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As some of you may know, it's been 35 years since I began my journey into trade publishing working for a magazine called sportstyle. It has been quite a journey so far. It also gives me great pleasure to know that some of Formula4Media's excellent editorial team worked with me three decades ago at that same magazine. The relationships we've built and the experiences we've shared keep us grounded not only on where things were, but where they are and where they may be going. We have our eyes firmly set on the future. The new sportstyle is now a combination of stories offering the best of Formula4Media — a curated collection of feature stories from the latest editions of our stable of magazines, with an eye on what's new and what's next. Our feature stories aim to resonate with all of our specialty retailers and the brands that support them. Formula4Media, led by our Editorial Director Cara Griffin with our vertical publications Footwear Insight, Outdoor Insight, Team Insight, Textile Insight and digital newsletters, is in the unique position to report on business trends and new product developments that are important to their respective specialty markets in the industry. Readers will see ideas, challenges and inspirations from other markets similar to their own, bringing back the true nature of a broader horizontal business publication. Published bi-monthly, future issues of sportstyle will also include original stories on the activewear and fitness markets with style pages and our exclusive Trend Insight consumer surveys. We believe it's the perfect mix of performance, fashion and lifestyle edited for the retail communities that we know and understand. We look forward to sharing our industry coverage and helping to frame the conversations on tomorrow's opportunities. Enjoy the issue. Jeff Nott CEO & Publisher Welcome back to sportstyle • LETTER 4 • September 2020 sportstyle • sportstylemag.com