All Financial results articles – Page 79

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    The introduction of Cardio GPS sports watches led TomTom...

    2014-08-04T00:00:00Z

    The introduction of Cardio GPS sports watches led TomTom to more than double its revenues from sports products in the second quarter. It helped its Consumer Division to record only a small decline to €169 million from €172 million, in spite of a 17.4 percent drop in automotive hardware to ...

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    Houdini expects to increase its total sales by 25-30 percent...

    2014-07-21T00:00:00Z

    Houdini expects to increase its total sales by 25-30 percent in 2014 to slightly more than €10 million. The company plans to double its turnover within the next three years. The markets that are currently developing very well for the brand are Sweden, Norway, Germany and Japan. Two sales agents ...

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    Buff closed its fiscal year in April with an increase...

    2014-07-21T00:00:00Z

    Buff closed its fiscal year in April with an increase in sales by 11 percent to about €25 million in 2013-14. Exports accounted for 90 percent of total sales. However, Buff grew by 14 percent in the Spanish market from May 2013 to April 2014, as compared to the same ...

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    Haglöfs has seen its turnover increase at a double-digit rate...

    2014-07-21T00:00:00Z

    Haglöfs has seen its turnover increase at a double-digit rate so far this year and reorders have been up by 35 percent, with ample increases in both footwear and clothing. The rise is attributed to the improved situation in some markets and the brand's expansion into Asia in the last ...

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    Rocky Brands has reported 22.5 percent higher sales of $65.8...

    2014-05-28T00:00:00Z

    Rocky Brands has reported 22.5 percent higher sales of $65.8 million for the first quarter of 2014, with strong double-digit growth in all its major categories and higher military sales. The management said it was also pleased with the initial performance of Creative Recreation, a brand of sneakers bought at ...

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    Crocs suffered a 68.5 percent drop in net profit to...

    2014-05-28T00:00:00Z

    Crocs suffered a 68.5 percent drop in net profit to $9.1 million in the first quarter from $29.0 million a year ago as its total revenues rose by only 0.2 percent to $312.4 million for the period, ended on March 31, with a 1.5 percent increase in terms of local ...

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    Like in 2012, sales of sports shoes performed better...

    2014-04-30T00:00:00Z

    Like in 2012, sales of sports shoes performed better in Europe than those of sports and leisure apparel last year. According to NPD's online consumer panel, the consumption of athletic footwear grew by 2.9 percent to €9.4 billion in 2013 in the five major European markets last year. It ...

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    Rocky Brands has reported 22.5 percent higher sales of $65.8...

    2014-04-30T00:00:00Z

    Rocky Brands has reported 22.5 percent higher sales of $65.8 million for the first quarter of 2014, with strong double-digit growth in all its major categories and higher military sales. The management said it was also pleased with the initial performance of Creative Recreation, a brand of sneakers bought at ...

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    NPD is also preparing the ninth edition of its...

    2014-04-30T00:00:00Z

    NPD is also preparing the ninth edition of its annual estimate of the size and growth of the global sports market. It has agreed to share with us the highlights of its eight edition, which covered the market in 2012 and showed that China overtook for the first time ...

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    An Italian newspaper and a German magazine gave a few...

    2014-04-30T00:00:00Z

    An Italian newspaper and a German magazine gave a few figures for the Salewa-Oberalp group's performance in 2013, but they were not accurate. A top executive of the company tells us that its sales rose by 8 percent last year, reaching €194 million, and similar growth is expected for 2014. ...

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    The year 2013 was very good for Norrøna. The Norwegian...

    2014-03-25T00:00:00Z

    The year 2013 was very good for Norrøna. The Norwegian company grew by nearly 30 percent, with sales amounting to about 360 million Norwegian kroner (€43.5m-$59.4m). In an interview published by Sportsbransjen, Norrøna's chief executive, Jørgen Jørgensen, explained that the company's strong growth comes after many years of clear distribution ...

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    Jack Wolfskin admits that its sales fell by 7.9 percent...

    2014-02-21T00:00:00Z

    Jack Wolfskin admits that its sales fell by 7.9 percent to €324 million in the past year. The company is blaming mainly the difficult market situation in Germany and Austria. The brand performed well in foreign markets in contrast, rising by 45 percent in the U.K., by 13.7 percent in ...

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    The “other business” segment of Asics Corporation, which consists mainly...

    2014-02-21T00:00:00Z

    The “other business” segment of Asics Corporation, which consists mainly of Haglöfs, recorded a sales increase of 4.8 percent in local currencies in the first nine months of the Japanese company's financial year, ended last Dec. 31. In terms of yen, segment sales rose by 31.5 percent to ¥7.9 billion ...

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    The European Outdoor Group estimates at this stage that the...

    2014-02-21T00:00:00Z

    The European Outdoor Group estimates at this stage that the European outdoor industry's total wholesale value increased by between 0.5 to 3 percent in 2013 as compared to the previous year. According to the market research report that it published last October, the industry recorded a wholesale value of €4.9 ...

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    The core sports retail business of JD Sports Fashion performed...

    2014-01-24T00:00:00Z

    The core sports retail business of JD Sports Fashion performed particularly well during the last Christmas selling season. On a same-store basis, the growth in its sales in the U.K. and Ireland in the 48-week period ended Jan. 4 was marginally ahead of the previously reported increase of 5.8 percent ...

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    McTrek, the German online and offline discount retailer for outdoor...

    2014-01-24T00:00:00Z

    McTrek, the German online and offline discount retailer for outdoor products, raised its sales by 27 percent last year to €37.4 million, with a 43 percent increase in e-commerce. In spite of a difficult market situation due to weather conditions, the gross margin improved by one percentage point to about ...

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    At 563 million Swedish kronor (€62m-$84m), sales in the Sports...

    2013-11-29T00:00:00Z

    At 563 million Swedish kronor (€62m-$84m), sales in the Sports & Leisure segment were virtually unchanged in the third quarter for New Wave Group, parent company of Craft, Cutter & Buck and other brands, but their operating results before amortization (Ebitda) were SEK6.4 million better than a year ago at ...

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    Adidas Outdoor recorded a 25 percent sales increase in the...

    2013-08-14T00:00:00Z

    Adidas Outdoor recorded a 25 percent sales increase in the second quarter, according to a presentation of company results made by Adidas Group last week. Earlier, company officials confirmed reports that Adidas Outdoor grew by 20 percent in 2012 to around €350 million and said it still projects a turnover ...

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    The Oberalp/Salewa Group is projecting an 8 percent improvement to...

    2013-08-14T00:00:00Z

    The Oberalp/Salewa Group is projecting an 8 percent improvement to €194 million in this year's turnover, with increases of between 3 and 5 percent for Salewa and more than 10 percent for Dynafit. The revenues of the Italian company, which owns or represents several other brands, rose by 3 percent ...

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    In reporting its results for its first financial quarter, ended...

    2013-08-14T00:00:00Z

    In reporting its results for its first financial quarter, ended on June 30, Asics Corporation said that its “Other Business” segment, which includes Haglöfs, suffered an operating loss of ¥176 million (€1.37m-$1.82m) versus a profit of 25 million in the period a year ago. Divisional sales went up by 17.5 percent ...