Part-Time
Sales Assistant Part Time
Livorno C.C. "Porta a Mare"
Posted on 6/19/2025
JD Sports
10,001+ employees
Retailer of sneakers and sport fashion
No salary listed
Pisa, Province of Pisa, Italy
In Person
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- Ability to provide excellent customer service
- Ability to maximize store productivity
- Ability to meet and exceed sales targets
- Ensure the best possible service to customers
- Assist customers to maximize store productivity
- Exceed sales targets
- Utilize in-store devices
JD Sports retails sneakers and sport fashion through a network of physical stores and a strong online platform. It sells high-demand footwear and apparel, often partnering with top brands for exclusive and limited-edition items, and emphasizes a personalized shopping experience. The product strategy relies on mixed channels (in-store and online) and brand collaborations to offer unique inventory, while focusing on customer service and loyalty programs to differentiate itself from competitors. The goal is to maintain a strong brand presence, expand accessibility for shoppers, and build lasting customer loyalty by delivering exclusive products and convenient shopping.
Company Size
10,001+
Company Stage
IPO
Headquarters
Bury, United Kingdom
Founded
1981
Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Sneaker casualization drives growth; sneakers now represent 60% of US footwear market, expanding addressable market.
- Affirm partnership captures price-sensitive consumers via buy-now-pay-later during peak shopping periods and holiday seasons.
- £1.7B credit facility enables aggressive store optimization, flagship expansion like Manchester Trafford Centre, and North American consolidation.
What critics are saying
- Hibbett acquisition destroys $1.08B investment; 175 store closures by 2027 contradict CEO's southeastern US expansion rationale.
- £1.7B debt burden triggers covenant breaches if US retail deteriorates or interest rates spike, forcing asset sales.
- North American portfolio concentration in four acquired brands creates existential risk if US consumer spending contracts significantly.
What makes JD Sports unique
- Largest US athletic footwear retailer with $5B North American revenue through integrated Finish Line, Shoe Palace, DTLR, Hibbett brands.
- Omnichannel strategy combining 800 planned US stores with AI-powered personalization and data analytics for youth consumers.
- Global expansion across 38 markets under 'Forever Forward' rebranding with 150 new stores and strategic closures planned.
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Benefits
Paid Holidays
Professional Development Budget
Gym Membership
Company News
JD Sports has secured a £1 billion revolving credit facility and a $700 million term loan to support its long-term strategic goals. These financial arrangements were made with a syndicate of 10 international banks, marking a significant milestone for the company.
JD Sports has secured a £1 billion revolving credit facility and a $700 million term loan to support its strategic goals. This financial boost coincides with a surge in searches for "Oasis" on JD Sports' website, driven by the band's reunion tour. The credit facilities were arranged with 10 international banks, highlighting JD Sports' global retail prominence. The company recently opened its largest store at Manchester's Trafford Centre.
Usain Bolt opened JD Sports' largest store to date down the road from its Manchester offices. JD SportsIt’s fair to say that when JD Sports goes, it goes big.After several years when U.K. sports and fashion retailer JD Sports could just not stop expanding, the Hibbett-owner is switching lanes from the 100 metres to long distance running as CEO Régis Schultz consolidates on what has been a remarkable rise in the U.S. and internationally.Usain Bolt was the guest of honor as JD Sports opened its largest store to date down the road from its Manchester headquarters in north west England at the weekend, but it is the U.S. which is now the company’s biggest market.And while many British brands have stumbled as they attempted to win over American consumers, JD Sports has hardly put a foot wrong since making its first acquisition and in just a few short years it now leads the pack.“It has been a fantastic story for us. In 2018 we bought Finish Line and we turned around this business
The end of November is here — due to the holiday-shortened trading week — and for the FinTech IPO Index, the month was stellar. The index was up 25.5% through the month, and now stands ahead by 40.1% as measured year to date. And to get a sense of the turbocharged momentum of the month, consider the fact that a few names were up more than 100% in November alone: Lemonade was up a staggering 170%
SAN FRANCISCO-(BUSINESS WIRE)- JD Sports, the leading retailer of sports, fashion, and outdoor brands, has partnered with Affirm (NASDAQ: AFRM), the payment network that empowers consumers and helps merchants drive growth, to offer a new, flexible way to pay.