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Summary: Datamonitor′s Sports Equipment: Global Industry Guide is an essential resource for top-level data and analysis covering the sports equipment industry. It includes detailed data on market size and segmentation, textual analysis of the key trends and competitive landscape, and profiles of the leading companies. This incisive report provides expert analysis on a global, regional and country basis.

Scope of the Report

* Contains an executive summary and data on value, volume and segmentation

* Provides textual analysis of the industry′s prospects, competitive landscape and profiles of the leading companies

* Incorporates in-depth five forces competitive environment analysis and scorecards

* Covers the Global, European and Asia-Pacific markets as well as individual chapters on 5 major markets (France, Germany, Japan, the UK and the US).

* Includes a five-year forecast of the industry

Highlights

The global sports equipment market grew by 3.3% in 2007 to reach a value of $67.9 billion.

In 2012, the global sports equipment market is forecast to have a value of $80.1 billion, an increase of 17.9% since 2007.

The sale of golf equipment accounts for 22.4% of the global market′s value.

The Americas region accounts for 43% of the global sports equipment market′s value.

Why you should buy this report

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* Inform your business decisions

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Market Definition

The sports equipment market consists of equipment for golf, fishing, tennis, physical fitness, gymnastics, archery, bowling, billiards, winter and summer sports, fun sports, beach sports, racket and indoor sports, outdoor sports and team sports. It does not include sporting apparel and footwear, or leisure-related vehicles, such as boats, bicycles, motorcycles and snowmobiles. Market values are calculated at retail selling price (RSP) and include all applicable taxes. Any currency conversions used in the creation of this report have been calculated using constant 2006 annual average exchange rates.

For the purpose of this report the Americas comprise Brazil, Canada, Mexico and the US.

Europe comprises Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russia, Spain, Sweden and the UK.

Asia-Pacific comprises Australia, China, Japan, India, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan.

The global figure comprises the Americas, Asia-Pacific and Europe.

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