• Dick’s app beats AI in App Store rankings
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    Dick’s app beats AI in App Store rankings

    2026-03-02T20:07:00Z

    A fitness-reward feature called MOVE helped the sports retailer climb above ChatGPT and Gemini – a case study European retailers should study. 

  • 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

  • Intersport Finke wins EuroShop sustainability prize
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    Intersport Finke wins EuroShop sustainability prize

    2026-02-26T15:47:00Z

    A German Intersport franchise store triumphed over a global field of 122 entries from 30 countries with a circular-economy refit that cut 5 tons of CO2.

  • Intersport France names new comms chief
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    Intersport France names new comms chief

    2026-02-22T13:30:00Z

    Ex-Go Sport Brand Director joins a retailer that absorbed its former employer and now targets €5.5bn revenue by 2030

  • Int’l Padel Cluster appoints new head of operations
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    Int’l Padel Cluster appoints new head of operations

    2026-02-18T09:57:00Z

    Former Babolat and Ternua executive Michel Gogniat takes the helm as industry body prepares new strategic plan.

  • Frasers Group opens first Nordic flagship store
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    Frasers Group opens first Nordic flagship store

    2026-02-06T18:19:00Z

    British retail giant deploys Sports Direct alongside XXL to control Nordic sporting goods through complementary urban and destination retail positioning.

  • 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

  • Intersport fined €3.5m for customer-data transfers
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    Intersport fined €3.5m for customer-data transfers

    2026-01-26T14:35:00Z

    France’s data watchdog penalises the sporting goods retailer for transferring loyalty programme members’ contact details to social networks without consent.

  • Intersport Austria to acquire Intersport Slovenia
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    Intersport Austria to acquire Intersport Slovenia

    2026-01-20T17:33:00Z

    Intersport Austria is acquiring Intersport Slovenia Group, creating a combined entity operating in 12 countries with nearly €1 billion in sales.

  • SGI Europe Executive Edition: Vol 37 - 1+2
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    SGI Europe Executive Edition: Vol 37 - 1+2

    2026-01-15T00:24:00Z

    Analysis: 2025 sporting goods stocks drop 14% in worst year since 2022 | The activist reckoning: shareholder pressure reshaped sporting goods in 2025 | Anta Sports reportedly offers for Pinault family’s 29% Puma stake | Fairfax Financial acquires 22% stake in Under Armour | Japan trader Marubeni acquires Gola owner Jacobson Group to scale lifestyle platform | JD Sports enables direct purchases through AI platforms in US market | Google launches Universal Commerce Protocol for agentic AI shopping | Puma appoints Anne Putz as Senior Director of Corporate Communications | Puma appoints Nadia Kokni as Vice President Global Brand Marketing | Alo taps ex-Dior executive to lead global push | Canada Goose appoints Daniel Binder to lead Asia-Pacific expansion | New Balance appoints former Frasers Group exec as EMEA sales VP | Campaign spotlight | ‘Can’t return it, won’t quit it’: Decathlon flips retail logic to fight fitness failure | ASICS launches ‘Move Your Body, Move Your Mind’ campaign with reimagined ‘Good Vibrations’