All Sports, leisure & outdoors articles – Page 104
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NewsJJB Sports posts a loss as sales slump
JJB Sports like-for-likes plummeted 23.3 per cent in the 16 weeks to May 17 as it revealed its supply suffered as a result of a lack of credit insurance.
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NewsJD Sports acquires French sports retailer Chausport
JD Sports Fashion has acquired French sports retailer Chausport, as first revealed by Retail Week.
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NewsJJB Sports appoints two directors
JJB Sports has announced the appointment of a new finance director and a director of retail and product to its board.
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NewsJD Sports set for European debut
Speculation mounts that sports giant JD Sports will pounce on French chain as it considers overseas move
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NewsDecathlon targets UK with smaller format Koodza stores
French sports retailer Decathlon is to trial a smaller-store budget format called Koodza in the UK.
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GalleryStore of the week: Intersport, Gothenburg
It’s not often that retailers open very large sports stores these days, but pan-European operation Intersport has just unveiled this 10,000 sq ft, single-floor outlet in Sweden’s second city, Gothenburg.
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GalleryAdidas’ Parisian store revamp impresses
Adidas is going for gold with the striking revamp of its Champs Elysées flagship. John Ryan goes to Paris for a tour
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NewsSports Direct proposes offloading stores to counter competition concerns
An offer by Sports Direct to sell stores in five local areas as part of its acquisition of 31 JJB shops is being considered by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT).
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NewsJJB Sports CVA hailed as ‘sea change’ in retailer-landlord relations
JJB Sports executive director Peter Williams said the approval of its company voluntary arrangement marks a “sea change” in the relationship between retailers and landlords.
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NewsSports Direct confident of meeting profit forecast despite margin hit
Sports fashion retailer Sports Direct has revealed that its sales performance has improved at the expense of margins.
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OpinionJD Sports in fashion
JD Sports Fashion has hit the ball out of the park with its latest set of full-year results.Full-year profits came in well ahead of expectations and its like-for-likes over the nine weeks to last Saturday were in positive territory in spite of the snow and later fall of Easter this ...
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NewsJJB details plans for CVA and refinancing
JJB has outlined proposals for its company voluntary arrangement (CVA) and details of a refinancing deal with its banks.The landlords of JJB’s 140 closed retail stores will be able to make a claim against a fund of £10m, with two payment instalments, one at the end of September and one ...
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Evans Cycles maps route to triple stores
Evans Cycles has revealed plans to more than triple its number of UK stores, after Active Private Equity bought a majority stake in the specialist retail chain this week.
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Private equity group buys Evans Cycles
Private equity group Active has bought a majority stake in bike retail chain Evans Cycles.
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JJB buy-out may spark price war
Sports retailers may face a barrage of price cuts if Dave Whelan’s bid to take JJB Sports private is successful.