All Sporting Goods Intelligence articles in Volume 28, Issue 15-16 – Page 7

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    Sport 2000 has introduced a new concept for the S2...

    2017-05-18T00:00:00Z

    Sport 2000 has introduced a new concept for the S2 stores in France. S2 Sneakers Specialist, formerly S2 Street and Sport, is described as focusing particularly on digital tools and customization. The colors of the banner, black and yellow, have remained unchanged. The new store concept was presented in Nancy ...

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    Nike's Breaking2 event at the Monza Formula One racetrack, on...

    2017-05-18T00:00:00Z

    Nike's Breaking2 event at the Monza Formula One racetrack, on May 6, saw Eliud Kipchoge finish the challenge in 2 hours and 25 seconds. The Olympic marathon champion missed out by 25 seconds the attempt to become the first human to run the 26.2 miles distance of a marathon in ...

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    Alpargatas' sales decline by 19%

    2017-05-18T00:00:00Z

    Shares in the Brazilian footwear company fell by 7.0 percent after it announced that its sales in Brazil had fallen by 16.8 percent to 466.1 million reais (€135.7m-$149.8m) in the first quarter. Alpargatas' global revenues, which stem mainly from its Havaianas brand of sandals and a license with Mizuno, were ...

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    Netshoes grows by 18.1%

    2017-05-18T00:00:00Z

    The leading e-commerce player in Latin America, which went public on the New York Stock Exchange on April 12, announced an 18.1 percent increase in sales on a currency-neutral basis for the first quarter of 2017, with growth of 17.2 percent in the domestic Brazilian market and 23.8 percent in ...

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    Der Spiegel reports that Adidas has agreed to pay €1...

    2017-05-18T00:00:00Z

    Der Spiegel reports that Adidas has agreed to pay €1 billion for a new ten-year partnership with Real Madrid, based on the Football Leaks file. Earlier this year it had been reported that Under Armour was trying to replace the three stripes as the Spanish club's partner. According to the ...

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    Globeride's comprehensive net income soared to 2,365 million yen (€19.0m-$21.1m) for...

    2017-05-18T00:00:00Z

    Globeride's comprehensive net income soared to 2,365 million yen (€19.0m-$21.1m) for the year ended March 31 from ¥859 million the year before, thanks largely to a positive swing of one billion yen (€8.0m-$8.9m) in extraordinary items. Revenues were practically flat at ¥79.1 billion (€634.3m-$705.1m) for the parent company of Daiwa, as a decline ...

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    Goldwin's comprehensive net income nearly tripled to 3,114 million yen (€25.0m-$27.8m)...

    2017-05-18T00:00:00Z

    Goldwin's comprehensive net income nearly tripled to 3,114 million yen (€25.0m-$27.8m) in the year ended March 31 from ¥1,130 million, but it was practically flat excluding special items. Revenues went up by 2 percent to ¥60.9 billion (€488.3m-$542.9m) for the company, which also sells The North Face, Helly Hansen and Ellesse ...