The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
Wholesale / Retail 47 - Retail trade 47.6 - Retail sale of cultural and recreational goods 47.63 - Retail sale of sporting equipment
240 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
14 March 2016
Employment effect (start)
14 March 2016
Foreseen end date
30 June 2016
Description
Sports retailer, Go Outdoors will create 240 jobs across the United Kingdom as a result of expansion into the cycling market. The retailer is setting up dedicated bicycle sections within 51 of its 57 outlets. In addition, the company has opened six new super-stores to sell bikes and offer personalised bike fitting and servicing. The new concept stores are located in Milton Keynes, Lincoln, Coventry, Chatham and Scunthorpe in England as well as Newton Abbey in Northern Ireland. The decision follows a trial which saw a doubling of sales in bike and cycling equipment, and after the company launched its own brand of bikes, Calibre.
Sources
14 March 2016: Retail Week
14 March 2016: Bike Biz
15 March 2016: Cycle Trade
Citation
Eurofound (2016), Go Outdoors, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 86820, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/86820.
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