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PDF NewsletterSGI Europe Executive Edition: Vol 37 - 17+18
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
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ArticleAsics to spin off Onitsuka Tiger
The brand grew 43 percent last year with a 38 percent margin: now it gets its own company.
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News briefsASICS aims for decision simplicity at retail
ASICS cuts through tennis footwear complexity with a two-profile system built around how players move on court.
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ArticleShoes almost never get recycled. Here’s the data.
The first large-scale material analysis of European post-consumer footwear finds adhesives, black pigments, and missing pairs are the real obstacles to recycling.
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News briefsKohli’s wife joins him as an Agilitas investor
The cricket star already co-owns a stake after selling his One8 brand to the Bangalore sportswear company last year.
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News briefsSportsShoes.com signs YETI as UK retail partner
The Bradford-based retailer with £93.3m turnover adds YETI coolers, drinkware, and bags to its 150-brand running and outdoor roster
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News briefsAsics and Montana Sport to end distribution agreement
The Swiss handover reflects Asics’s broader push toward a 40% direct-to-consumer ratio in Europe
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ArticleWFSGI and Commonwealth call for sport in youth mental health policy
A World Health Assembly side event on May 20 brought together Nike, ASICS, WHO advisers and Commonwealth ministers to argue the case
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ArticleAnime Is the New Jersey
Desperate to hook younger fans, sports brands are placing a surprising bet on anime, and the numbers prove its payoff.
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News briefsASICS launches first Alpine training camp
A chalet near Mont Blanc. Ten athletes at a time. ASICS is building loyalty where it counts.