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INSIDE:<br />
Global sneaker sales maintain strong momentum as<br />
new markets pop.<br />
John Horan’s Deep Intelligence comments on cross-<br />
Atlantic retail mergers.<br />
Prince will be licensed in U.S. to new partnership and<br />
resume normal ops.<br />
Zumiez will acquire Austrian action sports retailer<br />
Blue Tomato.<br />
Billabong raises capital, sees chairman step down as<br />
founder invests.<br />
DVS Shoe has a new bidder who will sweeten pot for<br />
creditors.<br />
Adidas sees soccer sales jump to $2 billion this year.<br />
Mizuno will buy Senoh Corp., a maker of indoor gym<br />
equipment.<br />
VOLUME 4, NUMBER 25<br />
JUNE 25, 2012<br />
Bangladesh will shut 300 factories due to labor unrest.<br />
Adidas sues to shut down 368 websites for IP violations.<br />
Judy Spies: Under Armour, Maverik.<br />
Foot Locker J.C. Penney Jibberish Used SG sales<br />
Adidas Dr. Martens DSW Louisville Slugger <br /><a title="SGI Weekly Intelligence - June 25, 2012 page 1" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4636c0e9?page=1"> INSIDE: Global sneaker sales maintain strong mome</a>
<a title="SGI Weekly Intelligence - June 25, 2012 page 2" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4636c0e9?page=2"> John Horan Publisher jhoran@sginews.com </a>
<a title="SGI Weekly Intelligence - June 25, 2012 page 3" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4636c0e9?page=3"> GLOBAL ATHLETIC FOOTWEAR MARKET JUMPS 13.2% AGAIN</a>
<a title="SGI Weekly Intelligence - June 25, 2012 page 4" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4636c0e9?page=4"> far the most important growth story was in Asia/P</a>
<a title="SGI Weekly Intelligence - June 25, 2012 page 5" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4636c0e9?page=5"> </a>
<a title="SGI Weekly Intelligence - June 25, 2012 page 6" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4636c0e9?page=6"> Puma managed to keep pace with the market and hol</a>
<a title="SGI Weekly Intelligence - June 25, 2012 page 7" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4636c0e9?page=7"> JACK AND ADAM'S BICYCLE DOESN'T JUST THEY COM</a>
<a title="SGI Weekly Intelligence - June 25, 2012 page 8" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4636c0e9?page=8"> Sporting Goods Intelligence International Branded</a>
<a title="SGI Weekly Intelligence - June 25, 2012 page 9" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4636c0e9?page=9"> </a>
<a title="SGI Weekly Intelligence - June 25, 2012 page 10" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4636c0e9?page=10"> BUYING EUROPEAN RETAILERS: THE TRENDY THING TO DO</a>
<a title="SGI Weekly Intelligence - June 25, 2012 page 11" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4636c0e9?page=11"> “For VF Outdoor brands, GORE-TEX</a>
<a title="SGI Weekly Intelligence - June 25, 2012 page 12" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4636c0e9?page=12"> that the JJB investment is a high-risk, high-rewa</a>
<a title="SGI Weekly Intelligence - June 25, 2012 page 13" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4636c0e9?page=13"> The Sof Sole® Fit Series was created to easily id</a>
<a title="SGI Weekly Intelligence - June 25, 2012 page 14" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4636c0e9?page=14"> ACTIVE BRANDS LANDS PRINCE LICENSE FOR AMERICAS </a>
<a title="SGI Weekly Intelligence - June 25, 2012 page 15" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4636c0e9?page=15"> </a>
<a title="SGI Weekly Intelligence - June 25, 2012 page 16" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4636c0e9?page=16"> the license’s first five years. The royalty rates</a>
<a title="SGI Weekly Intelligence - June 25, 2012 page 17" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4636c0e9?page=17"> www.blue-tomato.com, which is avail- able in 14 l</a>
<a title="SGI Weekly Intelligence - June 25, 2012 page 18" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4636c0e9?page=18"> BILLABONG RAISING CAPITAL, CLOSING STORES TO IMPR</a>
<a title="SGI Weekly Intelligence - June 25, 2012 page 19" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4636c0e9?page=19"> JUNE 25, 2012 </a>
<a title="SGI Weekly Intelligence - June 25, 2012 page 20" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4636c0e9?page=20"> NEW BIDDER EMERGES FOR DVS SHOE BRAND The </a>
<a title="SGI Weekly Intelligence - June 25, 2012 page 21" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4636c0e9?page=21"> increase is attributed to the brand’s Tango 12 of</a>
