On October 1, 2025, Intersport inaugurated a new automated warehouse in the French Eastern region (Plaine de l’Ain). Expanded to 82,000 sq.m and fully financed by the cooperative with a €40 million investment, the facility is now equipped with TGW order-picking robots to support the growth of omnichannel operations and the rollout of in-store click & collect. Details were shared with us by Gérard Leclerc, C.E.O. of Intersport France and Belgium.
On October 1, Intersport France and Belgium (2024 revenue: €3.88 billion with 980 stores, 6% online) launched the automation of the Plaine de l’Ain logistics hub, expanded from 45,000 to 82,000 sq.m. Fully funded by the sporting goods cooperative, the site was designed by robotics systems developer and integrator TGW. It features a “goods-to-man” system where products are stored in 80,000 bins and retrieved by robots that deliver them to operators, along with a shipping buffer area, where completed orders are ready for dispatch, plus dedicated solutions such as palletisers, box openers, bin loading stations and injection lines.
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Sophie Baqué
Chief Editor of mind Retail