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Running festivals in Europe: a guide for brands and runners
From a storytelling festival in London to a 200-plus-brand trade show in Amsterdam, running is building its own festival economy.
Authentic Brands widens Luzern ecommerce partnership
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Xtep seeks global reach as its core brand is challenged
Maye Musk gave Xtep instant visibility. The running credibility it’s chasing abroad still takes years to build.
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U.S. Polo Assn. ranked world’s top sports licensor
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New Wave Group to acquire Uhlsport GmbH
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Breaking: Decathlon to acquire 50% of Sport 2000 France
The retailer would gain access to a network of 190 mountain stores and enter the ski rental market.
Intersport’s WC summer campaign lifts jersey sales 73%
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Authentic Brands widens Luzern ecommerce partnership
Reebok’s marketplace partner now serves Authentic’s full European brand-operator network, from Amazon to TikTok Shop.
Intersport’s stores accelerate, part of a wider rebuild
Germany’s 13 new stores are one piece of a broader European consolidation and format overhaul.
After ad-business recovery, X introduces card payments
Sport has gotten X back in with advertisers. X Money is a different story.
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
INTERSPORT will handle event retail for FIBA’s Basketball World Cups, Continental Cups and U17 World Cups through 2031.
Mondo deepens World Athletics tie for new event format
The Italian equipment group will brand landing systems, implement carts and supports for the new Ultimate Championship.
Xtep seeks global reach as its core brand is challenged
Maye Musk gave Xtep instant visibility. The running credibility it’s chasing abroad still takes years to build.
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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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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PSG launches We Ride Paris cycling + fitness initiative
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Chori: more than a supplier, a strategic textile partner from yarn to garment
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Ahotu partners with URUNN to close the race-to-training gap
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After ad-business recovery, X introduces card payments
Sport has gotten X back in with advertisers. X Money is a different story.
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.
Whoop wins FDA closeout on blood pressure feature
The FDA dropped its 2025 enforcement action after Whoop modified its interface and the agency updated its wellness guidance.
UK: adidas, Uniqlo and CK ads banned for greenwashing
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Gildan faces class action probes after short-seller report
Levi & Korsinsky, Kalloghlian Myers and Howard G. Smith open investigations after Gildan shares drop 18.8%
Gildan’s growth story meets an activist short seller
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