The British company will take over some of the stores of the bankrupt chain Perry Sport and Action Sports. “Thus, the continuity of a large number of shops is insured and guaranteed employment for a large number of employees.”
“We are pleased that it has managed to find a good buyer for the stores in the short term” notify the curators. There are a total of 42 branches of Perry Sport and 31 of Aktiesport.
“JD Sports is a financially strong company with a good reputation in the market. This gives the maximum guarantee for the continuity of the widest possible number of stores. This served his many interests, including that of employment. “
Human
It is not yet able to maintain clear how many employees actually their job. “It is as yet too early to say how many stores it goes.” Employees were informed on Wednesday of the restart.
JD Sports Fashion will see depending on the performance of the various shops and negotiations with lessors of properties which affiliates can be kept open.
in early March dismissal was told to employees of Perry Sport and Action Sports. JD Sports Fashion wants to keep most of the staff to work in the stores that they take over. This also applies to some of the employees at the head office in Amsterdam.
Working
A spokesman for USG states that staff can continue to work after the restart under similar working conditions. It is not yet known when the employees get clarity on whether they can keep their jobs. “The sooner, the better,” the spokesman admits. But he also stressed that this must be done carefully.
Benefit Authority UWV salaries of all employees of the bankrupt chains will still pay about two weeks. It employs about 850 people at Perry Sport and 1150 in Action Sports.
Last Thursday asked the British company authorizes Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) for an acquisition. In that report stated that JD Sports Fashion has interest in both online stores and other assets of the chains.
Competition
Supervisor Authority Consumer & amp; Market (ACM) is investigating the report and evaluate whether following an acquisition still remains sufficient competition. The supervisor shall within four weeks known whether the acquisition may proceed. “A decision of the ACM is expected shortly, probably this week,” informed the trustees.
JD Sports is part of Pentland Group PLC and specializes in the sale of sportswear, shoes, photographic equipment, accessories and casual wear. JD Sports Fashion has more than eight hundred stores. JD Sports has branches spread over the Netherlands.
Bankrupt
USG went bankrupt in February. The company has, like other retailers hard. Moreover, the chains Perry Sport and Action Sports were hit hard by the recent bankruptcies of V & D and Scapino. Therefore, 128 shop-in-shops of Action Sports and eleven outlets Perrysport closed.
It was previously known that Scapino has taken inventory of all 128 shop-in-shops Action Sports in Scapino shops. These are all the outlets that Aktiesport had in shoe stores.
Company
USG had a total of 53 companies. The company operated some 350 stores and had approximately 2,500 employees. The company was also engaged in wholesale trade and the exploitation of its own brands, such as Tenson.
In addition, the company licenses from brands such as Fila, Le coq sportif, INQ and Elesse. The company was active in the Netherlands, Belgium, Sweden, Think Marken and Hong Kong.
Meanwhile, an agreement in principle in Belgium also reached on the acquisition of the sports chain Primo by British chain Sports Direct. On the sale of other business units are still under negotiation.
It thereby also involves some thirty Dutch companies, such as sportswear brand Fila, Elesse and Le coq sportif. According to the spokesman try to keep the receivers as much as possible of all companies and hold together. There are no marks or chains defitnief will not restart
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