The sports apparel market’s growth slows down | The athletic shoe market is up (by) 6.7% | £1 billion valuation for Gymshark | Frasers is set to buy some DW Sports assets | Galeria’s creditors agree to a big settlement | Norwegian sports retail merger is challenged | Strong growth in Norway | New management for Kesko’s resilient sports unit | Intersport and Stadium close stores in Sweden | Opinion: The short- vs long-term perspective of retail recovery | Two prominent Adidas executives quit | Globe suffers from strong U.S. dollar | Anta switches to DTC | New strategies make Li Ning resilient | 361° focuses on branding, e-commerce | Acquisitions boost Xtep’s turnover | Yue Yuen posts a $136m loss | Steep sales drops at two Chinese shoemakers | Lanxess divests one of its units | A lot of action around Polygiene | Ecco and other donate bicycles | Josef “Pepi” Fischer is dead