All Go Outdoors articles
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Prospect AnalysisGo Outdoors (Overview)
The UK’s high-profile outdoor equipment retailer Go Outdoors has established a successful business model built around the gap in the market for a destination chain covering the whole of the outdoor pursuits market.
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Go Outdoors (SWOT)
The retailer’s value-for-money approach, which includes the use of a discount loyalty card, is still in tune with the current value-oriented consumer mindset, but the ‘good, better, best’ pricing policy is important in allowing customers to trade up should they wish to.
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Go Outdoors (Strategy)
JD Sports, which appointed Deloitte as administrator, said that its £56.5m payment for Go Outdoors would act as “partial repayment against its historic indebtedness”, and that its intention was “to retain the majority of Go’s retail estate and preserve as many jobs as possible”.
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Go Outdoors (People)
The business is headed up by Lee Bagnall as CEO/MD of JD Outdoors. Bagnall was COO at Go Outdoors ahead of its acquisition by JD in 2017.
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Go Outdoors (Financials)
With sales of £240.2m in 2018 financial year (to 2 February 2019), Go Outdoors is the UK’s largest outdoor pursuits specialist by some margin. The retailer currently generates around 90% of sales through its network of 60-plus destination superstores around the British Isles.
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Customer and marketing at Go Outdoors
Go Outdoors aspires to be the leading retailer of outdoor products through an affordable proposition and strong customer service. Its mission statement is to ‘inspire everyone to get outdoors for less, and love it as much as we do.”
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Supply chain at Go Outdoors
Following acquisition by JD Sports in late 2016, the focus has been on transferring Go Outdoors’ stock into a dedicated JD warehouse to leverage the group’s existing infrastructure. This will enable Go Outdoors to increase the frequency of deliveries to stores, providing improved availability.
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Back from the brink – what’s next for retail’s Covid casualties?
The past few months have had a devastating impact on UK retail and swathes of chains have collapsed, but there is light at the end of the tunnel for some of these businesses. Retail Week takes a look at what the future holds for retail’s Covid casualties.
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JD Sports boss says retail CVAs will ‘accelerate’ post-coronavirus
JD Sports executive chair Peter Cowgill has said the rate of retail pre-pack administrations and company voluntary arrangements (CVAS) will pick up in the wake of the pandemic.
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Go Outdoors rent day pre-pack – is JD Sports right to shaft landlords?
JD Sports has become embroiled in controversy after putting subsidiary Go Outdoors into administration before promptly buying it back and seeking to secure better rent deals. But should JD be cheered or jeered?
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JD Sports buys Go Outdoors back out of administration
JD Sports has bought its subsidiary Go Outdoors back for £56.5m in a bid to renegotiate better rents with landlords after putting the business into administration earlier this week.
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JD Sports’ Go Outdoors brand tumbles into administration
JD Sports has confirmed the appointment of administrators for its struggling Go Outdoors brand, following days of speculation about the fascia’s future.
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Go Outdoors buys Fishing Republic out of administration
Go Outdoors has acquired fishing retailer Fishing Republic out of administration today, saving the jobs of over 100 employees across its 14 stores.
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Agenda: Primark, JD Sports, Debenhams and Bonmarché
Retail Week looks ahead to the next seven days, with updates from Primark, JD Sports, Debenhams and Bonmarché on the agenda.
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Blower’s retail cartoon: Retail Week Awards winners
Retail Week cartoonist Patrick Blower’s take on this year’s Retail Week Awards sponsored by Salesforce, including winners Sir Malcolm Walker, Screwfix and Gymshark.
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Retail Week Awards 2018: The winners
The best retailers are seizing opportunity in a rapidly changing landscape. From established names to rising stars, the Retail Week Awards sponsored by Salesforce celebrate the industry’s trailblazers.
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Go Outdoors profits and sales rise as it eyes expansion
Go Outdoors, which was acquired by JD Sports this year, posted a healthy boost in full-year sales bolstered by new stores.
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Analysis: Five lessons from JD Sports interim results
JD Sports has delivered another gangbuster set of results – but how can the retailer maintain momentum in the UK and overseas?
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JD Sports to open gym and store dual fascia
JD Sports is bolstering its fitness credentials by opening its first gym and store dual fascia in Salford this year.
