DW Sports Fitness was a British retailing and fitness business, founded as a result of Dave Whelan's purchase of 50 JJB Sports fitness clubs with attached retail stores for £83.4 million in March 2009.[3] The business would later encompass more than 140 sites, which included expansion to stand-alone retail stores and stand-alone fitness clubs.[1] In 2011, the business joined buying group Intersport, and began using its name within its facades, and in 2016 it joint-purchased the Fitness First UK business alongside The Gym Group and Greenwich Leisure Limited.[4]
In August 2020, it announced that DW Sports Fitness was to enter administration.[1] A considerable number of its locations were then purchased by Frasers Group, who turned them into Everlast Fitness Club and Sports Direct locations, whilst some Fitness First locations would continue.[5][6] It is understood that 922 jobs out of 1,700 were saved by Frasers Group.[7] The DW Sports Fitness brand continues administration and realisation. DW Stadium in Wigan remains named as such for the time being.
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