. One of the reasons is that the brand can obtain higher price points abroad, especially in Asia, ...
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Zumiez is hoping to break even in Europe. It is...
Zumiez is hoping to break even in Europe. It is still losing money in the region, where it ended the past financial year on Feb. 3 with 34 Blue Tomato stores and an internet shop, because of numerous investments in the last couple of years, increased costs, sales shortfalls and ...
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Wolverine Worldwide has become the target of at least 90...
Wolverine Worldwide has become the target of at least 90 individual lawsuits alleging that its now closed tannery in Kent County, Michigan, polluted drinking water with toxic chemicals used by 3M to waterproof its leather, starting with its Hush Puppies shoes in 1958. About 20 sites are said to have ...
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Erima reported that it increased its sales by 3 percent...
Erima reported that it increased its sales by 3 percent to €66 million in 2017, as compared to the previous year. In Germany, sales rose by 5 percent, while sales outside Germany, the company's domestic market, grew by 25 percent. Sales in Belgium went especially well. Erima reported an increase ...
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BasicNet reports a final net consolidated profit of €10.6 million...
BasicNet reports a final net consolidated profit of €10.6 million for 2017, representing an increase of 3.3 percent from the previous year. As previously reported, the group's aggregated sales rose by 1.1 percent to €747.8 million. Ebitda went up by 7.3 percent to €23 million. Net debt increased to €61.5 ...
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A positive swing in foreign exchange rates and other extraordinary...
A positive swing in foreign exchange rates and other extraordinary items allowed Yonex to double to 1,282 million yen (€9.7m-$12.1m) its comprehensive net income for the first nine months of its financial year, ended on Dec. 31. Sales inched up by 2 percent to ¥46.2 billion (€350.4m-$434.4m) but the gross margin fell ...
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The surfing division of the Lafuma group, which is essentially...
The surfing division of the Lafuma group, which is essentially represented by Oxbow, raised its turnover by 6.0 percent to €26.8 million last year, while its operating profit moved up by 14.2 percent to €5.8 million. The French company described this as a significantly positive performance, with a return to ...
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Globeride reported a big increase in comprehensive net income to...
Globeride reported a big increase in comprehensive net income to 3,576 million yen (€27.1m-$33.6m) for the first nine months of its financial year as compared to ¥587 million in the year ago period, as lower foreign exchange losses and the settlement of a patent issue led to an increase of ¥2.5 ...
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Jeff Bezos, founder and chief executive of Amazon, has overtaken...
Jeff Bezos, founder and chief executive of Amazon, has overtaken Bill Gates as the wealthiest individual in the world, according to Forbes, with a personal net worth of $127 billion. He is also the first one to have reached a personal wealth of more than $100 billion. Bezos, 54, owns ...
