• Dressed to the Nine (iron)
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    Dressed to the Nine (iron)

    2026-06-11T14:17:00Z

    South Korea buys nearly half the world’s golf fashion: a $4 billion market powered by women, status and lifestyle wear.

  • One analyst, two verdicts: adidas up, Nike down
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    One analyst, two verdicts: adidas up, Nike down

    2026-06-11T09:26:00Z

    RBC’s Dadhania published both calls on the same day, using a consistent valuation framework, and on the eve of the World Cup.

  • 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

  • The bonfire we’re no longer watching together
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    The bonfire we’re no longer watching together

    2026-06-10T15:51:00Z

    The 2026 World Cup reaches six billion people, but fragmented across time zones, devices and platforms. That’s the challenge for every sponsor.

  • Footasylum CFO Nick Scott steps down
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    Footasylum CFO Nick Scott steps down

    2026-06-10T12:22:00Z

    The UK sportswear retailer says Scott leaves “to pursue new ambitions”; the search for a permanent successor is underway

  • Two more athletes sue PUMA over carbon-plate shoes
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    Two more athletes sue PUMA over carbon-plate shoes

    2026-06-10T11:15:00Z

    Two more elite sprinters filed suits in Massachusetts, with the same counsel as Abby Steiner. Nike faces a parallel case.

  • Why sports retail is consolidating and fragmenting at once
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    Why sports retail is consolidating and fragmenting at once

    2026-06-09T10:19:00Z

    Nike reversed its DTC strategy. Gresvig and XXL collapsed. Lululemon, Vuori and Arc’teryx built their own channels. The wholesale model is being rewritten from both ends.

  • Nike, adidas, PUMA: the World Cup brand battle decoded
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    Nike, adidas, PUMA: the World Cup brand battle decoded

    2026-06-08T16:11:00Z

    One brand built a system. One owns the tournament. One is playing the long game in Africa. Reading (and watching) the 2026 World Cup brand battle.

  • Swipe left, buy Local: the Douyin athleisure takeover
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    Swipe left, buy Local: the Douyin athleisure takeover

    2026-06-08T12:01:00Z

    Grandparents with 34 million Douyin followers, a $910 billion silver economy, and a guochao generation rewriting who buys local activewear, and why.

  • Shoes almost never get recycled. Here’s the data.
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    Shoes almost never get recycled. Here’s the data.

    2026-06-07T21:16:00Z

    The first large-scale material analysis of European post-consumer footwear finds adhesives, black pigments, and missing pairs are the real obstacles to recycling.