<a title="SGI Weekly Intelligence - June 25, 2012 page 22" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4636c0e9?page=22"> BANGLADESH SHUTS ASHULIA APPAREL FACTORIES INDEFI</a>
<a title="SGI Weekly Intelligence - June 25, 2012 page 23" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4636c0e9?page=23"> ADIDAS SUES 368 WEBSITES FOR INFRINGEMENT, CYBERS</a>
<a title="SGI Weekly Intelligence - June 25, 2012 page 24" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4636c0e9?page=24"> JUDYSPIES... UNDER ARMOUR SHOWS NEW BACKBONE IN </a>
<a title="SGI Weekly Intelligence - June 25, 2012 page 25" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4636c0e9?page=25"> in a light, flexible yet supportive and responsiv</a>
<a title="SGI Weekly Intelligence - June 25, 2012 page 26" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4636c0e9?page=26"> JUDYSPIES... champion skier Lindsey Vonn and Atl</a>
<a title="SGI Weekly Intelligence - June 25, 2012 page 27" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4636c0e9?page=27"> now footwear only accounts for about 10 percent o</a>
<a title="SGI Weekly Intelligence - June 25, 2012 page 28" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4636c0e9?page=28"> JUDYSPIES... MAVERIK SHOOTS FOR GREATER MARKET S</a>
<a title="SGI Weekly Intelligence - June 25, 2012 page 29" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4636c0e9?page=29"> “Maverik is expanding fast. We had more tha</a>
<a title="SGI Weekly Intelligence - June 25, 2012 page 30" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4636c0e9?page=30"> JUDYSPIES... putting school and team logos on gl</a>
<a title="SGI Weekly Intelligence - June 25, 2012 page 31" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4636c0e9?page=31"> at retail in Fall 2012. The Spyder 17 head (SRP $</a>
<a title="SGI Weekly Intelligence - June 25, 2012 page 32" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4636c0e9?page=32"> E-VENTS AT LACROSSE ROADS: A SPORT ON THE RISE </a>
<a title="SGI Weekly Intelligence - June 25, 2012 page 33" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4636c0e9?page=33"> or licensing. New Balance and Bauer Performance S</a>
<a title="SGI Weekly Intelligence - June 25, 2012 page 34" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4636c0e9?page=34"> E-VENTS kets where these players and aficionados</a>
<a title="SGI Weekly Intelligence - June 25, 2012 page 35" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4636c0e9?page=35"> TEAM SPORTS TOTAL PARTICIPATION Two-Year Team Spo</a>
<a title="SGI Weekly Intelligence - June 25, 2012 page 36" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4636c0e9?page=36"> E-VENTS An opinion in some circles sugges</a>
<a title="SGI Weekly Intelligence - June 25, 2012 page 37" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4636c0e9?page=37"> and Brodie Merrill make cameo appearances, along </a>
<a title="SGI Weekly Intelligence - June 25, 2012 page 38" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4636c0e9?page=38"> RETAIL FOOT LOCKER is currently running an</a>
<a title="SGI Weekly Intelligence - June 25, 2012 page 39" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4636c0e9?page=39"> 10% in 2011 to $235.6 million, or 23% of all used</a>
<a title="SGI Weekly Intelligence - June 25, 2012 page 40" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4636c0e9?page=40"> margins. In the year-ago period, the 336-store re</a>
<a title="SGI Weekly Intelligence - June 25, 2012 page 41" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4636c0e9?page=41"> issues preventing Millennial and other young Amer</a>
<a title="SGI Weekly Intelligence - June 25, 2012 page 42" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4636c0e9?page=42"> called the Puma Yard in London for 17 days and ni</a>
<a title="SGI Weekly Intelligence - June 25, 2012 page 43" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4636c0e9?page=43"> TRANS-PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP leaders have ask</a>
<a title="SGI Weekly Intelligence - June 25, 2012 page 44" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4636c0e9?page=44"> SHORT STOPS • Nike releases an improved Nike+ GP</a>
<a title="SGI Weekly Intelligence - June 25, 2012 page 45" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4636c0e9?page=45"> • Shock Doctor launched a redesigned website wit</a>
<a title="SGI Weekly Intelligence - June 25, 2012 page 46" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4636c0e9?page=46"> CATALOG OF CATALOGS Click on the logo to view the</a>