US EditionJD Sports braces for muted growth amid weak Europe demand
- On January 3, JD Sports Fashion reported falling UK sales during the key festive trading period covering the nine weeks to January 3.
- Earlier this month the group said demand `softened` in the first half of December across Britain and Europe, and Regis Schultz, chief executive of JD Sports, said the group was trading in a `volatile consumer backdrop`.
- Group comparable store sales dropped 1.8% while US sales, its largest market, rose 1.5% in the nine-week period, and UK like-for-like sales fell 5.3%.
- Management says it remains on track with full-year profit forecasts, though most analysts expect a fall to £849 million from £923 million after targeted price investments improved pre-Christmas sales.
- JD expects muted market growth in 2027 because of continued lacklustre spend among its core demographic, contrasting with the average growth outlined in its 2025 Strategy Update.
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JD Sports’ home market weakness overshadows North American resilience, says GlobalData
Retail Times publishes international & UK retail news covering products, data, tech, packaging, people, research, comment and more besides! Following today’s release of JD Sports’ Christmas figures for the nine weeks ending 03 January 2026; Sharon Iles, senior apparel analyst at GlobalData, a leading intelligence and productivity platform, offers her view: “JD Sports reported a disappointing result in the nine weeks to 3rd of January, with like-…
JD Sports sales hit by ‘weaker’ UK and Europe – Northern Financial Review
JD Sports Fashion plc, the Bury-based FTSE 100 retailer, reported fourth-quarter to-date organic sales growth of +1.4% but said group like-for-like (LFL) sales were down 1.8%, in line with Q3 (Q3: -1.7%). “Improved LFL sales trend in our largest market, North America (vs Q3: -1.7%); offset by weaker LFL trends in Europe and the UK (vs Q3: -1.1% and -3.3% respectively),” said JD Sports. “Continued resilience in apparel sales reflecting strength o…
JD Sports Christmas sales slide 1.8% amid ‘tough’ backdrop
JD Sports has reported fourth-quarter trading in line with expectations, with continued declines in like-for-like sales, as weaker demand in the UK and Europe offset an improvement in North America.While group organic sales growth was 1.4% in the quarter ended 3 January, like-for-like sales fell 1.8%, reflecting a “volatile consumer backdrop” during the peak Christmas period. Performance improved in North America, JD’s largest market, where like…
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