All Sporting Goods Intelligence articles in Volume 30, Issue 29-30 – Page 6

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    Sport 2000 will organize its first order show for team...

    2019-08-29T00:00:00Z

    Sport 2000 will organize its first order show for team sports on the ANWR Campus in Mainhausen, near Frankfurt, on Sept. 8-9. According to the company, almost all leading team-sports suppliers as well as niche suppliers, such as textile finishers and cup and goal providers, will participate in the new ...

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    A soft Q2 for Foot Locker

    2019-08-29T00:00:00Z

    Foot Locker Europe's sales went up by a low single-digit rate in the second quarter ended on Aug. 3, and the German-based Runners Point and Sidestep chains were flat. However, the entire Foot Locker group suffered a sales decline of 0.4 percent to $1,774 million, although comparable store sales and ...

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    Vulcabras recovers in Q2

    2019-08-29T00:00:00Z

    After a weak first quarter, Vulcabras enjoyed a 16.5 percent increase in total revenues to 327.0 million Brazilian reais (€71.0m-$78.7m) in the second one, with gains of 12.3 percent in athletic footwear to R$ 239.4 million (€52.0m-$57.6m) and 14.4 percent in women's shoes to R$ 47.0 million (€10.2m-$11.3m). Sales of apparel and ...

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    On Aug. 12, Anton Magnusson became managing director of Hestra-Handsken...

    2019-08-29T00:00:00Z

    On Aug. 12, Anton Magnusson became managing director of Hestra-Handsken and Martin Magnusson & Co. He has been working for the Swedish family-owned glove maker since 2013, with oversight of its factories in various parts of the world. He was notably managing director of the factory in Hungary and recently ...

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    Fischer Sports' sales increased by 11 percent to €182.5 million...

    2019-08-29T00:00:00Z

    Fischer Sports' sales increased by 11 percent to €182.5 million in the financial year ended in February, including a 16 percent jump in the Nordic ski segment where the Austrian company remains the global leader. The turnover figure doesn't include Löffler, the apparel brand owned by the same group. It ...

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    While confirming its intention to impose an additional punitive 10...

    2019-08-29T00:00:00Z

    While confirming its intention to impose an additional punitive 10 percent import duty on many still unspecified footwear categories and other products originating in China, the administration of President Donald Trump announced on Aug. 13 a postponed implementation for some of the products from Sept. 1 to Dec. 15. There ...

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    Yonex' revenues were up by 1.6 percent in constant currencies...

    2019-08-29T00:00:00Z

    Yonex' revenues were up by 1.6 percent in constant currencies to 14,691 million yen (€124.9m-$138.8m) in the first quarter of its financial year, ended on June 30. In Japan, which accounts for 65 percent of the company's total revenues, sales were up by 2.9 percent, driven by tennis racquets and ...