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    GfK see 93 percent of Europeans on a spending freeze

    2023-03-08T14:18:00Z

    In a recent study, market insights firm GfK shed light on the shopping behavior of European consumers in light of rising living costs and inflation. 93 percent of consumers in Europe have already adjusted their purchasing habits as household budgets are becoming tighter, according to the GfK comparison of 15 ...

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    Analysis: Sporting Goods Industry stocks suffer double-digit market cap decline

    2023-01-09T09:09:00Z

    This exclusive analysis shows the development in the market capitalization of the top 87 stock-listed sporting goods companies.

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    The world’s biggest sports retailers 2021

    2022-12-13T05:08:00Z

    This exclusive, yearly statistic shows the revenue development of the 50 largest sports retailers worldwide.

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    Market Analysis: The sports equipment market

    2022-09-26T09:48:00Z

    This exclusive statistic includes revenue and market share development for the major global sports equipment brands.

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    Norwegian sports specialty market grew by 3.6% in 2021

    2022-08-23T10:52:00Z

    According to data compiled by the Norwegian sporting goods industry association, Norsk Sportsbransjeforening, Europe’s highest per capita sporting goods market recorded a 3.6 percent increase in 2021 among its nine top banners to 14,875 million Norwegian kroner (€1.46b) from 14,363 million in 2020. The trade group intends to release a ...

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    Analysis: Sporting goods industry stocks down more than 14% in Q2 2022

    2022-07-06T06:18:00Z

    According to SGI Europe’s quarterly study of 38 select sporting goods industry stocks, the decline was less than the 16.25 percent average decline in the first quarter of 2022, when 34 out of 36 stocks posted a stock price drop from the end of the fourth quarter. Five of the ...

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    Analysis: Sporting Goods Industry Scorecard Q1 2022

    2022-06-07T07:37:00Z

    Find out about the top industry performers. With our first quarter 2022 Sporting Goods Industry Scorecard, we provide an overview by sales and profit.

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    Italy’s sporting goods industry association says winter season has shown positive signs

    2022-04-29T13:45:00Z

    Assosport, the Italian sporting goods industry association, has described the past 2021/22 season as a positive one for winter sports after the dark period of the pandemic. Covid-19 forced to cancel virtually all activities from March 2020 until the end of 2021, with severe repercussions on the broader sector. Most ...

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    Nike remains the world’s most valuable apparel brand

    2022-04-06T07:21:00Z

    Nike tops the Brand Finance Apparel 50 ranking for the eighth time, making it the most valuable brand since the creation of the list.

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    Inflationary pressures are mounting across the board

    2022-02-01T18:38:00Z

    Sports brands have already started to charge slightly higher prices on selected products, privileging limited editions and premium or novel product releases. The price increases have been a logical response to a situation where the available demand is outstripping the demand, especially because of high Covid vaccination rates, coupled with ...

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    Snowy winter supports sporting goods sales in Russia

    2022-01-21T17:43:00Z

    In some Russian regions, consumer activity in the sporting goods market has nearly doubled thanks to snowy winter conditions during the current winter season. It has been particularly strong over the online channel. Ilya Titarenko, director of the distribution department of Sportmaster, the country’s leading sporting goods retailer, confirmed that ...

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    McKinsey sees continued growth and polarization in the industry

    2022-01-20T13:44:00Z

    The gap between the winners and the losers in the sports apparel and footwear sector has increased and will continue to increase, according to McKinsey & Company, based on a survey conducted for the World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI) which highlighted some key trends. The findings will ...

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    Analysis: The industry’s market cap rose by 9.5% in 2021

    2022-01-07T17:47:00Z

    This exclusive chart shows the development in the market capitalization of the top 88 stock-listed sporting goods companies between the end of 2020 and the end of 2021. This is exclusive data and analysis for Professional Members.

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    Consumer confidence dwindles in the U.K.

    2021-12-17T16:39:00Z

    GfK’s Consumer Confidence Index for the U.K. has fallen by one point so far in December, remaining negative at -15, in the midst of the spreading Omicron variant, which has led to more than 100,000 new daily cases of Covid contamination. The index had improved by three points to -14 ...

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    Nike’s website gets more visits than major fashion retailers

    2021-12-13T18:09:00Z

    Nike continued to outperform various fashion retailers this year in terms of visits to its website on a global basis, according to an annual study by Semrush that uses Google data. Monthly visits to its websites averaged 120 million so far this year, 3.3 percent below the level of 2020, ...

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    Analysis: The European Sports Retail Market

    2021-12-10T17:11:00Z

    This is an exclusive, yearly statistic only available for subscribers of SGI Europe. It includes revenue and market share development of the major sporting goods retailers in 15 European countries.

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    Analysis: The world’s major sports retailers

    2021-11-24T18:18:00Z

    This exclusive, yearly statistic shows the revenue development of the 50 largest sports retailers. 

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    Strong recovery in personal luxury may affect our sector

    2021-11-18T17:32:00Z

    The personal luxury market has been traditionally subject to bigger swings than the sporting goods market in their competition for the consumer’s spending, and its recovery this year may impact the recovery of the sporting goods market, especially in the overalapping areas of sneakers and athleisure, in our opinion. The ...

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    Outdoor outperformed the athletic and casual footwear market in 2020, but…

    2021-11-18T17:32:00Z

    It all depends on the brands that we include in three annual surveys that EDM Publications puts out every year for these three segments of the shoe market, some of which play in two different segments.

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    Norway’s sports market fell by 7% in Q3

    2021-11-18T13:05:00Z

    The period between July and September 2021 was the second-best third quarter for retailers operating in the wealthy Norwegian sporting goods market. It recorded a 7 percent decline to 3.7 billion Norwegian kroner (€374m-$423m) as compared to the third quarter of 2020, when the market grew at an exceptional rate ...