INTERSPORT International Corporation ("IIC"), commonly known as INTERSPORT, is an international sporting goods retailer with its headquarters based in Bern, Switzerland.
IIC is the purchasing and brand management company of the INTERSPORT group and is considered one of the largest sporting goods retailers in the world.
[4] Founded in 1968 in Bern, Switzerland, INTERSPORT grew out of the alliance of ten national purchasing centers to create an international organization around the sporting goods.
The founding members were Belgium, Denmark, Germany, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Austria, Sweden, and Switzerland.
From 1983, INTERSPORT has developed its own sporting brands, offering a wide range of products to consumers worldwide.