All Sports Direct articles – Page 6
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News
Frasers Group set to close six Jack Wills stores
Struggling fashion brand Jack Wills, owned by Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group, is set to shutter more stores.
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Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group urges PM to reform business rates
Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group, formerly known as Sports Direct, has written to Prime Minister Boris Johnson to push for an “urgent fundamental review” into business rates.
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Analysis
Who will be retail’s winners and losers of 2020?
Who will rise to the top in 2020 and who will struggle? Retail experts share their tips for the year ahead
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Analysis
The nine most jaw-dropping retail moments of 2019
The retail industry has experienced many twists and turns this year. Retail Week picks nine truly jaw-dropping moments from 2019.
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News
JD Sports insists Footasylum deal ‘will benefit consumers’
JD Sports has insisted its £90m takeover of rival Footasylum “will benefit consumers” as it wrestles to convince competition watchdogs of the merits of the deal.
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Debenhams raises fears after seeking further rent cuts
Debenhams has raised concerns for its future after seeking further rent cuts only seven months after they were slashed in a restructuring process.
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Opinion
Leader: Retail’s star can’t only shine at Christmas
In a few days, the tumult of Christmas trading will be over. The short time before the January Sales kick off – in-store at least – brings a chance to reflect on the retail year gone by.
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Analysis
From horsemeat to the Crystal Methodist: most memorable moments of the decade
Retail Week looks back at the most groundbreaking retail stories of the 2010s.
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Ted Baker bolsters non-exec board with ex-Sports Direct CFO
Ted Baker has added former Sports Direct chief financial officer Jon Kempster to its non-executive board.
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Analysis
In quotes: Mike Ashley on Debenhams debacle, Wild West practices and clueless Corbyn
Sports Direct tycoon Mike Ashley opened fire at today’s half-full year results and his list of gripes is a long one. Retail Week surmises his rants.
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Analysis
House of Fraser future hinges on rates reform, warns Ashley
Sports Direct founder and chief executive Mike Ashley has warned that the future of his vast retail group’s bricks-and-mortar portfolio is dependent on the “broken and unworkable” business rates system being overhauled.
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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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Sports Direct blames Harrods for Milton Keynes HoF closure
Sports Direct has blamed Harrods for the closure of its Milton Keynes House of Fraser, which will see the loss of 172 jobs just before Christmas.
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News
Sports Direct puts Lillywhites London lease up for sale
Sports Direct’s lease of the six-floor Lillywhites store on London’s Piccadilly has reportedly been put on the market.
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Sports Direct boss Ashley settles US legal row
Sports Direct founder Mike Ashley has resolved a legal dispute in the USA a day after a court there demanded he gave evidence.
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Video
Frasers Schmasers – will Sports Direct rebrand make any difference?
As Sports Direct unveils plans for a group rebrand to Frasers, retail adviser Richard Hyman and Retail Week head of content Grace Bowden discuss whether a new name will have any impact on how the business is perceived by brands or shoppers.
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News
Sports Direct to rebrand as Frasers Group
Sports Direct International has unveiled plans to rebrand as the Frasers Group next month to reflect its ‘elevation’ strategy.
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News
Mike Ashley to demand turnover rents across retail empire
Sports Direct owner Mike Ashley has demanded of landlords that all new rent deals across his sprawling retail empire be linked to sales.
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News
Sports Direct criticises CMA over ‘inaccurate’ supply estimates
Sports Direct has lashed out at the CMA for publishing “inaccurate estimates” of its access to product as part of the watchdog’s phase two investigation into the JD Sports-Footasylum merger.
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Sports Direct boss Ashley embroiled in legal row over US deal
Sports Direct boss Mike Ashley has become embroiled in a fresh legal battle over his bold bid to expand into the US.