All Analysis articles – Page 2
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Article2022 bicycle stock chart development proves you can always do worse
Five are up, the majority are down. Compare your brand’s performance with our analysis of the 2022 bicycle stock market.
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ArticleCircular economy in the textile industry explained in pictures
The circular economy is counter to the current linear “take-make-waste” economy; exploiting resources for manufacture, finite product life, and one which ends with disposal.
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ArticleRugged outdoor footwear market rebounds in 2021
After a disappointing 2020, impacted adversely by the global pandemic, the global branded outdoor shoe market returned to growth last year. Worldwide rugged outdoor footwear sales climbed 28 percent higher to $6,756 million in U.S. dollars in 2021, based on research conducted by the Outdoor Industry Compass in partnership with Sporting Goods Intelligence.
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ArticleSwedish sports retail sales decreased by 4.7 percent in Q3 2022
The Sportindex, a Swedish industry index produced by the Swedish Sports Forum in cooperation with HUI Research, shows that total sales in sports retail decreased by 4.7 percent in the third quarter of 2022 compared to the same period last year, making it the third consecutive quarter with negative development ...
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ArticleAnalysis: Global outdoor stock index falls by double-digits again in Q3
According to the latest Outdoor Industry Compass quarterly study of 37 select stocks which sell products into the outdoor recreation market, the segment Index fell by a double-digit percentage for a third consecutive period but by less than in the first (-17.84%) or second (-21.18%) quarters. Only four stocks – ...
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ArticleBicycle Stocks Q3 2022: Weighed down by fear of global crash, yet 1/4 buck the downward trend
The Russian war against Ukraine is having such a major global impact that other issues, such as Covid, seem to be taking a back seat. The energy crisis forced by the war, combined with rising interest rates, inflation, and consequently weakening consumer demand and spending, could lead to a global recession – and even a global stock market crash.
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ArticleE-Commerce: Secondhand marketplaces on the rise
Cross-border marketplaces are developing fast, and the C2C trend is one of the drivers.
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News briefsGlobal study by Recurate shows demand for brand-owned re-commerce offerings
The U.S.-based resale platform provider Recurate, founded in 2020, has conducted a new re-commerce study in eleven markets worldwide, together with social impact agency BBMG. To understand consumers’ pre-owned product shopping habits, the company has surveyed a mix of non-active and active e-commerce shoppers. First and foremost, the study finds ...
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ArticleU.S. outdoor industry study examines recreation and outdoor companies’ hiring challenges
The Oregon State University’s center for the outdoor recreation economy, with support from Basecamp Outdoor, Path to Peak education and consulting and the Confluence of States, has conducted a new Outdoor Industry Workforce Assessment for the American Outdoor Industry Association (OIA) and the Outdoor Recreation Roundtable. The study aims to ...
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ArticleAdventure tourism market to reach $1.009 trillion in size by 2030
According to a new report by Grand View Research, Inc, a U.S. market research and consulting firm, the global adventure tourism market – valued at $282.1 billion in 2021 – is estimated to reach $1.009 trillion by 2030, at a Compound Annual Growth Rate from 2022 to 2030 of 15.2 ...
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ArticleAnalysis: Outdoor industry stocks fell more than 21% in Q2
Outdoor industry stocks fared worse in the second quarter than in the first period of 2022, declining an average of 21.18 percent compared to a 17.84 percent sequential drop in the average stock prices of companies primarily involved in the outdoor and bicycle sectors. This time around, our quarterly analysis ...
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ArticleBicycle Stocks Q2 2022: Russia’s invasion causes market low
After the stock market booster called hope catapulted the OIC Bicycle Stock Chart 2021 to new heights and seemed to defy all realities, the high flight ended with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The chart of the first quarter of 2022 already showed a steep decline, which now also continued in the second quarter.
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ArticleBain survey shows fast growth of sustainable thinking in Asian countries affected by pollution
The consulting firm Bain & Company has released the outcome of a new study conducted among 16,000 consumers in eleven countries across seven product categories. The interesting results: Most fast-growing Asia-Pacific markets have larger environmentally and socially conscious and health-conscious segments than mature markets like North America or Europe. The ...
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News briefsEuropean Outdoor Activity Barometer: Invitation to participate in a Europe-wide survey by EOG and IGOT
The European Outdoor Group (EOG) and the It’s Great Out There Coalition (IGOT) are seeking interest from the outdoor community to be part of an exciting syndicate study focusing on outdoor sports activities across Europe. Two years (and one pandemic) after the last joint research by the EOG and IGOT ...
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ArticleOutdoor and bike industry stocks fall nearly 18% in Q1
Our quarterly analysis of the outdoor stock market shows a 17.84 percent sequential decline in the average stock prices of 31 public companies primarily involved in the outdoor and bicycle sectors between Jan. 1 and March 31. Broader market conditions weighed on the sector, which had posted stock price increases ...
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ArticleBicycle shares Q1 2022: Geopolitical situation puts pressure on the market
While global lockdowns, virus variants, inflation, zero interest rates, supply shortages or political crises could not harm last year’s upward trend in bicycle stocks, Russia’s attack on Ukraine has changed everything. The war is intensifying the surge in prices. Fears of supply shortages of gas and oil and other commodities ...
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ArticleWomen in the outdoor and sports business: Facts and figures on International Women’s Day
#BreakTheBias is the slogan for International Women’s Day 2022, and many sports and outdoor brands are also using the slogan together with the hashtags #InternationalWomensDay and #IWD2022 for their own campaigns in the “Women’s Month of March.” On the occasion of Women’s Day, SGI Europe examined the quota of women ...
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ArticleFootwear industry: Inflationary pressure increases on a broad front
Thanks to the collective work of the editorial teams of our sister publications Shoe Intelligence and SGI Europe, we have put together a comprehensive analysis of the impact of inflation on the footwear industry. The editors tried to cover the economic, industrial, financial and some social aspects of inflation focusing ...
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ArticleEmerald releases first report on the North American B2B events industry for 2022
Emerald Holding, the New York-based organizer of Outdoor Retailer (OR) trade shows, among others, has released its first research report reflecting the changing expectations that are influencing and shaping the future of the business-to-business (B2B) events industry. The report will be published annually in the future, Emerald said. ...
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News briefsWFSGI and McKinsey: The new normal is here
The World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI) and McKinsey & Company have teamed up to present the sporting goods industry’s second annual report called “Sporting Goods 2022: The New Normal is Here.” The report comes after the sporting goods industry experienced a tailwind year, often driven by pandemic-related ...
