Puma has increased its full-year forecasts for the second time in three months as the German sporting-goods maker brought forward figures showing a jump in quarterly sales and profit. The shares surged up to 7%, extending their gain this year to 44%.

Hugo Boss, the ailing German clothier, said earnings may rise in 2017 as its turnaround takes shape after profit plummeted on weak sales in China and the US last year.

When Leicester City signed its first apparel deal with Puma four years ago, the team was firmly ensconced in English soccer’s second division. 

Swiss watch exports have posted their biggest quarterly drop since 2009. 

German sport-shoe maker Adidas forecast sales may rise at the fastest pace in five years as consumers spend more ahead of the Euro 2016 soccer tournament, setting up its incoming chief for a potentially better period than the company’s recent past.