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Castore reportedly explores sale a decade after launch
JPMorgan is canvassing buyers for the brand Andy Murray backs, with interest from China among the approaches.
NGE fitness expands beyond UK Decathlon marketplace
A year after joining Decathlon’s UK marketplace, Northern Gym Equipment has expanded to 300+ listings and entered selected stores.
Castore at 10: From challenger to the global stage
Castore turns 10 this month, having expanded into F1, football, rugby, cricket, golf and heritage lifestyle brands.
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Closing the distance: inside LTP’s clubhouse in Saigon
LTP Group has opened a dedicated development space in Ho Chi Minh City that compresses performance apparel sampling from months to fourteen days.
Castore reportedly explores sale a decade after launch
JPMorgan is canvassing buyers for the brand Andy Murray backs, with interest from China among the approaches.
Soul Padel raises £3.6m to triple UK club count
Family office cash sends the Manchester padel brand from four clubs to ten, targeting 250 courts by 2032.
Oura’s IPO tests the value of health data
Subscription growth and a 42-billion-hour biometric dataset anchor Oura’s case for a technology-style valuation.
Lululemon’s tough quarter deepens across key markets
Demand is down in Lululemon’s top markets, and a Great Wall misfire hasn’t helped in China. A tariff refund softened the blow.
NGE fitness expands beyond UK Decathlon marketplace
A year after joining Decathlon’s UK marketplace, Northern Gym Equipment has expanded to 300+ listings and entered selected stores.
Fanatics renews UEFA card deal until 2033
The deal covers six UEFA club competitions, with cards produced under the Topps brand.
Lululemon opens largest APAC store in Tokyo
The Tokyo store opened days before Lululemon reports Q2 results, giving investors a fresh read on its Asia-Pacific growth.
Intersport’s WC summer campaign lifts jersey sales 73%
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Slazenger Padel opens 4th UK club in Exeter retail park
The Exeter club adds nine padel and two pickleball courts, taking Slazenger Padel to four UK sites.
ASICS named apparel partner for Paris padel major
The Roland-Garros tie-up is the latest step in a multi-year ASICS expansion into padel.
U.S. Polo Assn. ranked world’s top sports licensor
A polo brand best known for casualwear now outranks the NFL Players Association, PGA Tour and Formula 1 in global licensing.
INTERSPORT signs global partnership with FIBA to 2031
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Brands race to catch the run clubs’ wave
Running clubs surge across Asia and in cities worldwide, turning what was once solitary exercise into a collective ritual of reconnection and belonging.
US women’s sports audience and ad spend are booming
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Running footwear sales climb 13% as US market stalls
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adidas marketing ops VP Jochen Denninger dies at 57
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Lululemon comms chief Bill Chandler exits Sept. 4
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New Balance UK factory gets a garden by a jeweller
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Macron: the brand that grew by saying ‘no’
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Think Beyond names Robertson as first CEO
Melissa Robertson becomes Think Beyond’s first CEO, taking an equity stake as the consultancy scales.
PGA Tour, LeBron foundation build a golf mentorship pipeline
The LeBron James Family Foundation Invitational debuts July 6-7, 2027, at Firestone Country Club, blending golf with mentorship.
Billie Jean King and Deloitte launch women's sports plan
Deloitte says women’s sports media coverage has climbed to 15 percent, but leadership investment still lags.
PSG launches We Ride Paris cycling + fitness initiative
Zwift and Wilier are providing five customized smart bikes to be auctioned for PSG’s community and Xana foundations.
Ahotu partners with URUNN to close the race-to-training gap
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After ad-business recovery, X introduces card payments
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Runna pairs coach expertise with academic research
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Closing the distance: inside LTP’s clubhouse in Saigon
LTP Group has opened a dedicated development space in Ho Chi Minh City that compresses performance apparel sampling from months to fourteen days.
Hainan duty-free partners with Lululemon
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Nike may pocket the tariff refund. Consumers want it back.
Footwear giant raised prices by up to $10 to offset $1bn in import costs. Now the tariffs are gone — and so is its commitment to refund shoppers.
Trump tariff refunds: are you in the queue?
$127 billion enters the queue — but not all at once
US Customs race to build IEEPA tariff refund system
Around 330,000 US importers await refunds on $166bn in IEEPA tariffs as CBP builds a new processing system under court supervision.
PPWR: blessing or curse for sporting goods industry?
WFSGI and FESI legal counsel Dr. Jochen M. Schaefer asks whether Brussels’ packaging overhaul helps or harms the industry.
Gymshark sued over hidden influencer marketing
A New York lawsuit says Gymshark’s influencer army hid its paid endorsements behind buried hashtags and exclusive contracts.
Nike hit with $7.5m-plus gender pay-bias verdict
A class action got thrown out. One female employee still won $7.5m-plus from a jury.
France blocks Polymarket, spares rival Kalshi
France, Spain, Brazil and Australia are drawing different lines around Polymarket and Kalshi, exposing regulatory fragmentation.
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