Querol and Caldéron Sport, two family-owned sports retail chains based in Andalusia, will join other retailers in the area in a regional alliance called OB+ to stop competing with each other. As reported in SGI Europe (No. 18/38-39), Oteros Sport and Deportes Blanes, the two most important buying groups in the region, created OB+ to serve essentially as a common front against Décathlon. Together, the four groups will represent 84 outlets and around €110 million in annual turnover. They will make common decisions on which suppliers to use and what prices to set.