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    Galeria Kaufhof reported sales of €2.1 billion for the first...

    2012-11-12T00:00:00Z

    Galeria Kaufhof reported sales of €2.1 billion for the first nine months ended Sept 30, up slightly by 0.1 percent from the year-earlier period. In the third quarter alone, the revenues of the German department store chain, which also runs 13 Sportarena stores and a fistful of specialty outdoor shops, ...

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    Nautilus reported sales of $38.1 million in the third quarter,...

    2012-11-12T00:00:00Z

    Nautilus reported sales of $38.1 million in the third quarter, an increase of 1.7 percent from the same quarter in 2011. The gross margin improved by 6.5 percentage points to 48.7 percent, primarily due to higher direct sales of high-margin products. Net income improved to $1.0 million, including a loss ...

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    Skechers USA has reported net sales for the third quarter...

    2012-10-29T00:00:00Z

    Skechers USA has reported net sales for the third quarter of $429.4 million, up by 4.2 percent from the year-ago period, driven by strength in its domestic wholesale division, company-owned retail stores and international distributors. The international subsidiaries division was the only channel which did not increase during the quarter, ...

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    Cybex International swung to profit in the third quarter reporting...

    2012-10-29T00:00:00Z

    Cybex International swung to profit in the third quarter reporting net income of $1.08 million, compared with a loss of $278,000 for the corresponding period last year. The U.S. producer of exercise equipment had sales of $34.4 million, up from $33.5 million a year ago. For the nine months ended ...

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    Life Fitness and other elements of Brunswick Corporation's fitness unit...

    2012-10-29T00:00:00Z

    Life Fitness and other elements of Brunswick Corporation's fitness unit suffered a 3 percent decline in revenues to $151.9 million for the third quarter ended Sept. 29, as increases in sales to health clubs and to consumers in North America were offset by a drop of 4 percent in the ...

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    British high-street retailers are bouncing back, according to September figures...

    2012-10-29T00:00:00Z

    British high-street retailers are bouncing back, according to September figures from a national accountancy firm, BDO. Comparable sales grew by 3.5 percent that month, in part thanks to heavy storms at the end of the month that prompted consumers to buy winter clothing. Fashion alone grew by 3 percent. Last ...

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    For the first time in 65 years, Italians bought more...

    2012-10-29T00:00:00Z

    For the first time in 65 years, Italians bought more bicycles than cars in 2011, evidently reacting to the economic problems in their country and sharply inflated gasoline prices, which have become higher than in many other parts of Europe. A total of 1,750,000 bikes were reportedly sold in Italy ...

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    August marked the first month of 2012 that bicycle sales...

    2012-10-29T00:00:00Z

    August marked the first month of 2012 that bicycle sales in the Netherlands increased. GfK's Retail and Technology Panel found that, compared with August 2011, sales were up by 4 percent. The average price rose by 7 percent. The boost was attributed partly to August's weather, which had 25 more ...

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    Bauer Performance Sports has announced a 10-year global initiative designed...

    2012-10-29T00:00:00Z

    Bauer Performance Sports has announced a 10-year global initiative designed to raise hockey participation by an extra one million players, on top of current participation growth projections, by 2022. The first phase, which was announced at the annual Bauer World event early in October, will consist of a Canadian research ...

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    Sportsbransjen, the organization of the Norwegian sports industry, estimates that...

    2012-10-17T00:00:00Z

    Sportsbransjen, the organization of the Norwegian sports industry, estimates that the country's sporting goods sales inched up by 1.8 percent for the first half of the year, despite a drop in sales during the second quarter. Due to the early spring weather, sales of summer products already started in March, ...

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    Yue Yuen Industrial Holdings posted net consolidated operating revenues down...

    2012-10-17T00:00:00Z

    Yue Yuen Industrial Holdings posted net consolidated operating revenues down by 4 percent to $572.5 million in the quarter ended Sept. 30. Cumulative net operating revenues for the nine months were $5.38 billion, flat with the first three quarters of 2011. A major producer of athletic footwear for western brands, ...

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    Chinese sportswear brands are expected to be the first to...

    2012-10-17T00:00:00Z

    Chinese sportswear brands are expected to be the first to recover from the current downturn in the economy. According to a recent research report by UBS, the sportswear segment could be one of the first discretionary consumption segments to emerge from the crisis, as an industry-wide restructuring would address issues ...

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    According to a report from the Asian Development Bank (ADB),...

    2012-10-17T00:00:00Z

    According to a report from the Asian Development Bank (ADB), Asia will face a significant slowdown in its economic growth over the current year and the following one. Its new study suggests that the region's overall gross domestic product will go up by only 6.1 percent this year and by 6.7 percent ...

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    Interbrand has released the 2012 edition of its Best Global...

    2012-10-17T00:00:00Z

    Interbrand has released the 2012 edition of its Best Global Brands report, which provides a ranking of the world's 100 most valuable brands on an annual basis. This year, Nike has moved down to the 26th spot from the 25th one in 2011, with a brand value estimated at $15,126 ...

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    The global market for ski hardware went up in the...

    2012-09-27T00:00:00Z

    The global market for ski hardware went up in the 12 months ended in March 2012 thanks to a high rise in preorders from North American, Russian and Asian distributors, according to the annual Ski Market Study compiled by Fesi, the European sporting goods industry federation. These increases offset disappointing ...

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    The French cycling industry has gone through a rough patch...

    2012-09-27T00:00:00Z

    The French cycling industry has gone through a rough patch in the first half, in contrast with the first six months of 2011. Bicycle sales have diminished by 6.5 percent, although results were different depending on the segment. Sales for urban bikes actually rose by 3.5 percent, favored by the ...

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    Sonae Group, the Portuguese company that owns the Sport Zone...

    2012-09-27T00:00:00Z

    Sonae Group, the Portuguese company that owns the Sport Zone chain and many other retail operations in other sectors, has announced a 44 percent drop in net earnings to €20 million for the first half of this year, although its operating profit declined by only 3 percent to €87 million. ...

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    Manchester United's income fell by 3.3 percent to £320.3 million...

    2012-09-27T00:00:00Z

    Manchester United's income fell by 3.3 percent to £320.3 million (€401.9m-$519.8m) for the year ending June 30, mainly due to the team's failure to emerge from the group stage of last season's Champions League and a disappointing FA Cup challenge, which ended in the fourth round and resulted in reduced ...

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    An estimated 19 percent of the youngsters in the four...

    2012-09-27T00:00:00Z

    An estimated 19 percent of the youngsters in the four major European countries buy clothing in sporting goods stores frequently, while 49 percent visit them from time to time, and 28 percent never do, according to a survey commissioned by the Institut Français de la Mode (French Fashion Institute or ...

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    The Chinese sporting goods market should grow by nearly 13...

    2012-09-27T00:00:00Z

    The Chinese sporting goods market should grow by nearly 13 percent this year to reach a level estimated at 135 billion yuan renmimbi (€16.54bn-$21.29bn), according to the Yano Research Institute. The Japanese market research firm said that health-conscious members of China's white-collar working class in their 20s and 30s continue ...