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    Sales of sporting goods in Sweden increased by 0.2 percent...

    2011-05-06T00:00:00Z

    Sales of sporting goods in Sweden increased by 0.2 percent in February, according to the DHI Retail Sales Index, resulting in a sales decrease of 4.7 percent for the first two months of 2011.

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    Devanlay, holder of the Lacoste license, will invest €100 million...

    2011-05-06T00:00:00Z

    Devanlay, holder of the Lacoste license, will invest €100 million in the brand this year compared with €25 million in 2010. Lacoste is expected to increase sales by a double digit figure this year after being stable in 2010, José Luis Duran, chairman of Devanlay, said in an interview with ...

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    Briko finished 2010 with a 20 percent increase in sales...

    2011-05-06T00:00:00Z

    Briko finished 2010 with a 20 percent increase in sales to €7 million. The increase is in line with the targets set by the B Holding, a company owned by the Boroli family, which took over the Italian firm in 2008. Briko achieved 65 percent of its revenues with winter ...

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    Japan's leading bicycle retailer, Asahi, reports a doubling in sales,...

    2011-05-06T00:00:00Z

    Japan's leading bicycle retailer, Asahi, reports a doubling in sales, particularly in Tokyo and the surrounding region, after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in the northeast of the country, as consumers reacted to messy transportation and higher gasoline prices

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    Cybex reported net profit of $379,000 in the first quarter,...

    2011-04-30T00:00:00Z

    Cybex reported net profit of $379,000 in the first quarter, against a loss of $753,000 one year prior. Revenues rose by 19 percent to $31.0 million and gross margins went up by 0.1 percentage points to 36.3 percent.

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    Crocs increased net income by 276.1 percent to $21.5 million...

    2011-04-30T00:00:00Z

    Crocs increased net income by 276.1 percent to $21.5 million in the first quarter, lifted by a 36 percent increase in revenues to $226.7 million. The group booked strong sales growth in all distribution channels and geographies. Wholesale revenues increased by 36.9 percent to $164.6 million, retail by 32.5 percent ...

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    Nautilus reported a net profit of $1.6 million in the...

    2011-04-30T00:00:00Z

    Nautilus reported a net profit of $1.6 million in the first quarter against a loss of $7.8 million in the same period a year ago. Sales increased by 5.8 percent to $48.3 million, with the direct-to-consumer business up by 24 percent to $30.3 million. Retail sales rose by 6.5 percent ...

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    Oakley's sales of optical products grew by 11 percent in...

    2011-04-30T00:00:00Z

    Oakley's sales of optical products grew by 11 percent in the first quarter worldwide, with particularly strong progress in the buoyant North American market. The brand has just opened a store in Times Square in New York, which is visited by an estimated 26 million people each year. The store ...

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    The French sporting goods market fell by around 2 percent...

    2011-04-30T00:00:00Z

    The French sporting goods market fell by around 2 percent in the first quarter of this year, according to an estimate by FPS, the French sporting goods retailers' federation. While they had grown by 17 percent in November and by 2 percent in December year-on-year, the retailers' sales declined by ...

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    Brooks Sports is targeting sales of $300 million in 2011...

    2011-04-30T00:00:00Z

    Brooks Sports is targeting sales of $300 million in 2011 after a sales increase of 21 percent in 2010 to $190 million and a strong order backlog. Orders are up by 37 percent for U.S. footwear, 42 percent for U.S. apparel, 50 percent from the EMEA (Europe, Middle East & ...

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    American Sporting Goods increased sales by 31.5 percent to $231.7...

    2011-04-30T00:00:00Z

    American Sporting Goods increased sales by 31.5 percent to $231.7 million in 2010, while gross profit grew to $87.6 million from $63.0 million and net income rose to $15.0 million from $0.4 million. The company was acquired by Brown Shoe Company on Feb. 17. Its brands include Avia, Ryka and ...

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    U.S. antitrust authorities are reportedly creating obstacles to Jarden Corporation's...

    2011-04-30T00:00:00Z

    U.S. antitrust authorities are reportedly creating obstacles to Jarden Corporation's plans to increase its stake in the Rossignol Group. Meanwhile, Jarden reports that its Outdoor Solutions segment enjoyed a 25.3 percent increase in operating earnings to $50.0 million in the first quarter of 2011 on 10.3 percent higher sales of ...

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    The Spanish sports footwear brand Munich recorded growth in sales...

    2011-04-30T00:00:00Z

    The Spanish sports footwear brand Munich recorded growth in sales by 22 percent in 2010. With the help of a very strong performance by the company's corporate stores, Munich achieved total sales of €28 million in 2010. The company owns 10 corporate stores in Spain, three of them opened during ...

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    Represented mainly by Life Fitness, the fitness segment of Brunswick...

    2011-04-30T00:00:00Z

    Represented mainly by Life Fitness, the fitness segment of Brunswick Corporation recorded operating profit of $23.4 million in the first quarter on 31 percent higher sales of $156.4 million. Sales outside the U.S. grew by 40 percent to an implied $86.0 million.

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    After a sudden dip in January, Swedish sport retail increased...

    2011-04-14T00:00:00Z

    After a sudden dip in January, Swedish sport retail increased in February. In current prices, sales increased by 0.2 percent in comparison with February 2010. In constant prices, sales volume increased by 2 percent compared with February 2010. This means that sport sales in constant prices so far have decreased ...

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    The revenues of Euretco Sport, the Dutch buying group behind...

    2011-04-14T00:00:00Z

    The revenues of Euretco Sport, the Dutch buying group behind Sport 2000, Runnersworld and the Sport Point partnership, crept up by 0.1 percent last year. The Euretco buying group reported that its sports unit had performed better than its interior decoration business, but not as well as its fashion division, ...

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    Reporting an estimated sales increase of 16.6% to €372 million...

    2011-03-29T00:00:00Z

    Reporting an estimated sales increase of 16.6% to €372 million in the past year, the management of Moncler confirms that the company should go public on the Italian stock exchange before the end of 2011

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    BasicNet nearly halved its 2010 net profit to €8.5 million...

    2011-03-29T00:00:00Z

    BasicNet nearly halved its 2010 net profit to €8.5 million from 16.5 million a year earlier despite stronger, sales as operating profits were hit by the company's decision to step up its investments, which were €10 million higher than a year earlier, and to limit price increases in order to ...

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    Orange 21, the parent company of Spy Optic, increased its...

    2011-03-29T00:00:00Z

    Orange 21, the parent company of Spy Optic, increased its net loss to $4.6 million in 2010 from $3.4 million a year earlier. The bottom line was affected by a $1.4 million loss following the sale of a 90 percent stake in the Italian eyewear manufacturer LEM and an additional ...

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    Li & Fung booked a 27 percent increase in full-year...

    2011-03-29T00:00:00Z

    Li & Fung booked a 27 percent increase in full-year profits to HK$4.28 billion (€390.0-$549.0m) thanks to a 19 percent rise in turnover to HK$124.10 billion (€11.3bn-$15.9bn). The core operating profit of the Hong Kong-based sourcing group rose by 42 percent to HK$5.66 billion (€515.7m-$726.0m), which was largely due to ...