JD Sports is majority-owned by Pentland Group

JD Sports investors will be hopeful the retailer can show signs of progress next week after sales came under pressure at the start of the year.

The impact of US tariffs and its overall performance in the US will be particularly in focus when it provides a half-year trading update on Wednesday August 27.

Shares in the business have ticked slightly higher over the past six months but are still firmly down over the past year after a profit warning in January and broad caution over consumer demand.

In its previous update in May, the London-listed sportswear specialis t revealed that like-for-like sales dipped by 2 per cent over the quarter to May 1.

However, organic sales grew by 3.1 per cent in the quarter as new store openings helped to

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