All Game articles
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AnalysisThe 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.
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Game profits plunge despite sales increase
Game posted haemorrhaging profits at the interim mark exacerbated by steep declines in the profitability of its retail arm.
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Agenda: Game, Conviviality, Moss Bros and DFS
Retail Week looks ahead to the next seven days, with updates from Game, Conviviality, Moss Bros and DFS on the agenda.
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Opinion
Opinion: How to bring retail personalisation offline
So far, personalisation has largely been characterised by the use of customer data to produce digitally led marketing activities, product recommendations and targeted content online.
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Cartoon
Blower’s retail cartoon: Sports Direct and Game's tie-up
Cartoonist Patrick Blower’s take on the partnership agreed between Sports Direct and Game to offer in-store gaming
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Opinion
Opinion: Sports Direct deal takes Game to next level
When it comes to the maverick mind of Sports Direct founder Mike Ashley, it is rarely clear what game he is playing.
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Sports Direct and Game team up for in-store gaming
Sports Direct and Game have entered into an agreement that will lead to Game concessions and its gaming arenas being installed in Sports Direct stores.
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Game and Superdry finance chiefs step down
The chief financial officers at both Game Digital and Superdry Group have declared their intentions to exit the retailers.
