All Sporting Goods Intelligence articles in Volume 23, Issue 30-31 – Page 5

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    Tecnica Group up by 3%

    2012-07-18T00:00:00Z

    The Tecnica Group recorded a 3 percent increase in total sales to €394 million last year, generating a rather stable operating profit of around €35 million before amortization (Ebitda). Due to high amortization and financial charges, the group just about broke even for the year, recovering from a small loss ...

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    In the first half of 2012, 60 percent of the...

    2012-07-18T00:00:00Z

    In the first half of 2012, 60 percent of the fashion companies listed in the FashionUnited Top 100 Index registered an increase in the value of their stock, with the index rising by 6 percent during the period. The top five performers were Prada (+48%), Collective Brands (+48%), Perry Ellis ...

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    Oberalp will replace Project 2010 as the distributor of Fischer...

    2012-07-18T00:00:00Z

    Oberalp will replace Project 2010 as the distributor of Fischer Sports in Italy, starting in March 2013. The deal is described as a strategic partnership that will involve cooperation in product development, branding and marketing. The two family-owned companies already collaborate through the studio of Antonio Dus in Montebelluna, which ...

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    Stéphane Solinski has been appointed general manager of Sport 2000...

    2012-07-18T00:00:00Z

    Stéphane Solinski has been appointed general manager of Sport 2000 France after the departure of Frédéric Dekeyser, who led the buying group's operational and financial restructuring plan in the last two years. The 44-year-old Solinski started his career in marketing functions in the car industry, notably at Renault. In 2002 he switched to the retail ...

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    K2 Sports reshuffles its European sales team. Carsten Kleffner is...

    2012-07-18T00:00:00Z

    K2 Sports reshuffles its European sales team. Carsten Kleffner is the new sales manager for K2 Skates Europe. Kleffner had been responsible for K2 Snowboarding as sales manager for over ten years, a position that he will pass on to Andreas Threimer, previously in charge of the marketing of K2 ...

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    Descente's net income improved by 18.2 percent for the financial...

    2012-07-18T00:00:00Z

    Descente's net income improved by 18.2 percent for the financial year ended March 31 to 3,045 billion (€31.6b-$38.5b), as revenues grew by 8 percent to 83.03 billion 83.03 (€862.6m-$1,050.0m). The gross margin rose to 48.70 percent from 47.55 percent.

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    Callaway Golf saw its share price fall by 14 percent...

    2012-07-18T00:00:00Z

    Callaway Golf saw its share price fall by 14 percent to $5.52 in early trading after the company's new management released a revised estimate of its financial performance, predicting a loss of 55 to 75 cents a share for this year. The loss will be partly due to charges associated ...

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    Goldwin increased revenues by 14.79 percent to 48.64 billion (€505.3m-$615.4m)...

    2012-07-18T00:00:00Z

    Goldwin increased revenues by 14.79 percent to 48.64 billion (€505.3m-$615.4m) for the financial year ended March 31. Net income improved by 75.39 percent to 2.62 billion (€27.2m-$33.1m). The gross margin for the Japanese company, which is mainly engaged in the manufacture and sale of sports apparel, dropped from 41.44 percent ...

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    Golfsmith announced a 12 percent increase in group revenues to...

    2012-07-18T00:00:00Z

    Golfsmith announced a 12 percent increase in group revenues to $146.0 million in the second quarter ended June 30, compared with net revenues of $130.2 million for the same period of fiscal 2011. Comparable store sales went up by 4.7 percent, but the company registered a 4.8 percent decrease in ...

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    The minimum wage has been raised by $10 to $80...

    2012-07-18T00:00:00Z

    The minimum wage has been raised by $10 to $80 per month for the 650,000 workers employed in Cambodia's 700 shoe and apparel manufacturing plants. The wage negotiations were supervised by the Asian country's Ministry of Labor. In addition to the new minimum guaranteed salaries, workers will get a monthly ...

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    Erima has extended its 10-year-old cooperation with the Austrian football...

    2012-07-18T00:00:00Z

    Erima has extended its 10-year-old cooperation with the Austrian football federation

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    Nike has opened a 14,000-square-foot store dedicated to runners in...

    2012-07-18T00:00:00Z

    Nike has opened a 14,000-square-foot store dedicated to runners in New York City. The two-story shop is at Fifth Avenue and West 20th Street and includes an iPad gait analysis, free bag storage for runners and a free club for evening runs with cunning coach Margot Fleming.