British sportswear retailer JD Sports Fashion said it was on track to post higher annual profit as demand for Nike Air Force One and Adidas Gazelle and Samba footwear pushed up first-half underlying sales, lifting the company’s shares 7.5 percent.
The group, already the UK’s biggest sportswear retailer and with an expanding presence in North America and Europe, said group underlying sales rose 12 percent in the period, driven by European…