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This assignment will concentrate on two companies of my choice within the retail sector merging.The companies I have chosen to use within this assignment are:JJB Sports Plc taking over John David Sports Plc.Latest share price for JJB Sports Plc at closing on 21st Nov 2003 was 261.00.The latest share price for The John David Sports Plc was 170.00.JJB Sports plc is the UK's leading sports retailer. JJB was originally formed in 1971 to acquire the business of a single sports store in Wigan. The original store was established by JJ Broughton in the early 1900's and was then bought by JJ Braddock and then JJ Bradburn. As these initials were all the same the business was known locally as JJB'sThey sell mainly sporting items in the stores such as Nike and Reebok .JJB Sports Plc also operates an expanding Leisure Division, which comprises Health Clubs and Soccerdomes (indoor soccer centres) JJB's retail success is built around providing quality products for the massThe first JD Sports shop opened in Bury,
An example of shares falling though terrorist attacks are"that fears of more al-Qaeda atrocities, the Footsie immediately surrendered a 29-point rise to trade 56. A threat that wasn't perhaps as significant in the past history of JJB Sports as it isnow, is the threat of a possible terrorist attack on London. International Herald Tribune 06/06/2003Weaknesses:JJB Sports doesn't have an online store which is a big disadvantage to people who choose to shop online rather than go the actual retail outlets, JJB although does have an online site www. Imports were believed to account for over 90% of the sports clothing market in 2002, and they have shown a massive rise - to the detriment of domestic production - over the last 10 years www. The leading sources of imports of sports clothing are Hong Kong, China, Malaysia, Indonesia and Taiwan, with European sources led by Italy, France and Portugal. ukIn the year 2002 JD Sports changed its named to John David Sports PLC , and bought the first sport chain of stores and began converting them to JD. comJJB's exit from TJ Hughes, which it bought for 42.
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