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    Rubber prices shot up from a low of $1.50 per...

    2017-03-31T00:00:00Z

    Rubber prices shot up from a low of $1.50 per kilo last September to $2.50 this past January, forcing suppliers of rubber soles to raise their own prices by a minimum of 10 percent. Among other factors, the price hike was due to floods in Thailand late last year, increases ...

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    The Mammut Sports Group saw its sales decline by 0.8...

    2017-03-31T00:00:00Z

    The Mammut Sports Group saw its sales decline by 0.8 percent to 233.4 million Swiss francs (€218.2m-$233.4m) in 2016, which was a decline of 2.9 percent in constant currencies. As reported by the Conzzeta Group, which controls the Swiss outdoor company, Mammut's operating profit was up by CHF 1.1 million ...

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    Sportamore, the Swedish online sports retailer, reports that its sales...

    2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

    Sportamore, the Swedish online sports retailer, reports that its sales soared by 29 percent to 701.6 million Swedish kronor (€73.5m-$78.4m) last year. The group achieved an operating profit (Ebitda) of SEK 19.5 million (€2.0m-$2.2m), while the figure was negative at SEK 36.4 million in 2015. Ebitda became profitable in Sweden ...

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    Figures for the sale of sporting goods in Sweden presented...

    2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

    Figures for the sale of sporting goods in Sweden presented by HUI Research show that January was one of the worst months in recent history. While retail sales as a whole increased by 2.6 percent in the country, sales of sporting goods fell by 10.6 percent as compared to the ...

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    Yonex' growth slowed down in the third quarter to Dec....

    2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

    Yonex' growth slowed down in the third quarter to Dec. 31 as its sales rose by only 5 percent to 13.9 billion yen (€114.3m-$121.0m), due in large part to the deceleration of the Japanese economy. Currency pressure hurt the company's results in North America and Europe. The gross margin fell ...

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    Iconix Brands Group, owner of Umbro, Danskin, Starter, Pony and...

    2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

    Iconix Brands Group, owner of Umbro, Danskin, Starter, Pony and other brands, saw its licensing revenues decline on a comparable basis by 7 percent to around $87.1 million in the fourth quarter of 2016 and by 2 percent to $368.5 million for the full year. The company suffered a higher ...

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    Sports Direct International (SDI) continues to believe that the devaluation...

    2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

    Sports Direct International (SDI) continues to believe that the devaluation of the euro against the dollar will impact its gross margin, the British sports retailer said in a statement last week, in response to queries about currency hedging. The group said its euro to dollar exchange rate is hedged at ...

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    Hervis has received a retail prize in Austria for the...

    2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

    Hervis has received a retail prize in Austria for the best omni-channel solution

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    Berkshire Hathaway reports that sales of its apparel and footwear...

    2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

    Berkshire Hathaway reports that sales of its apparel and footwear brands, which include Russell Athletics and Brooks, declined by 1.9 percent last year. This was equivalent to $81 million, reflecting lower footwear sales and a divestment by Fruit of the Loom in 2015, the investment group notes in its annual ...

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    The integration of Oakley into Luxottica's wholesale operations allowed the...

    2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

    The integration of Oakley into Luxottica's wholesale operations allowed the group to improve its operating margins, but the management has indicated that a sales turnaround for the brand is not expected until the second half of this year. The measures taken at Oakley and other improvements in efficiency led the ...

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    Airesis, the Swiss holding company that owns majority stakes in...

    2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

    Airesis, the Swiss holding company that owns majority stakes in Le Coq Sportif and the Movement Group, reports that the French brand's sales increased by 7 percent to €108 million last year, up from €101 million in 2015. This was slightly below the earlier forecast of about €111 million, which ...

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    According to preliminary data from NPD, the consumption of sports...

    2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

    According to preliminary data from NPD, the consumption of sports shoes and apparel grew by around 3 percent in volume and 4 percent in value during the rolling 12-month period ended last September in the five major European markets. Among the drivers, NPD mentions sales of women-specific products, which rose ...

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    According to a survey conducted by a Norwegian organization, Norsk...

    2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

    According to a survey conducted by a Norwegian organization, Norsk Friluftsliv, four out of ten Norwegians were not planning on going skiing this winter. When the last survey was conducted two years ago, 55 percent stated that they had been skiing during the winter or had plans to do so. ...

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    Goldwin booked a 13 percent rise in comprehensive net income...

    2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

    Goldwin booked a 13 percent rise in comprehensive net income to 1,513 million yen (€12.4m-$13.2m) in the third quarter ended Dec. 31. Excluding special items, net earnings would have more than doubled to ¥4,099 million (€33.7m-$35.7m), due in particular to a gross margin that improved by 2.6 percentage points to 51.2 ...

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    Descente turned around to a net comprehensive profit of 1,993...

    2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

    Descente turned around to a net comprehensive profit of 1,993 million yen (€16.4m-$17.4m) in the third quarter ended Dec. 31 from a loss of 591 million in the year-earlier period, but excluding extraordinary items in both periods, there was a drop in net income of 27 percent to ¥1,498 million (€12.3m-$13.0m). ...

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    Wolverine Worldwide reported a relatively strong fourth quarter, as the...

    2017-02-22T00:00:00Z

    Wolverine Worldwide reported a relatively strong fourth quarter, as the footwear group's turnover was off by 2.9 percent to $729.6 million but its underlying sales inched up by 0.1 percent, despite an unfavorable retail environment. The U.S. group behind Merrell, Saucony and several other brands raised its adjusted operating margin ...

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    Volcom saw its sales rise at its directly operated stores...

    2017-02-22T00:00:00Z

    Volcom saw its sales rise at its directly operated stores in 2016, but the brand's overall revenues continued to decline, said its parent company, Kering, which also owns Puma. The action sports brand represented the bulk of the “Other Sport & Lifestyle Brands” segment in Kering's accounts, which showed an ...

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    BSI, the German sporting goods industry federation, has conducted a...

    2017-02-22T00:00:00Z

    BSI, the German sporting goods industry federation, has conducted a survey among its members showing that almost 75 percent assess the current market situation as good or very good, while about 25 percent are satisfied and 3 percent evaluate it as bad. About 71 percent of BSI's members stated that ...

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    Erima reports a sales increase of nearly 11 percent to...

    2017-02-22T00:00:00Z

    Erima reports a sales increase of nearly 11 percent to a record of €65 million in 2016, thanks in particular to its new Razor 2.0 line of team sports clothing and its new Hybrid line of footballs. It was the third annual double-digit increase in a row for the German ...

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    Retail bankruptcies and the closing of some 1,200 stores in...

    2017-02-22T00:00:00Z

    Retail bankruptcies and the closing of some 1,200 stores in the U.S. in the past year affected Hanesbrands, the parent company of Champion, which reported results below expectations for the fourth quarter and the full financial year. The company's total revenues grew by 11.8 percent to $1.56 billion in the ...