Successful year for Decathlon: Positive intermediate balance and view of expansion in Austria.

Successful year for Decathlon: Positive intermediate balance and view of expansion in Austria.

sports enthusiasts in Vienna favorites can look forward to good news. The French sporting goods dealer Decathlon draws a positive interim balance after one year since the opening of his branch in the 1100 Columbus shopping center. Country Leaderin Ana Aguilo announced that Click & Collect orders in particular have found great encouragement. Since the opening, over 6,000 customers have used this service, with more than 700 orders per month alone in summer.

Another success story presents itself in Upper Austria, where the branch in the PlusCity in Pasching near Linz has made an impressive start. In less than three months, the store counted more than 130,000 visitors. With a broad team, Decathlon even offers consultations in different languages - from Egyptian to French to Croatian.

The company also delights sales development in Austria. With sales growth of over 60% in the past few months, the branches are the main sales bearers. However, the online shop also has an increasing popularity, with an increase in sales of over 50% in August.

Decathlon is now planning to expand into federal states in which the company has not yet been represented, including Salzburg, Tyrol, Vorarlberg and Burgenland. The positive developments show that decathlon is on a clear course of success and would like to continue to achieve sports enthusiasts across the country.

Source: medianet.at