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Albany International has reported a 19.0 percent increase in sales...
Albany International has reported a 19.0 percent increase in sales for its PrimaLoft products division in the three months ended Dec. 31, but the growth on a currency-neutral basis reached 23.0 percent. The division's operating income improved to $351,000 from $21 million in the same period the year prior, indicating ...
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Björn Borg has reported a 3 percent increase in revenues...
Björn Borg has reported a 3 percent increase in revenues to 536 million Swedish kronor (€59.6m-$83.5m). Sales grew in Sweden, Finland, Germany and Belgium, but they declined in Norway, Denmark and the Netherlands. The net profit went up by 12 percent to SEK 90.8 million (€10.1m-$14.1m).
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According to COCA, the China Outdoor Commerce Alliance, retail sales...
According to COCA, the China Outdoor Commerce Alliance, retail sales of outdoor products increased by 47 percent in 2010, going from 4,850 million renminbi (€530.5m-$737.6m) in 2009 to RMB 7,130 million (€780m-$1,048m) last year. Presented at the recent Ispo China fair in Beijing, COCA's annual figures indicate growth of “only” ...
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Andre Hawaux, president for consumer foods at Nebraska-based ConAgra Foods,...
Andre Hawaux, president for consumer foods at Nebraska-based ConAgra Foods, joined the board of directors of Timberland Company as of Dec. 2.
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Golf Show Group is going to hold its consumer-oriented golf...
Golf Show Group is going to hold its consumer-oriented golf shows in London and Birmingham at different dates next year. The show in Birmingham, which was first launched in 2007, will be held on April 15-17, at the start of the golfing season. The older show in London will take ...
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Sympatex has published a survey among 1,000 German consumers between...
Sympatex has published a survey among 1,000 German consumers between 18 and 59 years on how they take care of their functional outerwear. 70 percent of the participants said that they had at least one piece of functional outerwear in their households. 40 percent of them admitted that they did ...
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Apparel And Direct-to-consumer Boost Under Armour
For the second quarter ended June 30, Under Armour has reported a 24 percent increase in turnover to $204.8 million, coming from very strong growth in apparel and direct-to-consumer sales. Operating income jumped by 104 percent to $6.9 million, and the gross margin rose by 4.0 percentage points to 48.8 ...
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Due to recent growth in the Brunswick Consumer Products business,...
Due to recent growth in the Brunswick Consumer Products business, Brunswick Bowling Products has added a dedicated director of marketing, Brian Graham, who will lead the Consumer Products marketing team.
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Nielsen Holdings, the company known for consumer research and monitoring...
Nielsen Holdings, the company known for consumer research and monitoring television ratings that also organizes the Outdoor Retailer, Action Sports Retailer and Interbike trade fairs in the U.S., has filed for an initial public offering. The company hopes to raise as much as $1.75 billion, which will be used to ...
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Acting in concert with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission,...
Acting in concert with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Specialized Bicycle Components is recalling 1,350 26-inch Epic and Era bicycles, model year 2010. A faulty shock absorber mount can break and make contact with the wheel spokes. The Taiwan-made bikes were sold in the U.S. between September and October ...
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Allsport is giving Swiss consumers the chance to order merchandise...
Allsport is giving Swiss consumers the chance to order merchandise from its website, allsport.at, and to pick it up at the nearest store that has the product in stock.
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Nautilus plans to focus on its branded consumer retail and...
Nautilus plans to focus on its branded consumer retail and direct businesses as it has agreed to sell some of its commercial fitness equipment operations to a company called Fit Dragon International. The $12.3 million deal includes certain assets of StairMaster as well as the licensing of indoor cycling Schwinn ...
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Speedo’s new Italian distributor, OberAlp, quotes consumer research conducted by...
Speedo’s new Italian distributor, OberAlp, quotes consumer research conducted by IFM Sports Marketing Surveys according to which the brand is still associated in Italy with the fastest swimsuit in the world, beating the runner-up by 10 percentage points. Speedo is still the second-best-known swimwear brand in Italy, obviously after Arena, ...
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In an effort to reach elusive, young, media-savvy consumers, Timberland...
In an effort to reach elusive, young, media-savvy consumers, Timberland is rolling out an integrated global marketing campaign to support its autumn 2009 footwear collections. Select campaign elements launch this month in the U.S., Italy and the U.K. On the media front, the company is introducing “Expedition Timberland,” a mobile ...
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Dorel Gets Hurt As Consumers Buy Cheaper
The recreation/leisure segment of Dorel Industries had a 2.1 percent sales increase in the second quarter to $199.1 million, but still saw a drop in operating earnings of 7 percent to $16.0 million. The company attributed the revenue growth to currency exchange rates and to acquisitions; organic sales dropped by ...
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Bougez!, the new consumer-oriented sports fest held for the first...
Bougez!, the new consumer-oriented sports fest held for the first time in Paris last month, pulled only about 4,000 visitors, 60 percent less than originally envisaged.
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Dorel’S Sales Increase Even As Consumers Spend Less
Dorel Industries’ recreational/leisure segment saw sales grow by 15 percent year-over-year to $161.4 million in the first quarter, with sales to independent bike dealers growing by 8 percent and revenues from Sugoi apparel up by 9 percent. Operating income for the period ended March 31 fell by 33 percent to ...
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Fira Sport will be a new consumer-oriented sports show and...
Fira Sport will be a new consumer-oriented sports show and convention held next June 5-7 in Gerona, near Barcelona.
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The Consumer Product Safety Commission in the U.S. issued a...
The Consumer Product Safety Commission in the U.S. issued a guideline last week that exempts sporting goods from a federal ban on phthalates that took effect on Feb. 10. The only sporting goods products that will be subject to the ban are toy versions of sporting goods, i.e. a product ...
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New Balance names Chris Quinn, a 20-year veteran of consumer...
New Balance names Chris Quinn, a 20-year veteran of consumer products companies, to be its new executive vice president for sales, replacing Fran Allen. Quinn was most recently a senior vice president for sales at Folgers Coffee. Elsewhere, Trevor Masson is the new general manager of New Balance Canada. There, ...
