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    Internetstores announces new CEO

    2023-02-10T10:59:00Z

    Internetstores has a new CEO in Torsten Waack van Wasen, who succeeds Max Heimann as leader of the multichannel specialty retail giant. According to company news, Heiman left at his own request after taking on the role only about six months ago. The digital specialist retailer for bicycles includes brands ...

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    SSU hoping strategic realignment plan will return group to run rate profitability in FY24

    2023-02-08T16:44:00Z

    Signa Sports United calls the current headwinds it’s facing transitory and believes they should begin to subside in the second half of FY23

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    2022 bicycle stock chart development proves you can always do worse

    2023-01-13T10:42:00Z

    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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    SSU’s sales bolstered by acquisitions

    2022-06-03T05:52:00Z

    Signa Sports United (SSU), battling worsening consumer sentiment in Europe and persistent bike/e-bike shortages as headwinds, expanded second-quarter revenues by 47.5 percent to €269.0 million from €182.0 million. The increases were aided by including results from its recent WiggleCRC and Tennis Express acquisitions (closed on Dec. 14 and Dec. ...

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    SSU grows by only 10.6% as bike supply issues persist

    2022-03-02T16:34:00Z

    Signa Sports United (SSU), which continues to be hampered by supply chain issues within its full-bike segment, grew first-quarter revenues by 10.6 percent to €213 million due to strong sales gains within its tennis (+43 percent) and outdoor equipment (+20 percent) segments. Excluding sales of full bikes, first-quarter revenues climbed ...

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    NYSE newcomer SSU increases sales despite supply bottlenecks for bikes, but falls short of expectations

    2022-01-28T08:14:00Z

    Signa Sports United (SSU), the world’s leading sports e-tailer whose shares began trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Dec. 15, reported a 10 percent increase in total sales to €247 million for the fourth quarter of its fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2021, despite supply shortages for bicycles. ...

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    Green awareness provides greater tailwind for bike stocks in 2021

    2022-01-13T12:05:00Z

    2021 had it all: on the one hand, more lockdowns, virus variants, inflation, zero or negative interest rates, supply bottlenecks, political crises, trade and other wars, etc. On the other hand, 2021 experienced a world stock market that trudged steadily upward. This also gave our 2021 cycling stock some major ...

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    Signa Sports United collects more funds

    2021-10-19T06:14:00Z

    The Wall Street Journal reports that Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund is about to make a major investment in Signa Sports United (SSU), the big operator of online stores based in Berlin, which indicated four months ago its intention to go public. It would join other investors including Abu Dhabi’s ...

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    Signa Sports to launch AI-based virtual bike fitting engine

    2021-10-13T07:52:00Z

    Sports e-commerce and tech platform Signa Sports United (SSU) has entered a strategic partnership with Motesque, a Brooklyn, NY, and Cologne-based specialist startup for biomechanics, computer vision and AI, to launch the first-ever biomechanical AI-based virtual bike fitting engine for online bike shopping. Motesque was founded in 2015 by Professor ...

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    SSU reorganizes management of Internetstores Group

    2021-08-24T09:43:00Z

    After more than three years as CEO of Internetstores GmbH, Hans Dohrmann will leave the parent company of multichannel bike, camping and outdoor retailers such as Addnature, Bikester, Brügelmann, Campz and Fahrrad.de. According to Internetstores Group’s parent company, Signa Sports United (SSU), he will leave “on good terms” on Sept. ...

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    Global bicycle stocks chart Q2 2021:
    Still riding the wave

    2021-07-02T10:47:00Z

    Due to the Covid-related closures, the focus in the first quarter of 2021 was still very much on alternative mobility products. This shifted somewhat in the second quarter. Falling infection figures and rising economic data have provided a breath of fresh air. This is leading to a renewed focus on traditional stock values. After all, in Covid times, these were properly beaten down. For example, shares in the automotive sector fell to respective lows below their actual value. The stock market is currently reacting positively to a time without lockdowns and the current efforts of the automotive industry to make its contribution to the mobility revolution with electrification. Global bicycle stocks continue to cruise at great heights but did not perform as extraordinarily in Q2 as they did in the first three months of this year.

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    Signa Sports United buys bike e-tailer Wiggle - and plans to go public

    2021-06-11T15:55:00Z

    Through a merger with Yucaipa Acquisition Corporation , a U.S. special purpose acquisition company, the previously indicated IPO (see SGI Europe ) of Berlin-based Signa Sports United ( SSU ), led by Austrian investor Rene Benko , will now proceed faster than anticipated. According to a projected valuation, the combined ...

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    Internetstores appoints Martin Netinder head of outdoor division

    2020-04-03T08:31:00Z

    The multi-channel retailer Internetstores has placed Martin Netinder in charge of the outdoor division in the newly created position of managing director outdoor. Internetstores includes the international outdoor retail formats Campz and Addnature as well as concepts such as Fahrrad.de , Bikester and ProBikeShop . ...