i have said on many occasions that jjb are a nightmare they are a retailer who struggles to keep staff , their management are so lapsed they have let this once thriving buisness go sliding into obscurity . i myself worked in the sports retail industry in the late eighties early nineties for intersport we had 25 branches all making a sufficient level of profit . the top boss brought in a couple of new buyers they made big errors as brands like lotto ,diadora ,sergio tacchini were top sellers one year fell of the radar the next . thats probably whats happened here aswell ,bought too many stock which has to be heavily discounted. the major problems all sportshops have are they dont know whether to go down with being a true sportshop selling everything fron bowls stickers to judo suits or going down the fashion route . nowadays the fashion route will win as long as the stores have good buyers ,stock is not to expensive and store s stock changes and updated often keeping up with trends and old stock gets sold off quickly . jd sports follow this practice very well in my opinion . going back to jjb just last weekend i was in glasgow for home game v motherwell i was in argyle st jjb £44.99 for new away top just over road £ 40 in sports direct , in this day and age of watching the pennies its £40 every time .