All Sporting Goods Intelligence articles in Volume 27, Issue 38-39
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Puma regains shelf space
As the Puma brand is regaining resonance, the group's sales jumped by 8.3 percent to €990.2 million for the third quarter and its managers are confident that the growing level of full-price sell-out in the last two months will drive continued expansion and underlying margin improvement. The sales increase amounted ...
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Warm weather reduces store traffic for Peak Performance
With six added stores, Peak Performance saw its turnover move up by 1.5 percent to the equivalent of 348 million Danish kroner (€46.8m-$49.5m) for the quarter until the end of September but its Ebit margin contracted by 4.9 percentage points to 17.8 percent for the three months, as it ...
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Mixed results for Mizuno
Mizuno performed much better in Europe than in the U.S. or Japan in the second quarter of its financial year, ended on Sept. 30. In terms of local currencies, sales grew by 10.5 percent in Europe during the period, but they fell by 14.5 percent in the Americas. They ...
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Is LVMH seriously moving into sports?
LVMH is said to be in discussions for the acquisition of Cicli Pinarello, the Italian brand of high-end road bicycles, as well as Rapha, the British brand of classy cycling apparel. The reports could not be confirmed at the time of going to press. If confirmed, these moves by the ...
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Moncler puts its name on Zai skis
Taking inspiration from its origins as a French brand of technical skiwear, Moncler has launched a small limited edition of high-end skis to go with its Moncler Grenoble line of skiwear. They will be sold at some of its single-brand stores at ski resorts and in the cities as well ...
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Rossignol makes multi-faceted investments in Time Sport
The Rossignol Group has rejigged the management of Time Sport International and moved its production, as part of the plans to nearly triple the French cycling brand's turnover to about €30 million in three to five years' time. The group already reported a rise of 40 percent in pre-orders ...
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Rosy Hodge, sportscaster of the World Surf League, has officially...
Rosy Hodge, sportscaster of the World Surf League, has officially joined Rip Curl's team of ambassadors
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Ping has signed up Tyrrell Hatton to a multi-year partnership...
Ping has signed up Tyrrell Hatton to a multi-year partnership agreement. The 25-year-old British professional golfer won for the first time on the European Tour in October, when he secured the Alfred Dunhill Links Championships title at St Andrews. That victory propelled him from the 53rd position into the top ...
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Gore opens two new testing labs
W. L. Gore Associates has opened a new state-of-the-art Biophysics and a Heat and Flame Protection laboratory in Elkton, Maryland. The new facilities are supposed to allow Gore engineers to very quickly assess the performance of component materials while developing new understanding and technologies. The ...
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Helly Hansen is an official supplier of Vendée Globe, the...
Helly Hansen is an official supplier of Vendée Globe, the round-the-world solo yacht race that started in France on Nov. 6. It is providing the outerwear, tested by professionals, for 130 skippers and more than 200 organizers. Four Helly Hansen ambassadors will also personally participate in the race. They are: ...
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More funding for Hickies
Hickies says it raised $10 million in the latest round of financing from Sforza Holdings and two other investors, taking the total funding for the development of its smart shoe lacing system up to $16 million. One of the top three global footwear brands, whose name ...
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Intersport has granted free one-day ski passes to its most...
Intersport has granted free one-day ski passes to its most loyal clients. The first 6,000 Intersport customer club members who spent more than €200 in a single transaction between Nov. 9 and 19 were able to select their favorite spot out of six skiing destinations in Austria that were presented ...
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Reiner Gerstner, former marketing manager of the Oberalp Group, is...
Reiner Gerstner, former marketing manager of the Oberalp Group, is now doing a similar job for TQ Group, a leading electronic engineering company based in Seefeld, near Munich
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Marking the opening of its new flagship store on New...
Marking the opening of its new flagship store on New York's at 565 Fifth Avenue, Adidas is offering the exclusive possibility to get its Ultra Boost shoes customized with special colors and options. It has used the occasion to launch some new models including the much-awaited Triple Black Ultra Boost ...
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Nike has inaugurated a five-story, multisport store in New York...
Nike has inaugurated a five-story, multisport store in New York City's SoHo, one of the trendiest neighborhoods in town. The 55,000-square-foot store, which is located at 529 Broadway, features on the fifth floor the Nike+ Basketball Trial Zone, where customers can shoot hoops and test basketball shoes, helped by in-store ...
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Fesi wants more market intelligence
Fesi, the Federation of the European Sporting Goods Industry, approved the re-election of Luca Businaro as its new president for the next three years at its latest general assembly, which took place in Rome on Nov. 17-18. The Italian executive, who has already held the post since 2011, laid out ...
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Foot Locker enjoys the lifestyle trend
Foot Locker is benefitting from the growing importance of the lifestyle segment of the athletic footwear market, for example with the success of Adidas Originals in its U.S. stores during the third quarter of its financial year, ended on Oct. 29. It is re-introducing casual lifestyle items in the stores ...
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Dorel Sports’ sales drop as IBDs postpone orders
Dorel Sports saw third-quarter sales decrease by 5.9 percent over the year-ago quarter to $250.7 million, or by or 6.2 percent in currency-neutral terms. Organic revenues - which excludes the impact of changes in exchange rates and a change in accounting for overseas revenues - declined by 10.7 ...
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The new Spanish distributor of Fila is Ingesba, a Spanish...
The new Spanish distributor of Fila is Ingesba, a Spanish company that distributes 11 brands, including Harley Davidson products. The company has signed the deal with Deichmann, the European licensee of the Korean-owned brand. It plans to position Fila in the higher segment of the streetwear market.
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Digitalization and robotics to drive transformation of production
Some of the latest advances in robotics appear almost like science fiction, and yet they have started to impact many aspects of sporting goods production – from the digitalization and connectivity of footwear and apparel to the management of human resources in factories and the geography of manufacturing. This was ...
