Decathlon is consolidating its cooperation with the Maus-Frères group, which is its joint venture partner for Switzerland, by offering some of its private label items in ten of the group’s Manor department stores in the country and on the chain’s web store, starting with the outdoor segment. The move is described as a test. Most of Decathlon’s 24 stores in Switzerland are former Athleticum sporting goods stores that belonged to Maus-Frères until mid-2018. All of them have been renamed as Decathlon and filled with Decathlon products. Manor was previously purchasing sports products for both its Athleticum and Manor stores. Meanwhile, Decathlon has decided to close its two-year-old store in Bern’s Wankdorf Center and to concentrate on another new location in the city’s Westside shopping center. The location is being taken over by Ochsner Sport.

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