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    Runners Point's sales surged by 20.9 percent in the first...

    2012-07-30T00:00:00Z

    Runners Point's sales surged by 20.9 percent in the first six months of this year, with a 14.4 percent increase on a same-store basis. E-commerce was a major driver, up by 87.2 percent to €11.6 million for the period. Sidestep, the German sporting goods retailer's sports lifestyle chain, booked increases ...

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    Peak Sport Products issued a profit warning, saying that it...

    2012-07-18T00:00:00Z

    Peak Sport Products issued a profit warning, saying that it expects full-year net profit to drop considerably against the previous year. The Chinese sportswear firm attributed the decline to the challenging economic conditions in its domestic market and an industry-wide inventory correction. The company added that it is still in ...

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    The sell-in figures for the outdoor trade in Europe were...

    2012-07-18T00:00:00Z

    The sell-in figures for the outdoor trade in Europe were still quite positive in 2011, according to the first indications from the European Outdoor Group's research panel, with interesting differences from one country to the other. However, according to the NPD's consumer panel, the European outdoor market fell by 1 ...

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    Italy's largest sporting goods retailer, Cisalfa Sport, has nothing to...

    2012-07-18T00:00:00Z

    Italy's largest sporting goods retailer, Cisalfa Sport, has nothing to say yet about a possible change in its ownership structure. Meanwhile, the company reports a 4.9 percent drop in its revenues to €370 million for the financial year ended last February, excluding the revenues from Intersport Italia, which is controlled ...

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    Activinstinct, the British online sporting goods retailer, said today that...

    2012-07-18T00:00:00Z

    Activinstinct, the British online sporting goods retailer, said today that its customers in the U.K. have ordered nearly 40 percent more than a year ago so far into the month of July, indicating that the London Olympics may be boosting the business. Including sales to foreign customers, orders are up ...

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    According to new market research, the Chinese outdoor market expanded...

    2012-07-18T00:00:00Z

    According to new market research, the Chinese outdoor market expanded by 57.8 percent in 2011 to an estimated 11 billion yuan at the retail level, or the equivalent of €1.4 billion, compared with the level of 6,970 million yuan reported in 2010. The figures come from a report compiled by ...

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    Yue Yuen saw its sales increase by 9.5 percent to...

    2012-07-18T00:00:00Z

    Yue Yuen saw its sales increase by 9.5 percent to $3.61 million for the first half of the year. The company's turnover in shoe manufacturing was up by 9.4 percent to $2.56 billion, driven by China and South American markets, even though its shoe manufacturing volume declined by 1.2 percent ...

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    In the first half of 2012, 60 percent of the...

    2012-07-18T00:00:00Z

    In the first half of 2012, 60 percent of the fashion companies listed in the FashionUnited Top 100 Index registered an increase in the value of their stock, with the index rising by 6 percent during the period. The top five performers were Prada (+48%), Collective Brands (+48%), Perry Ellis ...

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    Descente's net income improved by 18.2 percent for the financial...

    2012-07-18T00:00:00Z

    Descente's net income improved by 18.2 percent for the financial year ended March 31 to 3,045 billion (€31.6b-$38.5b), as revenues grew by 8 percent to 83.03 billion 83.03 (€862.6m-$1,050.0m). The gross margin rose to 48.70 percent from 47.55 percent.

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    Goldwin increased revenues by 14.79 percent to 48.64 billion (€505.3m-$615.4m)...

    2012-07-18T00:00:00Z

    Goldwin increased revenues by 14.79 percent to 48.64 billion (€505.3m-$615.4m) for the financial year ended March 31. Net income improved by 75.39 percent to 2.62 billion (€27.2m-$33.1m). The gross margin for the Japanese company, which is mainly engaged in the manufacture and sale of sports apparel, dropped from 41.44 percent ...

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    Golfsmith announced a 12 percent increase in group revenues to...

    2012-07-18T00:00:00Z

    Golfsmith announced a 12 percent increase in group revenues to $146.0 million in the second quarter ended June 30, compared with net revenues of $130.2 million for the same period of fiscal 2011. Comparable store sales went up by 4.7 percent, but the company registered a 4.8 percent decrease in ...

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    While Britain's manufacturing output is on the slide, New Balance...

    2012-07-02T00:00:00Z

    While Britain's manufacturing output is on the slide, New Balance stuck to its production of about 1.2 million pairs of footwear at its U.K. plant last year. The company said that this commitment had strongly contributed to growing consumer demand: New Balance's sales across Europe jumped by about 25 percent last year ...

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    A survey by the Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association (SGMA) shows...

    2012-07-02T00:00:00Z

    A survey by the Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association (SGMA) shows that 83.5 percent of its members are expecting a further increase in their domestic sales, while only 61.2 percent predict that their sales abroad will go up. The SGMA points out that the sporting goods market underperformed the rest of ...

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    A new study by Indescat indicates that 46 percent of...

    2012-07-02T00:00:00Z

    A new study by Indescat indicates that 46 percent of the Spanish people practice sports regularly. The total reaches 63 percent of the population if occasional participants are added to the count.

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    Direct Golf UK lifted its sales by 23 percent for...

    2012-07-02T00:00:00Z

    Direct Golf UK lifted its sales by 23 percent for the first half ended last March. Entirely privately owned, Direct Golf has 21 stores across the U.K., after four openings between 2011 and 2012. It also has an online shopping platform and an online TV platform, Direct Golf TV. Improved ...

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    Patagonia's sales have doubled since 2008 to reach $540 million...

    2012-07-02T00:00:00Z

    Patagonia's sales have doubled since 2008 to reach $540 million for the financial year ended last April, or 30 percent more than in the previous year, according to a report in The Seattle Times, and its profits have tripled in the same period. After 14 openings in the past year, ...

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    JD Sports Fashion reported modest sales increases on a same-store...

    2012-06-14T00:00:00Z

    JD Sports Fashion reported modest sales increases on a same-store basis for the 19 weeks ended on June 9. They were up by 1.2 percent in its sports stores and by 3.0 percent in its fashion stores, but gross margins continued to be under pressure as anticipated. The British retailer ...

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    Three months of excellent growth in the Swedish sporting goods...

    2012-06-14T00:00:00Z

    Three months of excellent growth in the Swedish sporting goods industry, which made up for a decline in the market last year, came to an end in April as sales took a negative turn. According to HUI Research, April sales decreased by 5.5 percent when compared with the same month last year. ...

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    The new consumer panel set up by the Dutch sports...

    2012-06-14T00:00:00Z

    The new consumer panel set up by the Dutch sports industry shows that the consumption of sports products in the Netherlands jumped by 5 percent in the first quarter of this year. This came after a paltry year in which the Dutch sports market is estimated to have shrunk by ...

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    Finansavisen, a Norwegian newspaper, reports that inventories have been piling...

    2012-06-14T00:00:00Z

    Finansavisen, a Norwegian newspaper, reports that inventories have been piling up at Bergans because of the outdoor brand's relatively weak growth in its own market last year. As reported in our previous issue, Bergans' turnover jumped by more than 8 percent to nearly 700 million Norwegian kroner (€92.9m-$116.0m) last year, ...