• 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

  • 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.

  • Kohli’s wife joins him as an Agilitas investor
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    Kohli’s wife joins him as an Agilitas investor

    2026-06-04T10:52:00Z

    The cricket star already co-owns a stake after selling his One8 brand to the Bangalore sportswear company last year.

  • The brands skipping the World Cup on purpose
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    The brands skipping the World Cup on purpose

    2026-06-03T17:16:00Z

    Castore and Macron have no shirt at the 2026 World Cup. That is not a gap in their strategy. It is the strategy.

  • Reebok’s China reset, take two
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    Reebok’s China reset, take two

    2026-06-01T13:29:00Z

    ABG targets 200 stores and $1 billion in annual China sales by 2036 with an operator incorporated in 2025

  • SGI Europe Executive Edition: Vol 37 - 15+16
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    SGI Europe Executive Edition: Vol 37 - 15+16

    2026-05-18T06:53:00Z

    Why On’s Q1 is more than just a strong quarter | What VF Corp’s Reinvent fixed, and what it didn’t | FY2026 revenue up: JD Sports shifts focus to efficiency over expansion | Mike Ashley confirms to FT his team filmed the Cowgill footage | Under Armour plunges 19% as outlook disappoints | Mizuno reports record-high sales and profits for FY2025 | Columbia flat in Q1 as tariffs and US weakness weigh on margins | Asics posts record Q1 earnings. Shares fall on flat guidance | Puma Q1 shows stability as management keeps cautious full-year outlook | Yue Yuen Q1 profit drops by more than half as bottlenecks and tariffs erode margins | Gildan posts record Q1 revenue as HanesBrands integration advances | Technogym grows Q1 revenues 10% to €237m across all regions | Brooks posts 23% Q1 growth as EMEA surges and China triples | A $225 million bet on the everything-pickleball company

  • Salomon’s talent strategy looks beyond outdoor
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    Salomon’s talent strategy looks beyond outdoor

    2026-05-06T09:13:00Z

    Moncler, JD Sports, Adidas: Salomon’s three new executives map a brand that no longer recruits like an outdoor company.

  • SGI Europe Executive Edition: Vol 37 - 13+14
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    SGI Europe Executive Edition: Vol 37 - 13+14

    2026-04-30T14:49:00Z

    Nike calls 1,400 job cuts a planned step. Analysts aren’t so sure | Adidas posts 14% revenue growth in Q1: guidance for the fiscal year remains cautious | Q4 2025 Scorecard: Revenue rises, earnings crater | New Balance targets $10bn revenue in Middle East push | Report: Europe’s fitness market breaks records in 2025 | WFSGI elects first all-American co-chairs | Adidas backs Bundesliga with €100m deal as Nike era looms | Garmin Q1 2026: fitness up 42%, outdoor down on prior-year comparison | Anta Q1 operational update: Spring Festival lifts sales, March reality bites | 361 Degrees Q1 2026: e-commerce outpaces steady offline gains | Yue Yuen warns of up to 55% profit drop as tariffs hit Q1 output | Moncler Group posts 12% Q1 revenue growth on Asia rebound | Reebok’s sport-by-sport comeback is a brand management masterclass | Five takeaways from Shimano’s Q1 2026 results | A probe into ‘forever chemicals’ in activewear lays bare fashion’s greenwashing problem


  • How K-pop is selling F1 merch, and why it matters
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    How K-pop is selling F1 merch, and why it matters

    2026-04-27T14:54:00Z

    K-pop fandoms and Gen Z identity are turning F1 team merchandise into a premium category. The sporting goods industry is taking notes.

  • How ABG is rebuilding Reebok, one sport at a time
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    How ABG is rebuilding Reebok, one sport at a time

    2026-04-26T10:34:00Z

    Hockey, basketball and Greater China – three moves in three weeks show that Reebok’s reclamation under ABG is no longer a story about potential.