• 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

  • ZUMIEZ Q1 2026: Europe outperforms as North America slows
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    ZUMIEZ Q1 2026: Europe outperforms as North America slows

    2026-06-05T10:22:00Z

    Zumiez’s struggling European business just became its best-performing region — right as the US consumer hit the brakes.

  • SGI Europe Executive Edition: Vol 37 - 11+12
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    SGI Europe Executive Edition: Vol 37 - 11+12

    2026-04-15T14:37:00Z

    Newton Golf nearly triples sales but operating losses deepen | Decathlon, JD Sports and lululemon make NRF global top | Column: The future of visibility isn’t Google – it’s the prompt | Frasers Group’s AI assistant claims 25% conversion gain over search | Dick’s targets 250 Foot Locker remodels by back-to-school | What Oura’s Doublepoint deal signals for the future of wearables | Castore picks Ocula Technologies as its AI product content partner | Playlist-EGYM merger creates fitness tech giant valued at $7.5bn | Women’s elite sports revenues to top $3bn for the first time, Deloitte says | TrusTrace’s One Retail Hub cuts fashion compliance burden by 70% | Worldly joins Green Sports Alliance to tackle supply chain impact | Odlo earns Fair Wear Leader status two years ahead of schedule

  • Q4 2025 Scorecard: Revenue rises, earnings crater
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    Q4 2025 Scorecard: Revenue rises, earnings crater

    2026-04-13T15:12:00Z

    Revenue climbed 8% across 47 companies in Q4 2025, but profits fell by more than a third, as impairments, strategic resets and structural consolidation all pulled in the same direction.

  • Zumiez returns to profit as margins recover
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    Zumiez returns to profit as margins recover

    2026-03-23T13:43:00Z

    US specialty retailer Zumiez swings back to annual profit after a loss year, with Blue Tomato driving European margin gains and Q1 momentum building.

  • Q3 2025 Scorecard: Sporting goods winners & losers
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    Q3 2025 Scorecard: Sporting goods winners & losers

    2026-01-12T16:19:00Z

    SGIE Q3 2025 scorecard: 47 sporting goods companies tracked by sales and profits reveal uneven growth, with smaller firms outpacing larger competitors.

  • SGI Europe Executive Edition: Vol 36 - 36+37
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    SGI Europe Executive Edition: Vol 36 - 36+37

    2025-09-11T01:00:00Z

    A new Foot Locker team has formed | Adidas and Audi join forces in the brand new Formula 1 team | Elan Sports restructures leadership ahead of winter season | Leadership shift aligns Decathlon UK and Ireland | VSP Vision acquires Adidas Eyewear licensee Marcolin | New chairman for Frasers Group; CEO expected to miss out on major bonus | Lululemon Q2 profit flat as US demand weakens and tariffs bite | Golden Goose continues to post double-digit growth | Klarna lists on NYSE after all obstacles are cleared, valued at €11.8bn | New Era names official partner of Atlassian Williams Racing | New growth for Norwegian sports market | WeSports turnover is booming, more acquisitions to come | Perfect Moment secures $6.6m in new financing | Puma teams up with Rothaus and Sport 2000 for beer-Inspired sneaker | America’s first Skechers Performance Store opens in Miami | Olympic Refuge Foundation awards $200K to refugee sport projects | Lewis Hamilton restructures and renames his company | Giorgio Armani dies aged 91 | Rawlings acquires leading training and accessories company, Tanner Tees | Aim’n hits SEK 500m in 2025 as it moves away from influencer marketing | Nike and StockX settle 2022 lawsuit over NFT trademark | Zumiez posts modest Q2 growth | Ralph Lauren back to dress up US team for Ryder Cup | IOC appoints three new directors | New York Giants to sell 10% for $1bn

  • Zumiez posts modest Q2 growth
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    Zumiez posts modest Q2 growth

    2025-09-09T12:52:00Z

    The boardsports and streetwear retailer lifted Q2 sales and margins yet remained in the red, while back-to-school demand supports stronger guidance for Q3.

  • A look at US retail and retailers
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    A look at US retail and retailers

    2025-07-23T05:47:00Z

    A survey ranks the ten best retailers and best apparel retailers in the US.

  • SGI Europe Executive Edition: Vol 36 - 24+25
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    SGI Europe Executive Edition: Vol 36 - 24+25

    2025-06-19T09:51:00Z

    XXL suspends payments, is bankruptcy imminent? | The top sporting goods industry performers by sales and profits in 2024 | Lululemon cuts FY forecasts as Trump tariff policy starts to hurt | Zumiez starts Q2 slowly as international business lags | Sport 2000 Austria shifts to retail service model | 3G Capital’s $10bn takeover drives Skechers off stock market | Asics to ramp up manufacturing in India | Fanatics and FC Internazionale in long-time partnership | First J.Lindeberg womens fashion collection ever to be released in 2026 | Db adds Haaland, Witzøe as strategic investors | First stores for DTC footwear brand Oofos | Olympism365 Summit convenes in Lausanne and sets new commitments