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Johnson Health Tech experienced a 203 percent jump in net...
Johnson Health Tech experienced a 203 percent jump in net income to 349.2 million Taiwanese dollars (€8.56m-$11.65m) in the first quarter on 10 percent higher revenues of TWD 3.66 billion (€89.75m-$122.08m). Sales grew by 20 percent at the company's commercial arm, Matrix Fitness, with growth of 24 percent in North America, ...
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The Dutch sporting goods retail market fell by an estimated...
The Dutch sporting goods retail market fell by an estimated 3.9 percent in the first quarter of 2014 according to the Inretail Sports Monitor. In February and March, it declined at a slower rate than in January. Particularly strong drops took place in winter sports and winter fashion apparel because ...
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Zalando, the big German-based internet retailer, reports a 35 percent...
Zalando, the big German-based internet retailer, reports a 35 percent sales increase to €501 million in the first quarter, including a rise of 27 percent to €223 million in the German-speaking area. The operating margin remained negative but improved to a loss equivalent to 6.5 percent of sales from 7.2 ...
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After suffering an operating loss of €0.2 million in the...
After suffering an operating loss of €0.2 million in the past year, due to the weather and the economic crisis, Golfino is targeting an improvement of between €1.5 million and €2.0 million in the current financial year. The outlook is based mainly on good sell-throughs in the U.S. and the ...
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Brooks Sports reports a 23 percent increase to $64.5 million...
Brooks Sports reports a 23 percent increase to $64.5 million in its sales in the Europe, Middle East and Africa region, with a volume of 1.3 million pairs. A 30 percent increase is expected for 2014. The American company is moving its European office from Germany to the Netherlands, as ...
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Iconix Brand Group says that 40 percent of its revenues...
Iconix Brand Group says that 40 percent of its revenues will be generated outside the U.S. this year, in spite of big contracts with Walmart in the U.S. for Danskin and Ocean Pacific. Iconix recently signed new licensing deals for Umbro in Italy, India, Australia and South Africa. Umbro will ...
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Sales were off by 5.9 percent to $124.3 million for...
Sales were off by 5.9 percent to $124.3 million for Johnson Outdoors in its second quarter, ended on March 28, as U.S. customers delayed purchases of fish finders, kayaks, diving computers, camping equipment and other outdoor products due to a long and cold winter season. Sales declined by 4.3 percent ...
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Crocs suffered a 68.5 percent drop in net profit to...
Crocs suffered a 68.5 percent drop in net profit to $9.1 million in the first quarter from $29.0 million a year ago as its total revenues rose by only 0.2 percent to $312.4 million for the period, ended on March 31, with a 1.5 percent increase in terms of local ...
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A 19.7 percent sales increase to $10.0 million outside North...
A 19.7 percent sales increase to $10.0 million outside North America allowed Skullcandy to resume its growth in the first quarter ended March 31, and the trend is expected to continue for the balance of the year. The American supplier of creative headphones and other audio accessories raised its sales ...
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Nautilus reports a 21 percent sales increase for the first...
Nautilus reports a 21 percent sales increase for the first quarter to $71.9 million, with gains of 19 percent in the Direct segment and 33 percent in the Retail segment. The gross margin improved slightly to 25.4 percent on sales of $20.1 million in the Retail segment, but most of ...
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Spy increased its net loss to $742,000 in the first...
Spy increased its net loss to $742,000 in the first quarter of 2014 from $721,000 in the same period a year ago, due in part to higher investments in research & development. Sales were up by 2 percent to $9,192,000 for the period and included fewer closeouts, resulting in higher ...
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According to HUI Research, sales of sporting goods in Sweden...
According to HUI Research, sales of sporting goods in Sweden increased by over 14 percent in March, when compared to the same period last year. Probably due to the arrival of an early spring in Sweden, consumers began purchasing items such as bikes, golf clubs, spring shoes and spring jackets ...
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An Italian newspaper and a German magazine gave a few...
An Italian newspaper and a German magazine gave a few figures for the Salewa-Oberalp group's performance in 2013, but they were not accurate. A top executive of the company tells us that its sales rose by 8 percent last year, reaching €194 million, and similar growth is expected for 2014. ...
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Rocky Brands has reported 22.5 percent higher sales of $65.8...
Rocky Brands has reported 22.5 percent higher sales of $65.8 million for the first quarter of 2014, with strong double-digit growth in all its major categories and higher military sales. The management said it was also pleased with the initial performance of Creative Recreation, a brand of sneakers bought at ...
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The new All-Party Commission on Physical Activity of the British...
The new All-Party Commission on Physical Activity of the British government has released a report which estimates at £20 billion (€24.27bn-$33.61bn) the annual cost to the country of the lack physical exercise by its population. It calculates that about 37,000 deaths could be avoided each year if people were physically more ...
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Fila Korea has reported a 10 percent increase in global...
Fila Korea has reported a 10 percent increase in global revenues to 736.1 billion won (€512.14m-$707.08m) for the financial year ended last Dec. 31. Operating earnings went up by 7 percent to KRW 98,129 million (€68.27m-$94.25m), but net income was down by 21 percent to KRW 96,150 million (€66.90m-$92.36m). In the ...
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Maier Sports, the German sports apparel firm acquired by the...
Maier Sports, the German sports apparel firm acquired by the Findors Investor equity firm in August 2011, reports an increase of 11 percent in pre-orders for the coming autumn/winter season. Pre-orders of its skiwear collection were stable as compared to the previous autumn/winter season. In the framework of a shrunken ...
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Erima, the German brand of team sports, tennis and other...
Erima, the German brand of team sports, tennis and other sports apparel, recorded an increase in sales of 18 percent in the first quarter of this year, as compared to the first quarter of 2013. In March, total sales grew by 24 percent as compared to the same month last ...
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Bauer Performance Sports saw its sales rise by 13 percent...
Bauer Performance Sports saw its sales rise by 13 percent to $62.2 million in the third quarter ended Feb. 28, or up by 16 percent in constant currencies, with increases of 17 percent in helmets, 49 percent in sticks, 11 percent in lacrosse and 77 percent in apparel. Sales grew ...
