Mike Ashley’s Sports Direct is the UK’s largest sports goods retailer, operating around 715 stores worldwide with more than 500 in the UK. Retail Week provides news, analysis, features and opinion about Sports Direct and the sports and leisure sector.
Andy Burnham floated a higher business rate on warehouses to charge online giants to fund the high street support. The data shows the largest bills would fall on traditional retailers instead.
It’s been a busy week for Frasers Group chief executive Michael Murray, between the retail giant’s takeover attempt of Hugo Boss and Sports Direct opening its highly anticipated Dublin flagship.
The owner of Sports Direct and Flannels saw international revenue growth of 59.2% in its results for the 52 weeks ended April 26, 2026.
Australian retail group Accent has rejected the takeover bid from Frasers Group, branding the offer as “materially inadequate”.
Frasers Group has offered A$316m (£166m) for the remaining available shares of Accent Group, operators of brands including Hype and Platypus.
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