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The FTSE 100 sportswear retailer saw like-for-like sales slip by 2.8 per cent in the six months to August

JD Sports has reported a decline in both revenue and profit in the first half of this year, as subdued consumer confidence in its crucial US market creates a “tough trading environment”.

Régis Schultz, chief executive of the so-called ‘King of Trainers’, said on Wednesday that he is “encouraged” by the progress towards his growth plan, while acknowledging that cost-of-living pressures are “weighing” on its core consumer.

The FTSE 100 group recorded a 2.8 per cent fall in like-for-like sales during the six months to August, while pre-tax profit tumbled by a fifth to £282m.

The retailer’s overall sales were pulled down by a four per cent decline in North America. The region represents the group’s largest market, making up 38 per cent of its sales.

JD’s performance in the region had been supported by the US tax refund season and new product launches at the beginning of the year, but trading has “softened” in recent months, as reported by City AM.

The drop in North American sales was attributed to “weaker consumer sentiment amidst the broader cost-of-living backdrop and deferred ‘back-to-school’ demand into August,” the group said.

“Footwear performance remained challenged, reflecting softness in end-of-cycle product lines and a promotional market,” the firm told shareholders.

However, JD highlighted a recovery in sales of outdoor products. Revenue in this category rose by 4.2 per cent to £743m across the group, compared with a 3.1 per cent drop in sales of branded JD items.

The retailer’s UK sales declined by 1.4 per cent during the period, although the group noted that its momentum has picked up in recent months.

JD recorded a three per cent sales uplift in the Asia Pacific region, which represents five per cent of its overall market.

Schultz, who earlier this year weathered an attempted boardroom coup by JD’s then-chairman, has been under mounting pressure from investors to provide concrete evidence that his growth strategy is bearing fruit.

Speaking on Wednesday, he acknowledged that JD Sports continues to grapple with “cost-of-living pressures” and fierce discounting from competitors.

However, he reassured investors: “By staying close to both our customers and our brand partners, and leveraging our growing own brand capability, we continue to lead with the right products, in the right places and at the right prices.”

The group scaled back its full-year profit forecast by £50m earlier in the year, but confirmed on Wednesday that it remains on course to deliver between £700m and £800m.

Earlier this week, JD Sports revealed it would make its debut in Mexico, with plans to open more than 140 stores next year through a local franchise partner.

“Mexico is a market with a large, highly engaged consumer base and a demographic profile which aligns strongly with JD’s unique position as a curator of footwear and apparel trends across sport, music and fashion,” the group had said.

Richard Chamberlain, an analyst at RBC Capital Markets, said JD’s earnings met analyst expectations, adding that it is delivering “strong” cash generation amid a “muted” market.

JD Sports shares dropped 3.5 per cent to 75p on Wednesday morning.

BOSTON — Social media influencer Braden Peters, known online as “Clavicular,” has been criminally charged in Massachusetts with raping a 17-year-old girl who told police she became heavily intoxicated after he gave her alcohol at his family’s Cape Cod home, according to court records reviewed by multiple news organizations.

Peters, 20, faces one count of rape, one count of administering a substance for sexual intercourse and one count of procuring alcohol for a person under 21, stemming from an alleged incident on May 23, 2025, in Chatham, Massachusetts. A clerk-magistrate found probable cause for the charges on September 4, and a criminal complaint was formally issued on September 8. The rape and drugging charges are felonies under Massachusetts law, while the alcohol-procurement charge is a misdemeanor.

According to the criminal complaint, the accuser told investigators she began communicating with Peters on Instagram, and that the two developed an online working relationship after he offered to help build her social media presence, later paying her to appear in “looksmaxxing” videos he streamed online. The complaint states that Peters arranged transportation for her to travel to his family’s residence in Chatham, a seaside town at the southeastern tip of Cape Cod, where she was greeted by his mother and grandmother upon arrival before going to his bedroom, where the two livestreamed together while drinking alcohol. According to a police report, the accuser said Peters knew she was 17 years old but instructed her to tell viewers of the livestream that she was 18 and that the vodka he had given her was actually water.

Peters, who lives in Florida and has not been taken into custody, is scheduled to be arraigned in Orleans District Court on October 14. His publicist did not immediately respond to requests for comment from multiple news outlets following the charges becoming public. A representative for Peters, in a statement obtained by NBC News, downplayed initial reporting on the charges and claimed Peters had not yet been formally served with an arrest warrant at the time.

