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Li Ning updates on Q1 performance
The Chinese group Li Ning reported a mid-single-digit decline in same-store sales for the period ended March 31. Retail channel comp sales were down by a low single-digit percentage, and wholesale channel sales fell by the mid-teens. Meanwhile, e-commerce virtual stores experienced year-over-year percentage growth in the low-20s. The ...
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Li Ning considers privatizing sportswear firm amid market challenges
Chinese entrepreneur and former Olympic champion Li Ning is reportedly contemplating the privatization of his sportswear firm listed on the Hong Kong stock exchange, according to sources familiar with the matter. The move would add to a series of similar potential deals amid a challenging market landscape. Li founded Li ...
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Li Ning updates Q3 results
Retail sell-throughs for Li Ning, excluding the group’s Li-Ning Young business, increased by mid-single-digits year-over-year in Q3. Retail/wholesale (offline channel) sales rose by high single digits; direct sales improved by the “low twenties,” wholesale franchised distributor sales inched up by a low single digit, and e-commerce sales slipped by a ...
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Infographics & Data
Sports apparel market 2022: Global revenue and market shares
Short on time, but want a summary of the global sports apparel market sales and revenue in 2022? Our infographic has the numbers for 29 big names.
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Li Ning updates Q1 results
Retail sell-throughs for Li Ning, excluding the group’s Li-Ning Young business, rose by mid-single-digits year-over-year in Q1. The result was bolstered by high-single-digit growth in the offline channel and a mid-teens increase in the retail direct business. Q1 revenues to franchised distributors improved by a mid-single digit as the e-commerce ...
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Analysis: Sporting Goods Industry stocks suffer double-digit market cap decline
This exclusive analysis shows the development in the market capitalization of the top 87 stock-listed sporting goods companies.
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Annual advertising expenses 2021
These exclusive, yearly charts shows advertising expenses for 13 major global sportswear brands for the year 2021 and their year-on-year change.
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Li Ning with high single-digit growth in Q3
Chinese sportswear giant Li Ning Company Ltd. reported that sales across its entire platform, excluding Li-Ning Young stores, grew in the high single digits year-on-year in the third quarter. Broken down by sales channel, directly operated retail stores posted a mid-single-digit increase, while franchised distributor sales posted a high-single-digit increase. ...
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Sporting goods industry stocks down in Q3
According to SGI Europe’s quarterly study of 40 select sporting goods industry stocks, the drop was less than in Q1 (-16.25%) and Q2 (-14.79%) but marked the third consecutive quarterly decline for the segment. But the results were mixed, as the stock prices of 19 companies – led by Xtep ...
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Li Ning gets double-digit H1 sales gains from running, basketball
Operating profit (Ebit) at Li Ning Company increased 4.1 percent to 2,643 million yuan renminbi (€375.3m) for the six months ended June 30 as total revenues rose 21.7 percent to RMB 12,409 million (€1.76b). The six-month gross margin slipped to 50.0 percent from 55.9 percent. The H1 net profit attributable ...
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Li Ning with new group VP, CFO
Li Ning announced the appointment of Zhao Dong Sheng as group vice president and chief financial officer, effective Aug. 1. Zhao has nearly 25 years of experience in the fast-moving consumer goods industry. Previously, he was with Swire Coca-Cola (China) Co. Ltd. as general manager of finance. He is a ...
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Analysis: 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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Sporting Goods Industry Scorecard 2021
Exclusive: We give you an overview of top performers by sales and profit.
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Li Ning updates first-quarter sales
At Li Ning, first-quarter same-store sales rose in the “low 20s” for the period ended March 31. By segment, sales in the retail channel were up in the “mid-20s,” up in the “low teens” for the wholesale (franchised distributors) segment; and e-commerce revenues improved “mid-30s” year-on-year. The company ended the ...
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U.S. Customs detains goods from Li-Ning at border
Effective March 14, 2022, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has detained merchandise produced or manufactured by Li-Ning at all U.S. ports of entry. The measure is the result of an investigation by the CBP indicating Li-Ning uses North Korean slave labor in its supply chain. In the statement, ...
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Norges Bank halts GPFG investment in Li-Ning
The Chinese sporting goods manufacturer Li-Ning is suspected of contributing to serious human rights violations in Xinjiang province. The Norwegian Ethics Council made this clear in an assessment at the end of September 2021. The reason is Li-Ning’s cooperation with cotton and textile suppliers who are said to employ a ...
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Infographics & Data
International 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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The largest athletic footwear brands 2020
This chart shows the revenue development of the top 24 athletic footwear brands 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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Market Analysis: The sports apparel 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 sports apparel brands including breakdown by region.
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Li Ning eyes the foreign market after Q1 sales rise by 65%
Li Ning Company saw revenues increase by 65 percent in the first half of 2021 to 10,197 million yuan renminbi (€1,335m-$1,574m) from the year earlier, when its results were heavily influenced by the Covid-19 pandemic. The Chinese sportswear company’s gross margin expanded by 6.4 percentage points to 53.9 percent and ...