• JD Sports chairman to step down in July
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    JD Sports chairman to step down in July

    2026-04-23T13:02:00Z

    An unexpected exit at the top of one of the world’s largest sportswear retailers — at a pressured moment for JD Sports.

  • SGI Europe Executive Edition: Vol 37 - 11+12
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    SGI Europe Executive Edition: Vol 37 - 11+12

    2026-04-15T14:37:00Z

    Newton Golf nearly triples sales but operating losses deepen | Decathlon, JD Sports and lululemon make NRF global top | Column: The future of visibility isn’t Google – it’s the prompt | Frasers Group’s AI assistant claims 25% conversion gain over search | Dick’s targets 250 Foot Locker remodels by back-to-school | What Oura’s Doublepoint deal signals for the future of wearables | Castore picks Ocula Technologies as its AI product content partner | Playlist-EGYM merger creates fitness tech giant valued at $7.5bn | Women’s elite sports revenues to top $3bn for the first time, Deloitte says | TrusTrace’s One Retail Hub cuts fashion compliance burden by 70% | Worldly joins Green Sports Alliance to tackle supply chain impact | Odlo earns Fair Wear Leader status two years ahead of schedule

  • Kantar NRF: three sport retailers in top 50
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    Kantar NRF: three sport retailers in top 50

    2026-04-14T11:21:00Z

    Decathlon, JD Sports and lululemon each appear in the 2026 NRF/Kantar Top 50 Global Retailers — a list that rewards international direct selling and reveals which sport retailers are building genuine cross-border scale.

  • 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.