Andrew Moss, an attorney representing the teenager, offered a brief statement when asked for comment. “We are not commenting at this time since the proper authorities are handling this,” Moss said.

The criminal charges follow a civil lawsuit filed against Peters in Florida earlier this year, which was later amended in June to include allegations of sexual battery tied to the same Cape Cod encounter described in the criminal complaint. That lawsuit separately alleges Peters later injected the accuser with a fat-dissolving substance during a subsequent livestream without her consent. The four-count civil complaint includes allegations of battery, fraud, intentional infliction of emotional distress and unauthorized use of the accuser’s name and likeness. It remains unclear from currently available court documents whether the woman named in the civil lawsuit is the same individual identified as the accuser in the criminal case, though a police report reviewed by The New York Times indicates the criminal charges stem from the same May 2025 incident described in the civil filing.

Peters’ attorneys have denied the allegations underlying the civil lawsuit, stating in a July court filing that the encounter was consensual and characterizing the lawsuit as an attempt to generate publicity. Peters has separately denied the criminal allegations, reposting images and videos on social platform X that he said documented his interactions with the accuser as part of his public response to the charges.

Peters built a substantial online following as the most prominent public face of “looksmaxxing,” an online trend focused on pursuing traditional physical attractiveness through often extreme methods. The practice traces its origins to the “involuntary celibate,” or “incel,” online subculture, a community made up primarily of men who believe society unfairly denies them romantic or sexual attention. Peters livestreams his daily activities on a near-continuous basis, frequently broadcasting from parties, clubs and social outings, drawing his largest followings on TikTok, Instagram and the streaming platform Kick, where he has amassed more than 400,000 followers.

This is not the only legal matter Peters has faced in recent months. He was arrested in Florida in March on a battery charge connected to a separate incident that occurred in February, according to the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office, which said it conducted its own investigation into that alleged battery.

If convicted on the rape charge in Massachusetts, Peters could face a maximum sentence of up to 20 years in prison, according to reporting on the case. The charges against Peters were first publicly reported by The Bulwark on Monday, ahead of broader coverage by national outlets including The Associated Press, CBS News and NBC News.

With Peters’ arraignment scheduled for next month and the parallel civil lawsuit still pending in Florida, the case is likely to continue drawing scrutiny both for its legal proceedings and for its implications within the broader online “looksmaxxing” community that Peters helped popularize.

As many as 3.86 crore Meesho shares changed hands in a block deal at Rs 233 apiece, taking the total value of the transaction to Rs 899.71 crore, ET Now reported.

Meesho shares dropped to an intraday low of Rs 230.94 apiece on the NSE in morning trade, a day after surging nearly 10% after brokerage firm UBS raised its target price on the stock by 24% to Rs 260.

Why UBS is bullish on Meesho share price

UBS maintained its ‘Buy’ rating on the shares of Meesho, and said its target price hike reflects higher medium-term growth estimates and a stronger margin trajectory. While the international brokerage’s FY27 estimates are largely unchanged, it raised its FY29-31 Net Merchandise Value (NMV) estimates by 7-18%, with a similar increase in contribution profit estimates and a 20-40% increase in EBITDA estimates.
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Higher NMV forecasts reflect the continued flywheel from sellers (+81% YoY to 1.04 million in Q1FY27), buyers (+29% YoY to 274 million), coupled with rapid expansion in SKUs and logistics partners, UBS said. It added that the larger increase in EBITDA reflects a stronger medium- term margin trajectory, driven by improving ads monetisation and logistics economics.
“Meesho’s focus on value commerce in a low income yet digitally savvy market like India opens a sizeable growth opportunity,” UBS concluded.

What other brokerage say about Meesho share price

Ventura Securities last month initiated coverage on Meesho with a ‘Buy’ call and a target price of Rs 278 apiece. For Meesho, Ventura said India’s e-commerce market is entering a structural growth phase, helped by internet penetration, digital payments and online retail adoption across Tier II, Tier III and rural India. The brokerage said Meesho has built itself as a leading value-commerce marketplace, serving over 274 million annual transacting users and more than 9.61 lakh sellers through a zero-commission, asset-light platform.

CLSA, however, maintained its ‘Underperform’ rating and target price of Rs 150 apiece earlier this month, saying that the stock already reflects overly optimistic expectations for advertising revenue, order growth and logistics savings.

