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ArticleThe rugged outdoor footwear market fell by 5.6% in 2020
After rising by 7.0 percent in 2019, the global market for branded outdoor shoes went down by 4.9 percent to $5,237 million in terms of U.S. dollars in 2020, based on an annual study of some key vendors’ revenues for this kind of product conducted by the Outdoor Industry Compass in partnership with Sporting Goods Intelligence. However, a major recovery is expected in 2021 and 2022, according to many companies in the sector.
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ArticleE-commerce with strongest growth in Germany in Q3 since 2017
Notwithstanding the gradual revival of public life, and even though the third quarter is considered the weakest of the year for seasonal reasons, e-commerce sales of goods from July to October rose by a substantial 14.8 percent to €22.194 billion, according to the German E-Commerce and Distance Selling Trade Association ...
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News briefsSpain’s outdoor exports grow strongly in H1 2021 compared to pre-Covid period
According to the Spanish business magazine Palco23, citing figures from Icex Spain Export and Investment, Spain’s exports of outdoor equipment reached a total of €122.5 million between January and June 2021, an increase of 67.5 percent compared to the same period in 2019. Over the past five years, exports in ...
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ArticleKantar Media Reactions study 2021 sees local advertising strong besides digital channels
Research and consulting agency Kantar has just released its Media Reactions 2021 study, informed by the opinions of over 14,500 consumers covering over 290 brands in 23 markets and 900 senior marketers worldwide. The report gives some interesting insight into the changes in the media landscape reflected by the popularity ...
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News briefsRoad safety is the biggest barrier to more women biking
New research in the U.K. has shown that concern over road safety remains the biggest barrier to getting more women cycling. According to an independent nationwide survey commissioned by bike insurance provider Laka, 42 percent of women do not feel confident riding a bike on U.K. roads. More than 41 ...
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News briefsEquipment sales in the U.S. up 23% in first semester
The NPD Group reports that areas of the U.S. outdoor and sports industry experienced unprecedented highs over the past year and a half, as consumers sought refuge outdoors during the pandemic. This behavior is not a flash in the pan; in fact, equipment sales at sports specialty retail grew by ...
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ArticleGfK sees dip in German consumer sentiment as infection rates rise
At the dawn of what many expect to be the fourth Covid-19 wave in Germany, GfK reports a visible clouding of consumer sentiment in the country for the start of the fall season, while the propensity to save money is on the rise. After reaching a 10-year high in June ...
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News briefsGlobal canoeing and kayaking equipment market on the rise, driven by North America
The global canoeing and kayaking equipment market is expected to grow by US$105.37 million during the 2021-2025 period, according to new market research by Technavio. This would represent a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of nearly 2 percent during the forecast period, with North America likely to generate 41 percent ...
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ArticleGfK Market Monitor Switzerland: Outdoor and camping with substantial growth in Q2
The GfK Market Monitor on the Swiss retail trade in cooperation with more than 40 major Swiss retailers, which account for around 40-50 percent of total retail sales in Switzerland, closes the first half of 2021 with a plus of 5.9 percent. The result is mainly due to double-digit growth ...
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ArticleEOG State of Trade: Outdoor wholesale value drops 9.5% in 2020
The European Outdoor Group ( EOG ) has provided an update to its State of Trade (SoT) market research program with the latest figures on the Outdoor market for 2020. The sales figures highlight the impact that the Covid-19 pandemic had on the sector last year. According ...
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ArticleReal per capita consumption of private households continues to decline
In its first quarterly report of 2021 on private household consumption in the EU and Europe, the Statistical Office of the European Union (Eurostat) finds a 1.6 percent decline in average real per capita household consumption in the euro area, following a 2.6 percent drop in the fourth quarter of ...
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ArticleGermany’s “Dein Winter. Dein Sport.” winter sports initiative says optimism is back
“Positive” and ”together“ are the words that characterized the online conference of ”Dein Winter. Dein Sport.” earlier in July. The initiators of the German winter sports initiative and representatives from science, ski lift companies, tour operators and trade shows gave an insight into the preparations for the 2021/22 winter season. ...
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ArticleGfK sees more cautious consumer behavior in Germany
In its latest consumer survey for Germany, GfK has identified more cautious behavior among German consumers. Both economic and income expectations show moderate declines – caused by a noticeable increase in prices and inflation and by once again rising Covid-19 infection rates. However, the propensity to buy is likely to ...
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News briefsContactless card transactions will reach $2.5 trillion in 2021, new research says
The value of global contactless card transactions will reach $2.5 trillion in 2021, up from $1.7 trillion in 2020, and cards will continue to account for the largest share of total transaction value in 2021, at 79 percent, according to a new report from U.K.-based market research firm Juniper Research. ...
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News briefsPortugal is the largest bicycle producer in the EU for the second consecutive year
According to 2020 data released by Eurostat on July 20, Portugal is the largest bicycle producer in Europe for the second year in a row, with a total production of 2.6 million units. In 2019, the country had risen to the number one position in Europe for the first ...
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News briefsOutdoor products represent one third of Moscow’s sporting goods exports
In 2020, Moscow exported sporting goods for $17.06 million, accounting for nearly a third of Russia’s overall exports of such products, said Vladimir Efimov , deputy mayor of Moscow, in a recent press conference. Outdoor products represented 33.5 percent of the total export turnover, he said, while adding that deliveries ...
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ArticleMarketMedia24 studies see long-term growth for athletic footwear in Germany
Looking as far into the future as 2028, the new Branchen-REPORT Sport 2021 by MarketMedia24 predicts a considerable growth of the athletic footwear sector even in the most conservative models calculated by the Cologne-based market research and consulting institute. Triggered by growing health awareness and despite (or perhaps because of) ...
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News briefsNew HDE scenario: German retail sales to grow 1.5% in 2021
The situation in the German retail industry continues to be dominated by recent store closures due to the last Covid lockdown. A survey of 650 retail companies across all locations, size categories and sectors conducted by the German Retail Association ( Handelsverband Deutschland , HDE) shows that more than half ...
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ArticleCONEBI’s publishes Bicycle Market Report 2021
“The European bicycle industry is booming.” That is the headline the Confederation of the European Bicycle Industry ( CONEBI ), the umbrella organization for national industry associations, is using to promote its BIMP Edition 2021 (“ European Bicycle Industry and Market Profile ”), unveiled June 12, with the ...
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News briefsSpanish consumers like shopping both online and in stores
According to the “ Estudio E-Commerce 2021 ,” a study put out by IAB Spain and Elogia , the distinction between e-tail and physical retail has blurred this year in Spain to the point of indifference for 58 percent of the country’s consumers. This is an increase of six ...
