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ArticleMarket Analysis: The athletic footwear market
This is an exclusive, yearly statistic only available for subscribers of SGI Europe. It includes revenue and market share development of the major global athletic footwear brands including breakdown by region.
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ArticleGrupo SBF generates 32% of quarterly sales from digital
Grupo SBF, which operates Brazil’s top sporting goods chain in Centauro and has distributed Nike in the South American market since Dec. 2021, reported a 2.7 decline in adjusted Ebitda to 154,764,000 Brazilian reais (€29.6m) for the period ended June 30. Operating income declined by 25.0 percent to BRL $70,503,000 ...
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ArticleRussia sees hike in online sales of sporting goods as fears rise over counterfeits
Russia’s largest online retailers have registered booming demand for sporting goods in the first half of 2022. Learn about the details.
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ArticleAnalysis: 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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ArticleNike net dips 5 percent on Greater China, persistent supply chain woes
The Nike group remains committed to further advancing its digital and direct strategies worldwide and anticipates a return to growth for its wholesale business in the financial year 2023 as it continues to grapple with elevated transit times for products and to recalibrate a Greater China business that has been ...
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ArticleAnalysis: 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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ArticleU.S. ban on imports from Xinjiang goes into effect
The Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFPLA), prohibiting the import into the U.S. of products made by forced labor in Xinjiang, China, is now in force, under the oversight of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). The act was signed into law by President Joseph Biden on Dec. 23, 2021, ...
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ArticleAnalysis: Sporting Goods Industry Scorecard Q1 2022
Find out about the top industry performers. With our first quarter 2022 Sporting Goods Industry Scorecard, we provide an overview by sales and profit.
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ArticleNike celebrates 50 years with “Seen It All” starring Spike Lee
Nike is celebrating its 50th birthday this year. Filmmaker Spike Lee directed the anniversary film “Seen It All.” The flick stars 40 former and current Nike athletes.
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ArticleIntersport Germany and Adidas agree on new single account delivery concept
Intersport Germany has entered a new stage of its cooperation with Adidas. Both companies signed for a single account model, similar to the agreement that Intersport has had with Nike since 2018. Kicking off with the June 2022 order show in Heilbronn, Intersport retailers will have access to pre-set single ...
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ArticleGrupo SBF generates 88 percent sales increase in Nike business
Grupo SBF, the parent of Brazil’s top retail sporting goods chain in Centauro and a distributor of Nike in the South American market since December, reported a 401 percent increase in first-quarter adjusted Ebitda to 185,390,000 Brazilian reais (€31.5m) for the period ended March 31. Operating income came in at ...
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ArticleAdidas steps into the void left by Nike at Foot Locker
Adidas and New York-based retailer Foot Locker have announced a new and enhanced partnership “built around product innovation, elevated experiences and deeper consumer connectivity,” as the German company states in a press release. The announcement comes on the back of Foot Locker’s sales figures released in March 2022, which reflected ...
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ArticleObituary: Peter Moore
Peter Moore, who shaped Nike’s and Adidas’ product design in the 1980s and 1990s, passed away on April 29 at the age of 78. After working freelance as a design consultant for Nike since 1977, Moore joined Nike in 1983 as its first creative director, working with Bruce Kilgore to ...
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ArticleGMG and SUTL close deal for Nike stores in Singapore and Malaysia
GMG, a global company distributing and manufacturing a portfolio of leading international and domestic brands in the sports, food and health sectors, headquartered in Dubai, has acquired Nike-only stores from SUTL Corporation, a Singapore-based consumer and lifestyle products distribution company representing global brands in Asia. Under the agreement, all Nike-only ...
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ArticleNPD Q1 report sees U.S. footwear industry slowing down and market shifting towards new brands
Consulting firm NPD has released its latest figures for the first quarter of 2022 of the U.S. footwear market. Both the footwear industry’s sales and the revenue declined year-over-year in Q1. Sales were down 3 percent, unit sales were down 12 percent, while average prices were up 11 percent. Compared ...
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ArticleThe size of 140 tennis courts: Nike’s new Serena Williams Building
The new Serena Williams Building (SW) is the largest office building at Nike’s Oregon headquarters, covering the equivalent of 140 tennis courts (approximately 93,000 square meters). It is also where Nike’s Consumer Creation teams, representing Design, Consumer Insights, Women’s, Men’s and Kids Constructs, and Apparel and Footwear Product Merchandising, have ...
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ArticleNike to launch glue-less shoes that can be taken apart in minutes
The Nike ISPA team (Improvise; Scavenge; Protect; Adapt), which experiments with new, unorthodox products and manufacturing methods, will introduce a new shoe model this spring that showcases the brand’s innovative capabilities and offer a glimpse into the future of circular design: The Nike ISPA Link. And in 2023, the next ...
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ArticleCelebrating The International Day of Sport for Development and Peace
April 6 is The International Day of Sport for Development and Peace. This year’s theme is “Securing a Sustainable and Peaceful Future for All: The Contribution of Sport.” The UN sees this as “an opportunity for the Day’s celebrations to promote the use of sport as a tool to advance ...
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ArticleNike remains the world’s most valuable apparel brand
Nike tops the Brand Finance Apparel 50 ranking for the eighth time, making it the most valuable brand since the creation of the list.
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ArticleAnalysis: Sporting Goods Industry stocks fell more than 16% in Q1 2022
According to SGI Europe’s quarterly study of selected public sporting goods industry stocks, their average share price fell by 16.25 percent on a sequential basis in the first quarter of 2022, in contrast with the performance of some major stock indexes during the same period. The Standard & Poor’s 500 ...