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Motorola unveiled its next flagship smartphone, the Signature 27, at Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Summit this week, positioning the device as what the company calls the most advanced smartphone it has ever created. Here are ten things to know about the upcoming phone ahead of its expected launch later this year.

First, the Signature 27 is one of the very first smartphones announced with Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 chipset, the company’s first mobile processor built on a 2-nanometer manufacturing process. The Signature 27 shares that distinction with the Xiaomi 18 Pro Max, both unveiled alongside Qualcomm’s chip announcement at the summit. Motorola says the new chipset delivers flagship-level performance alongside significantly more powerful on-device artificial intelligence, gaming and camera capabilities than previous generations.

Second, the Signature 27 introduces a new naming convention for Motorola’s top-tier device lineup. Rather than continuing with a traditional numbered sequence, the company will now name each new Signature model using the final two digits of the coming year, meaning the Signature 27 is positioned as a 2027-era flagship despite launching before the end of 2026. The device serves as the second generation of the Signature line, following the original Motorola Signature, which launched earlier this year running on Qualcomm’s step-down Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 chip rather than a true flagship processor.

Third, the phone’s design has drawn immediate attention for its unconventional appearance. The Signature 27 features a distinctive sloped camera bump and a brushed textile-inspired finish that several reviewers have compared to furniture rather than typical smartphone materials. Gizmodo’s senior consumer tech editor, Ray Wong, said the design reminded him of both the Nothing Phone 3 and the rumored Google Pixel 11 Pro.

Fourth, the device will be available in two distinct color and finish combinations. A shade called Coal Smoke, sometimes referred to as Pantone Cool Smoke, features a woven “Tactical Weave” texture designed to improve grip. A second option, called Capulet Green, offers a softer, more fashion-inspired brushed textile finish.

Fifth, the Signature 27’s camera system centers on a quad-camera setup anchored by a 50-megapixel Sony Lytia 910 main sensor, paired with a 200-megapixel periscope telephoto lens. Motorola has not yet confirmed specifications for the remaining two camera sensors included in the setup, though the company has emphasized improved image stabilization and broader camera capabilities compared with its previous flagship efforts.

Sixth, audio has received a significant upgrade with the Signature 27 becoming Motorola’s first smartphone built in partnership with Danish audio company Bang & Olufsen, marketed as “Audio by B&O.” Motorola has said the partnership draws on Bang & Olufsen’s expertise in sound engineering and its reputation for distinctive product design.

Seventh, the Signature 27 features a substantially upgraded cooling system to manage the demands of its new flagship processor. The phone includes a revamped 3D vapor chamber that Motorola says is roughly 40% larger than the cooling system used in the original Signature model, employing what the company describes as nearly every available form of smartphone thermal management technology short of active liquid cooling, aimed at sustaining performance during extended gaming sessions or on-device AI processing.

Eighth, the new chipset’s AI capabilities extend into specific creative software features built into the Signature 27. The phone will support Gemini Omni, which can transform a written prompt, a set of photos, or existing video footage into a polished, edited video, alongside Lyria, a tool for generating original music and custom soundtracks directly on the device. Motorola has also suggested the new processor’s on-device AI performance could eventually allow the phone to run mid-tier AI coding tools locally, without relying on cloud-based processing.

Ninth, Motorola is backing the Signature 27 with an extended software support commitment, promising seven years of Android operating system updates and security patches, a commitment that places the device among the longer-supported smartphones currently available on the market and reflects a broader industry trend toward longer device support windows.

Tenth, while Motorola has not yet confirmed exact pricing, availability details, or a specific release date, the company has said the Signature 27 is expected to launch in markets worldwide later this year, with a North American launch specifically confirmed for the coming months. That U.S. availability marks a notable shift for Motorola, which skipped the American market entirely with the original Signature model, making the Signature 27 the company’s first true attempt in some time to compete directly against flagship devices from Apple and Samsung in the United States. Given that the original Signature launched at roughly $1,210 in markets where it was available, industry observers expect the Signature 27, described by Motorola as its most advanced device ever, to carry a comparable or higher price point once official pricing is announced.

With Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 also expected to power other anticipated 2027 flagships, including the rumored Samsung Galaxy S27 Ultra, the Signature 27’s early arrival gives Motorola a head start in bringing the new chipset to market, setting up a closely watched stretch for the company as it works to reestablish a stronger flagship presence in a smartphone market still dominated by Apple and Samsung.