All Sporting Goods Intelligence articles in Volume 22, Issue 44-45 – Page 4

  • News briefs

    The Sport 2000 brand will obtain more visibility on football...

    2011-11-08T00:00:00Z

    The Sport 2000 brand will obtain more visibility on football pitches and on television through a new multi-year agreement with Sportfive. It will appear on TV commercials in connection with numerous games of the UEFA Euro League in Austria, Germany, France, Norway, the Netherlands and Switzerland. Its logo will also ...

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    David Macher, who founded Therm-ic in 1987, quits the Austrian...

    2011-11-08T00:00:00Z

    David Macher, who founded Therm-ic in 1987, quits the Austrian company, where he acted as chief executive. Urs Maron, the former marketing and sales manager of Atomic who became a partner in 2006, is taking over his place. At the age of 52, Macher is going into early retirement after ...

  • Article

    PPR’s sport and lifestyle sales up by 17.8%

    2011-11-08T00:00:00Z

    Sales of sport and lifestyle products at the French conglomerate PPR rose by 17.8 percent to €923.7 million in the third quarter. Comparable sales were up by 9.9 percent. Since July 1, the division consolidates Volcom. The American brand of surf, skate and snowboard clothing and accessories was bought by ...

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    Jarden’s outdoor segment grows by 17%

    2011-11-08T00:00:00Z

    Jarden Corporation is predicting a sales increase of more than 3 percent for its Outdoor Solutions segment for this year. At $707.3 million, the segment's sales were up by 17.0 percent in the third quarter from the corresponding level a year ago, and they generated a 24.7 percent higher profit ...

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    Albany International has reported a 15.5 percent increase in sales...

    2011-11-08T00:00:00Z

    Albany International has reported a 15.5 percent increase in sales of Primaloft Products to $6.48 million for the third quarter ended Sept. 30, with a rise of 12.1 percent in constant currencies. They were again driven by stronger penetration in new European markets and by the development of new products. ...

  • Short stops

    Luca Tribondeau, a talented 14-year-old Austrian free skier sponsored by...

    2011-11-08T00:00:00Z

    Luca Tribondeau, a talented 14-year-old Austrian free skier sponsored by Atomic, joins Oxbow's “Legs of Steel” team

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    Cybex International booked a net loss of $278,000 in the...

    2011-11-08T00:00:00Z

    Cybex International booked a net loss of $278,000 in the third quarter ended Sept. 24, compared with a $15,000 loss a year earlier, but this was due mainly to a $1.4 million legal charge. Revenues increased by 14.5 percent to $33.5 million, but the gross margin declined by 0.8 percentage ...

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    The Finnish Kesko group reports a 2.0 percent increase to...

    2011-11-08T00:00:00Z

    The Finnish Kesko group reports a 2.0 percent increase to €43 million for the net revenues from its Intersport operations in the third quarter, but the business was down by 0.4 percent to €118 million for the first nine months of this year. Kesko's acquisition of an 80 percent stake ...