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Sports & outdoor retail rose by 7.2% in the U.K. in 2020
Sports and outdoor retailers survived the Covid-19 pandemic in the U.K. last year. Spending on their products rose by 7.2 percent, according to Barclaycard, which noted in particular the boom in home fitness while gyms were closed. Home improvement items and furniture scored similar increases. In contrast, general clothing contracted ...
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WFSGI’s Covid-19 monthly survey shows a need for agility
The World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI) has published the results of the November edition of its WFSGI Covid-19 Impact Survey , a monthly report conducted among manufacturers as well as retailers and brands to provide insights and try to predict the future of the sporting goods ...
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ArticleSpanish campaign promotes sport as a study projects fewer jobs and higher healthcare costs
An association called España se Mueve – along with the High Sports Council, the autonomous community of Madrid and the Madrid city hall – has launched a campaign to help the Spanish sports sector weather the Covid-19 storm and promote sport among the populace for the sake of public health. ...
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ArticleItaly’s sporting goods industry maps out its digitalization
Two-thirds of the Italian manufacturers of sporting goods have invested in their digital transformation or are doing that now to cope with the Covid-19 pandemic. Only 16 percent of them have not done it or have no plans to do it, generally because they cannot find the right skilled people ...
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Fishing equipment market to grow by 4% CAGR in 2021-2027
According to a new report by Allied Market Research , a market research and business-consulting wing of Allied Analytics , the global fishing equipment market will grow by a compound average annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4 percent from 2021 to 2027, reaching $16.10 billion by 2027. The emergence ...
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ArticleNPD: The sports market recovered in Q3 in Europe, but pure e-tailers lost market share
The consumption of sports apparel and footwear declined by 11.5 percent in the first nine months of 2020 in the five major European markets – Germany, France, Italy, Spain and the U.K. – according to NPD, which has kindly agreed to share with us again some of the detailed market ...
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Fesi publishes a Covid survey ahead of a conference in Brussels
The European Commission was scheduled to organize a major conference on Nov. 17 about the recovery of the sports sector after the coronavirus crisis. The Federation of the European Sporting Goods Industry (Fesi) said it hopes that its recommendations have been taken into account. It considers that sport and physical ...
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WFSGI’s October Covid-19 survey shows shifting trends
“The industry has a plan, but will need time to adopt and adapt to changes triggered by the pandemic.” This is the summary of the conclusions drawn by the World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI) based on the results of the October edition of its WFSGI Covid-19 ...
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Online retail for sporting goods grows above average in Switzerland
The latest edition of the Distance Selling Monitor for Switzerland - a monthly survey of 113 online retailers in Switzerland carried out by GfK in cooperation with the Swiss Post Office and the Swiss Retail Association - reports continued high online sales for the third quarter of 2020, although brick-and-mortar ...
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GfK: Contrasting consumer sentiment across Europe
The second wave of the Covid-19 is beginning to stifle the previously expected recovery of the European economy, particularly for the consumption of non-essential products and services. Fortunately, it has not yet led to the retail lockdowns of the first wave in the spring – except in Wales and the ...
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WFSGI’s monthly Covid-19 survey shows rising pessimism
The World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI) has released the results of the September edition of its WFSGI Covid-19 Impact Survey, a monthly report conducted among manufacturers as well as retailers and brands across the sporting goods sector to explore the effects of the pandemic on their businesses. ...
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Babolat hopes to capitalize on the recovery of racquet sports
Like some other outdoor sports, tennis has enjoyed a recovery from the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic of this past spring, as players can easily respect social distancing rules in the tennis courts. In the first half of this year, Babolat, the world leader for tennis racquets, came 20 percent ...
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ArticleSchöffel: Germans are cautiously looking forward to winter sports
As Germany comes right after the U.S. in terms of the number of skiers, with an estimated 14.6 million practicing the sport, snow sports specialists are wondering whether Germans are going to go on a ski vacation this year, in spite of Covid-19. The question mark will probably remain for ...
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Covid boosted online sales of sports goods in Spain
A survey that IAB Spain and Elogia conducted online in June of this year suggests that 15 percent of Spanish e-commerce consumers, aged 16 to 70, purchased sporting goods during the coronavirus quarantines. Streaming services also drew 15 percent. The product of choice, however, was food (48%), followed by household ...
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ArticleNike is the most marketed brand in sports
Nike, which sponsors over 11,000 athletes and sports organizations around the world, is at the top of SportsPro’s inaugural list of the World’s 50 Most Marketed Brands in the sports sector. It is followed, in order, by Emirates Airlines, Adidas, Monster Energy and Red Bull. The next sportswear brand on ...
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ArticleFischer lays off 150 workers, sees possible recovery
Like Rossignol, which has just announced the elimination of 95 jobs, Fischer Sports has decided to lay off 150 workers at its Ukrainian ski factory following a drop of about 25 percent in pre-orders for the coming autumn/winter season, although the management is cautiously optimistic about the near-term future. There ...
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WFSGI: The industry is not yet at the end of the tunnel
The sporting goods industry continues to be affected by the coronavirus crisis, particularly at the manufacturing end of the supply chain, judging from the August edition of the Covid-19 Impact Survey conducted by the World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI). Manufacturers reported decreases in demand of 13 percent ...
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ArticleGym closings spur the demand for sporting goods in Russia
Consumer demand for sporting goods on the Russian market has been seen growing because 37 percent of the gyms in the country are still not allowed to resume operations, based on research conducted by Evotor. Quite a few gyms have been shut down for good, as their owners had not ...
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ArticleNPD: The global sports market grew by 5% in 2019
A rise of 9 percent in retail sales of bicycles and accessories drove the growth of the global sporting goods market in 2019, according to the NPD Group. The consumption of sports shoes slowed down to 6 percent, compared with an estimated increase of 9 percent in 2018. Both apparel ...
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ArticleCycling has defied the Covid-19 crisis in Germany
In its latest “sentiment barometer” for the first half of 2020, the German Bicycle Industry Association (Zweirad-Industrie-Verband e.V.; ZIV) comes to the conclusion that bicycles and e-bikes have been among the winners during the coronavirus crisis in Germany, while many other industries have suffered as a result of the global ...
