8-% off sale with plenty of waterproof jackets, leggings, etc.
Down jackets at £28 and more.
shouldn't we be boycotting a company that imposes such poor working conditions on its staff ?
I would rather go naked than give money to that organisation TBH
[url= http://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/dec/18/sports-direct-mike-ashley-parliament-questions-working-conditions ]Parliamentary enquiry into working conditions[/url]
You might find this is how the prices get so low...
Undercover reporters also found evidence that thousands of workers were receiving effective hourly rates of pay below the minimum wage.
If we want more equality we have to play our part... it's not all about expecting the government to sort everything out for us...
8% off! Pah! Go to the shop and there's loads of stuff with up to 50% or more off. I don't know how they do it.
I don't know how they do it.
the answer is in the posts above yours...
It isn't. It's a different one of their shady business practices.the answer is in the posts above yours...
Think this lot have taken over Direct Golf as well - used to be a great online shop, now full of Dunlop rubbish! Still, Sport Direct will never suffer when selling merino tops at £15!
Avoid Sports Direct please!
Why? Are you unable to swap price tags there?
the only reason I'd go into sports direct is if I was planning to take a dump in the changing room
80% off not 8%!!
Plenty of Garmin on there too massively reduced - have they made Garmin have appalling conditions too?
ViRB cameras for the price of a basic GoPro, etc.
Suunto heavily reduced as well.
Camelback manufactured bladders at almost throwaway prices.
I avoid Sports Direct as I once went in the changing room to find someone had taken a dump in there.
But it's "80% off" on a label only they sell (and own) and has never been for sale at 100%80% off
They own Lonsdale now?
Suunto?
SoulCal?
Helly Hansen?
Berghaus?
Gore?
Didn't think so...
Well they are very overpriced for the basic garmin virb HD camera
Hammy read brooes post , we should not support this foul organisation in anyway .
mrchrispy - Member
the only reason I'd go into sports direct is if I was planning to take a dump in the changing room
Harsh!! some poor cleaner will have to deal with that for 50p an hour, now if Mike Ashley had to clean up all faeces left in the shop, we'd all be queuing down the block
And? Every day there's a PSA on here, a post about where's the cheapest place for.... etc.
You don't get the cheapest without someone somewhere cutting corners, wages, etc.
Can't be helped - so its a little hypocritical for people on here to start wringing their hands when you only have to look at the threads started asking the above every single day.
shouldn't we be boycotting a company that imposes such poor working conditions on its staff
if we were to do this we would be restricted by a great deal... Apple products made in China (most chinese products possibly?), clothes in SE asia, coffee from S.America or Africa etc....
their own brand clothing goes bobbly within 2 washes but they are good for kiddies trainers.
They own Lonsdale now?
Yes.
"Sporting and fashion brands owned include Donnay, Slazenger, Firetrap, Dunlop (in most markets), Everlast, Kangol, Karrimor and Lonsdale."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sports_Direct
Someone tell Argos then.....
Someone tell Argos then.....
I'm sure they know who their suppliers are.
I think we can all stop chasing the cheapest ... Where possible. World would be a better place.
Oooooo look... another double standards thread forming... 🙄
This didn't go quite the way the OP intended.
....but SD are a shithouse of a company, and this [i]sale*[/i] is more than likely a reaction to all the negative publicity they have had recently.
*Up to.
Lillywhites in London is a pit compared to what it used to be like, and FieldAndTrek is also pretty sh1t now.
They definitely own Lonsdale & SoulCal.They own Lonsdale now?
Suunto?
SoulCal?
Helly Hansen?
Berghaus?
Gore?Didn't think so...
I also wouldn't be surprised if the "premium brand" offerings were either last seasons stock or even specially manufactured lower-spec garments specifically for discount retailers. (Berghaus definitely do this). Not saying SD can't be good value, but the RRPs & alleged discounts are totally made up. Not really sure how they get away with it!
Mike Ashley is an odious turd of a man, there are so many reasons to avoid spending money in SD it's hard to know where to start.
Surprised he hasn't been made a Lord yet.
Gone the way I wanted?
Couldn't give a flying ... personally about who/what/where or whether anyone buys anything personally.
But theres plenty of good value waterproofs, shells, bottoms, etc perfect for cycling/mtb with loads of accessories - so if you don't like it - don't but it.
If you do - then knock yourself out.
But don't all sit there being sanctimonious when I've seen so many of you chasing the cheapest places to buy "xyz" every sodding day on here and not caring one iota about where it comes from.
😆 at Bruneep!
