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Blacks Outdoor Retail Ltd. is a British retailer, headquartered in Bury, Greater Manchester the United Kingdom which owns the British outdoor retailers Blacks, Millets and Ultimate Outdoors. Blacks is the largest outdoor retailer in the UK with stores nationwide. The company entered administration in 2012 and is now owned by JD Sports Fashion plc.
Millet Mountain Group is a French-based company, headquartered in Annecy, specializing in outdoor equipment such as backpacks and sleeping bags.In 2014, Millet was acquired by Swiss holding Calida group. [1]
An outdoor retailer or outdoor store is a retail businesses selling apparel and general merchandise for outdoor activities. [ 1 ] The stores may cater for a range of activities, including camping , hunting , fishing , hiking , trekking , mountaineering , skiing , snowboarding , cycling , mountain biking , kayaking , rafting and water sports .
Cotswold Outdoor, Southside Wandsworth, London. Outdoor and Cycle Concepts Ltd, [1] trading as Cotswold Outdoor, is an outdoor recreation retailer in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. It is a trading brand of Outdoor and Cycle Concepts Limited, who also own the Snow and Rock, Cycle Surgery and Runners Need chains of shops. [2]
In 1981, Morris opened the first Bass Pro Shops outdoor store in Springfield. [5] A few years later in 1987, Morris bought an empty plot of land on Table Rock Lake in Missouri's Ozark Mountains. [8] One year later, at that location, he opened Big Cedar Lodge resort. [8] [9] The resort has five golf courses, and an outdoor arena. [10]
Map of Gander Mountain stores. Gander Mountain's stores ranged in size from 50,000 to 120,000 square feet and offered an outdoor esthetic. Physically, and visually, the stores had wider shopping aisles, high-joist ceilings, brick and stone accents, log-wrapped columns, and other wilderness related decorations.
Today, pearl millet is grown on over 260,000 square kilometres (100,000 sq mi) of land worldwide. It accounts for about 50% of the total world production of millets. [7] World production of millets has been stable during the 1980s.
Frasers Group plc (formerly known as Sports Direct International plc) is a British retail, sport and intellectual property group, named after its ownership of the department store chain House of Fraser. The company is best known for trading predominantly under the Sports Direct brand which operates both physical outlets and online. [4]