All Sporting Goods Intelligence articles in Volume 37, Issue 17+18 – Page 6
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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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ArticleWhat Taiwan’s fitness diplomacy tells the industry
Taiwan is using the health and fitness economy as a channel for economic diplomacy, and the sporting goods industry should take note.
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ArticleUneekor launches in UK and Europe with new sales team
The AI-powered golf simulator brand appoints EMEA Director of Sales, UK & Ireland Director, and EMEA Supply Chain Manager.
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ArticleSnipes unites Nike, adidas and Puma in World Cup film
Built around players whose identities cross borders, the campaign says more about Snipes’ customer than about football.
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ArticleQ1: Lululemon’s 4% growth hides a 37% profit collapse
China grew 30%, America shrank 3%, and a new CEO inherits the gap between them.
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ArticleWorld Cup 2026: big event, small economic impact?
A new Goldman Sachs research note challenges FIFA’s $17 billion GDP forecast for the 2026 World Cup.
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ArticleZUMIEZ Q1 2026: Europe outperforms as North America slows
Zumiez’s struggling European business just became its best-performing region — right as the US consumer hit the brakes.
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ArticleRecord numbers. New players. The soccer boom in the US is already here.
SFIA data shows U.S. soccer at peak participation, driven by Hispanic growth, female re-engagement, and millennials.
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News briefsJens Aage Skare Nielsen confirmed as Rugby Europe CEO
Eight months in, the interim CEO gets the permanent job
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News briefsScotland’s back: JD Sports celebrates with adidas
JD Sports and adidas celebrate Scotland’s first World Cup in 28 years with a campaign fronted by Ally McCoist and current squad stars.
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ArticleThe paddock is the new pitch: adidas moves in, Nike watches
The confirmed three-year deal, effective 2027, gives adidas three top-tier F1 teams and sharpens the question of Nike’s continued paddock absence.
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ArticleWhy Oner Active is opening in NYC, not London
The British activewear scale-up signs its first-ever store lease: in Manhattan’s NoHo, not its home market
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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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ArticleSwipe left, buy Local: the Douyin athleisure takeover
Grandparents with 34 million Douyin followers, a $910 billion silver economy, and a guochao generation rewriting who buys local activewear, and why.
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ArticleFrasers wants a Big Four auditor. Will any take the job?
The Sports Direct owner has approached all four major accounting firms about a 2029 mandate, per FT reporting
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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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News briefsadidas takes the World Cup to Nordstrom
The 35-store deal spans eight US host-city markets, with immersive installations in New York and Seattle running through late July.
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ArticleNike, adidas, PUMA: the World Cup brand battle decoded
One brand built a system. One owns the tournament. One is playing the long game in Africa. Reading (and watching) the 2026 World Cup brand battle.
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News briefsGymshark partners with Bratz
A four-piece drop, a nostalgia property, and data on female gym discomfort: collaboration as a statement.
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News briefsPeloton acquires Pilates startup Skōp
The US connected fitness platform adds form-tracking technology to its R&D function as part of a broader turnaround effort.
