All Sporting Goods Intelligence articles in Volume 29, Issue 27-28 – Page 3

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    Nike is making a big statement at the 50th edition...

    2018-08-17T00:00:00Z

    Nike is making a big statement at the 50th edition of the U.S. Tennis Open with an outfit designed by Virgil Abloh for Serena Williams. Called the “Queen Collection,” it includes a dance-inspired skirt, with materials sourced in Italy, a supportive mesh top and a special version of the NikeCourt ...

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    A foreign currency loss of 712 million yen (€5.6m-$6.4m) caused...

    2018-08-17T00:00:00Z

    A foreign currency loss of 712 million yen (€5.6m-$6.4m) caused Globeride, the owner of the Daiwa brand of fishing products and the distributor of Prince in Japan, to book a net loss of ¥248 million (€1.9m-$2.2m) for its fiscal first quarter ended June 30, compared with net income of ¥497 ...

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    Puma announced that Luis Suárez, the 31-year-old Uruguayan striker of...

    2018-08-17T00:00:00Z

    Puma announced that Luis Suárez, the 31-year-old Uruguayan striker of the FC Barcelona team and the national Uruguayan team, has agreed to endorse its brand. With more than 450 goals signed since 2012, he is regarded as one of the world's best strikers. Adidas has been his sponsor through the ...

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    Descente reported a 28 percent increase in attributable net income...

    2018-08-17T00:00:00Z

    Descente reported a 28 percent increase in attributable net income to 975 million yen (€7.7m-$8.8m) for its fiscal first quarter ended June 30, while total revenues went up by 2 percent to ¥30.8 billion (€244.6m-$279.0m), driven by Le Coq Sportif in Japan and the Descente brand in China. Sales in ...

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    Leon Glatzer, a 21-yar-old German surfer born in the island...

    2018-08-17T00:00:00Z

    Leon Glatzer, a 21-yar-old German surfer born in the island of Maui, is the latest member of Dakine's team of sponsored athletes

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    Yonex reported a 9 percent drop in revenues to 14.5...

    2018-08-17T00:00:00Z

    Yonex reported a 9 percent drop in revenues to 14.5 billion yen (€115.1m-$131.3m) for its first fiscal quarter, ended June 30. Sales fell by 9 percent in the Japanese domestic market, down to ¥9.25 billion (€73.4m-$83.7m), with declines in tennis as well as badminton. Sales in China drifted down by ...

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    Zoggs has pledged to donate 10 percent of the profits...

    2018-08-17T00:00:00Z

    Zoggs has pledged to donate 10 percent of the profits from its Ecolast swimwear collection to the Healthy Seas initiative, a multi-stakeholder joint venture, which was launched in 2013 to clean the oceans and seas of marine litter such as derelict fishing nets that are responsible for the death of ...