Intersport

Interport (its official name is Intersport International Corporation or IIC) is a company of Distribution of article of sport. The company is leader on this market with the international level. The group was born in 1968 from the regrouping from 10 groupings from sporting product purchases (Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, Netherlands, Italy and Belgium). In France, it was about the buying association the Hut. The group counts today 4.900 stores affiliated in 32 countries (in Europe and in Canada) representing about fifteen subsidiary companies (Intersport France, Intersport Austria, Intersport Spain, Intersport Belgium, Intersport Slovenia, Intersport Athlétics in Greece, Intersport North America, Intersport Finland, Intersport Germany, Intersport the United Kingdom, Intersport Italy, Intersport Holland, Intersport Norway, Intersport Poland, Intersport Russia, Intersport Slovenia, Intersport Suisse, Intersport Turkey). Each subsidiary company has an important autonomy, Intersport International Corporation employing that a hundred of nobody is mainly charged to negotiate the purchases for the grouping and to organize the selection of the products for the marks suitable for the group like: energetics (fitness and musculation), Etirel (clothing multisport), Crazy Creek (Sliding sport), Dynatour (golf), Fire Fly (clothing for banked-up bed), McKinley (sports outdoor and of mountain), Nakamura (cycles), Bolster (children's wears), Pro Touch (equipment for the sports of team), Techno Pro (Ski).

Establishments

In France

The company is number 2 on this market (1,05 billion euros and more than 500 sales outlets, approximately 12% of market share) behind Décathlon (2,7 billion euros of sales turnover in France, 31% of market share) and in front of the group Go Sport (9% of market share). On French market group is present with ensigns Intersport (store which proposes the whole of the offer present in periphery and downtown area of the big cities), Intersport Relais (set restricted for the small towns), Sport Leader (specialized in the famous brands is present in the centres town and great shopping malls) and Intersport Montagne (sale and hiring of products for the sports of mountain). The head office of Intersport France, which has the stores located at the Luxembourg, is majority in the capital of Intersport Belgium is located at Longjumeau. The French buying association finds its origin in 1924 when the association of the Scouts de France creates the Hut to diffuse the material and the uniforms of scout. In 1949, the Hut creates a buying association to supply itself and in 1959 of the contacts are established with other European distributers.

External bonds

French site of the group

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