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Sporting Goods Industry News for April 21, 2026
Revenue was up 6% at the luxury apparel brand for Q1, tallying €880,584,000 ($1,030.3 mm) over €829,021,000, with sales of both Moncler and Stone Island rising.
While shareholders look to BIRD’s AI future, first-quarter operations continued the brand’s long-term downward trend, with sales dropping 30% to $22,321,000 from $32,114,000, according to a preliminary and unaudited filing.
The BSN Sports parent is making a further push into the team sector with the acquisition of Sports Endeavors, the parent of Soccer.com, along with Lax.com, in transactions estimated to total between $300 and $400 million.
Sporting goods/hobby/book and music store adjusted sales increased 3.8% in Mar. to $8,457 million compared to $8,145 million, the Commerce Dept. reported, flat sequentially from Feb.
The Chinese sportswear brand said its retail sell-through grew low single digits, including both e-commerce and in-store sales, in the first quarter of 2026, following a solid Q4.
The footwear manufacturer and parent of Chinese retailer Pou Sheng said that first-quarter net income attributable to shareholders is expected to fall between 50% and 55% from a year ago to $34 to $38 million.
The Centre Partners-backed parent of GCI Outdoor and other outdoor and sporting goods brands appointed Jessica Klodnicki as its new chief executive officer.
The parent company of Rip Curl, Kathmandu, and Oboz closed the retail leg of its NZ$65.3 million ($38.0 mm) capital raise, raising NZ$11 million ($6.4 mm), as shareholders’ appetite for KMD’s recovery appears tempered.
White Room, which has the Carve, Drift, Amco, Escosol, and SMP brands in its portfolio, inked an agreement to acquire the Australian surf and lifestyle apparel brand for undisclosed terms.
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