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PDF NewsletterSGI Europe Executive Edition: Vol 35 - 15+16
US sporting goods imports decline sharply in Q1 | Court approves BowFlex purchase agreement | Decathlon’s global revenue surges by 4.4% to €15.6 billion | Superdry unveils restructuring plans amid financial struggles | “Biggest marketing investment ever”: Puma launches brand campaign | Climate responsibility rating: H&M and Inditex are better than Nike and Adidas | Asics study reveals link between teenage exercise and adult mental wellbeing | More trouble with uniforms for Nike, Adidas ends partnership with Parley for the Oceans | Decathlon France raised revenues | focused on circularity in FY23 | Lululemon unveils Team Canada’s kit for Paris 2024 | Protest supports NGOs and initiatives that ‘help everyone ride more’ | Agilitas Sports appoints former Adidas Design Director as VP Footwear Design | Asics presents new Nimbus Mirai as its “most circular shoe ever” | Change of Iberian plans for Sprinter, Sport Zone
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News briefsNBA opens expanded retail space in London
The National Basketball Association’s (NBA) has opened an official merchandise flagship store at 267-269 Oxford Street in London, close to Oxford Circus. The site had been occupied by JD Sports until 2015, and then by American candy shops. The new 830-sqm NBA location replaces the previous, smaller NBA flagship ...
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News briefsJD Sports Fashion opens flagship store on Paris’s Champs-Élysées
JD Sports Fashion debuts its global flagship store on Paris’s famed 118 Avenue des Champs-Élysées. The store boasts cutting-edge digital technology and will offer “immersive experiences for shoppers”. Featuring top brands like Nike, Adidas, and New Balance, the store promises the latest in sports fashion. To mark the occasion, JD ...
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ArticleChange of Iberian plans for Sprinter, Sport Zone
JD Sports will be switching 28 to 30 Sprinter and Sport Zone stores in Spain to the JD banner between now and 2025, according to Diffusion Sport. Included in this two-year development plan is the renovation of two stores in Alicante province, in the cities of Finestrat and Alicante, both ...
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News briefsSports Direct denies injunction in dispute over Newcastle United replica jerseys
Sports Direct, owned by Mike Ashley, has faced a setback in its legal battle with Newcastle United Football Club (NUFC) regarding the sale of replica kits for the upcoming 2024/25 season. The retailer had lodged a complaint against NUFC with the Competition Appeal Tribunal in March, accusing the club of ...
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News briefsTFG introduces JD Sports to South African market
South Africa is set to welcome the arrival of British sportswear giant JD Sports, courtesy of The Foschini Group (TFG), through an exclusive franchise agreement. TFG’s CEO Anthony Thunström highlighted the move as an expansion of their sports portfolio, leveraging their existing brands like Sportscene, Totalsports, and Sneaker Factory. Thunström ...
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PDF NewsletterSGI Europe Executive Edition: Vol 35 - 13+14
Nike posts digital decline for first time in nine years | Lululemon posts strong Q4 results, some Q1 softness in US | Majority of Foot Locker’s annual non-US sales generated by five countries | DFB’s Strategic Shift: Adidas to Nike, Redefining Football Apparel’s Future | Anta Sports’ FY23 operating profit rises 45 percent | Fila Holdings continues to reshape business model | Busy summer of sports, soft comps should bolster JD Sports | Nike addresses backlash over England kit for Euro 2024 | Shein considers supply chain as a service | Grupo SBF improves key metrics in FY23 | Lamoda Sport and DeSport gear up development strategies | Competition on marketplaces is becoming increasingly difficult: Russian retailers
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News briefsJD Sports announces expansion into South Africa
JD Sports Fashion has partnered with Foschini Retail Group, a subsidiary of The Foschini Group Limited (TFG), to launch the JD brand in South Africa. Over 40 JD stores are set to open across the country in the next five years, with the first expected by the end of 2024. ...
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ArticleBusy summer of sports, soft comps should bolster JD Sports
Shares of JD Sports Fashion rose by 15.7 percent on the London Stock Exchange yesterday, closing at £134.50 (€156.85), after the parent of Go Outdoors, Millets and other retail banners predicted improved trading conditions in the months ahead, sparked by the Euro Cup and Paris Games this summer, softer year-over-year ...
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News briefsMike Ashley sues Newcastle United over replica shirts for 2024/2025
Mike Ashley, the founder of Sports Direct, is suing Newcastle United over next season’s kit. Ashley owned the football club for 14 years, between 2007 and 2021. He has taken legal action against the club for “stopping his Sports Direct empire from selling their replica shirts” in favor of rival ...
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