Decathlon has plans for eight new stores in Italy by the end of the year, four of which have already been inaugurated. The new stores are located in Asti, Bologna, Lonato del Garda (Brescia), Ponte nelle Alpi (Belluno) Roma Ostiense, Taranto, Trapani and Venaria (Turin). The new openings, which also involve the creation of 200 new jobs, will bring the total number of Decathlon stores in Italy to 136. Decathlon Italia registered revenues of €1.38 billion in 2020, with e-commerce accounting for 13.1 percent of total revenues as compared to 5.1 percent in 2019. As previously reported, its turnover in the country declined by 13 percent last year. The Decathlon app was downloaded by 1,624,700 new Italian users over the past 12 months, the company said.

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