OUTDOOR clothing and equipment retailer Go Outdoors will open three stores by June as part of an expansion plan that could create 1,000 jobs by 2012.
It will open a shop in Stockton in March, followed by stores in West Yorkshire and the South- East, taking on 150 staff.
The Sheffield-based firm said it was on track to operate 30 stores by 2012, employing 1,550 staff.
The plan is aided by an £18m refinancing package set up with Bank of Scotland Corporate last year.
Go Outdoors managing director John Graham said that the firm had managed to buck the retail recession because of its competitive pricing.
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