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News briefsOne lounge, 3,000 stores: Sport 2000’s ISPO pitch
With 3,000 stores across 17 countries, the cooperative is pursuing new markets from its members’ lounge in Amsterdam.
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ArticleCyclist turned marathoner launches running label in Leeds
Edmondson raced UK’s Node4-Giordana for years before winning a marathon by 10 minutes.
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News briefsAcushnet plants a European flag in France
Acushnet inaugurates its Montataire complex, bringing Titleist and FootJoy under one European roof for the first time.
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AnalysisEuropean sports retail 2025: the top five in review
Vertical integration compounds. Specialist cooperatives hold. Fashion footwear exposure bites. Retail is sorting by structural logic.
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ArticlePUMA’s €646 million loss and the Anta gamble
A suspended dividend and a new controlling shareholder frame a turnaround that goes well beyond cutting costs.
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News briefsSkechers picks Mainhausen for German HQ
The move consolidates showroom and HQ into one facility at Europe’s largest footwear ordering campus.
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News briefsPremier League losses surge
Broadcast money keeps rising, but wages, transfers and creative accounting are widening the gap between income and profit.
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News briefsASICS builds elite lab where it all began
ASICS is building a dedicated facility in Kobe for elite athlete footwear and rapid prototyping, due to open in December 2027.
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News briefsASICS warns of price hikes amid war
ASICS eyes $100m in Indonesia sales as a geopolitical hedge while navigating rising logistics and energy costs.
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ArticleDraftKings expands potential customer base by about 100%
A new federally regulated product lets the US sports betting giant bypass state licensing — and add 126 million potential customers overnight.
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ArticleAdidas extends Gulden, reshapes board
Adidas locks in its turnaround architect through 2030 while preparing a major shift in supervisory board leadership.
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ArticleWilson escalates lululemon board fight with new letter
Founder Chip Wilson has gone public again after 70 days of silence from the board, with a letter demanding a director overhaul and a Brand Product Committee.
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ArticleDecathlon helps raise €40m for manufacturing-focused fund
The sporting goods giant’s investment arm joins forces with US materials firm Teknor Apex to back factory-floor data startups.
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ArticleNike wholesale turnaround extends beyond North America
Nike CEO Elliott Hill expects global wholesale momentum to extend beyond North America after restoring growth there, he told Bloomberg TV.
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ArticleUFC Gym enters mainland China market
The mixed martial arts organization’s fitness brand targets China’s growing demand for high-performance training and wellness experiences.
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ArticleAsics buys US race registration platforms
The brand takes another step towards building a global race registration empire.
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ArticleConverse to cuts jobs, Bloomberg reports
The footwear brand struggles with product innovation as competition from On and Hoka intensifies.
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ArticleDiadora cuts 27 jobs in strategic shift
The Italian brand reaches agreement with unions for voluntary exits with enhanced severance packages as wholesale pressures mount.
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ArticlePeloton cuts 11% of staff in turnaround push
Engineering teams hit hardest as CEO Peter Stern accelerates cost-cutting ahead of quarterly earnings report.
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ArticleXtep refinances HK$500m debt via new bond
Chinese sportswear group extends debt maturity by three years through concurrent repurchase and issuance, securing lower funding costs.
