All Sporting Goods Intelligence articles in Volume 24, Issue 21-22 – Page 4

  • News briefs

    In the first quarter of 2013, Vulcabras of Brazil suffered...

    2013-05-31T00:00:00Z

    In the first quarter of 2013, Vulcabras of Brazil suffered a further decline in net sales to R$286.6 million (€107.8m-$139.0m) in the first quarter of this year, down from R$378.7 million in the same period a year ago. The gross margin declined to 20.7 percent from 25.4 percent for the ...

  • Short stops

    Foot Locker names Paulette Alviti, a 17-year veteran of PepsiCo,...

    2013-05-31T00:00:00Z

    Foot Locker names Paulette Alviti, a 17-year veteran of PepsiCo, as senior vice president and chief human resources officer, starting on June 3

  • News briefs

    Björn Borg registered sales of 131.4 million Swedish kronor (€15.3m-$19.9m)...

    2013-05-31T00:00:00Z

    Björn Borg registered sales of 131.4 million Swedish kronor (€15.3m-$19.9m) for the first quarter ended March 31, representing a 6 percent decline from a year earlier. Excluding currency effects, sales slipped by 4 percent. The decline was partly due to a smaller volume of spring and summer underwear being delivered ...

  • Article

    Quiksilver aims for a 13% Ebitda margin

    2013-05-31T00:00:00Z

    Quiksilver announced a profit improvement plan designed to raise earnings before amortization by $150 million to at least 13 percent of net revenues by 2016. About half of the gain should come from the optimization of the supply chain and the balance primarily from reduced overheads, new licensing opportunities, better ...