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JJB Sports JJB Sports has announced plans to close 72 of its 409 sportswear stores, with the loss of 800 jobs. 17-Apr-2008 JJB Sports is considering plans to close up to 70 stores, as part of a review of its 420-strong portfolio. 20-Mar-2008 Powerleague has bought five indoor football centres in Manchester, Blackburn, Wigan, Derby and North Shields from JJB Sports for £17m. 27-Feb-2008 JJB Sports has acquired Original Shoe Company, the chain of 60 branded clothing and footwear stores, from Sports Direct International for £5m. 19-Dec-2007 JJB Sports is to set up a £10m fitness club and retail store at Victoria Retail Park in Nottingham, and is also due to open new clubs in Llanelli and Thanet soon. 25-Jun-2007 JJB Sports is planning to open ten sports superstores and nine health clubs this year, and a further 17 sites have been found for 2008. 16-Apr-2007 JJB Sports is planning to expand its chain of 37 health clubs to more than 70 over the next two years. 20-Oct-2006 JJB Sports has acquired Golf TV, the operator of The Golf Channel and The Golf TV Pro-Shop Channel, for up to £3.3m. 05-May-2006 Glasgow Rangers Football Club has agreed a £48m licence with sports retailer JJB Sports, which is expected to lead to the loss of some of the 200 jobs in its Rangers Shop chain. 10-Mar-2006 JJB Sports is to invest £110m opening 29 new health clubs in its stores over the next two years. 14-Apr-2005 JJB Sports is planning to accelerate the opening programme for its chain of combined health clubs and superstores, with 18 new sites planned for the next year. 10-Jan-2005 JJB Sports, the chain of more than 450 sports stores, has received a takeover approach from private equity firm Cinven. 04-Oct-2004 JJB Sports is to create up to 60 jobs at a new sports store and leisure centre due to open on Kidderminster's Weavers Wharf development next month. 25-Feb-2004 JJB Sports is planning to expand its chain of health clubs from 16 to 22 this year. 15-Jan-2004 JJB Sports is planning to sell its TJ Hughes chain of 37 discount department stores to a management buy-out for £56m. 17-Nov-2003 JJB Sports and Stadium Group are planning to develop Soccerdome leisure schemes in North Shields and Blackburn, each with 11 football pitches, a JJB store and fitness facilities. 10-Nov-2003 JJB Sports is seeking the first out-of-town site for its TJ Hughes discount department store format. 03-Nov-2003 JJB Sports has held discussions with a number of venture capital firms about the £50m sale of its chain of 40 TJ Hughes discount department stores. 12-Sep-2003 JJB Sports has identified 19 potential sites to open sports superstores, and five more health clubs will open this year. 14-Jul-2003 JJB Sports, the sportswear retailer valued at up to £540m, is considering a proposal from its chairman to return to private ownership. 26-Mar-2003 JJB Sports has signed contracts to open a further 18 sports stores this year. 16-Jan-2003 JJB Sports is seeking permission to set up a £20m Soccerdome sports academy in Darlington, including football pitches, health centre, swimming pool and retail units. 21-Aug-2002 JJB Sports is to relocate the headquarters of its newly-acquired TJ Hughes retailing business from Liverpool to Wigan, which will affect about 200 staff. 12-Jul-2002 JJB Sports is planning to open up to 40 stores in the Netherlands, with the first having opened in Rotterdam last year. 08-Apr-2002 JJB Sports is to acquire TJ Hughes, the chain of 36 discount department stores, for £42m. 11-Mar-2002 JJB Sports is planning to open between 30 and 40 sports superstores a year, and will step up its policy of closing high street stores and replacing them with more profitable superstores. 04-Oct-2001 JJB Sports is planning to open 35 sports superstores and four health clubs this year, and is also looking to expand abroad. 12-Apr-2001 JJB Sports is to open a new fitness club at St John's Gate in Middlesbrough in the summer, with the creation of about 60 jobs. 12-Feb-2001 JJB Sports is planning to expand its chain of superstores from 214 to 500 over the next five years, and will open three more health clubs next year. 12-Oct-2000 JJB Sports has joined Beatties, TK Maxx and Next in agreeing to take space at Huddersfield's £50m Kingsgate shopping centre, which is due to open by the end of 2001. 21-Aug-2000 JJB Sports is planning to open 40 superstores a year, but 100 smaller outlets are being closed. 13-Apr-2000 JJB Sports is to set a 16,000 sq ft store at Harrogate's £50m Victoria Shopping Centre, which is currently undergoing a major £6m redevelopment. 29-Nov-1999 JJB Sports is planning to open a further 12 superstores this year and is about to open a Soccer Dome in Wigan, which will include 11 indoor pitches, a superstore, and bars. 30-Jun-1999 JJB Sports is to set up more than 300 England football team concessions within its stores, and an internet store will be launched next month. 23-Apr-1999 JJB Sports is planning to open 26 more stores by January 2000, most of them superstores on which contracts have been exchanged or are near completion. 07-Oct-1998 JJB Sports is planning to acquire Sports Division for £290m, which would give it a much stronger bargaining position with the major sportswear manufacturers. 24-Jul-1998 JJB Sports expects to open a further 50 sports shops this year, to add to the current 202. 23-Apr-1998 JJB Sports is planning to open 50 stores a year over the next 10 years, ending up with a chain of about 500 high street stores and 200 out-of-town stores. 08-Oct-1997 JJB Sports has announced plans to open 50 new sports shops a year for the next five years. 17-Apr-1997 JJB, the sports retailer, is closing its three Spanish stores at a cost of £400,000, in order to concentrate on the UK market. 09-Jan-1997 JJB Sports, the sports goods retailer, is to open a further 25 stores this year and has signed an agreement with Tesco in which it will lease space in new Metro stores. 03-Oct-1996 JJB Sports, the sports retailer, plans to open a further 15 superstores and 20 high street stores this year. 25-Apr-1996 JJB Sports is to open seven new high street shops and 15 superstores, and is to open a new warehouse and distribution centre in the summer. 18-Jan-1996 The information above comes from the UK Activity Report Copyright UK Business Park 1995-2008