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PDF NewsletterSGI Europe Executive Edition: Vol 36 - 36+37
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
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ArticleZumiez posts modest Q2 growth
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.
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ArticleA look at US retail and retailers
A survey ranks the ten best retailers and best apparel retailers in the US.
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PDF NewsletterSGI Europe Executive Edition: Vol 36 - 24+25
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
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ArticleZumiez starts Q2 slowly as international business lags
Comparable sales for North America increased by 5.1 percent in the period while comparable international sales slumped by 14.8 percent.
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AnalysisAnalysis: The top sporting goods industry performers by sales and profits in Q4 2024
Seven firms reported one-time charges of at least $10 million, offset by VF Corp., Wolverine Worldwide, Foot Locker, and Zumiez, who were overlapping large end-of-year write-downs. Excluding Topgolf, year-over-year Equipment RoS improved from a 3.8 percent year-on-year decline to essentially flat. Diversified/Retail is Q4’s strongest segment. Year-over-year RoS rose to ...
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PDF NewsletterSGI Europe Executive Edition: Vol 36 - 12+13
Nike’s Q3 result $11.3bn, down 9% – Hill: ‘We’re on the right path’ | Anta Sports’ FY24 operating profit grows nearly 51 percent | It took 131 years – Kirsty Coventry becomes IOC’s first female President | Fila Holdings reports FY24 sales up 3%, rebrands as Misto | How Puma CEO Arne Freundt plans to regain investor confidence | Frasers Group to make second mandatory offer on XXL | Klarna files for IPO in New York | Decathlon Germany to open stores at Galeria locations | Decathlon joins the CDP A-List for its climate efforts | Tariffs and more from the US Treasury’s perspective | Puma replaces Nike as official matchball supplier to Premier League | Adidas and Bundesliga back in official matchball partnership | Havaianas partners with super model, flip-flop market to reach $5.38bn in 2030 | Perfect Moment brings F1-speed to the slopes | Former Nike GM becomes Rip Curl’s new CEO | Foot Locker has a new President | Brash new brand of sports apparel rises in the US | Bundesliga and Infront in collaboration for media rights in nine countries | Zumiez posts Q4 operating profit, but cautious on FY25 view | Xponential Fitness loss widens; restates 2023 financials | Inditex’s sales slow down in the opening weeks of fiscal 2025 | Grupo SBF’s adjusted Ebitda improves by 27% in FY24 | Xtep Intl. realigns strategy, raises FY operating profit by 9.3 percent
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ArticleZumiez posts Q4 operating profit, but cautious on FY25 view
Gross margin improved to 36.2 percent and comparable store sales grew to 5.9 percent.
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ArticleBlue Tomato has opened its 90th store
Stockholm is the latest city to welcome the Austrian tomato since Blue Tomato recently opened its latest store in Mood’s hip, central galleria.
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PDF NewsletterSGI Europe Executive Edition: Vol 35 - 48+49+50
Zalando is snapping up About You | Db CEO after LVHM’s investment – ‘We are harnessing the tremendous demand from the US’ | Rottefella has reached an agreement with Amer Sports and signs license deal | Classic French brand enters receivership | New CEO of Houdini who strengthens leadership for global growth strategies | Lululemon expanding further in China, EMEA | Adidas releases its first physical shoe out the metaverse | Key Q3 developments lead Foot Locker to lower FY guidance | New CEO for Ecco | Merrell expands into lifestyle and hires a new Chief Product Officer | Zumiez continues to eye profitability in Europe despite recent weather woes | Unprecedented supply chain challenges for German companies | New biodegradable midsole technology unveiled by OrthoLite Cirql at ISPO Munich | Frasers Group to acquire South African Holdsport | Rental business is a driving force with double-digit growth at Intersport Austria | High cost of borrowed funds hurts Russian sporting goods industry | Klarna made profit for second time in a row in Q3 | Paris 2024 is the most followed Games ever | FW 25/26 winners of the Scandinavian Outdoor Award announced | JD Sports warns profit will be at lower end of range after ‘volatile’ October
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