Ashley blames online growth for SDI warehouse issues

2016-06-23T00:00:00

Mike Ashley, majority shareholder of Sports Direct International, has blamed soaring online sales for the British retailer's failure to adjust all of the infrastructure at its huge warehouse in Shirebrook, as he finally attended a parliamentary hearing on Tuesday, June 7 regarding the treatment of workers at the company.

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