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| Company type | Private (subsidiary) |
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| Industry | Outdoors and Camping |
| Founded | 1861 in Greenock |
| Headquarters | Bury, United Kingdom |
Area served | UK |
Key people | CEO Lee Bagnall |
| Products | Outdoor, camping, walking, skiing and mountaineering equipment |
Number of employees | 3,500 |
| Parent | JD Sports Fashion plc |
| Website | www |
Blacks Outdoor Retail Ltd. is a British retailer, headquartered in Bury, Greater Manchester the United Kingdom which owns the British outdoor retailers Blacks, Millets and Ultimate Outdoors. Blacks is the largest outdoor retailer in the UK with stores nationwide.
The company entered administration in 2012 and is now owned by JD Sports Fashion plc. JD made a cash offer of £20 million for the majority of the retailer's 300 UK stores and said it will retain the majority of Blacks' 3,500 staff.[1] Since the acquisition by JD Sports, Blacks head offices have been relocated to JD's head offices in Bury.
- ^ Barrett, Claer; Felsted, Andrea; Sakoui, Anousha (6 January 2012). "JD Sports set to rescue Blacks Leisure". Financial Times. Archived from the original on 19 May 2018. Retrieved 22 May 2020.