Activewear brands FLX and Tek Gear received a call-out for helping drive a +6% private-label comp in Q1, as four of six categories comped flat or slightly positive amid the company’s turnaround efforts.

Revenue was up 10% at the luxury sneaker brand to €173.2 million for Q1, led by a 19% boost to direct-to-consumer sales on double-digit comp gains and new store contributions, along with strong digital results.

Sales at the Gap, Inc.-owned women’s active brand fell 12% in the first quarter to $270 million from $308 million, lapping a 6% drop in Q1 ‘25 and following an 11% decline in the prior quarter.

The sports apparel maker warned that its net income attributable to shareholders will decline around 30% to about HKD 152.5 million ($19.5 mm) for the year ended Mar. 31, down from HKD 217.2 million.

The Rehub Circular Technology Center is a new outdoor gear repair and advanced manufacturing facility opened at College of the Rockies’ Gold Creek Campus in Cranbrook, BC.

National Park recreational visits dropped 4% year-over-year last month to 25,910,844 from 26,920,131, but year-to-date visits are just positive at 79,629,454 against 79,193,538.

The outdoor brand said in a press release that it could not reach a settlement with social media personality and drag queen, Wyn Wiley, whom it accused of infringing on its multi-colored P6 logo and marks with their Pattie Gonia brand.

A one-time benefit from the credit card interchange fee settlement more than offset Foot Locker integration charges in the first quarter, sending net income up 21% to $319,822,000 from $264,288,000 on 63% higher sales of $5,164,504,000 against $3,174,677,000.

The five-month proxy contest between LULU and founder Chip Wilson reached an amicable end Tuesday, with two of Wilson’s director candidates—Laura Gentile, former ESPN marketing chief, and Marc Maurer, former co-CEO of On—joining the board following June 25’s Annual Meeting.

Net income attributable to shareholders inched down 1% to RMB 1,266.8 million ($176.2 mm) from RMB 1,286.0 million for the fiscal year ended Feb. 28 at China’s largest operator of western-brand sportswear retail stores as revenue was off 5% to RMB 25,739.9 million ($3,580.0 mm) from RMB 27,012.9 million.

The Rip Curl, Kathmandu, and Oboz parent said that sales in the fiscal third quarter ended Apr. 26 grew by 5.2%, declining sequentially from the +7.3% result in FH1.

ManU commercial revenue grew 10% in the fiscal third quarter ended Mar. 31 to £82.4 million ($111.4 mm) from £74.7 million, as retail, merchandising, apparel & product licensing improved 36% to £43.9 million ($59.3 mm).

The ratings agency lifted WWW’s corporate family rating to B1 from B2, and bumped up the ratings on its senior unsecured global notes and its speculative-grade liquidity rating by a notch.

Strong participation trends combined with the 2026 World Cup are creating perfect conditions to grow the sport this year, SFIA opined in its Soccer Spotlight: 2026 U.S. Participation Trends, Insights & Growth Drivers report.

Net loss was ¥2,164 million ($13.8 mm), compared with a profit of ¥971 million for Xebio’s fiscal year ended Mar. 31, on sales that inched up 1% to ¥252,331 million ($1,608.4 mm) from ¥250,603 million.

The Rebel Sport parent was hit with a suit in Australian Federal Court on behalf of thousands of its managers who claim they were underpaid and forced to work for free, AAP first reported.

Wenzhou Zehui Clothing Co., which primarily makes medical and healthcare apparel, is suing Skechers in CA district court, asking for a declaratory judgment of non-infringement.

Big Foot will pay a $148,000 civil fine to settle a Securities and Exchange Commission charge that its separation agreements from 2020 to 2024 limited former employees’ whistleblower rights.