Whilst it seems there are issues, this also happened at SD
More than 2,000 shop floor staff at Sports Direct are set for a life-changing windfall after record profits at the fast-growing, cheap-and-cheerful chain triggered a bonus payout that will see workers who earn £20,000 a year banking payouts of £100,000 each.
But don't all sit there being sanctimonious when I've seen so many of you chasing the cheapest places to buy "xyz" every sodding day on here and not caring one iota about where it comes from.
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But don't all sit there being sanctimonious when I've seen so many of you chasing the cheapest places to buy "xyz" every sodding day on here and not caring one iota about where it comes from.
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But don't all sit there being sanctimonious when I've seen so many of you chasing the cheapest places to buy "xyz" every sodding day on here and not caring one iota about where it comes from.+ 1
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But don't all sit there being sanctimonious when I've seen so many of you chasing the cheapest places to buy "xyz" every sodding day on here and not caring one iota about where it comes from
Well I can't claim I've not bought the odd bargain. I note though that the last 2 topics I've started on clothing and equipment were on Berghaus - quoted by you upthread as a good brand, and PHD Designs - a British based company doing all it's design and manufacturing in the UK.
http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/phd-designs-winter-sale-on
http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/psa-cheap-berghaus-goretex-jkts
TBH I cannot stand going into their overcrowded shops to be blasted by loud, crap music. What happened to proper sports shops like Terry Warner's?
Makes me laugh.. I suppose you think your wife's £400 Luis vitton hand bag was hand made in rural France by an old crafts man who lives in a rustic cottage and makes his own cheese!
High quality global journalism requires investment. Please share this article with others using the link below, do not cut & paste the article. See our Ts&Cs and Copyright Policy for more detail. Email ftsales.support@ft.com to buy additional rights. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/576ab904-a35a-11e5-bc70-7ff6d4fd203a.html#ixzz3v5XhV79PSir, It’s not clear if Valentina Romei, in “Three reasons why we should stop focusing on manufacturing production” (FT.com, December 11), seeks an answer to her question about the cost of the leather in a Prada handbag, but just in case she does, €95 or €100 tops won’t be too far away. For example, at an educated guess, you could say Prada will use 0.6 square metres of calf leather to make each of its Inside bags. Then there’s the nappa lining, plus the leather in the handles, plus a bit of wastage. Sourcing the best material in the world (French calfskin tanned in Tuscany, with the highest levels of care for workers and the environment) doesn’t come cheap.
High quality global journalism requires investment. Please share this article with others using the link below, do not cut & paste the article. See our Ts&Cs and Copyright Policy for more detail. Email ftsales.support@ft.com to buy additional rights. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/576ab904-a35a-11e5-bc70-7ff6d4fd203a.html#ixzz3v5Xwfg6OPrada’s website charges €2,300 for each bag, making the material cost 4.3 per cent of the price the consumer will pay, at most. Clearly, this supports Ms Romei’s argument that material costs weigh little compared to branding, advertising and retailing in the product’s “overall value”, but it is some consolation that, while Prada could execute most of those smoke-in-the-wind services anywhere, the French calfskin can only come from France and the Tuscan tanner can only produce the finished leather in Tuscany. And if 4.3 per cent of “overall value” is too little a share for anyone to make much of a fuss about leather, it would be nice if big brands’ buying departments could at least stop trying to beat tanners down to 4.2 per cent or lower in every conversation.
Leather makes a vastly higher contribution to making the bag as beautiful as it is than the 4.3 per cent suggests. That so much money and effort should go on branding, advertising and retailing brings to mind a phrase from the Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges: in “Utopia of a Tired Man” he calls the people of our age naive for believing products to be good “just because the company that made the merchandise insisted it was good, and kept repeating the message”.
I'm pretty sure the Shimano boots I bought off Sports Direct are made in the same place and under the same conditions as the same Shimano boots my LBS are selling but so I don't make another faux pas, could someone please list which retailers are on the naughty list?
Sports Direct
Maxxis
But theres plenty of good value waterproofs, shells, bottoms, etc perfect for cycling/mtb with loads of accessories - so if you don't like it - don't but it.
If you do - then knock yourself out.
As long as you get 'loads of accessories' that's all that matters.
Do some people really fail to see the difference between securing a bargain by shopping from retailers which offer the cheapest prices, and boycotting retailers who are widely alleged to treat their staff appallingly badly?
I find that hard to believe.
Do some people really fail to see the difference between securing a bargain by shopping from retailers which offer the cheapest prices, and boycotting retailers who are widely alleged to treat their staff appallingly badly?
I simply have a boycott SD due to what the owner is doing to Newcastle United.
It's a much easier principle