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[fearthebeard 2]

Hi Fellas,

New to the forum. Dedicated Hockey nut from Scotland.

I was reading with amusement the argument regarding pricing of skates etc. I see its locked now but there is no need to argue as all the facts is in the public domain.

Bauer press release market wired:

"During Fiscal 2013 we achieved numerous milestones," said Kevin Davis, President and Chief Executive Officer of Bauer. "First, we continued to take market share in a very challenging ice hockey market. In addition, our three acquisitions during Fiscal 2013 have further diversified our performance sports platform while enhancing our portfolio of intellectual property. Going forward, our focus will be to continue our multi-year track record of revenue growth in the ice hockey market, and grow share in the performance sports categories of lacrosse and baseball while expanding our apparel offering across all of our sports. Bauer will intensify our review of acquisition opportunities across a number of existing and new sports categories to further enhance and diversify our portfolio of industry leading products."

Adjusted Gross Profit for Fiscal 2013 increased by $7.9 million, or 5% to $153.0 million. Adjusted Gross Profit as a percentage of revenues remained relatively constant at 38.3% in Fiscal 2013, compared to 38.7% in the comparative period of 2012. During the fourth quarter of Fiscal 2013, Adjusted Gross Profit increased by $0.7 million, or 2%, to $35.9 million, and Adjusted Gross Profit as a percentage of revenues decreased to 41.4% from 43.7%. The decline in Adjusted Gross Profit as a percentage of revenues during the quarter was primarily due to higher product and distribution costs.

http://www.marketwired.com/press-release/bauer-performance-sports-reports-continued-record-revenue-and-earnings-tsx-bau-1818805.htm

Basically Bauer are making about 38% gross profit on their revenue (Margin). This seems to be a quite normal 30%-40% margin for a manufacturing business. Not excessive but at the same time they could probably afford to knock a bit off the top end prices to retain brand loyalty.

[Gummer12 134]

we locked it for a reason, doesn't mean you get to start a new thread about it.