Value Chain - Consumer – Page 4
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Like in Italy in 2011, consumers bought more bicycles than...
Like in Italy in 2011, consumers bought more bicycles than cars in Spain in 2012 for the first time since statistics on bike sales started to be tracked. A total of 780,000 bikes and around 700,000 cars were sold in Spain last year. While bike sales rose by 4 percent ...
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The Mainland Middle-Class Consumer Survey published by the Hong Kong...
The Mainland Middle-Class Consumer Survey published by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council confirms that China's emerging middle-class consumers increasingly long for international brands, even when they are aware that the products are made in China. The survey was conducted from December 2012 to January 2013 among 1,600 respondents in ...
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Bluesign Technologies has revised the consumer safety limits on its...
Bluesign Technologies has revised the consumer safety limits on its list of restricted substances. The 2013 revision takes into consideration new scientific knowledge of the toxicological profile of the substances, revised risk assessments, new analytical standards and other elements.
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Norwegian consumers ignore sports banners
A survey conducted by Sportsbransjen, the Norwegian sporting goods industry association, has shown that the name of the retail store means relatively little to consumers in Norway. The survey asked 1,000 Norwegians about their attitudes toward the sporting goods chains. The results showed that the majority of consumers did not ...
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Nautilus benefited from improved consumer credit conditions in the U.S....
Nautilus benefited from improved consumer credit conditions in the U.S. in the first quarter, as its consumer-direct operations recorded a 26 percent hike in sales to $42.4 million and a 122 percent jump in operating income to $6.7 million, thanks also to strong demand for its cardio products, led by ...
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Oxbow is inviting consumers to discover the Waterman culture through...
Oxbow is inviting consumers to discover the Waterman culture through a contest giving them the right to follow the week-long exploits of three sponsored surfers on the Basque coast of France. The winner will take photos and videos of them, feeding contents into the social networks.
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From March 4, European consumers will get a chance to...
From March 4, European consumers will get a chance to create their own individual New Era caps through the internet. At www.newerabyyou.com, shoppers can customize their caps according to their needs and preferences. They have the choice among 200 different logos, 33 materials and 56 colors. The 9Fifty and 59Fifty ...
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The new consumer panel set up by the Dutch sports...
The new consumer panel set up by the Dutch sports industry shows that the consumption of sports products in the Netherlands jumped by 5 percent in the first quarter of this year. This came after a paltry year in which the Dutch sports market is estimated to have shrunk by ...
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Madrid Golf, which remains the biggest consumer-oriented golf show in...
Madrid Golf, which remains the biggest consumer-oriented golf show in southern Europe, will move its dates to March 15-17 next year, positioning itself ahead of the high season in the sector. The Spanish show, which has been taking place in Madrid since 2006 during the month of November, attracted 18,000 ...
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Consumer confidence in the U.K. reached a very low point...
Consumer confidence in the U.K. reached a very low point in December, paving the way for the bankruptcy of major retailers such as Blacks Leisure and Peacocks, although heavy discounting at the end of the month helped to boost sales of clothing and footwear after Christmas. In contrast with the ...
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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is overseeing the recall...
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is overseeing the recall of about 800 Uvex Funride ski helmets that were imported into the U.S. by Uvex Sports of Rhode Island and Swix Sports of Massachusetts. The helmets were found to provide insufficient shock absorption and resistance to penetration, increasing the wearer's ...
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Nivalia, the consumer-oriented snow sports show, is due to be...
Nivalia, the consumer-oriented snow sports show, is due to be held again in Barcelona next Nov. 4-6, after a pause of four years. Fira de Barcelona, which previously acted as a partner in the event with another firm, will hold 100 percent of the shares in the operation, which will ...
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Golf Show Group is going to hold its consumer-oriented golf...
Golf Show Group is going to hold its consumer-oriented golf shows in London and Birmingham at different dates next year. The show in Birmingham, which was first launched in 2007, will be held on April 15-17, at the start of the golfing season. The older show in London will take ...
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Sympatex has published a survey among 1,000 German consumers between...
Sympatex has published a survey among 1,000 German consumers between 18 and 59 years on how they take care of their functional outerwear. 70 percent of the participants said that they had at least one piece of functional outerwear in their households. 40 percent of them admitted that they did ...
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Apparel And Direct-to-consumer Boost Under Armour
For the second quarter ended June 30, Under Armour has reported a 24 percent increase in turnover to $204.8 million, coming from very strong growth in apparel and direct-to-consumer sales. Operating income jumped by 104 percent to $6.9 million, and the gross margin rose by 4.0 percentage points to 48.8 ...
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Nielsen Holdings, the company known for consumer research and monitoring...
Nielsen Holdings, the company known for consumer research and monitoring television ratings that also organizes the Outdoor Retailer, Action Sports Retailer and Interbike trade fairs in the U.S., has filed for an initial public offering. The company hopes to raise as much as $1.75 billion, which will be used to ...
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Acting in concert with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission,...
Acting in concert with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Specialized Bicycle Components is recalling 1,350 26-inch Epic and Era bicycles, model year 2010. A faulty shock absorber mount can break and make contact with the wheel spokes. The Taiwan-made bikes were sold in the U.S. between September and October ...
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Nautilus plans to focus on its branded consumer retail and...
Nautilus plans to focus on its branded consumer retail and direct businesses as it has agreed to sell some of its commercial fitness equipment operations to a company called Fit Dragon International. The $12.3 million deal includes certain assets of StairMaster as well as the licensing of indoor cycling Schwinn ...
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Speedo’s new Italian distributor, OberAlp, quotes consumer research conducted by...
Speedo’s new Italian distributor, OberAlp, quotes consumer research conducted by IFM Sports Marketing Surveys according to which the brand is still associated in Italy with the fastest swimsuit in the world, beating the runner-up by 10 percentage points. Speedo is still the second-best-known swimwear brand in Italy, obviously after Arena, ...
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In an effort to reach elusive, young, media-savvy consumers, Timberland...
In an effort to reach elusive, young, media-savvy consumers, Timberland is rolling out an integrated global marketing campaign to support its autumn 2009 footwear collections. Select campaign elements launch this month in the U.S., Italy and the U.K. On the media front, the company is introducing “Expedition Timberland,” a mobile ...
