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Analysis: The top sporting goods industry performers by sales and profits in Q4 2023
Quarterly losses were much reduced in Q4, but overall results were still negative. Find out more in our latest scorecard.
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Analysis: 2023 Market Cap of global Sporting Goods stocks rising 2.4%
Which of the top 86 sporting goods companies performed best, and which lost ground in 2023? Get the figures.
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Analysis: The top sporting goods industry performers by sales and profits in Q3 2023
Aggregate net income is down in every sector except one, with two big names shaping overall revenue. Find out more with our latest scorecard.
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The European sports retail market
Our latest review of European sports retailers shows single-figure growth. We bring you the numbers in full across 15 countries and over 70 retailers.
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Analysis: The latest inventory levels in the Sporting Goods Industry, Q2 2023
Our latest analysis dives into inventory, covering levels at 27 leading sporting goods companies for the period ended closest to June 30.
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Analysis: The top sporting goods industry performers by sales and profits in Q2 2023
Facing difficult year-over-year comparisons in many cases, 2/3 of entrants reported lower sales from Q2 2022. Find out more with our scorecard.
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Have NFT-issuing sports brands entered a new business?
BlockFi, OpenSea, Coinbase, Binance, FTX, Ripple, Impact Theory, Grayscale – all of them companies that have undergone investigation and government-initiated lawsuits over the past couple of years. The land of crypto, where sports brands have begun to tread over the past few years, is a land of confusion, and not ...
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Analysis: The latest inventory levels in the Sporting Goods Industry, Q1 2023
The Q1 numbers are in, and it’s time to talk inventory. Read our analysis from industry experts and get the latest inventory numbers in full.
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The top sporting goods industry performers by sales and profit Q1 2023
Our 2023 Q1 Scorecard includes the revenue and profit development of 48 sporting goods companies, as well as the headlines and analysis
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The best consumer-rated outdoor and cycling brands
Our latest exclusive big data analysis reveals which brands top the consumer ratings for outdoor and cycling brands from over 145,000 reviews
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Sports sunglasses market to register 7.53% CAGR by 2026
The global sports sunglasses market is projected to grow by US$1.40 billion between 2021 and 2026, representing a CAGR (compound annual growth rate) of 7.53 percent, according to a recent research report by Technavio. The market is driven by the growing popularity of sunglasses among the youth and middle-aged population. ...
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Second-hand isn’t second best, says Unidays fashion report 2023
Unidays, a digital marketplace for student discounts and a networking platform, has conducted a new study among 3,279 of its (27 million worldwide) users in the U.S., U.K., and Australia. As Unidays is a student-only offering, the company connects with a purely Gen-Z target group. The Unidays Fashion Report 2023 ...
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European Central Bank’s latest report shares new predictions on inflation 2023-2025
In December 2022, the European Central Bank (ECB) released its Eurosystem Staff Macroeconomic Projections for the Euro Area. With well-documented economic influences already leading to a sharp slowdown in real GDP growth in the third quarter of 2022, the main forecast was: The expectation of a short-lived and shallow recession ...
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Analysis: Sporting Goods Industry stocks suffer double-digit market cap decline
This exclusive analysis shows the development in the market capitalization of the top 87 stock-listed sporting goods companies.
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Digital Payments and e-wallets: An overview about PayPal and co
PayPal appears to be far and away the West’s top provider of e-wallets. How did this come about, who are the competitors and what is the situation in other parts of the world?
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World Athletics publishes study of online abuse
World Athletics, the worldwide governing body for track and field, has published a second Online Abuse Study. The first was conducted during the Tokyo Olympics (in 2020), focused on Twitter, and inspired World Athletics to adopt what it calls a safeguarding policy in November 2021. The body revised the policy ...
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Winners and losers in the Chinese e-commerce market
Lockdowns lasting months in some areas have unsettled consumers in China. The apparel market has not escaped this. The NPD Group provides an overview of the biggest winners and losers – sports brands among them – on the most important e-commerce platform in China, Tmall. Source: Screenshot from ...
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Analysis: Sporting goods industry stocks down more than 14% in Q2 2022
According to SGI Europe’s quarterly study of 38 select sporting goods industry stocks, the decline was less than the 16.25 percent average decline in the first quarter of 2022, when 34 out of 36 stocks posted a stock price drop from the end of the fourth quarter. Five of the ...
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Analysis: Sales per employee increased 18% in 2021
Aggregate, year-over-year employee growth at 19 sporting goods companies rose 9.7 percent in 2021 as average sales per employee (SPE) at these firms increased 18.4 percent to €390,000. These calculations were made after SGI Europe scoured annual reports for year-end employee counts, which often were detailed to include full-time employees, ...
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Difference in understanding of concussion causes and potential risk reduction in the U.S. and Germany
A survey conducted by consumer survey firm Nielsen and commissioned by Mips, the Swedish helmet safety technology company, has found that a wide gap exists between Americans’ and Germans’ knowledge of concussions and how to reduce the risk of concussions through helmet use. Nielsen surveyed a representative sample of 1,000 ...