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John David Sports John David Group has acquired the Bank Stores chain of 49 fashion outlets from Phoenix Equity Partners for £18m. 11-Dec-2007 John David Group has bought 14 airport sports stores from Hargreaves for £5m. 24-Jul-2006 John David Group has bought Allsports out of administration for £18m, and is expected to keep 111 of the sports stores with an option on the remaining 67. 01-Nov-2005 John David Group has acquired RD Scott, the chain of 23 fashion stores in the North West, Midlands and Yorkshire, for £4m. 17-Dec-2004 John David Group is planning to close up to 35 sports stores and may put itself up for sale. 12-May-2004 John David Sports is considering plans to merge the head office of its recently-acquired First Sport retailing business with its own operation in Manchester, which would affect about 250 staff. 15-Aug-2002 John David Sports is planning to expand its chain of stores from 166 to 350 over the next two years. 21-Jun-2002 Blacks Leisure has sold its First Sport, AV and Pure Woman sport and fashion retailing operations to John David Sports for £53m. 06-May-2002 John David Sports is planning to expand its chain of 130 sportswear shops to 300, and may start opening stores in continental Europe. 04-Jun-2001 John David Sports has announced plans to expand its chain of 133 outlets by adding 10 new stores this year and 10-15 in following years. 15-Jun-2000 John David Sports has bought the rights to the Cobra footwear brand, and may revive the name by setting up new stores in the London area. 03-May-2000 John David Sports is planning to open 10 new outlets next year, taking the total to 136. 10-Jun-1999 John David Sports is to slow down its expansion programme to about 20 new stores a year following a reduction in sales due to its merchandising department being too conservative in its choice of brands. 22-Jan-1998 John David Sports, the chain of 61 sportswear shops, is raising £9m in a share placing in order to fund the opening of 25 new shops a year over the next decade. 25-Sep-1996 John David Sports, the sportswear retailer, is planning a flotation in the autumn with a value of up to £100m. 19-Aug-1996 The information above comes from the UK Activity Report Copyright UK Business Park 1995-2007