Retail: 67
11.89%
Retail: 186
1.67%
Monday, August 12, 2019
Volume 3, Issue No. 32

Tariff Talk Intensifies

Executives at public industry firms discussed the impact of any higher duties on their businesses with Wall Street analysts last week as tariff talk continues to intensify. Firms are strategizing on how to combat looming 10 percent tariffs that will be levied on virtually all Chinese imports Sept. 1. (Read More)

Footwear Insight
U.S. Remains a ‘Very Positive’ Market for Adidas

Supply chain shortages, which impacted North America in H1 and will continue into Q3 before “being sorted out” in Q4, will have no impact on Adi’s business across the geography in 2020. On a broader scale, Adidas continues to guide to 5-8 percent topline growth in H2 on an expected acceleration in its overall business. (Read More)

Podcast
Mike Cosentino, Big Peach Running Company

Mike Cosentino, founder and CEO of Big Peach Running Co., a seven-door run specialty retail chain based in Atlanta, made a bold move in August 2018, purchasing a 33-foot vehicle from a company in Marietta, GA that specializes in food trucks. He architected and fabricated his six-figure purchase himself before getting “Big Peach On Wheels” on the road to serve as a mobile, on-site store at schools, races and corporations across Georgia.

“No one would deny, getting closer to someone is a way to become more convenient,” Cosentino says. “I think all [specialty store owners] should be thinking about convenience.”

We caught up with Cosentino to learn about the venture and whether he would advise others in the sports specialty business to give a similar mobile store on wheels a spin.

Read more inside Sports Insight Magazine here.

SoCal Fitness Lifestyle Company Files IPO

HYLETE, a Solana Beach, CA company founded in 2012, filed for an initial public offering on Aug. 6. In the 148-page prospectus, the firm, headed by President and CEO Ronald L. Wilson, II, says it want to raise 417.25 million by offering shares at $8-10 apiece that would be listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker, “HYLT.” (Read More)

Footwear Insight
Wolverine Looks for Better H2 Sales as Ecommerce Keeps Chugging

Major brands within WWW’s portfolio each achieved 25 percent or more ecommerce growth in Q2 despite an essentially flat overall topline of $568.6 million that missed corporate’s longer-term sales growth objective and the period’s target by more than $6.6 million. (Read More)

GOLF
Callaway Building Dallas DC; Acushnet Eyes More Acquisitions

The construction of a 700,000-sq. ft. distribution center near Dallas that will house multiple brands owned by Callaway, including TravisMathew, Ogio and Jack Wolfskin North America, is underway and will continue through 2020 as the company aims to consolidate operations for its brand portfolio. (Read More)

What's Hot? What's New?

Columbia Sportswear introduces its SH/FT Collection of footwear, which focuses on urban style and delivers trail-worthy performance, available in four styles and colorways for men and women. Besides limited-edition styles at select Atmos, Shoe Gallery and UBIQ locations, styles will be sold in Foot Locker, Champs and Dick’s Sporting Goods starting Aug. 16. (Read More)

The Buzz: Escalade, Iconix Brand Group, Radda Golf

Escalade operating profit rose 22 percent to $3.0 million in Q2 ended July 13. Sporting goods revenues rose 14 percent to $55.6 million, fueled by 91 percent ecommerce growth to $24.8 million. Sales into the mass channel declined 3 percent to $18.8 million; fell 15 percent into the specialty channel to $16.2 million. (Read More)

