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Asics enters tennis collab with French fashion brand
For its first head-to-toe tennis colab, Asics has teamed up with French A.P.C.
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Sportsshoes.com celebrates 150,000 app downloads
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 ...
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Short Stops Week 13, 2025
EVENTS +++ The men’s and women’s Tour de France 2027 will begin in the UK +++ FINANCIAL +++ The Professional Triathletes Organization (PTO) has announced that US-based Cordillera Investment Partners has made a $10 million investment in the PTO +++ CORPORATE +++ Sports technology firm Sportradar ...
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Puma x Saysky running collection sends clear message to competitors
As running groups gather once again across the continent and entries for the 2025 Great Race attract eager runners, product releases and collabs are becoming more frequent in the sports industry. The one between global giant Puma and the small Danish brand Saysky is particularly eye-catching and interesting.
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Foot Locker’s sales rose 2.6% in Q4, modest growth forecast for FY25
The group will do another 300 store refreshes (following 400 in 2024) and 80 additional “Reimagined” doors.
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SGI Europe Executive Edition: Vol 36 - 8+9
Arc’teryx delivered over $2bn in FY24 revenues for Amer Sports | Asics’ FY operating income hits record high | Saucony parent completes first turnaround strategy | Björn Borg approaches SEK 1bn in sales | Crocs Q4 2024 revenues up 3.1% to $990m | Garmin’s fitness segment drives record Q4 and FY24 growth | Super Retail Group H1 sales up 4.0 percent | Alpargatas puts itself in better position with more inventory write-offs | Moncler continues double-digit DTC growth in 2024 as wholesale falls | Shimano suffers drop in FY24 operating income | Intersport Spain files for insolvency | Modest FY revenue growth at Forum Sport | Topgolf Callaway Group FY25 results will be impacted by currency, tariffs | Adidas replaces Craft as Swedish Athletics’ kit supplier | Norwegian sports retailers’ sales declined 4.4% in 2024 | Saudi Arabia to host first Olympic Esports Games | Eurobike in transformation for the 2025 show | New US, European licensing deals for Reebok | Louis Vuitton also enters the Formula 1 world | Boozt moves headquarters from Sweden | New York Giants looking to sell a stake? | World Athletics discussing transgenderism
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Short Stops Week 09, 2025
CORPORATE +++ Zinedine Zidane, according to The Padel Paper, is among the investors in a sports complex (left over from the Paris Olympics) to be rebuilt next year in southern France, with 13 padel courts, two five-a-side football pitches and a beach volleyball court +++ For the first time in ...
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Asics’ FY operating income hits record high
The running business was helped by a focus on higher-end product and “significant” sales growth in Greater China and Southeast/South Asia. European sales increased by 10.9 percent to ¥99.8 billion (€624.5m).
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SGI Europe Executive Edition: Vol 36 - 6+7
Can Elliot Hill ‘swoosh’ Nike back to the top and does the company have another Jordan in its portfolio? | Under Armour’s operating income in Q4 slipped by 81% | Intersport Voswinkel’s report of 2024, plans for growth in 2025 | XXL revenues contracted 1.8% in Q4 | Skechers delivers record annual sales in FY24 | Fenix Outdoor suffers 3.3% year-over-year sales drop | Canada Goose delivers higher operating profit, lower sales in Q3 | Columbia reports a 21% gain in operating income FY24 | Brooks Running achieved sales growth of 228% in China 2024 | H&M’s Q4 lifted 3% but many store closures are expected in 2025 | Mizuno posts record sales and 16.5% growth, fueled by soccer and lifestyle footwear | New Wave posts higher sports & leisure profits, sales in Q4 | GoPro reports another loss, cuts costs by 30% | Perfect Moment names Jane Gottschalk as new president | Goldwin’s nine-month operating profit slips | Zalando recruits five key persons, two SVP and one CFO | Melanja Korošec appointed new SVP at KJK Sports | Elan Central Europe gets a new General Manager | Shein says it conducts 2 million product safety tests annually | Peloton Interactive lifts guidance as Q2 loss narrows | After strong fiscal Q3, Deckers Brands raise full-year guidance | Nike scores mixed feedback from NFL Super Bowl ad | Stadium closes another store in its home market
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Asics EMEA appoints new head of Marketing, Merchandising and Product
Andreas Moll, Asics’ former Category Director of Running, takes over the role from Gary Raucher.