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News briefsSprinter returns to profit in FY24/25
Sprinter, wholly owned by JD Sports, swung to a €33.8 million profit in FY24/25 by cutting supply and operating costs despite a slight revenue decline.
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News briefsSprinter takes another step on the road to 240
Sprinter has relocated one of its stores in Galicia to Marineda City mall and expanded the area to nearly 1,000 sqm – part of a nationwide rollout targeting 240 stores.
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News briefsSprinter on course with store openings
Next year should be even more expansive, with 20 openings planned
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News briefsDutch withdrawal provokes loss in Sprinter’s FY24
Overall revenue growth could not overcome one-off impairments.
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ArticleSprinter sees calm and growth after the storm
Sprinter is settling into life under JD and alone.
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News briefsSprinter continued to grow in FY23
According to Diffusion Sport, Sprinter generated €585.8 million in sales for its full year 2023, which extended from February 2023 to January 2024. This figure represents a rise of 13 percent year-on-year and 100 percent from the pre-lockdown year of 2019. Net profits amounted to €37.9 million, up about 11 ...
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News briefsSprinter helping to recover ocean plastic
According to Diffusion Sport, Sprinter has been working with a Spanish environmental start-up called Gravity Wave. Their joint project, “Best Wave of Sport,” recovered 30 tons of plastic from the Mediterranean Sea from November 2023 to February 2024. This is part of a larger project called #PlasticFreeOceans, in which 150 ...
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News briefsJD Sports expanding in Iberia
JD Sports plans to open 23 stores and convert another 15 stores to the JD banner in Spain and Portugal, according to Diffusion Sport. Chief among the new ones will be locations in Barcelona and Tenerife. This could be a first stage or a modification of the plan we reported ...
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ArticleChange of Iberian plans for Sprinter, Sport Zone
JD Sports will be switching 28 to 30 Sprinter and Sport Zone stores in Spain to the JD banner between now and 2025, according to Diffusion Sport. Included in this two-year development plan is the renovation of two stores in Alicante province, in the cities of Finestrat and Alicante, both ...
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News briefsFrasers Group bolsters EMEA expansion with Twin Sport acquisition
Frasers Group is set to acquire Twin Sport, a prominent Dutch sporting goods retailer. The acquisition agreement entails Frasers Group acquiring all shares in Twin Sport Holding B.V., a key player in the Dutch sports retail landscape and part of the Intersport franchise under EKS Netherlands. Twin Sport, with 17 ...
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News briefsJD Sports’ Dutch retailers Perry Sport, Aktiesport, Sprinter now closing
Closing its final lot of Dutch retailers, JD Sports’ Perry Sport, Aktiesport and Sprinter stores will shutter on Tuesday. Curator Kees van de Meent confirmed to De Telegraaf the closure of the last six branches, operated under JD’s subsidiary Sports Unlimited Retail, which went bankrupt in 2023. While the British ...
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News briefsJD Sports halts compensation, sparks retail bankruptcy
The parent company JD Sports Fashion Plc made the decision to cease compensating the losses of Sports Unlimited Retail in November 2023. As a result, Sports Unlimited Retail filed for bankruptcy. JD Sports, the parent company of Aktiesport, Perry Sport and Sprinter shops in the Netherlands, has been experiencing significant ...
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News briefsFrasers may acquire former Dutch JD-owned stores
The Netherlands-based Sports Unlimited Retail, owned by JD Sports and the parent group of Perry Sport, Aktiesport and Sprinter Netherlands, was declared bankrupt in December. At the time, around 50 stores were owned by the company. According to a new report by the Dutch media company RTL Z, up ...
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ArticleDutch business of JD Sports declared bankrupt
Sports Unlimited Retail, the parent group of Perry Sport, Aktiesport and Sprinter Netherlands, was declared bankrupt according to a notice that appeared on the Sprinter Netherlands retail site on Dec. 6, 2023. The Netherlands-based Sports Unlimited Retail is owned by the British JD Sports group. JD Sports acquired Perry Sport ...
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News briefsBanner FY 2022 at Sprinter
Sprinter’s sales for full-year 2022 exceeded €519 million, for a year-on-year increase of 30 percent, while net profit almost doubled, rising from €18.3 to €34.1 million – all according to Diffusion Sport. The chain also upped its store count in Spain by about 30 to a total of 205. It ...
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ArticleJD Sports to acquire all remaining shares of Iberian Sports Retail Group
JD Sports Fashion has announced its intention to acquire the remaining 49.98 percent stake in Iberian Sports Retail Group (ISRG), currently held by Balaiko Firaja Invest and Sonae Holdings, for a total cash consideration of €500.1 million, to be funded from the group’s existing cash resources. Upon completion of the ...
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News briefsSprinter revamps store in Granada
Sprinter has overhauled and reopened one of its top stores, located at the Granaita de Pulianas mall in Granada, Spain. According to Diffusion Sport, this more experiential version of the store covers some 2,300 square meters and has expanded its staff from 39 to 50. A section called Sports Lab ...
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ArticleJD Sports eyes 3.9% profit increase before tax and adjusted items in FY24
Britain’s JD Sports, coming out of a financial year where Ebit declined by 33 percent to £440.9 million (€507.6m) from £654.7 million due to exits from branded fashion businesses and the cost of shuttering its South Korea operations at a total expense of £550.5 million, is aiming to hit the ...
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ArticleSprinter, Deporvillage hope to open new chapter with new store
Sprinter has opened a big store – on the former premises of an IKEA – that it hopes will serve as a watershed, separating its past from its future, according to Diffusion Sport and other sources in Spain. Located at the Alcora Plaza de Alcorcón shopping center in Madrid, the ...
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News briefsSprinter expands in the Netherlands
Sprinter has opened a 532-sqm store in Tilburg and will soon open a 1,000-sqm store in The Hague, raising its Dutch total to six. Both will have Player Service, in which sports teams can have their name and logo screen-printed on apparel. The Spanish retailer operates in its home country ...
