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Sharing the vision of a premium selection of marinas at the autumn boat shows
Visit D-Marin at Cannes Yachting Festival, Genoa International Boat Show and Monaco Yacht Show to discover the sector-leading marina group’s insights into nautical tourism
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France
Despite slowing sales, prospect of lower interest rates kindles optimism
Despite slowing sales at the smaller end and a decline in boat registrations, the prospect of lower interest rates kindles optimism
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France
Capitalising on industry momentum
Boatbuilders are investing in capacities, globalising their footprints and preparing new models as they battle headwinds of slowing market
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France
Environmentally-aware and digitally savvy boaters driving equipment sales
Innovation continues to sell, both at home and abroad
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France
Big players and big boats surge ahead; new plans for Paris show 2024
Multihulls prove engine room for growth as boat registrations continue double-digit rise across power and sail
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Superyacht Technology
Superyacht Refit & Repair: A global capacity shortfall
Expansion of refit capacity has to match growth in superyacht fleet size
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Remote monitoring
Keeping a watchful eye
The market for remote monitoring and security for leisure boats is growing, and some systems can also provide ‘big data’ feedback to help OEMs refine their products
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France
Record-breaking dynamic as people turn to the water
Interest in boating rockets as freedom on the water proves perfect antidote to Covid restrictions
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France
Boating an outlier as key indicators point to industry rebound
Resilient in the face of strict pandemic lockdowns in 2020, theKey indi boating market has been buoyed by a renewed passion for being on the water
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Report
Market Overview | France
Ten years after the 2008 financial crisis, a smile has returned to the faces of leisure boat professionals in France. But the good results are mainly from exports as the home market remains lacklustre
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Report
Market Overview | France 2018
A favourable wind is blowing for the French nautical industry. The many signs of growth were underlined in the positive report given by Yves Lyon-Caen at the traditional press conference at the beginning of December just before the opening of the Paris Nautic Boatshow. “We are ...
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Report
Market overview | France
A light breeze of optimism is blowing over the French nautical market. After a number of bad seasons, the boating professionals want to believe they can feel it. But they remain cautious all the same. “The 2014/15 season is changing the trend,” Yves Lyon-Caen confirms. Figures have stopped falling and ...
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Monaco yacht cluster holds market overview event
Well over 100 delegates attended yesterday’s Le Rendezvous du Cluster Yachting Monaco
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Market overview | France
After a number of lean years, a rise in exports has finally brought some good news for the French nautical market. However, the sluggish domestic market remains cause for concern.
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Market overview: France
Despite a difficult home market, the French nautical industry is harbouring hopes of recovery on the back of a weakening euro and rising exports
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Market overview | France
Despite the general European malaise and a sluggish domestic economy, there are a small number of significant reasons why the clouds could well be lifting on the French marine market. The depreciation of the euro against the dollar should boost French exports – particularly to the US, which is proving ...
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France: Market overview
Will a calmer macro-economic environment enable France to return to more robust growth? Confidence within France is still severely shaken. There are worries about the rise in unemployment, which is forecast at 11% of the active workforce this year, stronger fiscal pressures and the government’s inability to get a grip. ...
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Report
France: Between fear and optimism
With firms caught between hope and uncertainty, what 2013 holds for the French marine market remains unclear. Though life in the financial sector may be less turbulent for now and the Euro’s fate perhaps not quite so perilous, worries remain. The fundamental feeling is that the crisis is not yet ...
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Report
Headline Financials: Groupe Beneteau - Updated!
On 7 November, Bénéteau released earnings results for the 2012 financial year ending August 31, 2012, reporting that sales in the Boat division were down -12.3 % to €609.1 million from €694.7 a year earlier, while operating income declined 108% to -€4.3 million from €54.4 million in 2011. Bénéteau’s Boat ...