Decathlon choose Barcelona instead of Madrid logistics center for southern Europe

Decathlon has chosen Barcelona to set up its new logistics center for southern Europe. The signing of sports equipment has reached an agreement with Logistics Activities Zone (ZAL) of the Port of Barcelona, ​​which will build a logistics ship turnkey 96,000 square meters, with an investment of 60 million euros, and the that the French company will create about 500 jobs.

The French group  already has a facility of 50,000 square meters in the ZAL , which will cease to occupy the new ship. The company will double its surface, but with the construction of a more modern and automated ship will triple the number of containers moving annually to 60,000 PUS. 

Decathlon new ship is the second largest logistics investment in recent years in Catalonia, following the opening of the logistics center of Amazon in Mas Blau in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat in 2018, in a ship of 210,000 square meters but on a plot smaller.

The new facilities will allow Decathlon ZAL also enhance its strategy of growth in online sales in Spain. Internet represented in 2017 only 5% of its turnover, but with growth rates of 35% per year expected to reach 20% of group sales in 2020. The location on the harbor, within walking distance of the city, it allows the group to enhance its services superfast delivery in the metropolitan area, with services like Click and collect, which allows to collect orders in store less than an hour, or delivery on the same day of internet shopping done before two p.m.