JJB Sports on brink of administration

JJB Sports, whose best stores are due to be snapped up by its arch rival this week, has gone from market leader to the brink of administration in less than a decade.

Its story of dramatic rise and fall began when former Blackburn Rovers footballer and Wigan Athletic owner Dave Whelan bought a single store in Wigan in 1971 before an aggressive expansion drive made it the UK's biggest sports retailer with more than 400 stores.
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