U.S. sports platform Fanatics has raised $700 million in a new financing round led by private equity firm Clearlake Capital, valuing Fanatics at $31 billion, sources familiar with the matter said on Tuesday. 

Actor Idris Elba and Dallas Cowboys coach Aden Durde aren’t such an unusual combination when it comes to good causes. Both London born, they have partnered to raise awareness of knife-crime campaigning in the UK capital.

​The headlines about Footasylum recently may have largely been about its failed purchase by JD Sports. But under the new ownership of Aurelius, it has opened its first store since 2021 and has been performing strongly.

Nike Inc said on Monday it has cut ties with Kyrie Irving, a month after suspending its relationship with the Brooklyn Nets star in the aftermath of his promotion of an anti-Semitic documentary.  

VF Corp announced on Monday that chairman, president and chief executive officer Steve Rendle will retire and named its lead independent director Benno Dorer as interim chief executive, effective immediately.

​To celebrate the ongoing football World Cup, sportswear brand Fila has partnered with Changing Lives FC, the first football team to be made up of refugees and migrants in the UK.

Under the motto "New perspectives on sports", 1,700 exhibitors presented their innovations. According to Messe München, a total of 40,000 trade visitors from 117 countries attended the event.

German sportswear maker Adidas is sticking to its World Cup sales outlook of around 400 million euros ($420.92 million) despite Germany's exit from the tournament, a company spokesperson said on Friday.

Mackage, the uber luxury outerwear label, opens its first Paris store on Saturday, and its picked the city’s busiest prestige shopping thoroughfare – the rue St Honoré. 

The football club has inaugurated its first Barça store in the Spanish capital at the Palacio de Gavira on Arenal street, becoming the football club's tenth directly-operated store.

On the occasion of Lululemon's store opening on the Champs-Elysées, FashionNetwork.com interviewed the brand's newly appointed senior vice president of the EMEA region about her goals for the company's future. 

The parent company of the eponymous skiing equipment brand, owner also of Lange, Look and Dynastar, has said it wants to top the €500 million sales mark by 2026, with apparel and footwear generating €150 million.

​Fast Retailing’s Uniqlo chain in Japan has ended a long run of strong same-store and total sales rises with its comparable November sales coming in 3.8% lower than a year ago.

On Friday, December 2, the Canadian brand will open its second European flagship store in Paris. The one-storey, 515-square-meter store is located in the space formerly occupied by Zara Home. 

Gucci is to stage a dedicated menswear runway show in Milan in January, in the first major change in strategy at the house since last week’s departure of Alessandro Michele.

Woolmark has joined forces with Nissan to create the team uniforms for the automaker’s Formula E race team, a new link-up emphasizing innovative fashion in high performance natural fabrics.