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Remember When British High Streets Were Full of Different Sports Shops?

By The Hoxton Trend | September 6, 2026

There was a time when buying trainers, a tracksuit or the latest football shirt in Britain meant choosing between far more than the handful of major retailers that dominate sports retail today. Throughout the 1980s, 1990s and early 2000s, British high streets and shopping centres were filled with competing sports shops. JJB Sports, Sports Division,

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