Sports Direct

Sports Direct have seemed to pop up from nowhere, our local one turned up about 4 years ago, it is a low end retailer of branded and non branded sportswear and some equipment. The first thing that you see when you go in, or even just before you go in for that matter, are likely going to be cheap sock multipacks and golf umbrellas stacked in boxes making it difficult to enter the store, should you overcome this obstacle you will be thrust into a huge disorganised mess of discounted sports clothing and paraphenalia. In our local one the mens stuff and sports stuff is downstairs. There can be a few odd items which you would not expect to see in a sports shop ...  Read the complete review

Is it just me that finds Sports Direct such a shambles? Sports Direct is a chain of stores that sell sport related equipment, clothing, shoes, accessories and other odd bits. We had our first one put in Stafford a few months ago and I can honestly say I would not go in there again. The shop is an absolute mess and this is the same throughout all of the stores. There is not set walkway through the clothes so you find yourself bang into clothes rails and having to wade in and out... Plus, there always seems to be a sale on here which really annoys me. There are always 25% off signs or even 75% off and the pricing reflects on the some of the ...  Read the complete review

I wanted to write a review because my opinion has done a complete U-Turn. Sports Direct are a cheap warehouse type store that are nationwide. My local Sports Direct is absolutely huge. Whgen I first visited my initial impressions were NOT good. When I walked in to the store the staff looked bored to tears and grunted at me as I walked in. I put this down to it being so busy, but was wrong. As I started to look round the shop I realised that they stocked near enough all sports related items I could think of. However finding them was another matter. I spen ten minutes trying to find a staff member and when I eventually did they didn't know the answer to my ...  Read the complete review

Now as a Sunderland fan I have more reason to like Mike Ashley than most - what he has had a hand in doing to Newcastle has brought me endless amusement. Unlike some people, I do not hate the shop just because of who owns the chain. I hate the shop because it is a rubbish shop! No matter which branch of Sports Direct you visit, from walking in the door you are confronted by a dark, vast and overcrowded cavern of tat. The single worst thing about this shop is how overcrowded every branch I've ever visited seems to be. I struggle to get around the shop with a few shopping bags, so don't know how anyone with a pushchair or wheelchair would manage. ...  Read the complete review

I had heard of Sports Direct before I had shopped there, but never thought much of it and just thought it was a place that sold un-fashionable sports wear. I know you should never judge something before you have even tried it, but that was just my view. I was looking for some hiking shoes and needed them to be at least a little bit fashionable and of course affordable, being a female in my early 20's at the bottom of my career ladder. I remember searching for days and days thinking "there are NO nice looking hiking shoes out there"! After much disappointment, I finally stumbled on the Sports Direct site. They sold a make, now known as ...  Read the complete review