Finish Line to convert local shopping mall store to JD Sports brand
JD Sports, based in England, acquired Indianapolis-based Finish Line in June and is testing whether to convert the entire 555-store Finish Line chain to its brand.
JD Sports, based in England, acquired Indianapolis-based Finish Line in June and is testing whether to convert the entire 555-store Finish Line chain to its brand.
The outcome of the test will help determine whether all Finish Line outposts will take on the JD Sports moniker and product mix.
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Buyer JD Sports Fashion, the leading European retailer of sports, fashion and outdoor brands, plans to retain Finish Line management and use the company as its platform for North American expansion.
A new regulatory said Sports Direct International Inc., the United Kingdom-based sports-apparel retailer that was rumored for months to be on the verge of buying Indianapolis-based Finish Line, never actually wanted to buy the company.
Shares in Finish Line Inc.—which this week agreed to be acquired by British retailer JD Sports Fashion Plc for $558 million—tumbled Thursday morning after the Indianapolis-based retailer reported a sharp quarterly decline in same-store sales.
Combining Indianapolis-based Finish Line Inc. and JD Sports Fashion from across the pond could create a firm within striding distance of the sports apparel industry’s heavyweight, according to an analyst.
The purchaser is not Sports Direct International, a United Kingdom-based firm that began buying up Finish Line shares last year, but rather its top rival, JD Sports.
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