The hot sectors cooled and the cool sectors didn’t warm up much as the global sports equipment market rose a mere 0.9% last year to $74,252 million from $73,557 million, a pace that did not even exceed the anemic 1.1% increase in the equipment market from the year before.

Forever 21 asks Adidas to clarify exactly what it means by its three-stripe trademark, wondering exactly what is included in this definition and what is excluded.