Sports Direct have announced plans to focus on opening more larger stores, seeing some smaller branches potentially close. The retailer shared their idea under its elevation strategy, seeing shops ...

Sports Direct stores would only open if given permission, a representative for the brand said. The permission sought by Sports Direct, however, seems unlikely to be granted by the government.

Sports Direct is closing one of its stores in another blow for the UK high street, but has opened 100 new sites in Australia and New Zealand.

Sports Direct, founded by billionaire Mike Ashley, sells sports clothes as well as sports equipment. It has about 700 stores across the UK and continental Europe.

Sports Direct is to open at Marriotts Walk in Witney in September. Europe’s biggest retailer of sports and fitness footwear, clothing and equipment has signed a lease on the former Debenhams store.

The retailer shared their idea under its elevation strategy, seeing shops that are below 20,000 sq ft could be consolidated. It comes after the Retail Gazette shared that Sports Direct is instead ...

It comes after the Retail Gazette shared that Sports Direct is instead looking to open more flagship stores in the UK. However, the retailer did share that it would look into transferring affected ...