2012年9月10日星期一

Know where to get some from

Need some equipment to do sports in? Know where to get some from? Everyone usually thinks of the same places, you know the ones, you'll find them pretty much in every high street you go down JJB Sports or Sports Direct but these shops are losing their advantage over online shops and losing it fast. This is mainly due to the selection of stock that you can find on one of these websites; we know that the high street shops are more inclined to prioritize the sale of leisure clothes above sports equipment and what little equipment they have rarely extends beyond football, and even then its mostly balls, gloves and nothing else. It's not really good enough is it, they're really letting the shoppers down.

Websites are now beginning to take advantage of low variety in the high street by looking at what the big stores don't have and then what the customer might need, tennis & snooker at the same time as making sure the site stocks for other sports including baseball and basketball. Equipment can now be bought for sports that require a lot of space along with aerobics. It's high on impossible for shops like JD Sports & DW Sports to have a chance in competing Retailers even stock the more niche equipment on their websites because they know people are turning to the internet to find it, with things like archery equipment becoming readily available online!

Let's not forget that the online shops also obtain their stock for less due to a lack of distribution costs, this will no doubt have a dramatic effect on the prices on the website. Unless high street retailers shape up they're bound to decline soon.

Another problem I have noticed with these high street sports retailers is that they have a limited selection of team kits. Many a time I've had to search online for any sort of Formula 1 shirt, because if you're not a football fan... You're a nobody. I know it's not as popular as Football, but they could stock some. It's still technically a sport, so why turn business away? Something else I've noticed is that they never stock the local kits. There are absolutely loads of sports retailers in Chorley and Wigan, but not one of them stocks shirts for Charnock Richard FC, It's not a major issue I know, but it's another reason why people are searching online.

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