Go Outdoors

The high-profile outdoor equipment retailer Go Outdoors has established a successful business model built around the gap in the market for a destination chain covering the whole of the outdoor pursuits market. The company has been owned by JD Sports since 2017 and forms a key part of its burgeoning outdoor division alongside Blacks, Millets and Tiso. Retail Week provides news, analysis, features and opinion about Go Outdoors and the sports retail sector.

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Feature
Retail Week Awards 2025 – the winners
2025-03-21T07:20:00+00:00By Chloe Mills and Megan Robinson
Check out the profiles of all the winners from the Retail Week Awards 2025 – and what the judges had to say.
News
Go Outdoor rolls out body cameras to slew of stores
2025-03-17T11:39:00+00:00By Megan Robinson
Go Outdoors is rolling out body cameras to more of its stores to help improve the safety of its staff.
News
Go Outdoors becomes latest retailer to give staff body cameras
2025-02-25T15:22:00+00:00By Chloe Mills
Specialist retailer Go Outdoors has been giving staff body-worn cameras as part of a trial to “deter theft” and “keep colleagues safe”.

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JD Outdoor boss stands down as Hobbycraft boss takes the reins

2025-02-11T15:41:00+00:00By Gemma Goldfingle

Exclusive: The longstanding boss of JD Sports’ outdoors business Lee Bagnall has stepped down from the business and Hobbycraft chief executive Dominic Jordan is set to take the hotseat, Retail Week can reveal.

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In pictures: The most exciting new stores of 2024

2024-12-26T07:00:00+00:00By Blaise Cloran

2024 brought a range of new and innovative bricks-and-mortar stores to each corner of the country. As the year comes to an end, let’s revisit some of the best new stores that opened their doors

Go Outdoors boss wants to reinvent the business and solve retail’s weather problem
2024-09-11T05:00:00+01:00By Ritika Bhoora
Go Outdoors has opened biggest outdoor store in Europe in York
2024-08-29T14:36:00+01:00By Ritika Bhoora
A former John Lewis site in York has been taken over by Go Outdoors
2024-08-13T06:30:00+01:00By Ritika Bhoora
The White Company, Matalan and ProCook reveal marketing strategies for the year ahead
2023-02-08T06:00:00+00:00Promotional research for Royal Mail Marketreach

Back from the brink – what’s next for retail’s Covid casualties?
2020-07-10T06:00:00+01:00By Victoria McDermott
JD Sports boss says retail CVAs will ‘accelerate’ post-coronavirus
2020-07-08T06:00:00+01:00By Grace Bowden
Go Outdoors rent day pre-pack – is JD Sports right to shaft landlords?
2020-06-24T14:39:00+01:00By Grace Bowden and Hugh Radojev
JD Sports buys Go Outdoors back out of administration
2020-06-24T06:28:00+01:00By Grace Bowden

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