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Alo opens first German flagship in Berlin The 557-square-meter Berlin store opened Oct. 15, a day before Alo’s Hong Kong grand opening at K11 Musea. sgieurope.com/retail/alo-ope…

Hoka growth slows and Deckers shares fall on sales miss Tariff refunds lifted Deckers’ profit, but investors sold the shares on a weaker sales outlook for Hoka and Ugg. sgieurope.com/financial-resu…

How Adidas turned Shanghai into a stage for the 3 Stripes The Oct. 15 to 18 program at Rojo combined Spring/Summer 2027 runway looks, a Stan Smith residency and a showroom. sgieurope.com/brands/how-adi…

Re/Icons: Moncler builds a wardrobe from its archive Cher, Grace Jones and Jennie front a Re/Icons season that adds skirts, T-shirts and sunglasses to four old Moncler jackets. sgieurope.com/product/re/ico…

Moncler Group Q3: revenue flat, EMEA sales fall 8% Nine-month sales rose 6 percent at constant currency to €1.9 billion, but the Moncler brand fell 1 percent in Q3. sgieurope.com/financial-resu…

FESI sets out recommendations on EU sport tourism Brands can act on products and business practices, FESI says, but sport tourism also needs broad investment in infrastructure. sgieurope.com/csr-and-sustai…

Macron pays 50% of 2025 EBITDA to 112 employees The payout closes Macron’s third stock-option plan. The board has already approved a fourth, covering more than 120 people. sgieurope.com/corporate/macr…

SportsShoes.com launches AI gait analysis with Ochy The free tool rates running technique from a short phone clip, covering hips, knees and symmetry as well as footstrike. sgieurope.com/e-commerce/spo…

Atleet adds Runnea AI shoe recommender to web store A running review site’s tester data now guides online shoppers across a network of independently run stores. sgieurope.com/e-commerce/atl…

JD Sports hosts US investor trip ahead of Q3 update More than 30 analysts and investors toured JD’s North American banners as the retailer made the case for its toughest region. sgieurope.com/financing/jd-s…

How sports teams can become sustainability buyers Rights holders control the licensing contract. A new playbook by Green Sports Alliance wants them to use it to set terms for apparel suppliers. sgieurope.com/csr-and-sustai…

Living wage pledges outpace proof in sports: report Clean Clothes Campaign checks what brands, including in sports apparel, claim and disclose on living wages and supply chains. sgieurope.com/living-wage-pl…

YKK’s Cycle of Goodness meets the circular economy YKK’s integrated report starts from founder Tadao Yoshida’s creed and ends with zippers built for recycling and repair. sgieurope.com/ingredient-bra…

TruGolf brings blockchain into the golf simulator boom The golf simulator maker bought the Canadian blockchain firm as US simulator play reaches 8.1 million people sgieurope.com/mergers-and-ac…

Performance Days Munich: 3 halls making the invisible visible From a sell-out wool crewneck to the debut of the Cellulose Forum, here’s what the trade show revealed about bio-based materials and the industry’s ability to talk about them. sgieurope.com/events/perform…

Women’s golf apparel in China: three growth drivers For China’s women, what they buy when they buy golf apparel is not golf wear. It is old money, Ivy League style and belonging. sgieurope.com/consumer/women…

Garmin takes its fitness model to the MARQ line The third-generation MARQ adds an ECG app and training metrics, and ties its inReach and golf features to paid subscriptions. sgieurope.com/product/garmin…

Oura launches ‘Wear Your Best Life’ campaign Profitable results give Oura room to wait for better markets, and it is using the time to run more campaigns. sgieurope.com/brands/oura-la…

Policy, participation & prosperity: webinar with WFSGI Discover the first-ever economic assessment of our industry in this free webinar in partnership with WFSGI sgieurope.com/policy-partici…

361 Degrees Q3 2026 retail growth slows again Core and Kids store sales rose at a mid single-digit rate and e-commerce at a mid-to-high one, all below Q2 levels. sgieurope.com/financial-resu…