Analysis and advice on how technology (a.o. AI, Blockchain, Metaverse, NFT, Web3, Artificial Intelligence, VR/AR, Software, Retail technology, Logistic/Supply Chain technology) is disrupting the sporting goods industry and creating new opportunities. This contains technologies that affect the sport itself but also the business.
Forbes Space launches a platform to take brand campaigns into orbit and opens a Turin office to connect Italy’s industry with space.
JD Group is rolling out Fluent Commerce’s distributed-order-management (DOM) solution across Hibbett’s thousand or so US stores to power omnichannel fulfilment.
ChatGPT now offers a “shopping research” tool that helps users find, compare and choose products via conversational AI — available on all plans during the holiday season.
Nike consolidates Innovation, Design and Product teams across Nike, Jordan and Converse to speed up athlete-focused development amid financial headwinds.
RebuilderAI’s VRING:ON platform wins CES 2026 honors in FashionTech and AI for transforming design-to-manufacturing workflows.
When innovation leaves the showroom and steps onto the trail, collaboration takes on a new form. At Fly Together 2025, Flytec transformed the hills of Annecy into a living lab for co-creation.
PayPal appears to be far and away the West’s top provider of e-wallets. How did this come about, who are the competitors and what is the situation in other parts of the world?