All Sporting Goods Intelligence articles in Volume 27, Issue 25-26 – Page 5

  • Short stops

    Adidas has signed up a supermodel, Karlie Kloss, as the...

    2016-07-29T00:00:00Z

    Adidas has signed up a supermodel, Karlie Kloss, as the ambassador for the next autumn/winter collection of its Adidas by Stella McCartney collection

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    Hanesbrands has completed its acquisition of Champion Europe

    2016-07-29T00:00:00Z

    Hanesbrands has completed its acquisition of Champion Europe

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    E-bikes pull up Accell Group’s revenues

    2016-07-29T00:00:00Z

    Accell Group's revenues jumped by 10.0 percent to €629.7 million in the six months ended June 30, largely due to higher sales of electric bikes, which currently account for 43.0 percent of its total turnover. The Dutch holding company said that the growth was “entirely” organic. It came amid tough ...

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    Rapala’s sales down 7%

    2016-07-29T00:00:00Z

    Rapala posted weak results for the first half of the year, with sales plummeting in several big markets. Revenues for the world's largest manufacturer of fishing lures were down by 7.0 percent from the year-ago period to €143.1 million. At comparable exchange rates, sales were down by 5.0 percent.The company ...

  • News briefs

    Deckers Brands posted a better-than-expected net loss of $58.9 million...

    2016-07-29T00:00:00Z

    Deckers Brands posted a better-than-expected net loss of $58.9 million in the seasonally weak first quarter of its financial year, ended June 30, although it was higher than the $47.3 million loss recorded in the year-ago period. The gross margin declined to 43.7 percent from 40.5 percent in the same ...

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    Thule Group reported net income of 308 million Swedish kronor...

    2016-07-29T00:00:00Z

    Thule Group reported net income of 308 million Swedish kronor (€32.2m-$35.7m) in the second quarter ended June 30, up from SEK 238 million in the previous year. Sales increased by 6.3 percent to SEK 1,795 million (€187.7m-$207.8m) and the operating margin improved by 1.3 percentage points to 23.2 percent. In ...

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    Sport 2000 grows by 6%, expands to other countries

    2016-07-29T00:00:00Z

    Sport 2000 International reports an 8 percent increase on a comparable basis in the retail turnover of its affiliated retailers all over Europe in 2015. The growth rate was higher in absolute terms as big national retail organizations in Italy, Finland and Sweden joined the group in the course of ...

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    Small growth for Sport 2000 and Intersport in Germany

    2016-07-29T00:00:00Z

    The retail members of the Intersport and Sport 2000 retail organizations recorded a sales increase of only one percent in their turnover in Germany during the first half of 2016, as compared to the first six months of 2015. Weak sales of winter sports products were compensated by progress in ...

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    Brunotti Sportswear has enlisted a 20-year-old kitesurfing champion, Liam Whaley,...

    2016-07-29T00:00:00Z

    Brunotti Sportswear has enlisted a 20-year-old kitesurfing champion, Liam Whaley, as “one of the creators of the brand”

  • News briefs

    Uhlsport reports an 11 percent sales increase for the first...

    2016-07-29T00:00:00Z

    Uhlsport reports an 11 percent sales increase for the first half of this year, driven by a 46 percent jump for its handball brand, Kempa.  In Germany, where Uhlsport has been delivering a large selection of items and colors within 24 hours, sales grew by 18.5 percent, followed by lower ...