All Frasers Group articles – Page 11
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AnalysisIt ain’t what you do, it’s the way that you do it – expectations of a modern retail leader
The role of the modern retail chief executive is changing – fast – and it is contributing to a shift at the top of leading companies, in some cases prompting the departure of leaders whose commercial prowess and acumen could barely be faulted.
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NewsFrasers appoints new joint CEO for Missguided and I Saw It First
Frasers Group has named Greg Pateras as the boss of its newly acquired fashion brands Missguided and I Saw It First.
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NewsFrasers Group makes cash offer for MySale as it eyes international expansion
Frasers Group has made an offer for Australian flash Sales website MySale as the retail group seeks to further bolster its roster of recent acquisitions.
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NewsFlannels and Sports Direct secure Next Beauty & Home store for new flagship
Frasers Group has swooped on the Next Beauty & Home store in the Metrocentre in Gateshead as the site for a new two-in-one North East flagship.
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NewsFrasers adds I Saw It First to fast fashion roster
Frasers Group has acquired fast fashion brand I Saw It First.
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NewsTransitional relief will cost retailers £1bn as Frasers boss calls for ‘hard and deep’ cuts
The British Retail Consortium has warned transitional relief could cost retail £1bn over the next three years, as Frasers boss Michael Murray called for drastic government action.
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AnalysisAnalysis: How Frasers is plotting a profitable path through cost-of-living crunch
Frasers Group boss Michael Murray explains how it will maintain momentum to navigate its way through the cost-of-living crisis, inflation, supply chain challenges and battered consumer confidence
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NewsFrasers posts surge in profits and increases earnings guidance
Frasers Group has recorded a spike in full-year profits and upped its earnings guidance for its current financial year.
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AnalysisC-suite data: Iceland, Primark, Pizza Hut and B&M reveal store strategy
Iceland managing director Richard Walker, Primark group property director Tom Meager, Pizza Hut chief business development officer Mike Spencer and outgoing B&M chief executive Simon Arora have spoken to Retail Week about their stores and property strategy for a landmark new report, Rents, rates, reform.
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NewsMissguided’s Passi rejoins as CEO under new Frasers ownership
Missguided founder Nitin Passi has returned to the business as chief executive, eight weeks after he stepped down from the role.
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DataData: New ranking reveals top 30 UK retailers by store growth
Retail Week’s latest report features new analysis of the retailers that expanded their store footprint the most from January 2019 to March 2022. It also features data from Local Data Company to show the sectors that are driving store growth and where the opportunities lie.
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AnalysisMissguided acquisition: Is Murray’s first Frasers move a misstep or masterful?
After months of twists and turns, Frasers Group and its chief executive Michael Murray swooped in to snap up Missguided out of administration. With his first move to reappoint founder and chief executive Nitin Passi, can this new dream team turn things around?
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NewsFrasers rescues Missguided from administration as boss Murray shakes up leadership team
Frasers Group has bought collapsed online fashion operator Missguided out of administration for £20m.
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NewsMike Ashley’s Frasers Group takes $30m hit on sale of US businesses
Frasers Group has sold its two businesses in the US in a $70m (£55.7m) deal.
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NewsJD Sports, Frasers, Asos and Shein mull Missguided bids
Several retailers are considering takeover bids for Missguided after the etailer admitted it was exploring “strategic options” for its future.
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DataRanking: From Halfords to The Hut Group – how Covid has boosted and battered retail share prices
Two years after the UK was plunged into its first national lockdown, Retail Week analyses how the Covid crisis has impacted the valuations of Britain’s listed retailers.
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NewsAshley slams ‘unfit for purpose’ UK corporate governance after Studio acquisition
Frasers Group boss Mike Ashley has lashed out at both the previous management of Studio and the UK’s corporate governance regime after saving the floundering fashion retailer.
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NewsUpdated: Frasers buys Studio Retail out of administration
Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group has bought Studio Retail out of administration for £26.8m, saving 1,500 jobs.
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NewsFrasers director leaves over conflict of interest concerns
One of Frasers Group’s non-executive directors is to leave after just a few months in the post.
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NewsMike Ashley mulls taking Frasers Group off the stock market
Frasers chief executive Mike Ashley is reportedly preparing to take the company private following a period of strong growth for the group’s brands.