• Analysis: The top sporting goods industry performers by sales and profits in Q4 2023
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    Analysis: The top sporting goods industry performers by sales and profits in Q4 2023

    2024-04-19T14:37:00Z

    Quarterly losses were much reduced in Q4, but overall results were still negative. Find out more in our latest scorecard.

  • Anta Sports provides Q1 update
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    Anta Sports provides Q1 update

    2024-04-18T06:18:00Z

    Chinese group Anta Sports, which sells the Anta, Fila, Descente and Kolon Sport brands, has updated its Q1 results. The company said Anta branded sales rose by a mid-single digit in the period that ended March 31. Q1 Fila brand sales increased by a high single digit. Meanwhile, year-over-year retail ...

  • SGI Europe Executive Edition: Vol 35 - 13+14
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    SGI Europe Executive Edition: Vol 35 - 13+14

    2024-04-04T07:33:00Z

    Nike posts digital decline for first time in nine years | Lululemon posts strong Q4 results, some Q1 softness in US | Majority of Foot Locker’s annual non-US sales generated by five countries | DFB’s Strategic Shift: Adidas to Nike, Redefining Football Apparel’s Future | Anta Sports’ FY23 operating profit rises 45 percent | Fila Holdings continues to reshape business model | Busy summer of sports, soft comps should bolster JD Sports Nike addresses backlash over England kit for Euro 2024 | Shein considers supply chain as a service | Grupo SBF improves key metrics in FY23 | Lamoda Sport and DeSport gear up development strategies | Competition on marketplaces is becoming increasingly difficult: Russian retailers

  • Anta Sports’ FY23 operating profit rises 45 percent
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    Anta Sports’ FY23 operating profit rises 45 percent

    2024-03-28T14:01:00Z

    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 ...

  • Fila Holdings continues to reshape business model
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    Fila Holdings continues to reshape business model

    2024-03-21T14:35:00Z

    An ongoing recalibration of its sales channels in Korea and further inventory adjustments in the US were the key contributors to an operating loss.

  • Is Topgolf Callaway on the market? South Korean sources says so
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    Is Topgolf Callaway on the market? South Korean sources says so

    2024-03-21T07:41:00Z

    Speculation is swirling after a South Korean newspaper suggested that golf behemoth Topgolf Callaway might be up for grabs.

  • Short stops

    Short Stops Week 06, 2024

    2024-02-05T12:50:00Z

    PRODUCT & MARKETING +++ Nike, we learn from The Dink, has introduced its first pickleball shoe, the Zoom Challenge +++ Sports company Puma will equip the athletes, coaches and staff of Egypt with athletic uniforms at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, following an agreement with the Egyptian Ministry of Youth ...

  • SGI Europe Executive Edition: Vol 35 - 3+4
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    SGI Europe Executive Edition: Vol 35 - 3+4

    2024-01-25T07:49:00Z

    Analysis: 2023 Market Cap of global Sporting Goods stocks rising 2.4% | Puma shares decline on FY24 outlook | Amer Sports looks to raise $1.8bn from IPO next week | Campion to leave Nike after 17 years, joins UCLA | New CPO, President of Americas at Under Armour | Wolverine Worldwide sells Sperry to Authentic | Founder of Snipes steps down as CEO | Sprague becomes new CEO of POW | Decathlon Austria with successful 2023 | Russia faces 50% increase in prices for European sporting goods | Puma named “Top employer globally” | ANWR Group accelerates positioning of affiliated retail networks | Counterfeit products cost EU companies €16 billion in sales each year | A review of pro golf’s pending big deal | Vivobarefoot, Balena present 3D-printed, customized and fully compostable shoe

  • Fila launches Fila+, appoints Lev Tanju as Creative Director
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    Fila launches Fila+, appoints Lev Tanju as Creative Director

    2024-01-12T14:25:00Z

    Source: Fila Introducing Fila+ with Lev Tanju at the creative forefront Fila is stepping into a new era with the launch of Fila+, a brand-new line aimed at weaving the company’s rich history into a modern design. Leading this ambitious project is London-based creative force Lev Tanju, ...

  • SGI Europe Executive Edition: Vol 35 - 1+2
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    SGI Europe Executive Edition: Vol 35 - 1+2

    2024-01-10T18:01:00Z

    Wolverine Worldwide on expected FY course, update on transformation | Amer’s Arc’teryx brand key to sales growth in China | JD Sports cuts profit forecast due to weak consumer spending | Footway Group announces extraordinary general meeting, restructuring nearing completion | Crocs expects record revenues, raises FY guidance | Uvex Sports Group with new executive management | Xponential Fitness closes master franchise agreement for Pure Barre and YogaSix in Japan | A challenger rises in Spanish pádel e-tail