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NewsMike Ashley’s Frasers Group refuses to pay rents
Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group has told landlords it will not pay rents until it is “fully able to freely trade as a business” again.
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Mike Ashley praises staff as Frasers Group readies to ‘potentially’ reopen stores
Frasers Group, formerly known as Sports Direct International, has said that it will pay 100% of salaries for the majority of its employees in May.
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Analysis
Data: The UK’s 15 most improved retailers for gender pay equality
Retail Week ranks the top-performing and most improved UK retailers for gender pay equality.
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Game set to close stores as it calls on landlords to be 'realistic' about rents
Game has said it intends to close 40 stores across the UK unless it can renegotiate rents with landlords as it blamed a “challenging retail market”.
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In pictures: Game opens biggest Belong arena in House of Fraser
Game and Belong gaming arenas have joined forces with House of Fraser to open the UK’s biggest in-store gaming experience inside the department store on Oxford Street.
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Sports Direct profits rise as it shrugs off Belgian tax bill
Sports Direct has posted a jump in half-year profits and insisted the shock tax bill it received from Belgian authorities in the summer “will not lead to material liabilities”.
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Debenhams confirms Gifford as chair for turnaround push
Debenhams has confirmed the appointment of former House of Fraser executive Mark Gifford as its new chair.
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Analysis
The many faces of Mike Ashley: Deal maker, drinker, disruptor
“It’s like he’s playing Pokémon or something – trying to catch ‘em all.”
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Game management to sell shares to Ashley
Game’s management has told its shareholders to accept the offer of 30p per share made by Sports Direct mogul Mike Ashley.
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Game advises investors to accept Sports Direct offer
Directors of computer entertainment retailer Game have advised shareholders to accept a takeover offer from Mike Ashley’s Sports Direct that values the business at £51.9m.
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Sports Direct tables £52m bid for Game Digital
Sports Direct has tabled a £51.9m offer for Game Digital – and pledged to launch an immediate review of its operations should the deal go through.
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Game ramps up arena expansion in transformation plan
After posting its first-half results, Game is focusing on its transformation strategy bolstered by the expansion of its Belong gaming arenas.
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Game profits increase driven by cost-cutting programme
Game has posted an increase in profits at the half-year mark despite falling sales, in what boss Martyn Gibbs described as “a challenging retail environment”.
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Game sales fall over Christmas as it rolls out arenas
Game’s UK sales fell over the Christmas period with its Spanish business outperforming its British arm.
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Analysis
Analysis: What is Mike Ashley's master plan?
Hark back to June 2016 and Sports Direct founder Mike Ashley was hauled before a parliamentary hearing about the working conditions at the retailer’s Shirebrook warehouse.
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Game full-year losses shrink but sales remain flat
Game shrank its losses over its full year but sales remained stubbornly flat with its events business a notable bright spot.
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Game sales flat as it expands arenas with Ashley
Game’s sales were flat last year but the business reported positive progress on its gaming arenas, on which it has partnered with Mike Ashley.
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Analysis
Analysis: Is retail in danger of being monopolised?
With Sainsbury’s and Asda in advanced talks to form a £10bn grocery supergroup, Retail Week asks is retail in danger of being monopolised?
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Game’s largest shareholder disposes of stake
Game’s largest shareholder has disposed of its entire stake in the business, leaving mogul Mike Ashley as the largest single influence on its board.
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Analysis
Analysis: How to measure the value of stores
As shopping habits change, so too must the function of physical stores, or else they risk becoming surplus to requirements.
