JD Sports’ Go Outdoors deal gets green light from competition watchdog
Retailer JD Sports Fashion has had its £112m acquisition of outdoor clothing company Go Outdoors approved by the Competition and Markets Authority.
Bury-based JD Sports signed the deal for the company, including its £16m net debt, back in November.
JD Sports already has a significant interest in the outdoors market through its Blacks, Millets, Ultimate Outdoors and Tiso businesses and the acquisition makes JD sports the London Stock Exchange’s biggest sports goods retailer.
Together they had combined revenues of £155m fo... You can carry on reading TheBusinessDesk.com for free, but you have reached the maximum number of pages an unregistered user can view. To register for an account, click here or login below...
