Have UK’s Evans Ridden the Storm? Two New Stores Open

LONDON, UK - Bike Europe reported in November last year how the well-known 60 plus strong bike shop chain Evans was sold to Sports Direct. At the time of its sale Evans employed around 1300 people around 880 of whom worked in store. The head of the new owners, controversial figure Mike Ashley, stated at the time it was likely only 50% of Evans existing stores would be kept open.