Tubes of the Week

Mon, Aug 28, 2017
Vol 1, Issue No. 33
Numbers In Play
The Sports Insight Index is our opinion of what we think are the 30 most important public companies in the industry, 15 vendors and 15 retailers. Space considerations prevent us from tracking more, but we will make changes over time.
Retail
Segment declines for second consecutive week, dipping more than 1.9 percent. The decline is greater than the Dow’s 0.57 percent dip for the period, which was aided by a 371 point gain on Aug. 8. Six stocks gain as nine other fall. Camping World offers a gloomy outlook for RV sales and sees its stock downgraded by JP Morgan. CEO Marcus Lemonis tells analysts, “The management is very focused on pulling assets back into the vault and not entering 2020 with things that we don’t believe are part of our longer-term strategy.” Dick’s CEO Ed Stack, in the wake of the tragedies in El Paso, TX and Dayton, OH, re-affirms the chain’s past decision to exit the firearms business. Foot Locker, which is upgraded by Morgan Stanley, debuts the “Evolution of the Swoosh” collection within its various banners over the next three weeks. JC Penney (not on Index) creditors want to negotiate a potential debt swap to help the aiming retailer avoid a bankruptcy filing. Amazon (not on Index) won’t renew its ground delivery contract with Federal Express. Walmart is contemplating a sell-off of Modcloth, the women’s apparel and accessories website it acquired in 2017. WMT is said to have buyers interested in the business. Sportsman’s Warehouse hires former U.S. military exchange executive Phil Stevens as Chief Technology Officer.
Brands
Segment slips for a second straight week with 10 of 15 stocks falling. Adidas, which is forecasting a H2 sales acceleration after H1 came in up 4 percent, says its basketball, footwear and apparel segments are growing in North America and China. North American sales grew 5 percent on a currency-neutral basis in H1 with the Adidas brand up 5 percent and Reebok brand sales down 1 percent on growth in Classics but a decline in Sport sales. Senior executives at Acushnet Holdings tell analysts that the Titleist parent continues to look for targeted M&A opportunities following its July acquisition of KJUS. Nike acquires Boston-based, predictive analytics firm Celect to support its Direct-To-Consumer strategy. Celect’s co-founders will reportedly continue as MIT professors and consult with folks at The Swoosh on a regular basis. Callaway, whose H1 sales rose 20 percent, says the acquisition of Jack Wolfskin increases its annualized soft goods revenues to nearly $700 million from $300 million prior. Wolverine Worldwide CEO Blake Krueger tells analysts, “Our second half backlog is probably the strongest it’s been in five or more years at the present time. Vista Outdoor (not on Index) sees its share price decline more than 20 percent to below $6 after reporting a wider-than-expected Q1 loss and offering a weak full-year outlook due to ongoing and “unprecedented” challenges in its markets. All segments posted lower Q1 sales, including hunt/shoot (-7.5%), action sports (-5.3%) and outdoor recreation (-7.8%).

Weekly Review

Retail Name
(Ticker Symbol)

% Change over week
Price 08/01/19 • 08/08/19

Big 5 Sporting Goods
(BGFV)

5.26%

$2.09 • $1.98

Sports Direct
LON: SPD

4.98%

$272.89 • $286.49

Camping World
CWH

21.46%

$11.09 • $8.71

Dick's Sporting Goods
DKS

2.95%

$34.86 • $33.83

JD Fashion
jD

5.04%

$776.91 • $737.73

Foot Locker
FL

2.97%

$39.34 • $40.51

Genesco
GCO

5.29%

$36.66 • $38.60

Hibbett Sports
HIBB

4.69%

$17.50 • $16.68

Kohl’s
KSS

0.97%

$49.65 • $50.13

Macy’s
M

4.24%

$21.21 • $20.31

Sportsman’s Warehouse
SPWH

1.96%

$4.09 • $4.01

Shoe Carnival
SCVL

0.80%

$23.75 • $23.56

Tilly’s
TLYS

3.70%

$7.83 • $8.12

Walmart
WMT

0.85%

$109.38 • $108.45

Zumiez
ZUMZ

1.70%

$22.90 • $23.29

TOTAL
WEEK OVER WEEK

1.94%

$1,430.15 - $1,402.40

Brand Name
(Ticker Symbol)

% Change over week
Price 08/01/19 • 08/08/19

Acushnet Holdings
GOLF

1.15%

$25.22 • $24.93

adidas
addyy

8.46%

$163.43 • $149.61

Callaway
ELY

2.39%

$17.97 • $17.54

Columbia Sportwear
COLM

2.16%

$103.04 • $100.81

Deckers Brands
DECK

0.36%

$149.65 • $149.11

GoPro
GPRO

11.53%

$5.30 • $4.45

lululemon
LULU

0.49%

$185.45 • $186.35

Nautilus
NLS

5.04%

$1.39 • $1.46

Nike
NKE

0.13%

$83.12 • $83.01

Puma
PUMA

5.63%

$71.00 • $75.00

Skechers
SKX

3.34%

$35.63 • $34.44

Under Armour
UA

1.67%

$19.12 • $18.80

VF Corp.
VFC

0.32%

$83.37 • $83.64

Wolverine Worldwide
WWW

2.70%

$26.30 • $27.01

Yeti
‍‍YETI

4.17%

$35.73 • $32.34

TOTAL
WEEK OVER WEEK

1.49%

$1,002.06 - $987.15

RETAIL: 59

41.14%

BRANDS: 180

79.66%

Index base of 100 is key to the closing prices of 12/31/14

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