All Sporting Goods Intelligence articles in Volume 27, Issue 31-32 – Page 4

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    GoPro saw its share price move up by 6 percent...

    2016-09-21T00:00:00Z

    GoPro saw its share price move up by 6 percent as it unveiled on Monday a much-awaited new range of products including its first drone, called Karma, which can fly for 18 minutes and has image stabilization technology. Unlike the drones of DJI and other competitors, GoPro's drone doesn't yet ...

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    With an industry-wide growth rate of 6.5 percent for the...

    2016-09-21T00:00:00Z

    With an industry-wide growth rate of 6.5 percent for the first half of the year, sporting goods retailers are expecting a new record in their sales for this year, according to the Norwegian sporting goods industry association, Sportsbransjen. After reaching record sales in 2015 (see the retail chart in this ...

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    Joma says it will be outfitting more than 30 percent...

    2016-09-21T00:00:00Z

    Joma says it will be outfitting more than 30 percent of the players competing in the World Futsal Cup, which has already started and is taking place until Oct. 1 in Colombia. It will also be the official supplier of three national teams – from Cuba, Guatemala and Uzbekistan.

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    The European sporting goods market grew by 3.8% in 2015

    2016-09-21T00:00:00Z

    The Western European sporting goods market grew by 3.8 percent in constant currencies in 2015, according to our annual analysis of retail sales in 15 countries. It was the same growth rate that had been registered in 2014, despite the absence of major sports events. In terms of euros, retail ...

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    Sport 2000 celebrates in Germany

    2016-09-21T00:00:00Z

    The Sport 2000 brand name is owned by French, German and Austrian shareholders, with Sports Direct still holding a small minority stake. However, only the German shareholder, the ANWR Group, is celebrating its 50th anniversary in style, although the brand was first launched by three French football players in 1966.Besides ...

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    Wolverine Worldwide completed a debt refinancing program on Sept. 15,...

    2016-09-21T00:00:00Z

    Wolverine Worldwide completed a debt refinancing program on Sept. 15, allowing the company to save about $30 million worth of interest payments through 2020 and giving it more flexibility in the use of cash. It will also make it easier to repurchase company shares under a recently announced $300 million ...