Running

8/17/2026 |  Brooks, Hoka and Saucony Have Big Plans to Conquer the European Running Market (Footwear News) Europe‘s opening more doors as it becomes the next growth frontier for some American running brands that are already a hit with the U.S. consumer.
Hoka, for example, has opened doors in Berlin, Milan, and Chamonix in Southeastern France. Deckers president and chief executive officer Stefano Caroti, who previously told investors that Chamonix is the birthplace of the brand, said “EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) delivered robust wholesale sell-through and another quarterly record [in Q2] for reorders,” while international DTC (direct-to-consumer) continued to generate exception revenue growth across Europe.   

8/17/2026 |  Report: Running Footwear Delivers Double-Digit Gains in First Half (SGB UPDATE) Running footwear sales jumped 13 percent in both dollars and units in the U.S. in the first half, according to Circana’s Retail Tracking Service. Overall, performance footwear sales increased 6 percent in dollars with unit sales also increasing. Cross-training, golf, volleyball, and other activity-based categories also posted gains.

8/14/2026 |  German runner calls for 'more respect' after seeing online racial abuse of teammates (Fox Sports) BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) — German middle-distance runner Smilla Kolbe has condemned the online racial abuse directed at some of her teammates at the European championships.

8/14/2026 |  Chattanooga, Tennessee, and Hiroshima, Japan, added to UTMB World Series (SportsTravel) The UTMB World Series is adding two new events to its 2027 calendar, one in Hiroshima, Japan, and the other in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
The Hiroshima Ultra-Trail UTMB will take place from April 9—11, 2027 with three distances available: 100K, 50K and 20K. The race will take runners from the heart of the city into the surrounding mountains with panoramic views across the Seto Inland Sea, while taking them past both the Hiroshima Peace Memorial (Atomic Bomb Dome) and the Itsukushima Shrine on the island of Miyajima.

8/12/2026 |  On’s Investors May Have More Questions Than Answers (Footwear News) On Holding‘s stock fell more than 20 percent Tuesday following the firm’s second-quarter earnings release.
Shares of the Swiss company closed at $30.91 on the Big Board after second-quarter net sales of $1.05 billion fell short of Wall Street’s $1.08 billion estimate.