Early retail sales forecasts are predicting Holiday 2025 growth in the low to mid-single digits, led by e-commerce, while in-store sales remain above pre-pandemic levels but continue to taper off from the 2021 record.

The pace of imports is slowing following a near-record peak this summer ahead of tariffs, according to the NRF and Hackett Associates’ Global Port Tracker, inching up 2% in July to 2.36 million Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units.

Yue Yuen’s footwear manufacturing revenue declined 10% in Aug. to an implied $476,135,000 from $527,855,000 last year, while total revenues at the Chinese footwear maker and retailer fell 9% to $650,433,000 for the month.

DKS said that 95.48%, or $381.9 million, of Foot Locker’s 4.000% senior notes due 2029 were tendered in exchange for new 4.000% Senior Notes due 2029 issued by Dick’s SG and $1 million in cash.

Six companies have been chosen as semi-finalists in the Sports & Fitness Industry Association’s 2025 Start-Up Challenge and will compete in a virtual pitch session on Sep. 16.

Handgun imports slipped 1% in June to 216,250 units, according to ITC data compiled by the NSSF, with pistol imports flat at 192,988 units and revolvers declining 9% to 23,262 units.