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Data from platform SpendMapper, shared exclusively with Retail Week, suggests that the secondhand trading platform had 17 million customers in 2025, with Next and Primark the only fashion brands with more
Frasers Group has entered a strategtic partnership by acquiring a majority sharedholding in an Italian retailer as it continues with European expansion.
Frasers Group has pulled its Sports Direct Membership after just 12 months as it integrates the programme into its Frasers Plus offer.
Former Frasers Group managing director of sport Ger Wright has joined New Balance as its vice president of sales for Europe, Middle East and Africa.
Frasers Group reiterated its full-year outlook this week, despite revealing that “tough market conditions” had hit sales within its UK retail businesses.
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