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    Groupe Lafuma has raised its sales by 2.1 percent to...

    2018-07-25T00:00:00Z

    Groupe Lafuma has raised its sales by 2.1 percent to €83.1 million for the first half of this year, amounting to a rise of 3.5 percent in constant currencies. With the Lafuma, Millet and Eider brands, the mountain sports division reported a sales hike of 4.3 percent to €38.7 million ...

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    Retail sales of sporting goods in Norway reached a record...

    2018-06-07T00:00:00Z

    Retail sales of sporting goods in Norway reached a record level of more than 3.2 billion kroner (€335.9m-$395.5m) during the first quarter of 2018, up by 11 percent from the same quarter of 2017. According to Sportsbransjen, the Norwegian sporting goods industry association, good snow conditions and cold temperatures were a ...

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    Groupe Bic reports that its sports division suffered a small...

    2018-06-07T00:00:00Z

    Groupe Bic reports that its sports division suffered a small double-digit sales decline in constant currencies for the first quarter. Bic Sport already saw its turnover decline by about 5 percent in 2017, which was blamed on an increasingly competitive market in the U.S. The group has overhauled its business ...

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    Sports Marketing Surveys has obtained an assignment from the All...

    2018-06-07T00:00:00Z

    Sports Marketing Surveys has obtained an assignment from the All England Lawn Tennis Club to deliver the Wimbledon Equipment Census for at least another three years, until 2020. This program provides the count of equipment used by all competitors at the championships, in main draw singles, doubles, wheelchair, junior and ...

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    Descente reported a slightly improved net profit of 5.77 billion...

    2018-06-07T00:00:00Z

    Descente reported a slightly improved net profit of 5.77 billion yen (€44.5m-$52.4m) for the financial year ended March 31 on 7.3 percent higher net sales of ¥141.1 billion (€1.1bn-$1.3bn). The operating margin rose by 0.4 percentage points to 6.9 percent. Sales increased in all the segments and virtually all the regions, ...

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    A 30 percent jump in sales of electric bikes allowed...

    2018-06-07T00:00:00Z

    A 30 percent jump in sales of electric bikes allowed Giant Manufacturing to post an overall sales increase of 3 percent to 13.9 billion Taiwanese dollars (€397.0m-$467.5m) in the first quarter of this year. Electric bike sales grew at a double-digit rate in Europe, where the company is planning to boost ...

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    Globeride's net income surged by 80 percent to 4.26 billion...

    2018-06-07T00:00:00Z

    Globeride's net income surged by 80 percent to 4.26 billion yen (€32.9m-$38.7m) in the year ended March 31 as the parent company of Daiwa Seiko raised its sales by 8 percent to ¥85.8 billion (€662.2m-$779.7m). Excluding one-time items, net earnings rose by 14 percent to ¥2.49 billion (€19.2m-$22.6m). The gross margin ...

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    The Tecnica Group scored better than expected in 2017, booking...

    2018-06-07T00:00:00Z

    The Tecnica Group scored better than expected in 2017, booking a 10 percent sales increase to €365 million for the year (just above the Rossignol Group). Ebitda went up to €32.3 million from €27.9 million in 2016. The best performances were achieved by Moon Boot, whose sales went up by ...

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    Goldwin saw its total revenues increase by 16 percent to...

    2018-06-07T00:00:00Z

    Goldwin saw its total revenues increase by 16 percent to 70.4 billion yen (€543.3m-$639.7m) in the year ended March 31, with 56 percent of them coming from its network of 140 retail stores. The gross margin improved by two percentage points to 48.4 percent. The net profit soared by 120 percent ...

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    Adidas is the brand that is pictured most on Twitter...

    2018-05-18T00:00:00Z

    Adidas is the brand that is pictured most on Twitter and Instagram, according to an analysibs by Brandwatch. In April, Adidas' logo appeared in 6,664,170 unique images, which means in 154 new images every minute, or three new images every second, Brandwatch explains. Adidas is followed by Nike, whose logo ...

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    Trigema, the German brand of activewear that prides itself on...

    2018-05-18T00:00:00Z

    Trigema, the German brand of activewear that prides itself on manufacturing all its clothing in Germany, reported that its total sales increased by 2.3 percent to €100.5 million in 2017, as compared to the previous year. Sales in markets that are directly handled by the company accounted for 48.5 percent ...

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    BasicNet has reported a 7.5 percent increase in revenues to...

    2018-05-18T00:00:00Z

    BasicNet has reported a 7.5 percent increase in revenues to €53.7 million for the first quarterb, up by 9.1 percent in constant currencies. Aggregated, wholesale-equivalent sales, including those of its licensees, went up by 4.7 percent to €208 million, with growth of 13.1 percent on a constant-currency basis. Kappa and ...

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    GfK Switzerland estimates that the Swiss sporting goods market was...

    2018-05-04T00:00:00Z

    GfK Switzerland estimates that the Swiss sporting goods market was on the rise again in 2017, for the first time in several years, as it expanded by 3 percent to about 1.8 million Swiss francs (€ 1.5m - $ 1.8m) last year. The increase was driven by a double-digit growth ...

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    Puma has just put out excellent preliminary figures for the...

    2018-04-12T00:00:00Z

    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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    As a group, Fila Korea saw its consolidated net earnings...

    2018-04-12T00:00:00Z

    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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    Sport Zone suffered a decline in comparable sales last year,...

    2018-04-12T00:00:00Z

    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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    Netshoes, the large Brazilian-based online retailer of sporting goods, reported...

    2018-04-12T00:00:00Z

    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 Scheck, the big German sporting goods retailer owned by...

    2018-04-12T00:00:00Z

    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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    Total sales of electric bicycles, e-MTBs and speed pedelecs in...

    2018-04-12T00:00:00Z

    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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    The share of mind among U.S. teenagers has increased strongly...

    2018-04-12T00:00:00Z

    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 ...