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Analysis: The top sporting goods industry performers by sales and profits in Q4 2023
Quarterly losses were much reduced in Q4, but overall results were still negative. Find out more in our latest scorecard.
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Franco Fogliato steps down as Salomon CEO
Amer Sports announced that Franco Fogliato, President and CEO of Salomon, is leaving the company for personal reasons, effective immediately. He will be succeeded on an interim basis by James Zheng, CEO of Amer Sports, who will lead Salomon and the Outdoor Performance segment to ensure the continuity of the ...
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Anta Sports’ FY23 operating profit rises 45 percent
Anta Sports, bolstered by double-digit sales gains for its Anta and Fila brands, a retail market recovery in China, and increases in both its wholesale and DTC businesses, reported a 45 percent improvement in annual profit attributable to shareholders at 10,954 million yuan renminbi (€1.4bn) for the 12 months ended ...
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Amer Sports expands ski and binding production in Europe
Amer Sports is increasing its annual production capacity through investments in Europe to enable its brands to grow further. The group said a new Nordic ski factory is nearing completion in Bulgaria, while preparations have begun for an alpine ski binding factory in Romania. The new ski factory will ...
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SGI Europe Executive Edition: Vol 35 - 9+10
Puma expects business headwinds to persist in H1 of 2024 | IIC reports another successful year | Technical apparel will fuel Amer Sports’ growth in FY24 | Frasers Group boosts board with key appointments | Foot Locker delivers tepid outlook, delays Ebit margin objective | Moncler Group’s FY23 Ebit increases by 15 percent | Acushnet pleased with golf’s resilience across the EMEA | Gymshark’s annual profit drops despite higher sales | Bowflex files for bankruptcy protection, reaches stalking horse agreement | OOSC Clothing secures £1.4m export finance deal to fuel global expansion | Moncler: Grinta withdraws from Double R, signs consultation agreement with RPH | Salomon launches 3rd gen of Index recyclable running shoe | Gildan results benefit from higher customer replenishment | Globe spinning in right direction with shift in focus | A bright future for pickleball in Spain? | Refurbed expands into the second-hand sporting goods market | A new player emerges in the Russian sporting goods market
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Technical apparel will fuel Amer Sports’ growth in FY24
Thirty-four days after raising $1.365 billion in an NYSE IPO, Amer Sports conducted its first earnings call as a public company yesterday. While the Arc’teryx, Salomon and Wilson parent delivered Q4 revenues some $20 million above expectations, the quarterly loss was wider than expected. Amre’s shares finished the trading day ...
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In Paris, Arc’teryx opens shop-in-shop ahead of flagship
Outdoor apparel brand Arc’teryx has opened an 80-square-meter shop-in-shop on the ground floor of La Samaritaine, the department store on Paris’s Rue de Rivoli. The retail space, inaugurated on Feb. 9, showcases a range of functional and performance items from the brand’s spring/summer 2024 collection. Arc’teryx will soon open ...
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Wilson debuts 3D-printed airless basketball that “nearly fits” regulation
Who says a basketball has to be basic? Wilson just dropped a limited edition of the Airless Gen1 basketball, based on a prototype that doesn’t need inflating. The retail version has seen some tweaks and “nearly fits” regulation basketball standards for weight, size and bounce. “We knew it was time ...
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SGI Europe Executive Edition: Vol 35 - 5+6
Adidas eyes €500m operating profit for FY24, most Yeezy inventories won’t be written off | The North Face, EMEA stronger in “challenging” VF quarter | Puma gets “A” rating for second year running on CDP Climate Change list | Intersport Germany continues to grow in 22/23 | Opportunities ahead – WFSGI and McKinsey release 2024 report | Decathlon releases VR shopping app in US | Amazon announces AI-powered shopping assistant | Done deal: PGA Tour announces investment agreement with Strategic Sports Group | Sport 2000 with stable development in 2023 | Deckers raises FY guidance, sets CEO succession plan after strong results | PayPal introduces six new checkout innovations | Macron posts 15 percent sales increase | Columbia faces revenue decline challenge | Real Madrid becomes football club with highest revenue, says Deloitte report | Sneaker design democratized? Zellerfield launches design platform | German e-commerce sales bottom out
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Amer Sports raises $1.365 billion in NYSE IPO
Amer Sports, the parent company of Arc’teryx, Salomon, Wilson and other brands, raised $1.365 billion in its IPO on the NYSE through the sale of 105 million shares, 24 percent below the $1.8 billion the company had originally planned to raise. Nonetheless, yesterday’s IPO valued Anta Sports at $6.5 billion, ...