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Sports Direct to open a new gym chain

Geoff Riley

12th November 2014

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Budget lower-cost gyms - has their time arrived? Is there a sufficient gap in the health club / fitness membership market for commercial returns for players such as Sports Direct?

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Geoff Riley

Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for nearly forty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD and Revision conferences in the UK and overseas.

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