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Last of JD's Perry Sport, Aktiesport and Sprinter stores shutter

The doors of the final lot of JD Sports' Dutch retailers Perry Sport, Aktiesport and Sprinter will close on Tuesday. Many of the branches had already shuttered earlier this year, but the last six are now closing, curator Kees van de Meent told De Telegraaf. The stores had been operated under JD's subsidiary Sports Unlimited Retail, the company...

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JD Sports pulls support for Dutch retail group leading to bankruptcy

Sports Unlimited Retail had been making losses for several years, according to the trustee's first bankruptcy report. The losses were always compensated by UK parent company JD Sports Fashion Plc, but when it decided to stop doing so in November 2023, Sports Unlimited Retail filed for its own bankruptcy. Sports Unlimited Retail is the parent...

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Frasers Group reportedly snaps up former JD-owned stores in the Netherlands

A relaunch is in the works for part of the Perry Sport, Aktiesport and Sprinter stores, with British retail giant Frasers Group understood to be taking on their operations. It comes after the parent company of Perry Sport, Aktiesport and Sprinter, Sports Unlimited Retail went bankrupt in December. At that time, 54 stores were owned by the...

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JD Sports to take over Perry Sport and Aktiesport

JD Sports Fashion has confirmed its acquisition of Dutch sportswear chains Perry Sport and Aktiesport from their bankrupted parent company Unlimited Sports Group early wednesday morning. The British retailer, who will take over the trading assets, intellectual property, inventories, fixtures, fittings and trade of the two chains, is set to pay a...

Retail

JD Sports eyes up Perry Sport and Aktiesport retail chains in the Netherlands

JD Sports has its sights set on growing in the Netherlands and is currently in advanced discussions to take over bankrupted sportswear chains Perry Sport and Aktiesport 189 stores. The British retailer has already applied for permission from the Authority for Consumers and Market (ACM) and is expected to reach an agreement over the next few...