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    The U.S. overtook France during the past winter season as...

    2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

    The U.S. overtook France during the past winter season as the leading destination for skiing. The number of days spent by skiers on its slopes reached 56.2 million, ahead of France with 55.3 million days and Austria with 50.8 million days. The number of skiing days fell in all three ...

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    The football World Cup gave a major boost to the...

    2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

    The football World Cup gave a major boost to the French market in the first half of this year and afterwards, says NPD, reporting a 3 percent increase in the total sales of sports shoes and apparel for the first six months of the year. In July, French consumers spent ...

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    Nike is widely expected to publish again pretty good results...

    2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

    Nike is widely expected to publish again pretty good results for its first quarter on Thursday. Michael Binetti, analyst for UBS Investment Bank, maintain a “buy” recommendation on the stock. He predicts an improvement of two percentage points in the operating margin and a sales increase of 11.7 percent, with ...

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    Pittards' sales declined by 5.4 percent to £17.4 million (€22.2m-$28.5m)...

    2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

    Pittards' sales declined by 5.4 percent to £17.4 million (€22.2m-$28.5m) in the first half of this year, ended June 30, but the management indicated that they were up slightly in terms of local currencies. Pre-tax earnings dropped to around £300,000 (€381.36m-$491.70m) from £1 million in the same period a year ago.

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    Intersport France has reported a 10 percent increase in the...

    2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

    Intersport France has reported a 10 percent increase in the revenues of its retail members for the first half of 2014, including a 5 percent increase on a same-store basis. The momentum is expected to continue throughout the calendar year, depending on the weather, leading to a total retail turnover ...

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    Skullcandy returned to the black in the second quarter ended...

    2014-09-09T00:00:00Z

    Skullcandy returned to the black in the second quarter ended June 30, posting a net profit of $1,572,000 against a loss of $635,000 a year earlier thanks to a cut of 4.7 percentage points in operating expenses. Sales increased by 6.0 percent to $39.5 million, with similar trends in the ...

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    Airesis reports a small improvement in the results of Le...

    2014-09-09T00:00:00Z

    Airesis reports a small improvement in the results of Le Coq Sportif for the first half of 2014. Its sales increased by 4 percent to €52.9 million, with double-digit progress in apparel. The turnover with Russian and Argentinian distributors has been under pressure due to the economic situation in those ...

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    Chinese sporting goods manufacturers' sales rose by 8 percent to...

    2014-09-09T00:00:00Z

    Chinese sporting goods manufacturers' sales rose by 8 percent to 58.02 billion yuan renmimbi (€7,298.60m-$9,447.67m) in the six months ended June 30, according to China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. Their gross profits increased by 20 percent to RMB2.06 billion (€259.18m-$335.46m), indicating relatively low margins. Almost half of the production ...

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    Björn Borg's net income declined by 35.3 percent to 2.2...

    2014-09-09T00:00:00Z

    Björn Borg's net income declined by 35.3 percent to 2.2 million Swedish kronor (€0.24m-$0.31m) in the second quarter ended June 30. The gross margin improved slightly to 52.5 percent but sales fell by 8 percent to SEK 97 million (€10.57m-$13.88m), and they were down by 10 percent in local currencies. For ...

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    Descente has reported a 16.3 percent sales increase to 23.4...

    2014-09-09T00:00:00Z

    Descente has reported a 16.3 percent sales increase to 23.4 billion yen (€171.26m-$224.91m) for the first fiscal quarter of its financial year, ended on June 30, with a big increase in Athletic Wear offsetting slight declines in the Golf and Outdoor segments.  Strong performance by Arena swimwear helped to lift sales ...

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    361° reports that orders jumped by nearly 11 percent at...

    2014-09-09T00:00:00Z

    361° reports that orders jumped by nearly 11 percent at its spring/summer trade fair last month, compared with the Chinese brand's same order days last year. Average selling prices increased for both apparel and footwear, while the volume of orders advanced for footwear but remained flat for apparel. Orders for ...

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    Nautilus reported a net profit of $557,000 for the seasonally...

    2014-09-09T00:00:00Z

    Nautilus reported a net profit of $557,000 for the seasonally slow second quarter of its fiscal year, ended June 30, which compares with a net profit of $32,863,000 made in the year-ago period thanks to a tax benefit of $34.3 million. The American fitness equipment supplier posted an operating profit ...

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    Retailing over the internet dropped for the first time in...

    2014-08-18T00:00:00Z

    Retailing over the internet dropped for the first time in Germany across all product segments in the second quarter of 2014, according to the German E-Commerce and Mail Order Catalog Association (BEVH). It fell by 5.2 percent to €9.5 billion as compared to a very strong quarter a year ago. ...

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    Complementing the financial information given last month in connection with...

    2014-08-18T00:00:00Z

    Complementing the financial information given last month in connection with its refinancing, Macintosh Retail Group reported a net loss of €31.2 million for the first half of this year, compared with a loss of €17.3 million in the year-ago period. Operating losses (Ebit) increased to €27.5 million from €15.3 million, ...

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    The Swedish sporting goods market grew by 3.3 percent in...

    2014-08-18T00:00:00Z

    The Swedish sporting goods market grew by 3.3 percent in June, according to HUI Research, leading to growth of 4.6 percent for the first half of this year. Swedish sporting goods retailers have been experiencing year-on-year growth every month except in February. The retail sector in Sweden as a whole ...

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    The worldwide boardsports market experienced steady growth in 2013 for...

    2014-08-18T00:00:00Z

    The worldwide boardsports market experienced steady growth in 2013 for the second year in a row, driven by non-core products such as lifestyle products and apparel. This is what emerges from a recent study by the European Surf Industry Manufacturers' Association (EuroSIMA), in partnership with the market research firm NPD ...

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    The introduction of Cardio GPS sports watches led TomTom to...

    2014-08-01T00:00:00Z

    The introduction of Cardio GPS sports watches led TomTom to more than double its revenues from sports products in the second quarter. It helped its Consumer Division to record only a small decline to €169 million from €172 million, in spite of a 17.4 percent drop in automotive hardware to ...

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    Garmin's sales in the Fitness segment jumped by 79 percent...

    2014-08-01T00:00:00Z

    Garmin's sales in the Fitness segment jumped by 79 percent to $150.7 million in the second quarter ended June 28 on the strength of its Vivofit fitness trackers, its lower-priced Forerunner watches and the new Edge 1000 cycling computer. This led the segment's operating margin to improve to 42 percent. ...

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    Kesko Oy reported sales declines of 11.2 percent at Intersport...

    2014-08-01T00:00:00Z

    Kesko Oy reported sales declines of 11.2 percent at Intersport Finland and 13.8 percent at Intersport Russia for the second quarter ended June 30. For the first six months of this year, they were off by 10.5 percent and 21.9 percent, respectively. The profitability of Intersport Finland remained at a ...

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    The European Outdoor Group (EOG) reported at the OutDoor fair...

    2014-07-23T00:00:00Z

    The European Outdoor Group (EOG) reported at the OutDoor fair that the European outdoor market increased by 3.1 percent to an estimated level of €4,776 million at the wholesale level last year, based on its annual market research study. Extrapolating mark-ups, the EOG has calculated that the market was worth ...