The Spanish sporting goods market fell by 5 percent to €3.7 billion in 2012, according to a Spanish market research company, Dbk, leading to a further concentration of the retail network around the buying groups and the integrated retail chains. The five major retail players, led by Décathlon, already controlled 64 percent of the market in 2011. Specialty retailers saw their sales decline by 4 percent to an estimated level of €2.98 billion, representing 80 percent of the total market, but the number of specialty stores contracted by 150 to 6,300 outlets. Department stores, hypermarkets and other generic retailers suffered a sales drop of 9.5 percent in sporting goods to around €715 million.

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