JD Sprinter intends to absorb Sport Zone España, based on a filing in the commercial register reported by Moda.es. The entity that manages the Sprinter and JD stores in Spain has started integrating Sport Zone's operations in the country, after the owners of Sport Zone and JD Sprinter formed the Iberian Sports Retail Group (ISRG) earlier this year. As reported earlier, this has entailed the conversion of Sport Zone's Spanish stores into Sprinter, except for the stores on the Canary Islands, where the Sport Zone brand is strongly established. The conversions have been paired with the transfer of their logistics to JD Sprinter facilities, after Sprinter invested about €35 million in offices and warehousing in Alicante. Ángel Segarra, from one of the two families that formed Sprinter, has been appointed as chief operating officer for Sprinter and Sport Zone in Spain, while two Portuguese managers have moved into Sprinter's supervisory board. But Moda.es indicates that the integration is moving further with the intended takeover of Sport Zone's subsidiary in Spain, which will simplify the joint structure. At the same time, the company is continuing to roll out JD stores. CMD Sport reports that the JD banner should have 69 stores across Iberia at the end of this year, after eleven openings to form a group of 51 stores in Spain, and five other openings in Portugal to end up with 18 JD stores in that country. 

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