Athletic Footwear Sales Are Outperforming Broader Sporting Goods Market
By Vicki M. Young••WWD
Athletic footwear wholesale sales rose 7.4 percent to $24.1 million in 2025, representing the single largest revenue driver in the sporting goods sector.
Athletic footwear has become the key revenue driver for the sporting goods industry. In 2025, total sporting goods wholesalesales rose 3. 7 percent to $130.
0 billion from year-ago levels, according t…