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Asics' US Wholesale Business Is Booming
Asics Corp. raised full-year guidance and a projection for operating profit ahead of plan following a strong second quarter report. Results for the three months ended June 30 were helped strong strong performance in its performance running, sportstyle and Onitsuka Tiger categories. Asics' core performance sports category also showed gains in the quarter. Results were more than enough for the Japanese sportswear company to raise its operating profit projection for the year to 136 billion yen, one year ahead of its initial expectation as stated in its Mid-Term Plan 2026. The prior estimate for Fiscal Year 2025 was 120 billion yen back in February. It guided net sales to 800.0 billion yen for the year, up from 780.0 billion yen. More from WWD Asics Is Introducing a Super Bouncy Foam While Expanding Its Blast Franchise With Two New Models Asics, Salomon and Anta Are Experiencing Massive Growth on StockX in 2025 Shoe Prices Started to Climb in July After Months of Declines Also providing a tailwind to updated projections was 'reduced uncertainty around U.S. tariff impacts,' Asics said on Wednesday. U.S. President Donald Trump said last month that it had the parameters for a trade deal with Japan that set tariffs for Japanese imports to America at 15 percent, down from a proposed 25 percent. The final terms of the deal are still being negotiated. Even with the additional tariffs, the company raised upward its full-year operating profit guidance for the North America business to 15.0 billion yen from 11.5 billion yen. Net sales were also guided upward to 145 billion yen from February's forecast of 136 billion yen. Data for Asics North America — the region that includes the U.S., Canada and Mexico — showed a quarterly profit for the eighth time in the past nine quarters, driven by success of the wholesale channel. U.S. wholesale sales rose nearly 40 percent from year-ago levels. The running and sportstyle businesses also posted double-digit increases from year-ago levels. On a local currency basis, the U.S. and Mexico produced double-digit growth, while Canada reach a high single-digit growth year-to date. Separately, in retail, Asics' Meatpacking store posted a net sales growth of 15.5 percent in the quarter, aided by implementation of omnichannel initiatives to bolster the in-store assortment mix. 'The consistent demand for Asics footwear products across the region speaks to our relentless pursuit of developing technically advanced performance running products while remaining very aware of broader cultural and lifestyle trends to support the sportstyle category,' Koichiro Kodama, president and CEO of Asics North America, said. He said both the Megablast and Sonicblast performance running models, part of the company's Blast footwear series, will have expanded offerings for consumers this fall. The overall Asics operation ended the second quarter with earnings that rose 41.8 percent to 22.0 billion yen, up from 15.5 billion yen a year ago. Net sales were up 15.7 percent to 194.4 billion yen from 168.0 billion yen. By category, running net sales rose 4.8 percent to 86.9 billion yen for the quarter. The category was led by Novablast 5, which showed strong sales worldwide. Asics has also been actively introducing new products, taking advantage of momentum from the upcoming World Athletics Championships Tokyo 25 slated for next month. In core performance, net sales were up 8.2 percent to 18.6 billion yen. The category was driven by sales for shoes such as the DS Light X-Fly 6, a soccer spike that provides a barefoot feel with its SilkyWrap construction, as well as footwear for volleyball and all racquet sports. The sportstyle unit posted a 43 percent jump in net sales to 32.1 billion yen, driven by strong performance of Vintage Tech and sales of Gel-NYC from the Modern silo and Kinetic Fluent from Vis-Tech. The category also celebrated the 10-year anniversary of its Gel-Quantum franchise. The Onitsuka Tiger business posted a 45.2 percent jump in net sales to 37.5 billion yen. Its Tiger loafer features a distinctive silhouette with a voluminous toe. Net sales were robust in Japan to inbound tourists and in the Europe and Greater China regions. 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Why Nio Stock Jumped 42% in July
Key Points Nio is betting on its sub-brands Onvo and Firefly to drive growth. Early response to its Onvo L90 SUV has exceeded expectations. With Nio starting L90 deliveries, its sales should pick up pace. 10 stocks we like better than Nio › After a dismal first half of the year, Nio (NYSE: NIO) stock made a dramatic comeback in July and surged 42% in the month, according to data provided by S&P Global Market Intelligence. Earlier in July, Nio reported a 17.5% year-over-year growth in deliveries for June. The Chinese electric-vehicle (EV) maker's recently launched sub-brands, Firefly and Onvo, contributed 40% to its June sales, and that's what caught everyone's attention. Although Nio launched its first Onvo model L60 late last year, its all-electric large three-row L90 SUV sparked unprecedented optimism last month. In the two weeks following the start of L90 pre-sales on July 10, Nio's stock shot up over 40% on the Hong Kong stock exchange. The optimism spilled over to the U.S., and Nio shares surged on the New York