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ArticleAnta Sports Products publishes ESG report 2022
Anta Sports Products Limited, owner of companies Fila, Descente and the Amer Sports group, including Atomic, Arc’teryx, Salomon and others, besides its own Anta brand, has published the 2022 ESG report for Anta that touches a broad range of operational and financial topics on 132 pages. The ...
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ArticleAnta’s FY profit is flat despite revenue expansion
Anta Sports Products, forced to cope with pandemic-related policies that negatively impacted store foot traffic and consumer sentiment across China for most of 2022, reported 8.8 percent growth last year to 53,651 million yuan renminbi (€7.58bn) on a flat net profit of RMB 8,245 million (€1.17bn) against RMB 8,219 million. ...
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ArticleDescente nine-month operating income jumps
Descente’s total sales increased by 12 percent to 86,099 million yen (€619.9m) in the nine-month period ended Dec. 31, 2022, leading to a 67 percent jump in operating profit to ¥7,300 million (€50.4m) versus ¥4,380 million. The net profit rose by 106 percent to ¥10,172 million (€70.2m). Besides its ...
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ArticleDescente raises FY outlook
Descente, the Japanese sportswear company with a portfolio of sportswear brands that it markets primarily in Japan, South Korea and China, reported a net profit increase of 106 percent to ¥5,132 million (€37.0m) from ¥2,487 million for the six months ended Sept. 30. First half operating income improved 80 percent ...
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News briefsFila returns to growth in China
After a weak first half in which premium brand Fila suffered from zero-Covid closures in China, retail sales grew in the low teens year-on-year in the third quarter. Anta Sports, which co-owns the brand in China through a joint venture with Fila Korea, said in an update that Fila outperformed ...
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ArticleE-commerce, DTC model bolstered Anta H1 Sales
Anta Sports Products recorded a 13.8 percent increase in first half revenues to 25,965 million yuan renminbi (€3,687.0b) thanks to contributions from its direct-to-consumer and e-commerce segments, which helped to offset a 34 percent sales decline in its traditional wholesale business that was adversely impacted by the pandemic. DTC sales ...
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News briefsDescente increases stake in Ningbo Le Coq Sportif
Japanese sportswear and accessories company Descente Ltd. announced in a notice to shareholders that it has increased its stake in Le Coq Sportif (Ningbo) Co. Ltd. (NLCS). NLCS was established by Sugiei and Itochu Textile (China) Co., Ltd. (ITS), a subsidiary of Itochu Corporation, in 2004 to expand the brand’s ...
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News briefsDescente raises forecasts for H1, full year
Descente Ltd., citing a return to a business environment close to conditions before the Covid-19 pandemic, with the exception of some regions, has raised its first half and full-year financial outlooks. First half sales for Descente Japan Ltd. and Descente Korea Ltd. for six months ending Sep. 30 are described ...
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News briefsAnta Sports Products updates first half results
Anta Sports Products, impacted by lower foot traffic and weakened consumer sentiment due to the pandemic resurgence in Mainland China, reported “mid-single-digit” growth in Anta branded product sales for the six months ended June 30. Fila branded sales declined low single digits year-over-year, and first-half sales of all other branded ...
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News briefsDescente sees 12.4% sales gain as profitability improves
Descente, the Japanese sportswear company, saw sales in its financial year ended March 31 increase by 12.4 percent to 108,892 million yen (€815.1m), despite the fourth quarter being marked by new Covid-19 lockdowns in China and sluggish apparel sales due to the warm winter in South Korea. Sales of athletic ...
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News briefsDescente Ltd. transfers overseas sales to Japanese subsidiary
Descente Ltd., the Japanese company that holds territorial licenses or trademark rights for several western brands besides its own, has opted to shift all of its international product sales to its consolidated subsidiary, Descente Japan Ltd. For the year ended March 31, 2021, the transferred business that was created ...
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News briefsDescente’s nine-month sales rise by 15%
Descente’s total sales grew by 15 percent to 76,681 million yen (€589.6m-$698.5m) in the nine-month period ended Dec. 31, 2021, with an increase of 13 percent in the third quarter, leading to an operating profit of ¥4,380 million (€33.7m-$39.9m) against a loss of ¥2,454 million in the corresponding nine-month period ...
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Despite the fifth Covid wave in Japan, Descente grew in Q2
Descente reported a rise in second-quarter sales of 16.4 percent to 49,926 million yen (€381m-$440m) despite a “challenging” period from late August to September when the fifth wave of Covid-19 hit Japan. All of the company’s main five brands for which it has the rights in Japan or other territories ...
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Infographics & DataInternational sports apparel market 2020
This chart shows the revenues, growth and market share of the top 26 sports apparel brands in 2020 vs. 2019. The chart and data can be downloaded. This is exclusive data and analysis for Premium Members.
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ArticleAnta's sales go up by 55.5%, profits more than double in H1
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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Descente lifts profit outlook as sales, profits rebound in Q1
Descente raised its guidance for full year profits and maintained its outlook for sales after staging a strong recovery in the top and bottom lines in the first quarter ended June 30. As sporting events resumed, the Japanese sportswear company’s sales increased in the quarter by 44.5 percent to ¥22,481 ...
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Descente to sell Polygiene-treated training gear through Anta
For the spring/summer 2021 season, Descente has added Polygiene’s Stays Fresh BioStatic Technology to a number of its men’s and women’s training products for the Chinese market. The Japanese brand will be selling them online and in stores through its local partner, Anta Sports Products. The brand entered China in ...
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Descente lowers full-year sales guidance
Descente saw its profits surge in the third fiscal quarter ended Dec. 31, 2021, with net income soaring by 172.8 percent to 4,828 million yen (€37.8m-$45.7m). This was mainly due to extraordinary income of ¥7,535 million linked to the reorganization of its Descente China Holding joint venture with Anta Sports ...
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Dior launches a ski line with Descente and other partners
For the launch of its first men’s capsule ski collection, Dior is opening a pop-up shop in the SoHo neighborhood of New York City, specifically at 109 Greene Street. Other pop-ups – in Osaka, Japan, for instance – will open during the month of November. The New York shop, operating ...
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Descente in the red for H1 and the black in Q2
Descente ended the first half of its financial year on Sept. 30 with a net loss of 1,265 million yen (€10.2m-$12.0m), against a profit of ¥2,210 million for the year-ago period, as the economic impact of the pandemic hit its revenues. They declined by 34.9 percent to ¥42,897 million (€345.1m-$407.0m). ...
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