Decathlon
French multinational sporting goods chain
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| 2025 | Follow the Money investigation revealed Decathlon's suppliers in Xinjiang were implicated in forced labor, involving Uyghur workers, including teenagers from a local school under indoctrination programs. |
| March 2025 | Javier Lopez was appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer of Decathlon, succeeding Barbara Martin Coppola. |
| 2024 | Decathlon opened stores in Uruguay and Paraguay. |
| 2024 | Decathlon became an official partner of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. |
| 2024 | Decathlon became the co-title sponsor of the AG2R La Mondiale Team in a five-year deal, renaming the team to Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team. |
| 2024 | Decathlon has expanded to 2,082 stores across 79 countries and regions, becoming the largest sporting goods retailer in the world. |
| November 2024 | Decathlon Ghana extended their partnership with the Ghana Football Association for another four years. |
| July 2024 | Decathlon reported its investment in Recyc'Elit, a start-up specialized in chemical recycling of polyester textiles and complex PET plastics. |
| March 2024 | Decathlon launched a simplified brand portfolio, reorganizing its brands into category specialist and expert brands, reducing the total number of brands from over 85 to a more focused selection. |
| February 2024 | Decathlon revealed plans to close most of its stores in Sweden, focusing on e-commerce. |
| January 2024 | Decathlon opened its third store in Dublin, Ireland. |
| 2023 | Decathlon opened a training center in Lille, with a total of nine training centers in partnership with Afpa Entreprises. |
| November 2023 | Decathlon opened a store in Beau-Plan, Maurice. |
| November 2023 | Decathlon acquired Bergfreunde, an online specialist retailer for mountain sports, climbing, and outdoor equipment. |
| August 1 2023 | Decathlon closed its physical and online stores in Bangladesh, shifting to sell products through Daraz and Unimart. |
| May 2023 | Decathlon opened its eighteenth store in Morocco. |
| 2022 | Decathlon purchased five-year naming rights for Lille's Stade Pierre-Mauroy for €6 million, renaming it Decathlon Arena Stade Pierre-Mauroy. |
| 2022 | Decathlon India became the sports partner of Kolkata Thunderbolts for the Prime Volleyball League season. |
| 2022 | Decathlon closed their retail store presence in the United States. |
| January 2022 | Barbara Martin Coppola was appointed CEO of Decathlon. |
| 2021 | Decathlon Germany became the main sponsor of the IBU World Cup Biathlon for the 2021–22 season. |
| May 13 2021 | Decathlon officially opened its store in Mauritius after a delayed grand opening due to lockdown. |
| April 2021 | Decathlon opened its first store in Saudi Arabia, located in Jeddah. |
| 2020 | Decathlon opened its first store in Kazakhstan, located in Almaty. |
| November 2020 | Decathlon opened its first store in Riga, Latvia. |
| October 2020 | Decathlon Ghana signed a four-year deal worth GH₵1 million (≈ €146,000) to become the official sports retail partner of the Ghana Football Association for national team merchandise. |
| 2019 | Decathlon expanded to Canada and closed their retail store presence in the United States. |
| 2019 | Decathlon opened stores in Ireland, Vietnam, Bangladesh, Malta, Serbia, and U.S. locations in California (which later closed in 2022). |
| 2019 | Decathlon expanded its operations to Canada. |
| September 2019 | Decathlon reached an agreement with Alltricks, an online retailer of accessories for cyclists and runners. |
| 2018 | Decathlon expanded its operations to South Korea and Australia. |
| November 2018 | Decathlon opened its first store in Greece, located in Corinthe. |
| April 2018 | Decathlon announced plans to open its first store in Kyiv, Ukraine, scheduled for early 2019. |
| 2017 | Decathlon expanded its operations to South Africa, Philippines, Tunisia, and Indonesia. |
| December 2017 | Decathlon opened its first Australian store in Tempe, Sydney, NSW. |
| November 2017 | Decathlon opened its first store in Tunisia, located in Tunis. |
| November 2017 | Decathlon entered the Indonesian market with its first store. |
| July 2017 | Decathlon entered the Philippine market, opening stores at Festival Mall in Muntinlupa and Tiendesitas in Pasig. |
| February 2017 | Decathlon opened its first store in Bogota, Colombia at the Parque La Colina mall. |
| 2016 | Decathlon expanded its operations to Malaysia, Singapore, and Mexico. |
| 2015 | Michel Aballea was appointed as CEO of Decathlon. |
| 2013 | Decathlon expanded its operations to Hong Kong. |
| 2012 | Decathlon expanded its operations to Taiwan and Lebanon. |
| 2011 | Decathlon expanded its operations to Sweden. |
| 2010 | Decathlon expanded its operations to Turkey and the Czech Republic. |
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