Anta Sports Products, Ltd., the largest shareholder of Arc’teryx, Wilson and Salomon parent Amer Sports and the owner of retail stores in China for the Anta brand, Fila, Descente, Kolon Sport, and Amer Sports, reported retail sales for the Fila brand again increased in the high-single digits year-over-year in the 2025 first quarter, consistent with the growth trend in the 2024 fourth quarter.
Retail sales for the Fila brand in China reportedly increased in mid-single-digit for the 2024 full-year period.
Retail sales for the Anta brand in the first quarter of 2025 also increased in high-single-digits compared to Q1 2024, consistent with the growth trend in the 2024 fourth quarter and the high-single-digit increase for full-year 2024.
All Other Brands, including Descente and Kolon Sport, but excluding Amer Sports brands and any other brands that joined the Group after January 1, 2023, saw first-quarter retail sales increase in the 65 percent to 70 percent range compared to the year-ago first quarter. The Q1 trend accelerated from the fourth quarter in the 50 percent to 55 percent range, and a clear bump up from the 40 percent to 45 percent increase in the full-year 2024 period.
The company said retail sales refer to revenues, inclusive of value-added tax, if any, from sales to consumers transacted in brick-and-mortar stores and e-commerce platforms, part of which are owned and operated by the company, and the rest owned and operated by the company’s distributors, franchisees and/or distributors’ franchisees.
Retail sales do not represent the company’s total revenue, and the company said it considers the same to be a business operational indicator of its various brands.
Image courtesy Anta Sports Products, Ltd./Fila Beijing
