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Sales collapse: Coronavirus outbreak brings Adidas, Puma down to their knees in China

Joy S
Published:   |  19th February 2020 07:10 PM  
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Puma (AFP/Christof Stache)

Puma (AFP/Christof Stache)

FRANKFURT AM MAIN, Feb 19 (AFP): German sportswear makers Adidas and Puma said store closures in China because of the coronavirus outbreak had caused sales to plummet in recent weeks.

"Our business activity in Greater China has been around 85 per cent below the prior-year level since Chinese New Year on January 25," Adidas said in a statement.

Competitor Puma said, "Business in China is heavily impacted due to the restrictions and safety measures implemented by the authorities."

More than half of its own stores and partner outlets are closed at the moment, it added.

Adidas said it faced "a significant number of store closures" in its network of 500 owned stores and 11,500 franchises in China, while fewer people are shopping at those which remain open.

The group's 'Greater China' region, which includes Taiwan and Hong Kong, has for years been one of the fastest-growing areas of the world for Adidas sales.

And the Asia-Pacific region as a whole accounted for around one-third of Adidas' 6.4 billion euros ($6.9 billion) in revenues in the first nine months of 2019.

Despite the novel coronavirus' spread to some other countries in the region, "we have not yet observed any major business impact outside of Greater China," Adidas said.

But Puma said, "Business in other markets, especially in Asia, is suffering from lower numbers of Chinese tourists."

Looking ahead, neither company could predict how big the impact of the virus would be on their annual results.

Puma (AFP/Christof Stache)

 

Puma said it expected the situation to "normalise in the short term", keeping the company on track to achieve its full-year targets.

Adidas bosses will provide an update when the company releases its 2019 earnings data on March 11.

 

Puma (AFP/Christof Stache)

 

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