All Sporting Goods Intelligence articles in Volume 37 Issue 21+22 – Page 5
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News briefsUK tennis body LTA turns to VC firm Redrice for growth
The tie-up will target innovations in facilities, technology and player pathways in tennis and padel.
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ArticleStrava’s bigger platform play
Three launches in five weeks - hiking, racing and rewards - reveal a much bigger ambition behind the update notes.
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ArticleA treadmill that costs as much as designer furniture
NordicTrack’s $15,000 Ultra 1 is priced to rival high-end furniture, not just other treadmills, and three design juries agree.
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News briefsPremier Padel names Fanatics master licensee in retail deal
Padel’s biggest tour just got a retail partner used to running NFL and NBA merchandise.
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Articlelululemon's Hamilton series debuts with a golf lesson
lululemon’s debut ‘Rest Day’ episode has Hamilton taking a golf lesson from PGA pro Min Woo Lee, with golf apparel on display.
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ArticleSkechers builds a motel to pitch itself to football
A brand still associated with comfort footwear is making its case to football not with performance claims, but with a fictional roadside motel and a World Cup-sized cast.
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ArticleMessi and Adidas: 20 Years to El Último Tango
As Argentina returns to the World Cup final, Adidas and Messi celebrate a partnership two decades in the making.
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News briefsTeva lets athletes co-design a shoe for the first time
Folding sponsored athletes into product development, not just marketing, is Teva’s answer to a crowded trail category.
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News briefsDecathlon fits 700 stores with digital price labels
The retailer, just named France’s most attractive brand, is now Vusion’s most global customer.
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News briefsAlo Yoga picks luxury streets for German stores
Five cities, one flagship-led rollout, timed to Lululemon’s leadership handover and Vuori’s caution
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ArticleNike’s refund check has arrived. The growth story hasn’t.
Nike has recovered nearly all of its $986 million tariff refund, but the cash windfall does little to answer lingering questions about growth, China and the progress of its turnaround.
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ArticleNike and PSG to renew deal early, report says
Nike is reportedly paying more for the one line it just called underperforming.
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ArticleNo forecast for FY27: Frasers continues its acquisition spree
The British retail and investment group is reshaping its business as retail profit rises 22 percent.
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ArticleMAP Active Buys Sports Direct Malaysia
With the rupiah under pressure and domestic retail sluggish, MAP Active’s Malaysia buy reads as earnings diversification.
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ArticleFoot Locker’s US walls get a new brand: Salomon
The retailer trimmed its footwear wall by 30% this year. Now it plans to grow it again, selectively.
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News briefsAnta brand CEO Xu Yang resigns
Anta Sports Products confirms Xu Yang has resigned as CEO of its namesake brand; Lai Shixian named interim CEO.
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News briefsOnitsuka Tiger’s Tokyo flagship fuses Japan and Italy
Marble from Siena, black terrazzo, a facade in Tiger-Yellow: the brand’s biggest store reads like a Milan-Tokyo design dialogue.
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ArticleJoma to sponsor Fetri’s Hyatlón, federation cousin to Hyrox
Puma’s exclusive Hyrox lock is pushing rival sponsors toward federations building their own version of the sport.
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News briefsPaddletek buys pickleball paddle maker PIKKL
PIKKL joins a portfolio spanning Bantam, Tempest and Honeyfoam, as Paddletek also signs three unrelated pro Johnsons.
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News briefsChina sport exports grow fastest beyond the West
Skateboard shipments rose 20.4 percent as China’s global export share topped 40 percent in the first half.
