Warm weather hits snow sector sales in the US
26/02/2016
The Pacific West recovered from a four year snow drought, but retailers in the East and Midwest suffered a lack of winter weather.
Outerwear sales including fleece, shell, insulated shell and softshell tops and bottoms fell 3% to $1.2 billion and accounted for more than 40% sales.
Apparel accessories sales including handwear, headwear, socks and baselayer sales were down 8% to $348 million.
Snowboard equipment sales were down 4% to $176 million, while alpine ski equipment sales fell 3% to $351 million.
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