All Anta Sports articles – Page 3

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    Anta's sales go up by 55.5%, profits more than double in H1

    2021-08-24T16:45:00Z

    Anta Sports Products saw revenues jump by 55.5 percent to 22,812 million yuan renminbi (€2,999m-$3,524m) in the six months ended June 30, supported by strong growth in all brands and benefiting from the easing of Covid-19 restrictions. Like other Chinese sports companies, Anta has also seen demand boosted amid government-backed ...

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    Anta Sports’ controlling shareholder plans to sell a 3.3% stake in the company

    2021-04-22T14:46:00Z

    Anta International Group Holdings has agreed to sell a stake of about 3.26 percent in Anta Sports Products, of which it is the controlling shareholder, according to a stock exchange filing made on April 21. The sale of 88 million shares in the company for HK$11.57 billion (€1.24bn-$1.49bn) will reduce ...

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    Anta Sports had a good start to 2021

    2021-04-14T17:06:00Z

    In an operational update on the first quarter ended March 31, which relates to the performance of Anta, Fila, Descente, Kolon Sport, Sprandi and Kingkow, but does not include the businesses of Amer Sports, Anta Sports Products Limited said retail sales of Anta branded products advanced by 40 to 45 ...

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    Fila overtakes Anta in China, Amer posts a loss

    2021-03-25T14:38:00Z

    Anta Sports Products has released generally good results for the full year, despite the impact of the pandemic. Fueled by the continued progress of Fila’s joint venture for the Chinese market, the group’s total revenues rose by 4.7 percent to 35,512 million yuan renminbi (€4.59bn-$5.43bn), bouncing back from a difficult ...

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    Positive quarter for Anta Sports Products

    2021-01-14T17:00:00Z

    In an operational update, Anta Sports Products reported on a good performance for its various brands in the fourth quarter of 2020, without discussing the results of Amer Sports, which is indirectly owned by the major Chinese sporting goods group. The Anta brand recorded a low single-digit increase in retail ...

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    Generally positive results for the Chinese sports brands

    2020-10-21T15:31:00Z

    Chinese companies don’t publish detailed quarterly results, but all the four major public sporting goods companies except 361 Degrees had something positive to say in their preliminary operational updates for the third quarter of 2000, confirming the Chinese industry’s recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. Li Ning Company reported an improvement ...

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    Sports stocks rose by 10.8% in Q3

    2020-10-01T17:07:00Z

    The sporting goods sector confirmed its resilience in the third quarter of 2020 with an average increase of 10.8 percent in the public companies’ share price between June 30 and Sept. 30. Comparatively, two relatively bullish American indexes, the Dow Jones 30 and the S&P 500, posted gains of only ...

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    Anta’s president will run Amer Sports

    2020-09-30T16:42:00Z

    Jie (James) Zheng, executive director and president of Anta Sports Products, is taking over the responsibilities of Heikki Takala, who has decided to resign from his role as president and chief executive of Amer Sports after ten years in the position. Takala, a former commercial director of Procter & Gamble, ...

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    Anta Sports switches to DTC in China

    2020-08-27T05:49:00Z

    The pandemic has been a catalyst for change across many companies this year, including at Anta Sports Products. It has decided to do away with the wholesale model that it employed for 20 years in 11 major provinces. Instead, the Chinese sports group will switch to a new business model ...

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    Ranking - The top 10 athletic footwear brands

    2020-08-19T11:25:00Z

    This exclusive chart shows the leading international footwear brands, including Nike, Adidas, Skechers, VF Corp., New Balance, Puma, Asics. Ranking by Revenue and by %-growth vs last year. This is exclusive data and analysis for Premium Members.

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    Anta is now listed in the Fortune China 500 rankings

    2020-08-11T05:55:00Z

    Anta Sports has announced that the company has been listed in the 2020 Fortune China 500 rankings. The sportswear firm rose 62 places from the previous year to the 289th spot. It is the only Chinese sportswear brand on the list. In 2019, Anta Sports’ revenues jumped by 40.8 percent ...

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    Moody’s and S&P forecast 15% lower sales at Amer in Q3

    2020-08-10T11:43:00Z

    In a new report, the rating agencies Moody’s and S&P reveal that Amer Sports’ revenues fell by 36 percent in the second quarter and by 22 percent in the first half, hampered by the impact of the pandemic. Ebitda showed a loss of €26 million for the first half, against ...

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    Anta launches Olympic collection

    2020-08-03T07:03:00Z

    Anta Sports has launched a collection of licensed sportswear for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics. The collection was presented in Shanghai on July 27. The Chinese sportswear firm was appointed the official sports apparel partner of Beijing 2022 in 2017, and also has an agreement with the International ...

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    Wilson promotes Joe Dudy to president

    2020-07-15T16:22:00Z

    Wilson Sporting Goods has promoted Joe Dudy to president. Dudy has been acting leader of the brand since autumn 2019, when Michael Dowse left in connection with the closing of Anta Sports Products’ takeover of Wilson’s parent company, Amer Sports. He is taking the helm at Wilson as the brand ...