• Anta Sports buys Jack Wolfskin from Topgolf Callaway
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    Anta Sports buys Jack Wolfskin from Topgolf Callaway

    11 April 2025

    The sale will make Topgolf Callaway focus on its core business of golf, CEO Chip Brewer said.

  • Tariff turmoil: How the sports and outdoor industries in the US are bracing for impact
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    Tariff turmoil: How the sports and outdoor industries in the US are bracing for impact

    7 April 2025

    From Salomon to Snowsports Industries America (SIA): Here’s how the US industry feels about Trump’s tariffs.

  • Arc’teryx drives Amer Sports’ success
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    Arc’teryx drives Amer Sports’ success

    4 April 2025

    With its outdoor brands Arc’teryx, Salomon and Peak Performance, Amer Sports increased its sales and even overtook Adidas in share price. Here is our financial analysis. 

  • SGI Europe Executive Edition: Vol 36 - 12+13
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    SGI Europe Executive Edition: Vol 36 - 12+13

    27 March 2025

    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

  • Salomon appoints former Nike designer as its new Global Brand Creative Director
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    Salomon appoints former Nike designer as its new Global Brand Creative Director

    26 March 2025

    Former Nike designer Nick Parkinson has been appointed Salomon’s new Global Brand Creative Director.

  • Sportsshoes.com celebrates 150,000 app downloads
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    Sportsshoes.com celebrates 150,000 app downloads

    26 March 2025

    Sportsshoes.com’s app, launched in August 2024, has been downloaded 150,000 times. The retailer has a turnover of £90 million (€107.7m), with expansion plans to enhance the online retail experience for customers. The app also serves as a platform for customer engagement and to support the wider athlete community. In the ...

  • SGI Europe’s IOC election series: Johan Eliasch – The expatriate
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    SGI Europe’s IOC election series: Johan Eliasch – The expatriate

    20 March 2025

    The former owner and CEO of Head holds degrees in both economics and engineering from Stockholm University and the Royal Institute of Technology.

  • Yue Yuen reports improved FY results on manufacturing rebound
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    Yue Yuen reports improved FY results on manufacturing rebound

    12 March 2025

    The globe’s largest manufacturer of footwear posted a 47 percent increase in FY24 Ebit to $572.1 million versus $390.2 million for the 12 months ended Dec. 31.

  • Arc’teryx delivered over $2bn in FY24 revenues for Amer Sports
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    Arc’teryx delivered over $2bn in FY24 revenues for Amer Sports

    26 February 2025

    A financial turning point in Amer Sports’ journey occurred in Q4. Arc’teryx is still the strongest brand in Amer’s portfolio.

  • SGI Europe Executive Edition: Vol 36 - 1+2+3
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    SGI Europe Executive Edition: Vol 36 - 1+2+3

    15 January 2025

    JD Sports warns on profit again as rivals discount stock | Analysis: 2024 Global Sporting Goods Industry Stocks Slip Lower in 2024 | On eyes younger consumers and new markets | XXL can finally move forward – rights issue raising €60m secured | E-com giant makes a big AI investment and 10% of staff has to leave | Addias has signed with a 33-year-old tennis pro | Zalando report highlights its impact on European economy | Adidas takes up racing battle with Puma – joins F1 team | Castore partners with its third F1 team | Burton hires two new female executives to drive growth | Blue Tomato has opened its 90th store | Holiday online shopping sets new record in the US – sporting goods up big | Over 9% decline in Italian footwear sales expected by 2024 | Desport is on the fast track to complete the last Decathlon project in Russia