All Dunlop articles
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News briefsDunlop Sports’ operating profit increases by 40% in FY23
Sumitomo Rubber’s sports division generated a 40 percent gain in annual operating income to ¥12,482 million (€77.4m) from ¥8.943 million for the 12 months ended Dec. 31. Annual sales rose by 8.6 percent to ¥126,647 million (€785.0m) from ¥116,597 million, bolstered by golf gains in North America and South Korea ...
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ArticleDunlop renews IMG Academy deal
Dunlop has signed a second, multi-year renewal of its sponsorship deal with the IMG Academy, a Florida establishment that was founded in 1978 as the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy and has since expanded into a variety of collegiate sports. It runs a boarding school and camps for high-schoolers with athletic ...
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News briefsDunlop moving into pickleball, looking forward to 2025 for pádel
Dunlop expects to introduce its first pickleball products in the second half of 2024, according to its CEO for Iberia, Richard Jackson, who has spoken with CMDsport. Although he declined to go into detail, Jackson did say that Dunlop’s “flagship product in tennis, pádel and squash is the ball, and ...
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Infographics & DataSports equipment market 2022: Global revenue and market shares
Our infographic has the 2022 market sales and revenue numbers for 39 big names in Sporting Equipment for those who need the numbers fast.
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AnalysisMarket Analysis: The sports equipment market 2022
Our annual summary compares the 2022 and 2021 global revenue and market-share development of 39 companies and brings you a breakdown via sector.
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News briefsDunlop’s sustainable new pádel ball
Source: Dunlop Dunlop has introduced its most sustainable model of pádel ball, according to Diffusion Sport and Tradesport. The Dunlop Eco Padel has a pressure-less core and a covering of synthetic felt that the company believes extend its shelf life and therefore make it ideal for occasional ...
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News briefsSrixon Sports Europe opens new headquarters in Surrey
The European subsidiary of the Srixon Srixon Sports Europe has moved into new headquarters in Ash Vale in Surrey, England. The new facility, located about 15km from the company’s former office in Alton and 60km southwest of London, features more than 2,200 square meters of office space as well as ...
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Infographics & DataLeading sports equipment brands 2021
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News briefsDunlop Sports exceeds expectations in Q1
Sales of Sumitomo Rubber Industries’ sports brands improved 27 percent in the first quarter, from 23,327 million Yen to ¥29,685 million (€219.85m), resulting in an operating profit of ¥3,980 million (€29.48m), up 61 percent from ¥2,468 million a year earlier. The group’s golf brands – Dunlop, Srixon and Cleveland – ...
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News briefsSumitomo with brand realignment in North America
In a global alignment strategy, the sports business for Sumitomo Rubber Industries (SRI) will be affiliated under the Dunlop brand umbrella. Roger Cleveland Golf Company, which is SRI’s North American sales company, currently operating as Srixon/Cleveland Golf/XXIO, will now be doing business as Dunlop Sports Americas. Based in Kobe, Japan, ...
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News briefsDunlop partners with Tennis Europe
Tennis Europe and Dunlop have signed a comprehensive partnership deal recognizing the manufacturer as the main equipment sponsor of the European Tennis Federation. The four-year agreement, beginning April 1, marks the beginning of a long-term relationship between the two organizations during which Dunlop and its range of products, including K-Swiss ...
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News briefsDunlop posts double-digit growth in Q4
Sumitomo Rubber’s Dunlop Sports business, which includes the Srixon, Cleveland and XXIO brands of tennis, squash, padel and golf products, reported a 29 percent increase in operating profit to 1.44 billion yen (€11.0m) from ¥1.12 billion, on fourth-quarter sales growth of 24 percent to ¥25.33 billion (€193.5m) from ¥20.46 billion. ...
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Dunlop becomes Slinger’s official ball provider
Dunlop has signed a four-year deal to become the official ball provider worldwide for Slinger Bag and will be co-branding some of its tennis balls with Slinger, starting with two high-performance products, the Fort TR Plus x Slinger and the pressureless Fort Xtra Life x Slinger. The products come with ...
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Big gains at Dunlop Sports
Sumitomo Rubber’s sports business continued to improve in the third quarter, generating a 58 percent boost in operating income to 1,646 million yen (€12.6m-$15.0m) on 24 percent higher revenues of ¥24.7 billion (€188.7m-$224.0m). Dunlop Sports’ sales of golf equipment went up in all major markets, driven by higher participation numbers, ...
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Sumitomo’s sports revenues more than double
Sales grew by 225 percent to ¥28.1 billion (€220m-$257m) during the second quarter ended June 30 for the sports division of Sumitomo Rubber, which includes the Dunlop, Srixon and XXIO brands of tennis and golf products. The higher revenues led the division to post a profit of ¥3,050 million (€23.7m-$27.9m) ...
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Some more Japanese brands are turning the corner
Besides Asics, Mizuno and Goldwin, whose latest results have already been covered, some other Japanese companies have reported better results for the three months of 2021. The foreign exchange impact was slight. For one of them, Yonex, this was insufficient to record an improvement for the full financial year, however. ...
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Dunlop’s parent sees weak sports sales
Sumitomo Rubber Industries’ sports division, which includes Dunlop, Srixon and XXIO, saw its revenues fall by 9 percent in the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31 to ¥20.5 billion (€160.3-$195.8m). The segment’s operating profit reached ¥1.1 billion (€8.6m-$10.7m), down from a profit of ¥2.0 billion last year. Golf and tennis sales ...
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Sumitomo raises guidance for its sports division
Sumitomo Rubber Industries’ sports division bounced back from a poor second quarter, posting an operating profit of ¥1,041 million (€8.4m-$9.9m) in the third quarter, against a loss of ¥519 million (€4.2m-$4.9m) in the year-ago period. Sales in the sports division, which includes brands such as Srixon, XXIO, St. James and ...
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Slinger Bag teams up with Dunlop in Europe
Slinger Bag has announced a landmark deal for its game-changing tennis ball launcher with Dunlop , appointing the Sumitomo Rubber subsidiary as its exclusive distributor for several years in France, Germany, Austria, Italy, the Benelux countries, Spain and Portugal. With this distribution contract, which will essentially double ...
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Dunlop sees lower profits and ends with a loss
Sumitomo Rubber Industries reported an operating loss of 2,505 million yen (€19.9m-$23.5m) for its sports segment in the second quarter, compares with a profit of ¥1,945 million for the second quarter of 2019. The revenues of its sports segment, which includes the global operations of Dunlop, Srixon and XXIO, dropped ...
