All Mike Ashley articles – Page 3
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AnalysisIn numbers: How Mike Ashley took over the high street
The number of retailers that Sports Direct founder Mike Ashley has acquired or invested in has surged 52.5% since 2015.
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NewsLord Rose criticises Mike Ashley for high street ‘oligopoly’ plans
Former Marks & Spencer boss Lord Stuart Rose has lambasted Mike Ashley over his plans to create a UK retail high street “oligopoly”, and said the sector is still too focused on bricks and mortar.
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NewsAshley labels Debenhams administration ‘national scandal'
Sports Direct founder and Debenhams’ largest shareholder Mike Ashley has vowed to “save as many Debenhams stores and jobs as I can” in an explosive stock exchange announcement.
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NewsPre-pack looms as Debenhams shuns Ashley
Debenhams has rejected Sports Direct’s offer to underwrite a £150m equity issue, bringing the department store business one step to closer to pre-pack administration.
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NewsAshley offers to underwrite Debenhams equity issue
Sports Direct boss Mike Ashley proposed to underwrite a £150m equity raise for existing Debenhams shareholders but has also called for members of the department store group’s board to take a lie detector test.
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OpinionOpinion: Debenhams vs Mike Ashley – who to back?
It is beyond belief that Debenhams has constantly slammed the door shut on Sports Direct tycoon Mike Ashley’s attempts to help it through its difficulties.
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NewsMike Ashley rules out buying Arcadia ‘even for £1’
Sports Direct owner Mike Ashely has launched an attack on Sir Philip Green, insisting he wouldn’t buy his Arcadia retail empire even “for a pound”.
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VideoWatch: Is Mike Ashley Debenhams' only hope?
Mike Ashley is attempting to seize control of Debenhams. The team cuts through the noise to ask whether he represents its best chance of success.
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OpinionOpinion: Ashley won’t stop rattling Debenhams’ cage
Mike Ashley’s machinations continue with the mogul’s attempt to oust Debenhams’ board and appoint himself as chief executive.
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NewsMike Ashley seeks to cull Debenhams board
Sports Direct has mounted a fresh attack on Debenhams’ board with a bid to oust all remaining directors bar one and appoint Mike Ashley as an executive director.
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NewsMike Ashley holding company's profits crash
Profits have plummeted at retail tycoon Mike Ashley’s investment vehicle Mash Holdings, more than halving in the year to April 2017.
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NewsOpinion: Ashley’s Patisserie Valerie U-turn is part of an odd recipe
Sports Direct founder Mike Ashley’s acquisitive streak took a turn to the even more bizarre last week.
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NewsMike Ashley's hold on UK high street revealed
Sports Direct owner Mike Ashley’s ever-expanding portfolio of businesses captured 3.2% of all UK non-food retail spend in 2018, new research has shown.
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NewsMike Ashley battles ScS in race to snap up Sofa.com
Retail tycoon Mike Ashley has emerged as a rival to ScS in the battle for control of furniture retailer Sofa.com.
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NewsMike Ashley mulling Patisserie Valerie deal
Mike Ashley is reportedly considering making a bid for Patisserie Valerie, a move which would give him even greater control of the high street.
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NewsMike Ashley ‘demands rent holiday’ over possible HMV deal
Sports Direct owner Mike Ashely is reportedly seeking a “six-month rent holiday” from HMV landlords if he were to save the music retailer.
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NewsSports Direct's Mike Ashley in rescue bid for HMV
Sports Direct tycoon Mike Ashley has emerged as one of the suitors bidding to rescue HMV from administration.
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AnalysisOpinion: Debenhams' future is in Mike Ashley's hands
Mike Ashley’s spectacularly engineered coup at Debenhams’ AGM sent shockwaves through the industry at the tail end of Super Thursday.
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NewsTK Maxx owner sues Mike Ashley's Sports Direct
TK Maxx owner TJX is suing Sports Direct amid claims that Mike Ashley’s business breached trademarks through the launch of its Brand Max fascia.
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CartoonRetail cartoon: Mike Ashley's Christmas spectacular
Patrick Blower’s take on Mike Ashley setting the record straight at his swaggering appearance in Westminster.