Chandos Fund
Go Outdoors limited
| Website | www.gooutdoors.co.uk |
|---|---|
| Retailer | Outdoor clothing and equipment |
| MBO | £1.5 million |
| Status | Current portfolio investment |
| Location | Sheffield, South Yorkshire |
Go Outdoors, a long-established camping and caravanning store, has grown to become one of the UK's largest independent retailers of outdoor clothing and equipment.
YFM Group invested in the buyout of Sheffield-based Go Outdoors in 1998, backing incumbent manager John Graham and serial entrepreneur Paul Caplan. Since then, YFM Group has introduced Graham Brown, previously sales and marketing director at Texas Homecare (now Homebase) and managing director of Ritz Video (now Blockbuster) as a non executive director.
With YFM Group's support, the Go Outdoors team has substantially expanded the business by acquiring established stores and opening new outlets up to 50,000 sq ft in size. The group now operates from eight sites across the North and the Midlands, and has sold online since 2001.
