All JD Sports articles
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ArticleJD Sports plans to acquire Hibbett in £899m deal, accelerating US expansion
JD Sports has announced its agreement to acquire US sportswear brand Hibbett for £899 million, aiming to accelerate its expansion in the United States. The move is expected to bolster JD Sports’ growth plans in North America, enhance its Complementary Concepts division, and strengthen its relationships with brand partners. Additionally, ...
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News briefsJD Sports Fashion opens flagship store on Paris’s Champs-Élysées
JD Sports Fashion debuts its global flagship store on Paris’s famed 118 Avenue des Champs-Élysées. The store boasts cutting-edge digital technology and will offer “immersive experiences for shoppers”. Featuring top brands like Nike, Adidas, and New Balance, the store promises the latest in sports fashion. To mark the occasion, JD ...
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News briefsSports Direct denies injunction in dispute over Newcastle United replica jerseys
Sports Direct, owned by Mike Ashley, has faced a setback in its legal battle with Newcastle United Football Club (NUFC) regarding the sale of replica kits for the upcoming 2024/25 season. The retailer had lodged a complaint against NUFC with the Competition Appeal Tribunal in March, accusing the club of ...
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News briefsTFG introduces JD Sports to South African market
South Africa is set to welcome the arrival of British sportswear giant JD Sports, courtesy of The Foschini Group (TFG), through an exclusive franchise agreement. TFG’s CEO Anthony Thunström highlighted the move as an expansion of their sports portfolio, leveraging their existing brands like Sportscene, Totalsports, and Sneaker Factory. Thunström ...
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News briefsMike Ashley sues Newcastle United over replica shirts for 2024/2025
Mike Ashley, the founder of Sports Direct, is suing Newcastle United over next season’s kit. Ashley owned the football club for 14 years, between 2007 and 2021. He has taken legal action against the club for “stopping his Sports Direct empire from selling their replica shirts” in favor of rival ...
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News briefsJD Sports’ Dutch retailers Perry Sport, Aktiesport, Sprinter now closing
Closing its final lot of Dutch retailers, JD Sports’ Perry Sport, Aktiesport and Sprinter stores will shutter on Tuesday. Curator Kees van de Meent confirmed to De Telegraaf the closure of the last six branches, operated under JD’s subsidiary Sports Unlimited Retail, which went bankrupt in 2023. While the British ...
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News briefsJD Sports plans flagship store in Munich
British sports fashion retailer JD Sports has secured itself a prime location in Munich for its largest German flagship store to date. Now that the German sports chain SportScheck will soon have to give up its flagship store in Munich’s pedestrian zone in the city center (Neuhauser Straße) following the ...
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News briefsJD Sports completes acquisition of MIG
JD Sports Fashion Plc has announced on Jan. 18 the completion of its acquisition of the 40 percent minority stake in Kraków-based Marketing Investment Group S.A. (MIG), making JD the 100 percent sole owner. The acquisition has been completed following receipt of the European Commission’s decision declaring the transaction compatible ...
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News briefsFrasers may acquire former Dutch JD-owned stores
The Netherlands-based Sports Unlimited Retail, owned by JD Sports and the parent group of Perry Sport, Aktiesport and Sprinter Netherlands, was declared bankrupt in December. At the time, around 50 stores were owned by the company. According to a new report by the Dutch media company RTL Z, up ...
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ArticleJD Sports cuts profit forecast due to weak consumer spending
After sales at JD Sports Fashion’s sales fell short of expectations in the 22 weeks to December 30, the British retailer, which owns Go Outdoors, Blacks, Millets and other retail brands, lowered its profit guidance for the full year. According to the company, organic sales growth at constant currency ...
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AnalysisThe European sports retail market
Our latest review of European sports retailers shows single-figure growth. We bring you the numbers in full across 15 countries and over 70 retailers.
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News briefsIconix acquires British streetwear label
The US brand management group Iconix International has acquired a majority stake in the British streetwear brand Hoodrich, thereby expanding its brand portfolio, which already includes Umbro, Pony, Ocean Pacific and Lee Cooper. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Hoodrich founder Jay Williams will retain a minority stake. ...
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ArticleOn Holding maintains lofty objectives despite moderating wholesale revenues
The Swiss company On Holding, which intends to double its net sales by 2026, increase its gross profit margin to above 60 percent and push its adjusted Ebitda above 18 percent, is only forecasting high-single-digit wholesale growth in Q4 2023. Direct-to-consumer sales (DTC), meanwhile, are expected to continue their torrid ...
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ArticleNike says it’s “turning the corner” toward greater profitability
Market chatter about Nike’s 9 percent stock price decline over the last month, recent high inventory levels, and 23 percent drop in market value this year had the bears out in force ahead of the company’s Q1 results yesterday. But Nike reported earnings results ahead of expectations and its senior ...
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News briefsFormerly pure e-tailer predicts a record year
Deporvillage appears to have returned to double-digit growth in revenues and has accordingly raised its revenue forecast for the current year from €163 to €170 million, according to Modaes and Palco23. Should the crystal ball prove accurate, the retailer will surpass the record year of 2021 with its late-Covid euphoria. ...
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ArticleOn Holding’s Q2 operating income up 50 percent, but stock price falls
On Holding shares fell 14 percent, or $4.84, on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday to $29.77, after the company reported a 50 percent increase in quarterly operating income to 39.4 million Swiss francs (€41.1m) and raised its full-year revenue guidance to at least CHF 1.76 billion (€1.83b), including anticipated ...
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News briefsJD Sports hits landmark number of stores
JD Sports has opened its 400th store in the UK, with a new location at Kingsway Retail Park, Derby. In Feb. of this year, JD Sports Fashion revealed plans to grow its revenues and margins by double digits over the next five years, including a rapid store expansion, under a ...
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News briefsJD Sports to open 1,000-sqm flagship on Champs-Elysées
JD Sports will open a new flagship store at 118 Champs-Elysées in Paris. Passers-by can already see the stickers that have been affixed by the British retailer on the windows of its new space, previously occupied by Mercedes-Benz. JD Sports is planning to inaugurate the store in March 2024, according ...
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News briefsNike has another new partner for connected partnership program
Nike has announced a new connected partnership with performance specialty retailer Pro:Direct Sport. Launching first on the Pro:Direct Sport mobile app in the U.K. and on the web in France, the partnership will unlock tailored digital, member-exclusive products and experiences. It will be Nike’s third connected partnership across Europe, following ...
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ArticleJD Sports eyes 3.9% profit increase before tax and adjusted items in FY24
Britain’s JD Sports, coming out of a financial year where Ebit declined by 33 percent to £440.9 million (€507.6m) from £654.7 million due to exits from branded fashion businesses and the cost of shuttering its South Korea operations at a total expense of £550.5 million, is aiming to hit the ...
