• Frasers’ Hugo Boss plan goes beyond ownership
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    Frasers’ Hugo Boss plan goes beyond ownership

    2026-07-27T19:49:00Z

    A reported plan to install Frasers CEO Michael Murray as Hugo Boss CEO shows that the retailer is treating equity ownership as inseparable from operational control.

  • SGI Europe Executive Edition: Vol 37 - 21+22
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    SGI Europe Executive Edition: Vol 37 - 21+22

    2026-07-22T13:55:00Z

    A100-year-old baseball glove maker now designs gaming chairs | Nike Radical AirFlow apparel expands globally | Asics turns nine years of startup scouting into annual Kenzen event | Decathlon receives provisional, conditioned approval for Intersport Spain acquisitions | MAP Active acquires Sports Direct Malaysia from Frasers Group in full | Anta Sports Q2 2026: core brand growth remains low single digit | Frasers Group accelerates global expansion despite challenging market conditions | Physical inactivity 2026: The cost of standing still | Impact of sports: Sporting Goods brands are missing their biggest opportunity | Half the story: low coverage of women in sport isn’t just a fairness issue | Foot Locker adds Salomon in first US retail partnership | From 74 triathlon suits to mid-eight-figure revenue: The 21 reasons behind Ryzon’s rise | Joma to sponsor Fetri’s Hyatlón, federation cousin to Hyrox | Asian tennis stars and the sponsorship boom: How the calculus changed | Beyond the sale: could product care be retail’s next edge?

  • MAP Active Buys Sports Direct Malaysia
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    MAP Active Buys Sports Direct Malaysia

    2026-07-16T14:56:00Z

     With the rupiah under pressure and domestic retail sluggish, MAP Active’s Malaysia buy reads as earnings diversification.

  • Skechers builds a motel to pitch itself to football
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    Skechers builds a motel to pitch itself to football

    2026-07-15T16:02:00Z

    A brand still associated with comfort footwear is making its case to football not with performance claims, but with a fictional roadside motel and a World Cup-sized cast.

  • While rivals go pink, New Balance goes neon
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    While rivals go pink, New Balance goes neon

    2026-07-07T16:15:00Z

    From neon boots to heat-reactive Stone Island cleats, New Balance turns color into its main World Cup storyline.

  • Harry Kane, top scorer and entrepreneur
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    Harry Kane, top scorer and entrepreneur

    2026-06-29T18:01:00Z

    The £20m Seat Unique raise is the latest move in Kane’s quietly expanding equity portfolio.

  • Accent Group rejects Frasers’ takeover bid
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    Accent Group rejects Frasers’ takeover bid

    2026-06-24T12:30:00Z

    Accent Group’s board unanimously rejects Frasers’ offer of A$0.65 per share, calling it materially inadequate.

  • The boot adidas built for this moment
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    The boot adidas built for this moment

    2026-06-23T10:17:00Z

    Messi broke the all-time World Cup scoring record. adidas had the campaign, the boot and the story ready. 

  • Football in pink
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    Football in pink

    2026-06-22T14:24:00Z

    Nike, adidas, PUMA, New Balance and Skechers all launched pink tournament packs for 2026. Here is why.

  • The World Cup is open, and so is the revenue engine
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    The World Cup is open, and so is the revenue engine

    2026-06-18T17:00:00Z

    Kane’s two goals in Skechers boots, Messi’s hat trick and triple-digit apparel sales: the commercial case is answering its skeptics.