All Sporting Goods Intelligence articles in Volume 32, Issue 45+46
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PDF NewsletterSGI Europe Executive Edition: Vol 32 - 45+46
Adidas budgets 17-21% growth | UA upgrades guidance | Wolverine breaks even | JD’s buy of Footasylum blocked | Swedish market grows by 6.5% | New Balance sees 30% growth | Asics’ growth softens | Alpargatas sells Osklen | Allbirds’ valuation doubles | Big cut in Peloton’s guidance | On will use carbon waste in shoes
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Short stops
Nov. 10/11 Short Stops – Aqualung - Brunton – Canada Goose – Decathlon - Denmark – Duca del Cosma - Fanatics – Nike - Saucony – Skechers - Slinger
Corporate: +++ Fanatics plans to issue a senior secured term loan of $500 million, earning BB- issuer credit rating from Standard & Poor’s, which criticized its “onerous” revenue sharing deals, but expects sales and profits to grow at a double-digit rate in the next years, thanks to its ...
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Big gains at Dunlop Sports
Sumitomo Rubber’s sports business continued to improve in the third quarter, generating a 58 percent boost in operating income to 1,646 million yen (€12.6m-$15.0m) on 24 percent higher revenues of ¥24.7 billion (€188.7m-$224.0m). Dunlop Sports’ sales of golf equipment went up in all major markets, driven by higher participation numbers, ...
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Wolverine breaks even as Q3 sales are clipped by supply chain issues
Wolverine Worldwide saw revenues in the third quarter rise by 29.1 percent to $636.7 million compared with the prior year, boosted by incremental revenues of $39.1 million from the recent acquisition of Sweaty Betty, which saw pro forma sales growth of over 50 percent in the quarter, and the strong ...
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Mizuno license helps lift Vulcabras’ sales
A relaxation of anti-Covid measures in Brazil and the addition of Mizuno’s license for the country, which was effectively transferred from Alpargatas to Vulcabras on June 30, helped to boost the latter’s revenues by 40.0 percent to a record 535.9 million Brazilian reais (€86.5m-$99.1m) in the third quarter as compared ...
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Golf and running lift Mizuno
Strong sales of golf and running products, especially in the Americas and EMEA, helped Mizuno to boost its total revenues for the second quarter and the first half ended Sept. 30, despite a drop in its home market of Japan during the latest few months. The company’s revenues went up ...
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New Balance projects 30% growth
New Balance is projecting a 30 percent increase in its sales to $4.5 billion in 2021, with growth of at least 25 percent in each geography. That would compare with revenues of $4 billion in 2019 and $3.4 billion in 2020. Addressing a conference by the U.S. Sports & Fitness ...
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Xero Shoes debuts European website
Xero Shoes has inaugurated a European e-commerce website, at www.XeroShoes.eu, starting by offering discounts of 12 to 70 percent for a while. The American brand of “natural movement” footwear produces several models in three categories: performance, casual and sandals. The performance models cover walking, road running, trail running and hiking, ...
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New Russian lockdown boosts the resale market
A week-long lockdown ordered by the Russian government to slow down the spread of the Covid-19 epidemic forced Russian sporting goods retailers and others to shut most of their outlets, but it doesn’t seem to have affected the market to a major extent. As Russia has become the European country ...
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Sales are up 30% at Britain’s STAG
STAG, the British buying group for independent sports retailers in the U.K. and Ireland, is doing relatively well. The retail members’ sales are up so far this year by 30 percent as compared to 2020, which saw a decline of 21 percent in both countries. One reason given for the ...
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The Swedish sports market grew by 6.5% in Q3
The Swedish sporting goods market rose by 6.5 percent at the retail level during the third quarter as compared to the year-ago period, according to the new SportIndex launched by the Svensk Sportforum last year in combination with HUI Research. While sales at physical stores went up by 4.1 percent, ...
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Intersport Spain has sold its HQ
According to CMDsport, Intersport Spain will be moving out of its headquarters in the city of Rubí, in the province of Barcelona, on Nov. 19. The buying group inaugurated the site in 1989 and has now sold it, for some $5 million, to an as yet unnamed investment fund. It ...
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News briefsDecathlon wants to double its turnover in Germany
Based on a just-launched business plan for the next five years, Decathlon Germany aims to double its turnover to €2.5 billion in terms of gross merchandising value by 2026, compared with projected levels of around €950 million in 2021 and €1.3 billion in 2020. To help achieve this goal, the ...
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ArticleAdidas strikes a cautious note after a 3.4% sales hike in Q3
Adidas toned down its expectations for full-year sales and earnings as the company’s growth slowed in the third quarter due to supply chain disruptions, Covid-related lockdowns in Asia-Pacific and a “challenging” market environment in Greater China. In the quarter, Adidas saw its sales edge up by just 3.4 percent to ...
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Logistics problems lead Nautilus into a loss
Like with Peloton, but on a smaller scale, a partial shift in fitness activities from the home to the gym had an impact on the revenues of Nautilus for its second quarter, ended Sept. 30. Combined with shipping problems, which caused a shortage of $22 million in products that should ...
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Alpargatas sells Osklen to Dass to develop Havaianas more widely
Completing its reorganization, Alpargatas is divesting its 60 percent stake in Osklen, a Brazilian brand of sustainable surf- and skate-inspired clothing and footwear, to focus on Havaianas, the big international brand of rubber sandals. Alpargatas had already transferred its regional Mizuno license to Vulcabras, parent company of Olympikus, in the ...
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Callaway Golf raises guidance as all segments outperform
Callaway Golf raised its guidance for the full year once again, after revenues in the third quarter increased by 80.1 percent as compared to the year earlier to $856.5 million, continuing to benefit from the addition in March of Topgolf and a better-than-expected contribution to its top line from golf ...
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Supply chain issues dampen Brooks’ growth
The global growth of Brooks Running softened to an annual clip of 24 percent in the third quarter, as pandemic-related supply chain problems began to affect its ability to meet consumer demand, reducing its sales in September. It had grown faster in the first half, as its total sales for ...
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Black Diamond’s 20% gains helps Clarus to book higher Q3 sales
Clarus Corp. reported a jump in net earnings on an adjusted basis of 97 percent to $4.53 million in the third quarter ended Sept. 30, as sales grew by 69 percent to a record $109.0 million, with a 67 percent gain in constant currencies. On a pro forma basis, including ...
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Burton releases an Ak snowboarding apparel line with Gore-Tex
Burton’s new snowboarding apparel incorporates Gore-Tex fabrics and is named after the postal abbreviation for Alaska. The Ak line has received Bluesign approval and purports to combine waterproofing and breathability with style. The first items are the Ak 457 Gore JP Jacket and JP Bib, made with a three-layer 70D ...
