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October 26, 2022
NPD Reports Q3 Footwear Revenues Flat
In the third quarter of 2022, U.S. footwear industry sales revenue was flat at $10.8 billion, versus Q3 2021, according to global marketing group The NPD Group. While sneakers continued to capture the largest piece of the footwear business, fashion shoes and sandals were the top growth categories in Q3, based on...
October 25, 2022
Shimano says bike demand “cooling” but ahead of pre-Covid levels
Shimano has described global demand for bikes as “cooling” in its Q3 financial update, but to levels that remain ahead of pre-pandemic trends. As the industry rumour mill whispers of signs of strain, Shimano said that from its view “in terms of market inventories of completed bicycles, those of high-end...
October 24, 2022
London Marathon ballot site down as runners rush to find out whether they got a place
The London Marathon’s website has broken, as runners rushed to find out the results of its ballot. Users were unable to find out whether they would be running the event in 2023, amid a major outage on the website. Independent
October 24, 2022
Apple Fitness+ features yoga with ultrarunning legend Scott Jurek
Beginning Oct. 24, Apple Fitness+ is expanding its fitness and wellness service to be available to all iPhone users, and launching a superior set of workouts with new music to accompany them. Fitness+ will also introduce a new workout program, Yoga for Every Runner, featuring and designed with one of...
October 23, 2022
Explained: why camera drones are a long way off replacing helicopters in cycling races
It’s what we at Cycling Weekly have assumed for a while, too. We wrote in our eight environmental proposals in August that race organisers should down the choppers and embrace the modern technology of drones. Cycling Weekly
October 21, 2022
Strava’s Jogging Data Illustrates the Persistence of Gentrification
If you see a jogger, you’re probably in a white neighborhood. That’s according to Strava data from major cities like New York City and Baltimore, which show that running paths mirror American segregation. Running requires the perception of safety of multiple kinds, a necessity Black neighborhoods have long been denied....
October 20, 2022
Adidas Slashes Full Year Outlook, Rolls Out ‘Business Improvement Program’
Adidas now expects total currency-neutral revenues for the total company to grow at a mid- to single-digit rate in 2022, compared to a previous projection of a mid- to high-single-digit rate in 2022. This would reflect double- digit revenue growth in Q4. Net income from continuing operations in 2022 is...
October 20, 2022
Two-time Rotterdam Marathon champion banned three years for EPO
The 2016 and 2019 Rotterdam Marathon champion, Marius Kipserem, was given a three-year doping ban by the Athletics Integrity Unit on Thursday for the use of erythropoietin (EPO), which is a breach of the World Athletics Anti-Doping Rules. Canadian Running
October 18, 2022
Skechers Sues Hermès For Patent Infringement
In a statement, Skechers claims that in 2022, Hermès introduced two footwear styles, the Éclair and Envol, which use mid-sole and undersole design elements that infringe multiple Skechers patents for its Massage Fit technology that Skechers incorporates into its Skechers Go Walk series and other product lines. SGB Media
October 18, 2022
Mario Cipollini given three year prison sentence for domestic abuse
Mario Cipollini has been sentenced to three years in an Italian prison for abusing his ex-wife Sabrina Landucci and her new partner, Silvio Giusti, by the Court of Lucca on Monday. The sentencing brought to a close the case which began in March 2019 when the initial allegations of abuse...