All Sporting Goods Intelligence articles in Volume 31, Issue 7-8 – Page 3

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    Under Armour’s shares tumble on weak outlook

    2020-02-13T22:19:00Z

    Investors were disappointed by Under Armour’s performance in the fourth quarter, sending shares down by 17 percent after the company published its results. The group ended the last three months of the year with a net loss of $15.3 million, weighed down by a $42.3 million hit from several accounting ...

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    ​Bertelsmann’s CEO is slated to be Adidas’ new chairman

    2020-02-13T22:05:00Z

    The supervisory board of the Adidas Group has recommended the election of Thomas Rabe, who has been the chairman and chief executive of Bertelsmann since 2012, as its new chairman at the company’s annual meeting on May 9. Bertelsmann is a global German media, education and service group whose Ebitda ...

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    Mizuno lowers its guidance

    2020-02-12T19:17:00Z

    Weak sales in Japan and Asia in the third fiscal quarter ended on Dec. 31 have led Mizuno to lower its guidance for the full financial year. It now expects sales of 175,000 million yen (€1.5bn-$1.6bn) down from a previous forecast of ¥185,000 million, and net income of ¥5,200 million ...

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    JD’s acquisition of Footasylum hits anti-trust hurdle

    2020-02-12T13:20:00Z

    Mike Ashley, the maverick boss of Sports Direct, must be jumping with joy at getting his way with his criticism of JD Sports Fashion’s acquisition of Footasylum last April, which is again being questioned by the U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). The CMA launched a review of the case ...

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    Champion’s sales rise by 40%

    2020-02-11T21:17:00Z

    Thanks to an expanded product range and wider distribution, Champion’s global sales rose by 40 percent to $1.9 billion in the financial year ended on Dec. 28 excluding the brand’s mass market operations in the U.S., which have been terminated.

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    Decathlon grows by 9.2%

    2020-02-11T16:23:00Z

    Decathlon has reported a sales increase of 9.2 percent to €12.4 billion (before sales taxes) in 2019, with a gain of 9.1 percent in local currencies and including growth of 3 percent to €3.3 billion in the domestic French market. Globally, the number of transactions went up by 8 percent.