Analysis on the brand’s and retailer’s financial performance in the sporting goods industry including annual and quarterly updates, regional break-down, channel and segment growth.
ANTA Sports delivered record first-half revenue and profit, but growth increasingly came from elsewhere.
Saucony and Merrell are growing faster than the flagship Xtep brand, a shift now central to the group’s H1 2026 results.
Shares fell after the retailer’s newest banner posted a 3.6 percent comparable sales decline.
Two quarters in, and hitting its own target now means a big second half swing.
North America, JD’s biggest market, drags Q2 sales down and forces a narrower profit range for FY27.
H1 revenue and profit both rose 8 percent as overseas retail sales jumped 80 percent and mainland store count fell 5.9 percent.
Running and sportstyle keep pulling Salomon forward while Wilson’s rackets nearly doubled the quarter’s growth rate to 24%.