Consumer insights from the sporting goods industry – Page 74
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Led by a 4.8% increase for athletic apparel, shipments to...
Led by a 4.8% increase for athletic apparel, shipments to the retail trade in the U.S. rose by 3.5% to $74.2 million in 2010, according to the Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association (SGMA), after a decline of 4.3% in 2009 (more in the American edition of Sporting Goods Intelligence)
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French sporting goods retailers' sales grew by between 5 percent...
French sporting goods retailers' sales grew by between 5 percent and 10 percent in April, according to a survey made by sport-guide.com. It was the third consecutive month registering an increase, but because of a big drop in January, the increase for the first four months of this year was ...
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French ski resorts welcomed a total of 53.5 million skiers/days...
French ski resorts welcomed a total of 53.5 million skiers/days during the fall/winter 2010-11 season, 4 percent fewer than in 2009-10 and 2 percentage points below the average of the past four years
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Goldwin reports a decline of 8 percent in consolidated net...
Goldwin reports a decline of 8 percent in consolidated net income to 1.49 billion yen (€12.9m-$18.2m) for the financial year ended March 31. Annual sales and operating income both rose by 2 percent, reaching levels of ¥42.4 billion (€366.4m-$518.6m) and ¥603 million (€5.2m-$7.4m), respectively.
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The International Cotton Advisory Committee, a group based in the...
The International Cotton Advisory Committee, a group based in the U.S., reports that prices for cotton dropped in April, the first drop in seven months. The reasons cited were a decline in demand and a switch to man-made fibers. The Cotlook A Index listed cotton at $2.44 per pound on ...
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Dorel Industries' recreational and leisure division, which includes the bicycle...
Dorel Industries' recreational and leisure division, which includes the bicycle and equipment brands Cannondale, Schwinn, GT, Mongoose and Sugoi, increased sales by 10.3 percent to $200.4 million in the first quarter. Growth was entirely organic and not influenced by currency rates. The business' gross margin was flat at 25.4 percent ...
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Peak Performance, the largest brand of IC Companys, was not...
Peak Performance, the largest brand of IC Companys, was not on the list of those that achieved double-digit growth within the group during the third quarter as it reported its results for the period. Total sales increased by 10 percent to 1.1 billion Danish kronor (€147.5m-$208.9m), with wholesale and retail ...
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Globeride, the Japanese fishing tackle company formerly called Daiwa Seiko,...
Globeride, the Japanese fishing tackle company formerly called Daiwa Seiko, reports a 27 percent drop in net income to 215 million yen (€1.9m-$2.6m) for the financial year ended last March 31. Consolidated sales fell by 4 percent to ¥59.9 billion (€519.7m-$736.7m).
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Sales of sporting goods in Sweden increased by 0.2 percent...
Sales of sporting goods in Sweden increased by 0.2 percent in February, according to the DHI Retail Sales Index, resulting in a sales decrease of 4.7 percent for the first two months of 2011.
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Devanlay, holder of the Lacoste license, will invest €100 million...
Devanlay, holder of the Lacoste license, will invest €100 million in the brand this year compared with €25 million in 2010. Lacoste is expected to increase sales by a double digit figure this year after being stable in 2010, José Luis Duran, chairman of Devanlay, said in an interview with ...
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Briko finished 2010 with a 20 percent increase in sales...
Briko finished 2010 with a 20 percent increase in sales to €7 million. The increase is in line with the targets set by the B Holding, a company owned by the Boroli family, which took over the Italian firm in 2008. Briko achieved 65 percent of its revenues with winter ...
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Japan's leading bicycle retailer, Asahi, reports a doubling in sales,...
Japan's leading bicycle retailer, Asahi, reports a doubling in sales, particularly in Tokyo and the surrounding region, after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in the northeast of the country, as consumers reacted to messy transportation and higher gasoline prices
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Columbia and Sorel are launching online sales to consumers in...
Columbia and Sorel are launching online sales to consumers in Canada, the U.K., Germany, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium, Austria and Spain (more in The Outdoor Industry Compass)
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Nivalia, the consumer-oriented snow sports show, is due to be...
Nivalia, the consumer-oriented snow sports show, is due to be held again in Barcelona next Nov. 4-6, after a pause of four years. Fira de Barcelona, which previously acted as a partner in the event with another firm, will hold 100 percent of the shares in the operation, which will ...
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Cybex reported net profit of $379,000 in the first quarter,...
Cybex reported net profit of $379,000 in the first quarter, against a loss of $753,000 one year prior. Revenues rose by 19 percent to $31.0 million and gross margins went up by 0.1 percentage points to 36.3 percent.
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Crocs increased net income by 276.1 percent to $21.5 million...
Crocs increased net income by 276.1 percent to $21.5 million in the first quarter, lifted by a 36 percent increase in revenues to $226.7 million. The group booked strong sales growth in all distribution channels and geographies. Wholesale revenues increased by 36.9 percent to $164.6 million, retail by 32.5 percent ...
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Nautilus reported a net profit of $1.6 million in the...
Nautilus reported a net profit of $1.6 million in the first quarter against a loss of $7.8 million in the same period a year ago. Sales increased by 5.8 percent to $48.3 million, with the direct-to-consumer business up by 24 percent to $30.3 million. Retail sales rose by 6.5 percent ...
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Oakley's sales of optical products grew by 11 percent in...
Oakley's sales of optical products grew by 11 percent in the first quarter worldwide, with particularly strong progress in the buoyant North American market. The brand has just opened a store in Times Square in New York, which is visited by an estimated 26 million people each year. The store ...
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The French sporting goods market fell by around 2 percent...
The French sporting goods market fell by around 2 percent in the first quarter of this year, according to an estimate by FPS, the French sporting goods retailers' federation. While they had grown by 17 percent in November and by 2 percent in December year-on-year, the retailers' sales declined by ...
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Brooks Sports is targeting sales of $300 million in 2011...
Brooks Sports is targeting sales of $300 million in 2011 after a sales increase of 21 percent in 2010 to $190 million and a strong order backlog. Orders are up by 37 percent for U.S. footwear, 42 percent for U.S. apparel, 50 percent from the EMEA (Europe, Middle East & ...
