Sales of sports clothing fell by 1.1 percent in France to €3.1 billion during the 12 months ended last June 30, according to NPD Group, with a particularly strong drop of 4.2 percent in the second quarter of 2013. Specialty sporting goods retailers saw their sales of these products decline by 1.3 percent to €2.08 million in the 12-month period. Instead, sports apparel sales over the internet grew by 17.6 percent to €335 million, with growth of 18.9 percent in the latest quarter. These figures were collected by NPD for FPS, the French sporting goods retailers' federation.

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