Article From：SGB Media The 2021 holiday season appears to be on track to exceed the National Retail Federations (NRF) forecast for record spending despite supply chain disruptions, inflation and challenges, including the COVID-19 omicron...

Article From：SGB Media Global shipments for wearables grew 9.9 percent during the third quarter of 2021 (3Q21), reaching 138.4 million units, according to new data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Wearable...

Article From：SGI Europe It all depends on the brands that we include in three annual surveys that EDM Publications puts out every year for these three segments of the shoe market, some of which play in two different segments....

Article From：SGI Europe The market for sports-related shoes will continue to gain market share from other types of footwear over the next three years, according to 75 percent of the respondents to a survey organized by World Footwear in c...

Article From：SGB Media Total online spending on Black Friday was $8.9 billion, down from sales of $9 billion in 2020, according to Adobe Analytics. Results came in at the low end of Adobes predicted range. Thanksgiving Day coming in flat...

Article From：SGB Media EBay, Inc. has agreed to acquire Sneaker Con Digitals authentication business, a sneaker authenticator with operations in the U.S., UK, Canada, Australia, and Germany. The acquisition is an extension of the ongoing...

Article From：SGB Media Nike announced a partnership with Roblox to create a virtual world called Nikeland. Users will be able to dress up their avatars in Nike-branded footwear and apparel. Nike said in a statement, Theres a new place on...

Article From：SGB Media FDRA Q4 Survey of the Top 100 shoe executives shows supply chain challenges and trade policy have caused a direct drag on future retail sales forecasts. Key takeaways include: A 20 percent decrease in shoe sales gro...

Article From：SGI Europe The personal luxury market has been traditionally subject to bigger swings than the sporting goods market in their competition for the consumers spending, and its recovery this year may impact the recovery of the s...

Article From：SGI Europe The period between July and September 2021 was the second-best third quarter for retailers operating in the wealthy Norwegian sporting goods market. It recorded a 7 percent decline to 3.7 billion Norwegian kroner (...

Article From：SGB Media Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.s Singles Day shopping festival posted record sales of 540.3 billion yuan ($84.5 billion), an 8.5 percent increase over last year The growth was down from the 26 percent increase last year...

Article From：SGI Europe After discussions with hundreds of exhibitors and retailers, Messe Mnchen decided to cancel next Januarys edition of the ISPO Munich show and to set new dates for that fair and OutDoor by ISPO, making them coincide...

Article From：SGI Europe Ordering cycles throughout the supply chain are being pushed forward by between three and five months, depending on the products. The current supply chain challenges are creating real or potential product shortages...

Article From：SGI Europe The Swedish sporting goods market rose by 6.5 percent at the retail level during the third quarter as compared to the year-ago period, according to the new SportIndex launched by the Svensk Sportforum last year in...

Article From：SGI Europe On, the Swiss brand of running shoes that recently went publicin New York, has announced a shift away from petroleum-based resources with the development of a new foam material called CleanCloud. It is made from ca...

Article From：SGB Media Online Running USA released the results of its 2021 Event Management Study that documents the challenging environment for event operators who are working to bring races and running festivals back to pre-pandemic par...

Article From：SGB Media Online The U.S. Soccer Federation and Nike have announced a long-term agreement to extend its partnership that began in 1995. The scope of the partnership makes it the largest commercial agreement in U.S. Soccer his...

Article From：SGB Media Online The NPD Group announced the launch of its Chinese Sports Footwear E-Commerce Tracking Service, covering the sales of international and domestic sports brands in Chinas e-commerce channels. The service current...

Article From：SGB Media Online SFIAs 2021 Tracking the Fitness Movement Report showed that while participation levels in fitness remained strong in 2020, staying flat from 2019 with over 200 million fitness participants, the pandemic alter...

Article From：SGB Media Anta Sports reported retail sales of its core Anta brand increased low-teens in the third quarter year-over-year and delivered mid-teens positive growth as compared to the same period of 2019. Retail sales of Fila b...