Intersport

Intersport is a specialist sporting-goods store — equipment, footwear, and apparel across sports, plus own private labels and increasingly services such as rental and repair. It runs as an international buying cooperative: individual stores are owned by independent retailers who share buying, marketing, and systems under one brand. It differs from an ordinary chain precisely through this cooperative model — you're an owner, not an employee of head office.

As a member you get the brand, collective buying power, marketing, private labels, operating systems, and a voice in the group's direction (a 'one member, one vote' model). What stays on you is your own store and its fit-out, the capital for stock, the team, and daily store operations. It's a blend of independent business and the backing of a large group — more freedom than a classic franchise, but also more responsibility.