Latest Headlines – Page 388
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Go Sport invests in differentiation
The Go Sport Group's net losses had declined to €1.4 million in 2009, but in 2010 they rose again to €5.9 million, in spite of lower debt levels. The gross margin improved to 41.5 percent last year from 39.9 percent in the previous one, thanks in part to the group's ...
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Sport 2000 fares well in Germany
Like Intersport Germnay, which reported its main figures last December, the German retail organization of Sport 2000 could report on a good year at the Ispo show. In 2010, the number of its affiliated retailers soared from 793 to 825 including operations of this buying group in Switzerland and Luxembourg, ...
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Jarden’s Outdoor Solutions grows by 14.4%, margins down
A different price mix and higher commodity costs drove the operating margin before amortization (Ebitda) of Jarden Corporation's Outdoor Solutions segment down to 7.9 percent from 9.7 percent in the 4th quarter of 2010, but this was before extraordinary items. As acquisition and integration costs were down to $7.4 million ...
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Minority shareholders question Head’s equity increase
Head has set the terms of a €9.5 million capital increase which will significantly dilute existing shareholdings and has prompted minority shareholders to complain. The company will offer nearly 200 million new shares to existing shareholders, more than twice the 88 million shares currently in circulation. Under terms of the ...
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Burton places Gouzes in charge of international
Philippe Gouzes, a Frenchman who has been stationed at the company's European office in Innsbruck for many years, has been promoted to senior vice president of international operations at Burton Snowboards, providing leadership for sales, marketing and product development for all the company's brands outside the U.S. He will have ...
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Icepeak’s parent ties up with Li-Ning
L-Fashion Group, which markets sports brands such as Luhta, Rukka and Icepeak, has struck an interesting partnership with Li-Ning. The Finnish company, whose sales grew by 10 percent to about €250 million last year, will be the exclusive distributor of the Chinese brand in some European countries: the German-speaking ones, ...
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Erke - an interesting alternative to the majors?
Erke Sport International, the branded sports apparel and footwear subsidiary of the China Hongxing group, says its business outside China grew by more than 50 percent in 2010 and could double in 2011. In Europe, Erke's sales for the spring/summer season are four times higher than a year ago and ...
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Halti develops alpine skiwear powered by Fischer
Halti, the leading Finnish brand of sports outerwear, has signed an exclusive license with Fischer Sports for a line of alpine skiwear “powered by Halti” for several years. A few items were presented at the Ispo show in Munich for the next autumn/winter season last week, but the collection will ...
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Fischer is making good progress
For its current fiscal year ending on Feb. 28, Fischer Sports recorded group sales of over €150 million. This means that the group has been able to exceed its expectations, which were last October for sales of €136.4 for the end of the fiscal year 2010- 11. In comparison to ...
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Craft looks to Asia-Pacific for growth
The Swedish sports apparel company is deploying its brand in several markets in the Asia-Pacific region. This comes as the company continues to enjoy buoyant growth, with a sales increase of 18 percent to about 980 million Swedish kronor (€111.7m-$150.7m) last year.So far Japan is the only Asian market where ...
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Adidas keeps fighting Russian counterfeits
Adidas is stepping up its fight against Russian counterfeits by targeting two large-scale footwear retailers in country. Fakes of international sports brands have long been a disruptive issue in Russia's open markets and unorganized trade, but some of the latest trademark claims involve established retailers.Adidas filed a new lawsuit a few ...
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Rapala is upbeat
The big Finnish-based fishing tackle and winter sports group believes it will again increase revenues and operating profit margins before non-recurrent items this year, as it did in 2010 thanks to a positive trend in the global economy and improving consumer confidence. At the end of December, Rapala's order backlog ...
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Indian sports equipment manufacturers introduce foreign brands
Several international brands have set up their own subsidiaries in India or sealed distribution and licensing agreements with local partners in the last months. We have recently reported on the likes of Asics to Callaway, Berghaus and Quiksilver, and we are informed of many more companies studying their entry into ...
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Intersport Greece moves into Turkey
Fourlis Holdings announced earlier today the acquisition of 20 of the 28 existing Intersport stores in Turkey, four of them operating as franchises. Fourlis, a large Greek retail conglomerate quoted on the Athens stock exchange, already has the license for Intersport in Greece, Romania, Bulgaria and Cyprus. Fourlis wants to ...
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The Cat leaps in the quarter
Puma ended the 2010 financial year with a buoyant quarter, enabling it to proclaim that it was “Back on the Attack” – the name given to the five-year plan, outlined by the management last year, to reach sales of at least €4 billion by 2015.Puma's consolidated sales soared by 28.2 ...
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EDM Publications launches a revamped SGI EUROPE
After more than 20 years in the market, we have decided to change the format of our newsletter. It is now more modern and easier to read. The main stories are set in a new typeface on three columns to allow you to read it more quickly, like the pages ...
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Ispo gets 25% more visits, revamps logo
The 71st Ispo trade show ended in Munich after four days on Feb. 9 with a record increase in attendance. The number of daily passages thr ough the turnstiles jumped by more than 25 percent from a year ago to over 80,000, confirming the fair's role as the leading international ...
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New president, new board for WFSGI
Motoi Oyama, the long-time executive of Asics Corp. who became the Japanese company's president in 2008, was elected to a three-year term as the 13th president of the growing World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry at its annual meeting in Munich last Saturday, just a few days after turning ...
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JJB Sports is JD Sports Fashion’s next target
Confirming press speculation, JD Sports Fashion said in a statement last week that it is in early discussions with the board of directors of its struggling rival on the British sports market, JJB Sports, about a possible takeover offer. JD stressed, however, that there was no certainty that such an ...
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USG adds another brand to its portfolio – Lotto
Lotto Sport Italia has signed a ten-year licensing agreement with Unlimited Sports Group (USG), the leading Dutch sports retailer and wholesaler, for the production and distribution of its footwear and apparel in the Benelux countries.The deal was formally signed by Squadra Italia, the Italian subsidiary set up by USG last ...
