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According to Virke, the Enterprise Federation of Norway, the Norwegian...
According to Virke, the Enterprise Federation of Norway, the Norwegian sporting goods industry has grown by 41 percent in the period of 2008 to 2016, and it can expect to grow by a further 4 percent in 2018 in terms of sales to the trade. At the retail level, sales ...
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After weak Christmas sales, which were due to high pressure...
After weak Christmas sales, which were due to high pressure during the Black Friday promotion, the sale of sporting goods in Sweden jumped by 7 percent in January. The main reason for was the abundant snow and the cold weather throughout the country, which motivated higher than average purchases of ...
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The Norwegian Alpine Ski Area Association reports an average increase...
The Norwegian Alpine Ski Area Association reports an average increase of 15 percent in the sale of tickets by ski lift operators for the whole snow sports season through Feb. 28. The season started early in November and persisted through the winter. In contrast with previous seasons, all the regions ...
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The share of mind among U.S. teenagers has increased strongly...
The share of mind among U.S. teenagers has increased strongly for shoe and apparel brands such as Adidas, Vans, Champion, Lululemon and Supreme, according to a semi-annual survey conducted by Piper Jeffray this spring among 6,000 people with an average age of 16.4 years. Nike, Converse and Under Armour lost ...
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Total sales of electric bicycles, e-MTBs and speed pedelecs in...
Total sales of electric bicycles, e-MTBs and speed pedelecs in Germany, France, Italy and the Netherlands – the four main markets in Europe - increased by a combined 21 percent in 2017, according to reports in Bike Europe. France showed the biggest increase in the group, with figures up by ...
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Sport Scheck, the big German sporting goods retailer owned by...
Sport Scheck, the big German sporting goods retailer owned by the Otto Group, resumed its growth in the financial year ended Feb. 28, rising by one percent to €300 million, thanks to a 12.6 percent increase in online sales. In its physical stores, sales declined by one percent on a ...
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Netshoes, the large Brazilian-based online retailer of sporting goods, reported...
Netshoes, the large Brazilian-based online retailer of sporting goods, reported a relatively stable net loss of 164.3 million reais (€38.9m-$48.1m) for 2017 on 9 percent higher revenues of R$1,889 million (€447.5m-$552.5m). On an adjusted basis, the net loss went up by 11 percent R$170.3 million (€40.3m-$49.8m), weighed down by a ...
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Sport Zone suffered a decline in comparable sales last year,...
Sport Zone suffered a decline in comparable sales last year, as reported by the Sonae Group. This Portuguese conglomerate was previously the full owner of Sport Zone, but last year it agreed to fold this interest into the Iberian Sports Retail Group (ISRG), in which the JD Sports Fashion group ...
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As a group, Fila Korea saw its consolidated net earnings...
As a group, Fila Korea saw its consolidated net earnings decline by 65 percent to 108.1 billion won (€82.2m-$101.6m) last year as sales jumped by 169 percent to KRW 2,530 billion (€1.9bn-$2.4bn) because of the integration of Acushnet's results. As a stand-alone operation, Fila booked net income of KRW 34.7 billion (€26.4m-$32.6m) for ...
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Puma has just put out excellent preliminary figures for the...
Puma has just put out excellent preliminary figures for the first quarter. Consolidated sales increased by 12 percent to €1,131 million, with strong currency-neutral growth of about 21 percent. The operating profit (Ebit) went up to around €112 million from €70 million in the year-ago period. Nevertheless, the management is ...
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BasicNet reports a final net consolidated profit of €10.6 million...
BasicNet reports a final net consolidated profit of €10.6 million for 2017, representing an increase of 3.3 percent from the previous year. As previously reported, the group's aggregated sales rose by 1.1 percent to €747.8 million. Ebitda went up by 7.3 percent to €23 million. Net debt increased to €61.5 ...
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Erima reported that it increased its sales by 3 percent...
Erima reported that it increased its sales by 3 percent to €66 million in 2017, as compared to the previous year. In Germany, sales rose by 5 percent, while sales outside Germany, the company's domestic market, grew by 25 percent. Sales in Belgium went especially well. Erima reported an increase ...
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Wolverine Worldwide has become the target of at least 90...
Wolverine Worldwide has become the target of at least 90 individual lawsuits alleging that its now closed tannery in Kent County, Michigan, polluted drinking water with toxic chemicals used by 3M to waterproof its leather, starting with its Hush Puppies shoes in 1958. About 20 sites are said to have ...
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Zumiez is hoping to break even in Europe. It is...
Zumiez is hoping to break even in Europe. It is still losing money in the region, where it ended the past financial year on Feb. 3 with 34 Blue Tomato stores and an internet shop, because of numerous investments in the last couple of years, increased costs, sales shortfalls and ...
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Skechers' management told investors at an investors' conference organized by...
Skechers' management told investors at an investors' conference organized by UBS that it feels well-positioned to raise its operating margin from 10 percent to 12-13 percent after its heavy investments outside the U.S. One of the reasons is that the brand can obtain higher price points abroad, especially in Asia, ...
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The consumption of sporting goods products grew in France by...
The consumption of sporting goods products grew in France by 3 percent to €11.3 billion including bicycles in 2017, according to preliminary figures compiled by the country's sporting goods industry federation, Union Sport & Cycle. In particular, sales grew by an estimated 5.7 percent in footwear and by 2.2 percent ...
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Sequential Brands, which owns and licenses And1, Heelys, Revo and...
Sequential Brands, which owns and licenses And1, Heelys, Revo and many other brands, reported an 8 percent increase in last year's revenues to $167.5 million, mostly from licensing, adding that And1 and its other action brands performed well. Adjusted Ebitda increased by 18 percent to $98.0 million, but the company ...
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Sumitomo Rubber Industries reported an operating profit of 4.4 billion...
Sumitomo Rubber Industries reported an operating profit of 4.4 billion yen (€33.4m-$41.4m) in 2017 for its sports segment, which includes the distribution of Babolat in Japan plus the global operations of Dunlop, Srixon, Cleveland Golf and XXIO. The segment's sales rose by 12 percent last year to ¥81.7 million (€0.62m-$0.77m), ...
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Descente's sales grew by 6.5 percent in the third quarter...
Descente's sales grew by 6.5 percent in the third quarter ended Dec. 31, reaching 98.9 billion yen (€750.4m-$930.2m), but its operating margin declined by 0.4 percentage points to 5.6 percent and net earnings fell by 8.3 percent to ¥3,830 million (€29.1m-$36.0m). Lifted by the Descente brand, which represented 42.6 percent ...
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China's central government has set a target of 6.5 percent...
China's central government has set a target of 6.5 percent growth for its Gross Domestic Product for 2018, the same that it had set for last year, but with a higher quality level. In reality, China's economic growth went beyond the government's expectations in 2017 with an estimated rise of ...