Stock Exchange as investors bet on a potential turnaround. Can Nio stock fly higher? Nio's deliveries of 24,925 vehicles in June was its highest so far this year. However, the company's July delivery numbers are already in, and it delivered only 21,017 vehicles in the month. That explains why Nio stock is down about 8% in August, as of this writing. Should investors be worried, though? I'd say no, because August should be a bigger month for Nio as it began deliveries of L90 on August 1. A local media report stated that Onvo president Shen Fei has set an internal target of delivering over 10,000 units of L90 in August alone. If Nio hits that number, the Onvo L90 will achieve the highest monthly sales among all of Nio's models in the company's history. Nio is aggressively ramping up production of L90 to fulfill deliveries. Meanwhile, Nio's other sub-brand Firefly, targeted to the mass market, is rapidly expanding overseas. Firefly launched its first namesake compact electric car in April this year to take on the BMW Mini and the Mercedes-Benz Smart. By the end of 2025, Nio expects Firefly to be available in 20 overseas markets, primarily across Europe. Nio will also launch its next-generation ES8 SUV in the coming months, which management believes should drive its Nio brand sales to 25,000 units per month. If management's numbers fall in place, Nio could soon be selling over 35,000 cars every month. Back in April, I believed Nio stock was incredibly cheap and a top value EV stock to buy. Given the company's push into mass markets and aggressive goals for L90, I see a lot more upside in the stock price. Should you invest $1,000 in Nio right now? Before you buy stock in Nio, consider this: The Motley Fool Stock Advisor analyst team just identified what they believe are the for investors to buy now… and Nio wasn't one of them. The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years. Consider when Netflix made this list on December 17, 2004... if you invested $1,000 at the time of our recommendation, you'd have $653,427!* Or when Nvidia made this list on April 15, 2005... if you invested $1,000 at the time of our recommendation, you'd have $1,119,863!* Now, it's worth noting Stock Advisor's total average return is 1,060% — a market-crushing outperformance compared to 182% for the S&P 500. Don't miss out on the latest top 10 list, available when you join Stock Advisor. See the 10 stocks » *Stock Advisor returns as of August 13, 2025 Neha Chamaria has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy. Why Nio Stock Jumped 42% in July was originally published by The Motley Fool Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
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Trafigura withdraws zinc from LME warehouses, some for shipment to US, sources say
By Pratima Desai and Lewis Jackson LONDON/BEIJING (Reuters) -Commodity trader Trafigura is taking large amounts of zinc stored in London Metal Exchange approved warehouses in Singapore and shipping some of it to the United States, five sources familiar with the matter said. It is not known exactly how much zinc Trafigura has already taken delivery of, or plans to take from LME warehouses in Singapore, or why the Swiss-based trader was taking it to the United States. However, worries about supplies on the LME market have helped push benchmark zinc prices 5% higher so far this month to around $2,850 a metric ton while its discount against the cash contract has narrowed to near zero. Industry sources said Trafigura's zinc shipments to the United States were likely to be used to meet subsidiary Nyrstar's contractual obligations to U.S. customers when its Clarksville smelter closes for maintenance this year. "There will be a planned – annual – maintenance shut at Nyrstar Clarksville for approximately 21 days from mid-October into November," Nyrstar said in response to a request for comment. Nyrstar confirmed Clarksville's annual capacity is 125,000 metric tons of zinc metal a year, but declined to answer questions on whether it would import the metal it needs to supply customers. Trafigura declined to comment. Two of the sources said Trafigura was also using some of the zinc for "rent-deals" - in other words, lucrative agreements under which warehouses share rental income with firms that deliver metal to them for as long as it stays in storage. Companies that deliver metal for rent deals do not have to retain ownership of the metal, but they still get a share of the rent, paid by the new owners, for as long as the metal stays in that particular warehouse. Zinc stocks in LME warehouses as of August 12 totalled 78,475 metric tons of which most - 78,375 tons - was stored in Singapore where stocks of the metal have fallen by more than 30% since July 25. Cancelled warrants - title documents conferring ownership - or metal marked for delivery show another 33,000 tons is due to leave LME warehouses in Singapore. Two of the sources said Trafigura could be moving zinc to the U.S. in anticipation of tariffs on zinc imports once a trade investigation that started in April is concluded. The investigation, which covers a range of minerals including zinc, is the same type as the one into copper. Traders and producers spent much of the year shipping copper to the U.S. in anticipation of the tariffs. Zinc is on the U.S. critical mineral list as defined by U.S. Geological Survey.
