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    JD Sports sees FY at top end of expectations after Christmas sales surge

    2023-01-11T17:27:00Z

    JD Sports Fashion said it expected annual profits to be at the top end of expectations after revenues grew by more than a fifth over the Christmas period. Current market expectations for the year to Jan. 28 are for a profit before tax and exceptional items of £933-985 million (€1.05bn-1.11bn) ...

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    Analysis: Sporting Goods Industry stocks suffer double-digit market cap decline

    2023-01-09T09:09:00Z

    This exclusive analysis shows the development in the market capitalization of the top 87 stock-listed sporting goods companies.

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    The Largest Sports Retailers Worldwide

    2022-12-13T14:22:00Z

    Our exclusive annual analysis on the top 50 sports retailers worldwide. The charts and data can be downloaded. This is exclusive data and analysis for Premium Members.

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    The world’s biggest sports retailers 2021

    2022-12-13T05:08:00Z

    This exclusive, yearly statistic shows the revenue development of the 50 largest sports retailers worldwide.

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    JD Sports acquires another 18% in Deporvillage, how holding 98% of the online retailer

    2022-10-14T15:37:00Z

    Following the group’s announcement in June 2021, JD Sports Fashion announced that Iberian Sports Retail Group (ISRG; the group’s existing 50.02 percent intermediate holding company in Spain) has acquired an additional 18 percent holding in the issued shares of Deporvillage from co-founders Xavier Pladellorens and Àngel Corcuera for a cash ...

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    JD Sports CFO Neil Greenhalgh to step down in 2023

    2022-10-12T13:53:00Z

    Neil Greenhalgh, chief financial officer of U.K.-based JD Sports Fashion Plc has informed the company board of his intention to step down from his role as CFO next year. According to a company release, a nominations committee led by Andy Higginson will commence a process to recruit a successor. Greenhalgh ...

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    Sporting goods industry stocks down in Q3

    2022-10-04T05:05:00Z

    According to SGI Europe’s quarterly study of 40 select sporting goods industry stocks, the drop was less than in Q1 (-16.25%) and Q2 (-14.79%) but marked the third consecutive quarterly decline for the segment. But the results were mixed, as the stock prices of 19 companies – led by Xtep ...

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    JD takes cautious view on H2, encouraged by European recovery

    2022-09-22T15:40:00Z

    JD Sports Fashion reported an 11.4 percent decline in profit before exceptional items and taxes to 418.1 million pounds (€478.3m) for the first half ended July 31. Total period revenues increased by 13.7 percent to £4,418.1 million (€5.1bn) from £3,885.8 million, as total sales growth in organic retail businesses rose ...

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    JD Sports Fashion reaches deals with its former executive chairman

    2022-09-21T13:14:00Z

    JD Sports Fashion says that it has come to an agreement with its former executive chairman, Peter Cogwill, whom it obliged to step down in May after an internal review of its management. The U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) had fined JD for the illicit disclosure of “commercially sensitive ...

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    JD Sports’ new chairman buys £400,000 in shares

    2022-08-12T15:00:00Z

    Andrew Higginson, JD Sports’ new chairman, has reportedly purchased nearly £400,000 (€471,700) worth of shares in the retailer. Higginson joined JD Sports in late July following the departure of Peter Cowgill, who had served as the retailer’s CEO and executive chair since 2004.

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    JD Sports appoints new CEO

    2022-08-02T06:39:00Z

    JD Sports Fashion has appointed Régis Schultz as the company’s new CEO. The appointment was preceded by an extensive global executive search process, which had also caused repeated speculation in the media. Schultz is expected to start at JD in September. At that time, Kath Smith will fully hand over ...

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    JD Sports Fashion divests Footasylum to Aurelius Group

    2022-08-01T08:28:00Z

    JD Sports Fashion has exchanged contracts on July 29, 2022, to sell Footasylum Limited and its associated subsidiaries to Aurelius Group for £37.5 million (€44.7m). Aurelius is a pan-European private equity group with offices in Luxembourg, Munich, London, Stockholm, Madrid, Milan and Amsterdam and over 40 international portfolio companies. The ...

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    JD Sports re-affirms FY Ebit guidance, continues CEO search

    2022-07-22T15:34:00Z

    Updating its June 22 statement on year-to-date results, JD Sports said total sales in the group’s like-for-like businesses were 5 percent ahead of year-ago levels through June 30. With the positive result, JD is maintaining a performance outlook that calls for profits before tax and exceptional items for the fiscal ...

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    JD Sports reportedly bows to CMA, talking to potential Footasylum buyer

    2022-07-21T11:25:00Z

    U.K.-based JD Sports Fashion was in exclusive talks to sell Footasylum to German private equity investor Aurelius Group, a Sky News reporter said Wednesday in a tweet followed by an article on the Sky website. The negotiations are the result of a months-long dispute with the U.K.’s Competition and Markets ...

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    ​JD Sports to build new headquarters with space for 2,000 employees

    2022-07-14T07:01:00Z

    As reported by BusinessLive, JD Sports has drawn up plans to build a new corporate HQ in Greater Manchester. The proposed 2.3-hectare site is next to the current headquarters and expected to include 8,045 square meters of gross floor area and 172 parking spaces. According to documents filed with the ...

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    JD Sports appoints retail expert to chair its board

    2022-07-08T07:33:00Z

    JD Sports Fashion has appointed Andy Higginson as chair of the group, effective July 11. The appointment follows an extensive search process conducted by the board with the support of an external executive search firm, the company said in a statement. Higginson is a highly experienced and proven retailer and ...

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    Analysis: Sporting goods industry stocks down more than 14% in Q2 2022

    2022-07-06T06:18:00Z

    According to SGI Europe’s quarterly study of 38 select sporting goods industry stocks, the decline was less than the 16.25 percent average decline in the first quarter of 2022, when 34 out of 36 stocks posted a stock price drop from the end of the fourth quarter. Five of the ...

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    JD Sports doubles profits but sees flat earnings this year

    2022-06-23T07:37:00Z

    U.K. retailer JD Sports Fashion has more than doubled annual profits but warns that inflationary headwinds mean that earnings could stand still in the current financial year. It has also highlighted governance issues under the regime of former chairman and chief executive Peter Cowgill, who was abruptly ousted last month. ...

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    JD separates roles of chair and CEO

    2022-05-25T15:35:00Z

    U.K.-based JD Sports Fashion announced that as a result of an ongoing review of its internal corporate governance and control, it has decided to accelerate the separation of the roles of chairman and chief executive officer announced last year. As a result, Peter Cowgill, executive chairman since 2004, will step ...

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    JD to open four stores in Andalusia

    2022-05-25T07:03:00Z

    According to CMDsport, JD will be opening four stores in Andalusia over the next several weeks, raising its total doors in Spain to 88. The first of the four is scheduled for Seville on May 28, and the first store in Alcalá de Guadaira will follow on June 11. The ...