Retail stores news : Sports Direct ( UK ) to replace Gigasport ( Slovakia ) is continuing to expand eastward .

Sports Direct is entering the Slovak market by taking over the space Gigasport left in June.

The leading sports retailer in the U.K. will lease one of the largest units in the Avion Shopping Park in Bratislava, following a recent opening of its first branch in Košice.

The 2,300 sqm store in Avion will be operational by the end of September. The shopping center is currently expanding and its total leasable area should reach 100,000 sqm. Gigasport withdrew from the Czech and Slovak markets in June due to poor economic results.

While in Slovakia the Kastner & Öhler group had only one Gigasport shop, in the Czech Republic there were eleven. Sports Direct operates a network of 470 outlets around Europe and sells Nike, Reebok, Umbro, Fila, Everlast, Lonsdale and Slazenger goods. Decathlon is another sports retail chain planning to enter Slovakia and open outlets in Bratislava, Banská Bystrica and Košice.

Author: CIJ Czech Republic Central & Eastern European Construction & Investment Journal is an English language magazine for the property development & real estate industry in Central & Eastern Europe. CEE Construction & Investment Journal is published by Roberts Publishing Media Group organizer of real estate conferences such as CEDEM CEE in the Czech Republic.

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