JD Sports has opened a flagship close to its U.K. HQ but the U.S. is the retailer's largest market and CEO Régis Schultz wants to build on six years of soaring growth.

JD Sports is buying Hibbett in a deal that values the American retailer at $1.1 billion, doubling down on its push into the U.S. at a challenging time for the sports-retail market.

Birmingham-based sports retailer Hibbett is being acquired by U.K.-based JD Sports in a deal totaling $1.08 billion. The Wall Street Journal is reporting the deal will create a company with ...

In fiscal 2012, it expanded or remodeled 18 stores and converted one Sports & Co. store to a Hibbett Sports store. Read Less. Hibbett Sports Company Stats. As of May 2025. Industry ...

Hibbett Sports is planning both internal and in-store celebrations, with a series of block parties to let customers feel part of the festivities. In addition, Hibbett will ring the opening bell at ...

The average store is about 5,800 square feet, compared with an average of 70,000 square feet for Academy Sports and nearly 50,000 square feet for Dick's. Therefore, Academy Sports is more ...

M onroe Police Department is investigating a shooting at Hibbett Sports in Monroe, Louisiana on Saturday afternoon. A video recorded by an eyewitness from the store surfaced on Facebook. The store ...

Hibbett Sports has acquired fellow athletic specialty retailer City Gear.Hibbett will pay $88 million in cash at the deal’s closing — and could potentially pay up to an additional $25 million over the ...

Hibbett received and accepted a bid from JD Sports. This deal - and the price - brings into question our thesis. Click here to read more.

Three Hibbett Sports stores in Okaloosa County were robbed on June 1, 2022, including the store near the Destin Commons for more than $4,000. Sylvester Jackson, 35, Shyvat Lakeshia Cooper, 44, and ...

CHARLESTON — Hibbett Sports has opened in the new Charleston Commons strip mall west of the Wal-Mart Supercenter. Gary Smith, chief executive officer of Hibbett Sports, said the stores offer ...

A new Hibbett Sports store is set to open in Lubbock next month at 2721 50th Street, although the official opening day events or promotions have yet to be announced.