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From a storytelling festival in London to a 200-plus-brand trade show in Amsterdam, running is building its own festival economy.
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Running clubs surge across Asia and in cities worldwide, turning what was once solitary exercise into a collective ritual of reconnection and belonging.
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ANTA Sports delivered record first-half revenue and profit, but growth increasingly came from elsewhere.
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Running and sportstyle keep pulling Salomon forward while Wilson’s rackets nearly doubled the quarter’s growth rate to 24%.
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PDF NewsletterSGI Europe Executive Edition: Vol 37 - 21+22
A100-year-old baseball glove maker now designs gaming chairs | Nike Radical AirFlow apparel expands globally | Asics turns nine years of startup scouting into annual Kenzen event | Decathlon receives provisional, conditioned approval for Intersport Spain acquisitions | MAP Active acquires Sports Direct Malaysia from Frasers Group in full | Anta Sports Q2 2026: core brand growth remains low single digit | Frasers Group accelerates global expansion despite challenging market conditions | Physical inactivity 2026: The cost of standing still | Impact of sports: Sporting Goods brands are missing their biggest opportunity | Half the story: low coverage of women in sport isn’t just a fairness issue | Foot Locker adds Salomon in first US retail partnership | From 74 triathlon suits to mid-eight-figure revenue: The 21 reasons behind Ryzon’s rise | Joma to sponsor Fetri’s Hyatlón, federation cousin to Hyrox | Asian tennis stars and the sponsorship boom: How the calculus changed | Beyond the sale: could product care be retail’s next edge?
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AnalysisAsian brands build global rosters, one deal at a time
From Curry to Jokic, Irving, Navarro and Raducanu, Anta, Li-Ning, 361, Uniqlo and Asics build rosters on three continents.
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News briefsAnta brand CEO Xu Yang resigns
Anta Sports Products confirms Xu Yang has resigned as CEO of its namesake brand; Lai Shixian named interim CEO.
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ArticleFoot Locker’s US walls get a new brand: Salomon
The retailer trimmed its footwear wall by 30% this year. Now it plans to grow it again, selectively.
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ArticleAsian tennis athletes are no longer the backup option
Once an afterthought, Asian stars like China’s Zheng Qinwen now command top sponsorship dollars, rewriting who brands back.