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  • Deckers
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    Hoka One One’s momentum saves Deckers Brands’ quarter

    2020-07-31T09:42:00Z

    Despite headwinds from Covid-19, and a 10 percent decline for Ugg, robust sales at Hoka One One helped Deckers Brands grow in its first fiscal quarter ended on June 30. They progressed by 2.3 percent from the same period last year to $283.2 million, or by 2.8 percent in constant ...

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    Signa Sports United grows 39% in the third quarter

    2020-07-30T14:54:00Z

    The online platform Signa Sports United, which includes the online and multi-channel retailers fahrrad.de, bikester, campz, addnature, Tennis Point, Outfitter and Stylefile, increased sales by 39 percent in the third quarter of its current fiscal year, ended on June 30. Based on the entire financial year to date, sales in ...

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    State aid further improves demand for sporting goods in Russia

    2020-07-30T10:09:00Z

    According to a Moscow-based think tank, Romir, Russian households have spent a significant portion of their state aid for Covid-19 relief on sporting goods. The demand for sporting goods in Russia skyrocketed with the end of the country’s retail lockdown, Romir said. Overall sales were up by a factor of ...

  • Garmin
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    Garmin thrives thanks to home fitness and cycling boom

    2020-07-30T09:51:00Z

    Garmin’s fitness division saw revenues for the second quarter soar by 17 percent to $294.6 million, as the group benefited from the popularity of home fitness during lockdowns, with advanced wearables and Tacx indoor bike trainers doing well. With the easing of restrictions in May, cycling products proved very popular. ...

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    Signs of recovery for Puma after a difficult quarter

    2020-07-29T18:54:00Z

    Puma’s revenues for the second quarter declined by 32.3 percent in euros to €831 million, or by 30.7 percent in local currencies, leading to a net loss of €95.6 million, compared with net income of €49.7 million for the year-ago quarter. Sales declined in all regions and all product divisions. ...

  • Decathlon
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    Decathlon and Kant expand joint operation in Russia

    2020-07-29T09:39:00Z

    Decathlon continues to capitalize on partnerships with other retailers. While testing the concept of an internet marketplace in Belgium – the company confirms a report on the subject but details are missing - the giant French retailer is expanding its cooperation with Kant, one of the largest Russian sporting goods ...

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    Market Analysis: The sports equipment market

    2020-07-28T17:19:00Z

    This is an exclusive, yearly statistic only available for subscribers of SGI Europe. It includes revenue and market share development of the major global sports equipment brands including breakdown by region.

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    Moncler aims to double its online business by 2023

    2020-07-28T14:29:00Z

    While releasing weak results for the first half of the year, marked by heavy losses, Moncler focused on the future and announced the acceleration of its digital transformation. After a fruitful collaboration with Yoox Net-a-Porter, it has decided to directly manage e-commerce, with a view to personalizing the customer experience. ...

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    Shimano’s earnings rise by 26%

    2020-07-28T10:00:00Z

    Shimano’s sales for the first half of the year decreased by 11.9 percent from the year-ago period to 160,255 million yen (€1.3bn-$1.5bn), hampered by lockdowns around the world in response to Covid-19 during the first quarter. However, sales improved in the second quarter due to the soaring popularity of cycling ...

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    Some brands will stop sourcing in Xinjiang

    2020-07-27T16:16:00Z

    Last Thursday, a coalition of more than 180 civil society organizations urged the global apparel industry to stop sourcing in the Xinjiang region of China because of the “serious risk of forced labor.” Human rights activists estimate that at least one million Uighurs and other Muslims are held in prison ...

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    Positive numbers and a radical rescue plan for Bogner

    2020-07-27T10:41:00Z

    Bogner, the sports fashion label based in Munich, has just published its figures for the 2019/20 financial year. According to their press release, the company generated €163 million in turnover. Earnings before taxes amounted to €2.6 million, up sharply from €0.3 million in the previous fiscal year. The company increased ...

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    Cycling craze boosts Accell’s results

    2020-07-24T20:45:00Z

    The soaring popularity of bikes after the lifting of lockdown restrictions led Accell Group to post strong results for the first half of the year. The post-Covid bike market has been doing especially well in Europe. The Dutch-based company’s sales surged by a whopping 53.1 percent in June, pushing total ...

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    Skechers posts loss in Q2, builds on e-commerce momentum

    2020-07-24T20:45:00Z

    The pandemic significantly impacted Skechers during the second quarter, as it ended the period with a net loss of $68.1 million against a profit of $75.2 million for the same quarter last year. Its revenues tumbled by 42.0 percent to $729.5 million, or by 41.0 percent in constant currencies. These ...

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    Many Chinese sportswear brands issue sales warnings for Q2

    2020-07-24T11:02:00Z

    As a result of lockdown restrictions implemented in China and elsewhere during the Covid-19 pandemic, several Chinese sportswear brands have released profit warnings for the second quarter of 2020. Xtep warned that retail sell-through dropped by low-single digits in the quarter. It also has higher-than-usual inventories. The group expects that ...

  • Nike
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    Nike realigns management for digital DTC, places EMEA under Grebert

    2020-07-23T14:56:00Z

    Nike will be making several changes to its top management and operating model in keeping with the “Consumer Direct Acceleration” (CDA) policy it announced in June while releasing its latest financial results. The Nike brand’s regional divisions will remain as they stand, but two of them will be swapping out ...

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    Swiss sports retailers predict a 10% sales drop this year

    2020-07-23T14:52:00Z

    Excluding bikes, which are becoming more popular in the country, the Swiss sporting goods market achieved modest growth of 1.4 percent in 2019 in comparison to the previous year, according to the Swiss Association of Sports Retailers (Asmas), which compiled the figures in collaboration with the GfK market research institute. ...

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    Rapala faces loss due to Covid-19

    2020-07-20T15:58:00Z

    The Finnish manufacturer of fishing lures had a difficult start in 2020. Its adjusted operating margin for the first half of the year was off by 4.9 percentage points to 3.6 percent, and Rapala VMC ended up with a net loss of €3.8 million, compared with net income of €7.4 ...

  • Zalando
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    Zalando improves its guidance

    2020-07-16T18:59:00Z

    Zalando expects the gross merchandise volume (GMV) to rise by 20-25 percent and revenues by 15-20 percent for the full financial year, with the adjusted Ebit reaching €250-300 million, as the German online fashion retailer benefited from the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. The previous guidance, published on May 6 ...

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    Anta issues warning on first-half profits

    2020-07-16T18:17:00Z

    Anta Sports Products said it expects to report a drop of about 25 percent in its earnings for the first half of this year, largely as a result of restrictions implemented during the Covid-19 crisis. They are even expected to be down by 35 percent from the year-ago period when ...

  • XXL
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    XXL bounces back

    2020-07-16T10:05:00Z

    It seems that there is light at the end of the tunnel for XXL ASA, after many quarters stuck in a downward spiral. To turn the business around, the leading Nordic sports retailer has been taking drastic steps such as cutting costs, clearing inventory and searching for new “sustainable” sources ...