SportScheck

Founded by Otto Scheck in Munich in 1946, the specialist dealer SportScheck is one of Germany’s biggest vendors of leisure and sporting goods.

Its range, which comprises more than 30,000 items from around 400 international brands, offers a comprehensive selection of sporting equipment. Many of its staff are athletes themselves, and regularly review the quality of the equipment in joint tests with customers. The company’s 16 retail stores in Germany offer sufficient space to try out a wide range of sports equipment. If items are not in stock, they can be ordered directly from special online terminals in the store.

By also relying on traditional catalogue and e-commerce sales, SportScheck fully exploits the potential of the multichannel model. The complete assortment of the catalogue and and the stores is available at www.sportscheck.com and in the mobile shop. Customers in Austria and Switzerland can order online and by catalogue.

Specially organized events such as town runs and GletscherTestivals underline the competence of the house and turn popular sport an emotional experience.

The Otto Group has owned a stake in the company since 1988 and has been the sole shareholder since 1991.