Mizuno Corporation's turnover inched up by 2.2 percent to 78.15 billion yen (€753.0m-$1,014m) for the six months until the end of September, driven by increased footwear sales in all regions. In constant currencies, sales increased the most in the Americas, where they were up by nearly 11 percent and reached ¥11,242 million (€108.3m-$146.0m). Europe produced a sales rise of 5.6 percent to ¥5,735 million (€55.3m-$74.5m), while Asia-Oceania (excluding Japan) lifted its turnover by 3.8 percent to ¥3,964 million (€38.2m-$51.5m). The company's sales in Japan rose by 3 percent to ¥57,108 million (€550.3m-$741.6m). The company enjoyed a sharper rise in profits, with operating results going up by 5.7 percent to ¥4.36 billion (€42.0m-$56.6m) and net income surging by 25.1 percent to ¥2.23 billion (€21.5m-$29.0m) for the six months, encouraging Mizuno to upgrade its profit forecast for the full year until the end of March, although the results for the second quarter showed apparently a decline. The company still predicts that it will end the year with sales of ¥152 billion, but it now estimates that its operating income will reach ¥5.0 billion and that its net income will land at ¥2.7 billion, 8 percent more than it previously estimated.

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