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News briefsJD’s new CFO in office
As announced earlier this year, Neil Greenhalgh, Group CFO since 2018, has left JD Group. Dominic Platt took over the position on Oct. 4, 2023. Platt was most recently CFO of BGL Group, one of the UK’s leading digital distributors of financial services and owner of Compare the Market. He ...
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ArticleJD Group to be sole owner of MIG
JD Sports Fashion Plc has announced that it has exercised its rights under a call option and entered into a conditional agreement to acquire the outstanding 40 percent minority stake of Marketing Investment Group S.A. (MIG) from its minority shareholders. The JD Group will now become the 100 percent sole ...
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News briefsJD Sports hits landmark number of stores
JD Sports has opened its 400th store in the UK, with a new location at Kingsway Retail Park, Derby. In Feb. of this year, JD Sports Fashion revealed plans to grow its revenues and margins by double digits over the next five years, including a rapid store expansion, under a ...
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ArticleJD Sports to expand into Middle East
JD Sports Fashion will open around 50 stores in the Middle East after agreeing to its first-ever franchise deal with Dubai-based global retailing, distributing and manufacturing company GMG, according to Reuters. The doors, to be situated in the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Egypt, will be a large ...
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ArticleUnit of JD Sports to take over Gap France
Following on from April’s decision in which Intersport France had the winning bid to acquire the Go Sport Group in a joint venture with the Qatari firm Al-Mana, Spodis – a unit of JD Sports Fashion – has been chosen by a Grenoble-based commercial court as the buyer of part ...
