Motor vehicle and parts dealer sales; furniture sales; electronics and appliance sales; building material and garden equipment sales; food and beverage sales; health and personal care sales; gasoline sales; clothing and clothing accessories sales; sporting goods, hobby, book, and physical music sales; general merchandise sales; miscellaneous sales; nonstore sales (e.g., pure-play ecommerce platform sales
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| Jun 20, 2025
Retailers of sporting goods and equipment are moderately increasing their spending on digital ads following a post-pandemic slump. In 2022 and 2023, ad spending growth in this sector slumped well below the retail average. But its small share of total retail digital ad spending (5.2% in 2024) means it doesn’t have much impact on overall industry growth trends.
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| Oct 4, 2024
Hoka’s investments in innovation are winning over consumers willing to pay top dollar for premium sneakers, while its brand heat is gaining it more distribution with wholesale partners such as پ’s Sporting Goods and Foot Locker.
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| Jan 31, 2025
She joined Hy-Vee in 2024 after leading retail media at پ’s Sporting Goods. Why this matters: Retail media talent has the opportunity to climb to the top of the corporate food chain. While the lion’s share of retail media ad spending is claimed by Amazon, Mazza’s ascendance shows that brick-and-mortar companies are paying special attention to the rapidly growing sector.
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| Jan 30, 2025
Motor vehicle and parts dealer sales; furniture sales; electronics and appliance sales; building material and garden equipment sales; food and beverage sales; health and personal care sales; gasoline sales; clothing and clothing accessories sales; sporting goods, hobby, book, and physical music sales; general merchandise sales; miscellaneous sales; nonstore sales (i.e., pure-play ecommerce platform sales
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| Sep 6, 2024
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| Apr 23, 2025
Source: ThinkNow Research
The share of units sold for the most expensive products in the sporting goods, electronics, and appliances categories increased by 54% YoY, 48% YoY, and 35% YoY, respectively. In addition, the desire to avoid tariff-related price hikes in 2025 contributed to consumers’ eagerness to spend.
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| Jan 7, 2025
Motor vehicle and parts dealer sales; furniture sales; electronics and appliance sales; building material and garden equipment sales; food and beverage sales; health and personal care sales; gasoline sales; clothing and clothing accessories sales; sporting goods, hobby, book, and physical music sales; general merchandise sales; miscellaneous sales; nonstore sales (e.g., pure-play ecommerce platform sales
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| Aug 23, 2024
Motor vehicle and parts dealer sales; furniture sales; electronics and appliance sales; building material and garden equipment sales; food and beverage sales; health and personal care sales; gasoline sales; clothing and clothing accessories sales; sporting goods, hobby, book, and physical music sales; general merchandise sales; miscellaneous sales; nonstore sales (e.g., pure-play ecommerce platform sales
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| Sep 24, 2024
Industry impact: Leading enterprises like the Coca-Cola Corporation, پ’s Sporting Goods, Major League Baseball, and Marriott International are current customers of Adobe Experience Platform. The partnership boosts Adobe’s standing in the $500 billion cloud market and could benefit enterprises already using AWS to host their customer data.
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| Dec 9, 2024
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| Mar 12, 2025
Source: Savanta; Bazaarvoice
The looming threat of tariffs drove shoppers to trade up in categories like electronics, appliances, and sporting goods. Consumers’ growing awareness that tariffs will likely drive up prices drove shoppers to spend. The share of units sold for the most expensive goods is up 28% from November 1 to December 2, per Adobe. It soared 86% in electronics, 63% in sporting goods, and 59% in appliances.
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| Dec 3, 2024
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| Mar 3, 2025
Source: PYMNTS.com
The share of units sold for the most expensive goods rose by 28% from November 1 to December 2, according to Adobe Analytics. The largest increases were in electronics (86%), sporting goods (63%), appliances (59%). What it means: As consumers shift to more expensive purchases this holiday season, electronics and appliance retailers must leverage deep discounts to sustain demand.
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| Dec 9, 2024
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| Jan 21, 2025
Source: AlixPartners
It fought to pay legal fees incurred by Lontex, which is a Pennsylvania sporting goods company that won a suit against Nike for stealing its trademark technology. And so it's just in a rut. Sara Lebow (02:07):. And all of this comes around the same time as they're replacing their CEO, John Donahoe. Zak Stambor (02:13):. Well, they go hand in hand.
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| Nov 13, 2024
Sporting goods digital ad spending grew at a torrid 26.5% YoY in 2023, although it will show a below-average growth of 11.6% in 2024. Apparel digital ad spending, on the other hand, will grow by 20.4% in 2024 to reach $26.10 billion. This is more than any full industry other than CPG, media, and financial services and roughly three times the amount spent by the rapidly growing travel industry.
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| Feb 29, 2024
Motor vehicle and parts dealer sales; furniture sales; electronics and appliance sales; building material and garden equipment sales; food and beverage sales; health and personal care sales; gasoline sales; clothing and clothing accessories sales; sporting goods, hobby, book, and physical music sales; general merchandise sales; miscellaneous sales; nonstore sales (i.e., pure-play ecommerce platform sales
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| Feb 27, 2024
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| Jan 6, 2025
Source: ĢAV; BIA Advisory Services; Premion
On a nine-month basis, 9 of the 13 categories tracked saw a YoY increase in sales—the exceptions being gas stations; furniture and home furnishings; building material and garden supplies retailers; and sporting goods, hobby, musical instrument, and book stores.
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| Oct 17, 2024
Male Gen Zers are searching in categories like gaming, electronics, and sporting goods more frequently than female Gen Zers. The latter are more likely to search for apparel, food and beverages, and beauty products. Takeaways. Social search can work across all sorts of categories.
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| Feb 20, 2024
(Sporting goods sales, for example, fell 2.0%.). The situation shifted consumer shopping habits in ways that still linger. Consumers traded down to private labels and shifted spend to less expensive retailers such as Aldi, Walmart, and Temu. However, many of the retailers that benefited from the last surge of inflation may struggle to keep prices low if they’re facing steep tariffs.
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| Oct 30, 2024
The uncertain landscape has driven retailers such as پ’s Sportings Goods and Target to strike a measured approach with their Q4 guidance. Our take: While the White House said it won’t intervene in negotiations, that stance could quickly change if a strike shifts from a possibility to a reality.
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| Sep 26, 2024
پ’s Sporting Goods. پ’s beat analysts’ expectations in Q2, with moves like building out a solid private label apparel brand portfolio and bringing in strong brands such as Hoka and On Running. “They're also broadening their store portfolio, opening more experiential stores, and it's part of what's driving some of this growth,” said Stambor. Listen to the full episode.
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| Sep 27, 2024
Thanks to outgoing CEO John Donahoe’s decision to pull back the supply of products to retailers such as پ’s Sporting Goods and Foot Locker, competitors such as adidas, On Running, and Hoka took Nike’s place on store shelves, experiencing a sales lift. Adidas raised its outlook twice this year thanks to soaring sales for its Samba and Gazelle styles.
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| Sep 20, 2024