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AnalysisAnalysis: 2024 Global Sporting Goods Industry Stocks Slip Lower in 2024
Which of the top 85 sporting goods companies performed best, and which lost ground in 2024? Get the figures.
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News briefsNew executive director at Pou Sheng
Pou Sheng has announced that Yuang-Whang Liao has resigned as an Executive Director and member of the Disclosure Committee, effective Sept. 4, 2023. Liao stated that he has no disagreement with the Board and that there is no matter to be brought to the attention of the shareholders of the ...
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News briefsPou Chen with further layoffs in Vietnam
Pou Chen Corp, the world’s largest athletic footwear manufacturer, has told authorities that it will lay off 1,221 people on permanent contracts at its Ho Chi Minh City factory in Vietnam. Since the beginning of the year, Pou Chen has reduced the number of employees at the factory, which was ...
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News briefsPou Chen plans to lay off more workers in Vietnam
Taiwan-based Pou Chen, parent company of Yue Yuen and supplier to major Western sporting goods firms such as Nike, Adidas and Reebok, announced further layoffs of more than 5,700 workers at Pouyuen Vietnam Co. in Ho Chi Minh City between June 24 and July 8, according to state media reports. ...
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News briefsPou Chen to invest $280 million in India
The Indian state government announced April 17 that a subsidiary of the world’s largest maker of branded athletic footwear, Pou Chen, will invest 23 billion rupees (€256 million) to set up a manufacturing plant in Tamil Nadu. The Taiwanese footwear maker, which sells brands such as Nike, Adidas, New Balance ...
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News briefsPou Chen reportedly plans massive job cuts at Vietnam footwear factory
Citing two local officials familiar with the company’s plans, Reuters reports that Taiwan-based Pou Chen Corp, which makes athletic footwear for Nike, Adidas and others, plans to cut about 6,000 jobs at its Pouyuen Vietnam plant in Ho Chi Minh City due to weak demand. The plant is reportedly set ...
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News briefsPou Sheng reports sales decline in May
Pou Sheng International, the distribution and retail subsidiary of Yue Yuen, reported a 19.1 percent constant currency, year-over-year sales decline in May to 1.53 billion yuan renminbi (€213.8m) from RMB 1.89 billion. For the five months ended May 31, Pou Sheng’s consolidated operating revenues were down 26.3 percent to RMB ...
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ArticleCovid outbreak closes major factories in Vietnam
A sudden and violent outbreak of the Covid-19 epidemic in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) and its environs is expected to delay shipments of sports shoes and apparel and may result in a loss orders for local manufacturers, according to the local NV Express, which cited the shutdown of 29 ...
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Industry and governments react to Myanmar military coup
Pou Chen, the Taiwanese group that controls Yue Yuen, announced on March 30 that it has decided to shut down temporarily its production of athletic shoes for Adidas and Nike in Myanmar for safety reasons. The local management and essential staff will remain in place for maintenance purposes. A Taiwanese ...
