Retail news ( europe Flash ) : Foot Locker and JD expand in France

Foot Locker opened its 100^th store in France at the end of last year, according to sport-guide.com.

Foot Locker had only 83 stores in France at the end of 2011, and the American group has indicated its wish to expand its network all over Europe.

Another foreign player, JD Sports Fashion, ended up 2012 with ten stores in France. They are all good competition for Courir, the French chain of athletic footwear stores owned by the Go Sport group, which continued to grow in 2012 for the third year in a row.

by SGI Europe through Ispo Newsblog