It’s a busy month on the advocacy front for outdoor trade groups as the Outdoor Industry Association prepares for its annual Capitol Summit in Washington from Apr. 28-29, and the Outdoor Alliance penned a letter to lawmakers calling for full funding of the U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management and implementation of the EXPLORE Act.

Decathlon, JD Sports, and Lululemon each appear on the NRF’s Top 50 Global Retailers list, compiled by Kantar Retail using a point system that rewards international direct selling and reveals which retailers are building genuine cross-border scale.

Revenues at the high-end sneaker maker ticked up 2% to $337.4 million to start the year, up from $331.0 million a year ago, reversing Q1 ‘25s 2% decline.

European soccer e-tailer Unisport is buying Arocam, Inc., owner of omnichannel soccer specialty retailer WeGotSoccer, for undisclosed terms.

NB promoted long-time employee Tracy Knauer to senior vice president, North America, as the brand aims to continue building on its strong momentum in its home market.

National Park recreational visits dropped 5% year-over-year to 22,963,669 last month from 24,149,220, while year-to-date visits are up 3% to 54,001,086 from 52,273,407.

The Federal Circuit declined to revive a club head patent application from Puma’s golf subsidiary that had been rejected by the USPTO’s Patent Trial and Appeal Board.

The Big a’s former head of women’s basketball sports marketing, Lindsay Gregg, filed suit against the company in Multnomah County Circuit Court in Portland, OR.