• SGI Europe Executive Edition: Vol 37 - 17+18
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    SGI Europe Executive Edition: Vol 37 - 17+18

    2026-06-11T09:12:00Z

    Zumiez’s margin recovery rests on private label penetration, not category breadth | Q1 2026: Lululemon grows revenue 4% while operating income falls 37% | Q1 results: DICK’S manages a two-speed portfolio as Foot Locker restarts | Sprinter swings to €33.9 million profit despite revenue dip in FY25 | HOKA drives Deckers Brands to record revenue and earnings in fiscal 2026 | Amer Sports Q1 2026: revenue up 32%, full-year guidance raised | FILA’s China momentum carries Misto Holdings to 19% profit gain | Sport 2000’s Gosau: AI will make specialty retail more human | Intersport Deutschland CFO on AI strategy and the future of specialist retail | Asics frees its most profitable brand: the Onitsuka Tiger spin-off | The paddock is the new pitch: adidas moves in, Nike watches | The two sports brands that don’t need the World Cup and follow their own rules | ANTA Sports: The making of a global multi-brand machine | Quo vadis, European retail? 2025 results across five operators compared | Distribution of branded sporting goods in Europe: interesting facets and updates from a legal point of view

  • Patagonia organic cotton: 30 years on
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    Patagonia organic cotton: 30 years on

    2026-06-09T15:01:00Z

    Patagonia went organic in 1996. The rest of the industry didn’t follow.

  • German sports retail: three models, one outcome still open
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    German sports retail: three models, one outcome still open

    2026-06-09T10:26:00Z

    What Decathlon, Intersport and Sport 2000 are each building isn’t just store networks. It’s three different theories of what sports retail is for.

  • Two out of three demands accepted but it’s no deal
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    Two out of three demands accepted but it’s no deal

    2026-06-03T16:25:00Z

    The drag activist agrees to two of Patagonia’s three demands, but refusing the third keeps the lawsuit alive into Pride month.

  • SportsShoes.com signs YETI as UK retail partner
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    SportsShoes.com signs YETI as UK retail partner

    2026-06-03T12:44:00Z

    The Bradford-based retailer with £93.3m turnover adds YETI coolers, drinkware, and bags to its 150-brand running and outdoor roster

  • Patagonia v. Pattie Gonia: Could the evidence backfire?
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    Patagonia v. Pattie Gonia: Could the evidence backfire?

    2026-05-29T10:28:00Z

    Patagonia filed a lawsuit to protect its brand. Do its own exhibits contradict claims about the damage associations with the drag queen cause?

  • SportsShoes.com promotes mountain runner to trail marketing lead
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    SportsShoes.com promotes mountain runner to trail marketing lead

    2026-05-19T08:37:00Z

    Ben Mounsey, a former Great Britain mountain runner on staff since 2019, takes charge of trail and outdoor growth strategy.

  • SGI Europe Executive Edition: Vol 37 - 13+14
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    SGI Europe Executive Edition: Vol 37 - 13+14

    2026-04-30T14:49:00Z

    Nike calls 1,400 job cuts a planned step. Analysts aren’t so sure | Adidas posts 14% revenue growth in Q1: guidance for the fiscal year remains cautious | Q4 2025 Scorecard: Revenue rises, earnings crater | New Balance targets $10bn revenue in Middle East push | Report: Europe’s fitness market breaks records in 2025 | WFSGI elects first all-American co-chairs | Adidas backs Bundesliga with €100m deal as Nike era looms | Garmin Q1 2026: fitness up 42%, outdoor down on prior-year comparison | Anta Q1 operational update: Spring Festival lifts sales, March reality bites | 361 Degrees Q1 2026: e-commerce outpaces steady offline gains | Yue Yuen warns of up to 55% profit drop as tariffs hit Q1 output | Moncler Group posts 12% Q1 revenue growth on Asia rebound | Reebok’s sport-by-sport comeback is a brand management masterclass | Five takeaways from Shimano’s Q1 2026 results | A probe into ‘forever chemicals’ in activewear lays bare fashion’s greenwashing problem


  • Columbia’s summer proof: rain, fire, sauna in the desert
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    Columbia’s summer proof: rain, fire, sauna in the desert

    2026-04-28T07:36:00Z

    Two new films from adam&eve\TBWA extend Columbia’s “Engineered for Whatever” platform into summer — with a flamethrower, naturally.

  • Salomon enters repair services with United Repair Centre
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    Salomon enters repair services with United Repair Centre

    2026-04-27T09:38:00Z

    The trail brand is making factory-quality repair available to European consumers, starting in France.