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    Decathlon Spain dominates in mountain sports

    2023-02-28T16:23:00Z

    When it comes to e-commerce in mountain sporting goods Decathlon reigns supreme in Spain. Drawing from Google analytics and data gathered by the SEO company Sistrix, CMDsport has evaluated the performance of the country’s top e-tailers with a list of 32 best-selling product types, such as tents, skis, ski boots, ...

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    Sprinter plans to open physical stores in France

    2023-01-10T14:11:00Z

    According to a report by Sport-Guide, Sprinter is exploring options to open physical stores in France. The plan of the Spanish sporting goods retailer, scheduled to start this year, is set to involve primarily Paris/Ile de France and the south of France for stores with a surface of 900 to ...

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    Sprinter opens another store in Spain

    2022-12-02T06:48:00Z

    On Nov. 24, as planned, Sprinter opened its 203rd Spanish store, a 900-sqm affair at the Plaza Norte 2 mall in San Sebastián de los Reyes, on the outskirts of Madrid. As Diffusion Sport reports, this will not be the last new store of 2022. The company expects to open ...

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    Sprinter opens new stores in mainland Spain and the Canary Islands

    2022-10-12T11:19:00Z

    Sprinter has just inaugurated a 925-square-meter store at the Atalaya del Tormes shopping mall in Salamanca and will soon open a new 750-square-meter store in Alicante on Oct. 20. More openings are planned in the Spanish island of Lanzarote, in the Canary Islands, for November, as well as in Pontevedra, ...

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    Sprinter opens two Iberian stores, plans seven more

    2022-09-19T15:28:00Z

    At the start of this month Sprinter opened two new Iberian stores, in Alcantarilla and Andorra, according to Diffusion Sport. The first of these is the JD Group-owned retailer’s third store in the Spanish region of Murcia. It is also the smallest of the two, at 702 square meters, 504 ...

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    Sprinter eked out a rise in sales over 2021

    2022-07-18T07:35:00Z

    Sprinter generated €399.9 million in sales over its financial year 2021, according to Diffusion Sport. The period ran through Jan. 31 of last year, and therefore includes the worst of the lockdowns. Although e-commerce sufficed under these conditions to produce a revenue increase of 0.6 percent, net profit was down ...

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    Sprinter is set to open 25 new stores in Spain

    2022-03-04T09:00:00Z

    The Spanish news service Palco23 reports that JD Group is planning to open 25 new Sprinter stores in Spain this year. Sprinter, which has been part of JD Group since 2011, is one of the main sports retailers in Spain, selling both international sports brands and private labels. Plans for ...

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    Sprinter opens a first store outside Spain

    2021-11-24T18:22:00Z

    Sprinter – the biggest and more techical sports retail banner within the Iberian Sports Retail Group (ISRG) – confirms that has opened its 173rd physical store and its first one outside of Spain. According to CMDsport, the Sprinter store is located at the Zuidplein mall in the Dutch port city ...

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    Big push for JD and Sprinter in Iberia

    2021-10-06T17:12:00Z

    The Iberian Sports Retail Group (ISRG), which is controlled by JD Sports Fashion, is contemplating a strong development of its physical store network, accompanying its push into e-commerce through its recent acquisition of Deporvillage and the local web stores of JD Sports and Sprinter. Sprinter, the more technical sporting goods ...

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    Sprinter debuts an urban-oriented store concept near Madrid

    2021-08-27T17:25:00Z

    According to CMDsport, Sprinter’s new, omnichannel store in the Spanish city of Leganés, outside Madrid, aims to exceed the purpose of a point of sale and serve as a meeting place for urban athletes. Some of its design, like the assortment, is drawn from the traffic data of Sprinter’s website. ...

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    JD and Sprinter acquire Bodytone

    2021-08-26T16:52:00Z

    According to CMDsport, the Iberian Sports Retail Group (ISRG) has acquired a 50.1 percent stake in Bodytone International Sport, a Spanish-based producer and international distributor of professional gym machines and equipment. The purchase price was undisclosed. Bodytone has until now been wholly owned by American Sport Invest, which has become ...

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    JD transfers Dutch chains to ISRG

    2021-06-03T17:15:00Z

    JD Sports Fashion says it has agreed to sell two Dutch chains of sporting goods stores, Aktiesport and Perry Sport, to the Iberian Sports Retail Group (ISRG), in which it holds a controlling interest off 50.02 percent, for £16.5 million (€19.2m-$23.3m). The rationale behind the transaction, which is expected to ...

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    Sport Zone will host an online marketplace

    2021-05-31T14:56:00Z

    Over the coming months, the Iberian Sports Retail Group of JD Sports Fashion will be setting up a marketplace for Sport Zone, under whose banner more than a hundred physical stores are operating in Portugal and the Canary Islands. The group hopes to replicate the success of its Sprinter marketplace, ...

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    Foreign sports retailers dominate on Facebook in Spain

    2021-04-19T17:09:00Z

    CMDsport has published a report on the social-media presence of the top purveyors of sporting goods and sportswear in Spain. The top platform is Facebook, followed by Instagram and Twitter, and on Facebook the top chain, by a large margin, is JD Sports, with 3.47 million followers. JD is the ...

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    Decathlon and Sprinter grow in Spain

    2020-07-02T14:17:00Z

    Decathlon has reported sales growth of 2.9 percent in Spain to €1,952 million, including VAT, for 2019. Sales over the internet went up by 17 percent to €136 million in the country. The number of stores increased by six to a total of 171. Meanwhile, after checking the public record, ...