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Decathlon's former logo. Founded by Michel Leclercq in 1976, Decathlon started with a store in Lille, France. [9] Its holding company was formerly known as Oxylane. [10]The company expanded abroad to Germany in 1986, [11] Spain in 1992, [11] [12] Italy in 1993, [11] Belgium in 1997, [13] Portugal, the United Kingdom in 1999, Brazil in 2001, mainland China in 2003, India and Romania in 2009 ...
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]
Heatons briefly held a franchise for British Home Stores, [1] and also co-located some shops with Iceland during their first venture into Ireland. Heatons was acquired by Frasers Group (formerly Sports Direct International) in 2016, [ 2 ] with Sports Direct having previously owned 50% of the chain from 2010, [ 3 ] and having held a 42.5% stake ...
On 30 November 2021, Tesco Ireland announced it had purchased all Joyce's supermarkets for an undisclosed amount, with the shops begining to be rebranded as Tesco in 2022. Quinnsworth Operated from 1966 to 2001, with approximately one quarter of the grocery market in the Republic of Ireland, and some 88 supermarkets across the island of Ireland ...
Michael Leclercq is a French entrepreneur and businessman best known as the founder of Decathlon, one of the world’s largest sporting goods retailers.Established in 1976, Decathlon has revolutionized the sporting goods industry with its unique business model, emphasizing accessibility, innovation, and affordability.
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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.
In Ireland, the retail sector provides one of the largest sources of employment in the economy, representing over 12% of the workforce. [1] As of 2017, approximately 40,000 wholesale and retail businesses employed almost 280,000 people in Ireland, [2] [1] with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment reporting that 90% of these businesses were Irish-owned.