RETAIL & DISTRIBUTION
+++ JD Sports Fashion plans to expand the large-format “mega store” concept of GO Outdoors across the UK despite declining outdoor division sales and rising operating costs, while also preparing to close selected underperforming Blacks stores +++
CSR & SUSTAINABILITY
+++ Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated the 1,327-acre PM MITRA Kakatiya Mega Textile Park in Warangal on May 10, a Rs 1,700 crore (~€155m) integrated textile hub designed to strengthen India’s textile supply chain, attract billions in private investment and create more than 24,000 direct jobs +++
CORPORATE AND M&A
+++ SGS is opening a new ISO/IEC 17025- and ISTA-accredited bicycle, e-mobility and transit packaging testing laboratory in Bentonville, Arkansas, to expand its global testing and certification capabilities for bicycles, e-bikes and micromobility products +++
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