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Heatons was an Irish chain of department stores, established in 1946. It operated throughout the island of Ireland and sold fashion, homeware and sporting goods.. Heatons briefly held a franchise for British Home Stores, [1] and also co-located some shops with Iceland during their first venture into Ireland.
Sportsdirect.com Retail Limited, trading as Sports Direct, is a British retail company currently owned by Frasers Group. The company was founded in 1982 by Mike Ashley and was originally based in Maidenhead, England. It specialises in the sale of sports equipment, clothing, footwear, and accessories, operating both physical stores and an online ...
[25] [26] Sports Direct International sold its shares on 16 January 2014, although they took out an option to buy further shares up to a total of 6.6%. [27] In December 2016, Sports Direct International agreed to sell the remaining international rights to its Dunlop brand to Sumitomo Rubber Industries for £112 million ($137.5 million). [28]
The first USC store opened in 1989 in Edinburgh and specialised in sports clothing. USC originally stood for 'United Sports Corporation' and was founded by Angus Morrison and David Douglas. [1] USC was purchased for £43 million by Sir Tom Hunter in 2004. [2] The company entered into administration on 29 December 2008, [3] [4] and 15 stores ...
Opened shops in numerous city locations. At one time owned by the Forte Group, it was purchased by Jerónimo Martins in 1996. The business struggled in the competitive UK sports market and in 2002 was sold to Sports Direct. Shops were changed to Sports Direct or closed between 2002 and 2012, leaving the Regent Street shop as the sole location.
Life Style Sports was established in 1979 in the Republic of Ireland by Quinnsworth, a subsidiary of Associated British Foods. [1] In 1997 it was bought by Tesco PLC but was later spun off via a management buy-out of seven directors, led by MD Andrew Sharkey and venture capital firm, ACT.
Decathlon, the world's largest sporting good retail chain, [2] [3] opened its first store in Lille, France, in 1976. [4] It now has about 1700 stores in 60 countries and territories. [5] The sector contracted globally in 2007 and 2008, due to the loss of disposable income during the Global Financial Crisis. [6]
As of 2021, the centre contained over 60 retail stores, [5] including clothing, chemists, homeware and mobile phone providers. Of the clothing stores, there is a Frasers store at the eastern end of the building, as well as River Island, Next, Jack & Jones and Zara outlets. [6] At the western end of the mall is a large Tesco supermarket. [7]