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    GoPro went through another tough quarter in the period ended...

    2016-07-29T00:00:00Z

    GoPro went through another tough quarter in the period ended June 30 as sales plummeted by 47 percent to $220.7 million as compared to a year ago, despite a 14 percent increase in average selling prices. On sequential basis, however, sales were up by 20 percent from the first quarter, ...

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    Ahead of the release of its first-half results on Sept....

    2016-07-29T00:00:00Z

    Ahead of the release of its first-half results on Sept. 13, JD Sports Fashion said its strong performance continued after its positive trading statement of June 17. If the situation continues, the company should deliver headline pre-tax profits for the year ending next Jan. 28 in the upper half of ...

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    Deckers Brands posted a better-than-expected net loss of $58.9 million...

    2016-07-29T00:00:00Z

    Deckers Brands posted a better-than-expected net loss of $58.9 million in the seasonally weak first quarter of its financial year, ended June 30, although it was higher than the $47.3 million loss recorded in the year-ago period. The gross margin declined to 43.7 percent from 40.5 percent in the same ...

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    Thule Group reported net income of 308 million Swedish kronor...

    2016-07-29T00:00:00Z

    Thule Group reported net income of 308 million Swedish kronor (€32.2m-$35.7m) in the second quarter ended June 30, up from SEK 238 million in the previous year. Sales increased by 6.3 percent to SEK 1,795 million (€187.7m-$207.8m) and the operating margin improved by 1.3 percentage points to 23.2 percent. In ...

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    Uhlsport reports an 11 percent sales increase for the first...

    2016-07-29T00:00:00Z

    Uhlsport reports an 11 percent sales increase for the first half of this year, driven by a 46 percent jump for its handball brand, Kempa.  In Germany, where Uhlsport has been delivering a large selection of items and colors within 24 hours, sales grew by 18.5 percent, followed by lower ...

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    The demand for jerseys of the Icelandic national football team,...

    2016-07-10T00:00:00Z

    The demand for jerseys of the Icelandic national football team, which has been sponsored by Errea since 2002, went up unexpectedly by 1,800 percent before the match in which the team lost against France in the quarterfinals of the current European championships. According to various media, the Italian producer of ...

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    Global sales of sports apparel were basically flat last year...

    2016-07-10T00:00:00Z

    Global sales of sports apparel were basically flat last year in terms of U.S. dollars at $75.6 billion, according to Sporting Goods Intelligence. They went up by 5 percent in the U.S., but the higher value of the dollar resulted in a 6 percent drop in the rest of the ...

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    The global branded athletic footwear market rose by 6.3 percent...

    2016-07-10T00:00:00Z

    The global branded athletic footwear market rose by 6.3 percent in terms of the sell-in in U.S. dollars in 2015, according to an annual study by Sporting Goods Intelligence. Sales increased by 11.1 percent in the U.S. They rose by only 3.3 percent in dollars in the rest of ...

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    Fila Korea reports a 22 percent drop in total revenues...

    2016-07-10T00:00:00Z

    Fila Korea reports a 22 percent drop in total revenues to 168.2 billion won (€132.4m-$146.8m) for the first quarter ended March 31. Royalty income from its licensees in Asia and Europe was more or less flat, but sales fell by 17 percent in Korea to KRW 65.5 billion (€51.6m-$57.2m), and ...

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    Hudson's Bay Co. (HBC), the Canadian-based group that acquired Galeria...

    2016-06-23T00:00:00Z

    Hudson's Bay Co. (HBC), the Canadian-based group that acquired Galeria Kaufhof from the Metro AG group for €2.82 billion including debt last June, has reported a sales increase of 59.4 percent to 3.3 billion Canadian dollars (€2,288.8m-$2,576.0m) in the first quarter of 2016, as compared to the same period of the ...

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    Woolrich Europe saw internet sales increase by 70 percent during...

    2016-06-23T00:00:00Z

    Woolrich Europe saw internet sales increase by 70 percent during the past year, and the company expects a 60 percent jump in 2016. The company registered a 4 percent sales increase in the first quarter and forecasts a 10 percent increase for the year. The sales increase is also being ...

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    After record sales in the first three months of 2016,...

    2016-06-23T00:00:00Z

    After record sales in the first three months of 2016, April presented a setback for sporting goods sales in Sweden, reducing the cumulative growth of the market to 2.5 percent for the first four months of the year. The year started well, with January's sporting goods sales rising by 15.0 ...

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    Forum Sport, one of the major Spanish sporting goods retail...

    2016-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Forum Sport, one of the major Spanish sporting goods retail chains, raised its sales by 5.0 percent to €112.5 million in 2015, a year in which it opened four new stores and closed one. Profits more than doubled to €4.57 million. Sales have been rising for three years in a ...

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    Li Ning Company reports that orders from franchised distributors at...

    2016-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Li Ning Company reports that orders from franchised distributors at its trade fair held in March, for deliveries in the fourth quarter, moved up at a high single-digit rate compared with the same period in 2015. The increase was driven by low single-digit growth in footwear and a rise at ...

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    Goldwin raised its sales by 4 percent to 59.7 billion...

    2016-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Goldwin raised its sales by 4 percent to 59.7 billion yen (€487.9m-$545.1m) in the fiscal year ended March 31, but comprehensive net income fell by 79 percent to ¥1,130 million (€9.2m-$10.3m). The gross margin expanded by 2.1 percentage points to 44.2 percent. Excluding foreign currency adjustments and other charges, net ...

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    Fitbit performed better than expected in the first quarter ended...

    2016-05-17T00:00:00Z

    Fitbit performed better than expected in the first quarter ended March 31 with sales rising by 50 percent to $336.7 million, boosted by the new Alta and Blaze models. Sales rose by 33 percent in the U.S., by 113 percent in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, and by 142 ...

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    The average number of rounds of golf played across England,...

    2016-05-17T00:00:00Z

    The average number of rounds of golf played across England, Scotland and Wales decreased by 7.5 percent in the first quarter of 2016 compared with the same period in 2015, following on from a disappointing final quarter of 2015. According to Sports Marketing Surveys (SMS), which released the latest golf ...

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    The acquisition of Camelbak and Jimmy Styx boosted sales and...

    2016-05-17T00:00:00Z

    The acquisition of Camelbak and Jimmy Styx boosted sales and profits at Vista Outdoor in the fourth quarter ended March 31. Vista reported a 26 percent increase in total revenues to $612.3 million and a 135 percent jump in net profit to $37.3 million for the period. Organically, sales were ...

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    Globeride suffered a 79 percent drop in net income to...

    2016-05-17T00:00:00Z

    Globeride suffered a 79 percent drop in net income to 859 million yen (€7.0m-$7.9m) for the financial year ended last March 31, although its sales went up by 7 percent to ¥79.02 billion (€640.4m-$725.0m). For the current financial year, the former Daiwa Seiko is predicting an operating profit of ¥3.7 ...

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    Giant Bicycle doubled its net profit to 916.7 million Taiwan...

    2016-05-17T00:00:00Z

    Giant Bicycle doubled its net profit to 916.7 million Taiwan dollars (€24.8m-$28.1m) in the first quarter because of a one-time charge of TWD 655 million (€17.8m-$20.1m) taken last year that was not repeated. Revenues slid by 2 percent to TWD 14.4 billion (€389.8m-$441.2m) and the gross margin dropped by 1.4 ...