• SGI Europe Executive Edition: Vol 37 - 7+8
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    SGI Europe Executive Edition: Vol 37 - 7+8

    2026-03-02T00:13:00Z

    Strategic reset costs Puma €643.6m as sales fall 8.1% in 2025 | Saucony’s 31% surge powers Wolverine Worldwide’s 2025 turnaround | Gildan posts record Q4 revenue after HanesBrands integration | Amer Sports targets up to 18% growth in 2026 amid Salomon investment push | Decathlon co-leads €40m first close of industrial-focused ventures fund | JD Sports Fashion announces £200m share buyback program | IKEA pilots store-in-store retail with Decathlon in the UK | Intersport Finke takes EuroShop RetailDesign Award for sustainability | On Running’s Korea robot factory targets tariffs and supply chain risk | Adidas enters hybrid fitness racing with Adizero Dropset Elite | New Balance’s Made in USA spring collection lands at a loaded moment | HYROX at nine: the fitness race that became a brand battleground

  • JD Sports brings 10,000 young people to career event
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    JD Sports brings 10,000 young people to career event

    2026-02-24T13:45:00Z

    The sports retailer’s JD UP program, launched in 2020, has now reached tens of thousands of young people across the UK, Spain — and is heading to the US.

  • JD Sports pursues share buybacks
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    JD Sports pursues share buybacks

    2026-02-23T17:40:00Z

    The British sports retailer commits to returning cash to shareholders through a two-tranche repurchase scheme.

  • JD Sports goes social-first for Ramadan in MENA
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    JD Sports goes social-first for Ramadan in MENA

    2026-02-23T17:40:00Z

     JD Sports MENA launches “Own The Night” Ramadan campaign for Gen Z and millennials 

  • Deporvillage delivers stable post-Covid growth
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    Deporvillage delivers stable post-Covid growth

    2026-02-20T15:39:00Z

    JD Sports-owned online retailer posts double-digit growth and improved margins as European expansion continues.

  • Footasylum CEO Pujolar steps down after 2 years
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    Footasylum CEO Pujolar steps down after 2 years

    2026-02-16T16:40:00Z

    Stephan Rahmede assumes interim leadership as UK athleisure retailer enters transformation phase following record fiscal results.

  • Nike and JD Sports’ 500-Runner Mall Takeover
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    Nike and JD Sports’ 500-Runner Mall Takeover

    2026-02-16T15:12:00Z

     How a grassroots run club founded by an ex-prisoner became one of Europe’s largest—and why Nike and JD Sports chose to partner with it. 

  • EuroShop 2026, Feb. 22–26: Event guide
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    EuroShop 2026, Feb. 22–26: Event guide

    2026-02-02T07:15:00Z

    RFID tracking, unified commerce, and immersive fitness concepts take center stage at this year’s retail technology fair.

  • SGI Europe Executive Edition: Vol 37 - 3+4
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    SGI Europe Executive Edition: Vol 37 - 3+4

    2026-01-29T15:28:00Z

    Q3 2025 Scorecard: Sporting goods winners & losers | Bicycle industry stocks in 2025: a struggling sector | VF Corp. posts Q3 growth as The North Face and Timberland lead performance | German retail giant Sport 2000 outpaces market with 9% growth in 2025 | JD Sports posts mixed Q4 as Asia grows while Europe falters | Anta Sports reports mixed Q4 results as FILA drives growth | Li Ning stock gains 4.4% on improved revenue and margin outlook | ANTA Sports finalizes €1.5bn deal for 29% of PUMA SE | Wilson seizes leggings failure to escalate Lululemon proxy fight | Moncler taps Bottega Veneta chief as new CEO, Remo Ruffini becomes Chairman | On Holding hires Frank Sluis as new CFO to strengthen global expansion | Arc’teryx appoints Avery Baker as Chief Brand Officer, Tobia Prevedello as GM EMEA | Nike reshuffles geography leadership as China turnaround becomes urgent | NRF 2026: Agentic AI reshapes sporting goods retail strategy | JD Sports partners with Checkpoint Systems for global RFID rollout

  • Transition over, new chief executive in place at JD-owned ISRG
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    Transition over, new chief executive in place at JD-owned ISRG

    2026-01-26T14:35:00Z

    Iberian Sports Retail Group (ISRG) has a new General Manager in José Pérez-Milá, Diffusion Sport and others report. He is replacing CEO Francesc Casabella, who has left the group. Source: LinkedIn José Pérez-Milá, ISRG’s new General Manager. Pérez-Milá says that for the past few months he has ...