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News briefsSports Direct criticized for camera surveillance in stores
As the Daily Mail reports, Sports Direct has recently begun using facial recognition cameras that scan customers’ faces and check them against a database of suspected criminals. Frasers Group, which owns Sports Direct and is controlled by billionaire Mike Ashley, found itself compelled to do so after police stopped arresting ...
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News briefsBritish sports retailer reportedly interested in Go Sport
According to Sport Guide, which refers to “several concordant sources,” Frasers Group plans to make an offer for Go Sport, the French retailer currently undergoing a rough patch. Go Sport, which operates 223 stores in France, was placed in receivership by the Commercial Court of Grenoble in January. The court ...
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ArticleFrasers defies downturn to post rise in H1 profits
U.K. retailer Frasers Group has defied the economic downturn and revealed a jump in first-half sales and profits, driven by acquisitions, including the takeovers of Missguided and Studio Retail. The business, majority-owned by Mike Ashley, reported a 12.7 percent rise in revenues to £2.64 billion (€3.06bn) in the six months ...
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News briefsSports Direct could move to new headquarters
Frasers Group, the parent company of Sports Direct, is “exploring options” for a new Sports Direct site, the BBC website has reported. The move would be part of a long-term plan for a massive development on the edge of Coventry, West Midlands, that Frasers has recently outlined, allowing the group ...
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News briefsMike Ashley stepping down at Frasers
Sports Direct founder Mike Ashley is renouncing the directorship of Frasers Group and will not be standing for re-election. He will therefore be stepping down at the end of his term, which coincides with the annual general meeting of Oct. 19. Ashley will nevertheless retain a majority stake, of about ...
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ArticleSports Direct pledges to donate footballs to encourage girls’ participation in the game
Sports retailer Sports Direct has launched the Equal Access campaign, donating free footballs to grassroots clubs across the U.K. The company is responding to the most recent historic moment for women’s football and the growing call for more opportunities for girls to play the game. The campaign is part of ...
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News briefsSports Direct’s owner wants to buy MySale
Frasers Group, the owner of Sports Direct, has made a cash offer for Australian off-price marketplace MySale, in which Frasers Group is already the largest shareholder. Frasers acquired a 28.7 percent stake in MySale earlier this summer, as reported by SGI Europe at the time. The retail group has now ...
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News briefsFrasers Group sells ‘some’ retail parks for £205m
Frasers Group said it has completed the sale of some retail parks for £205 million (€242m). The company, which owns the Sports Direct and House of Fraser chains, said the disposal included a number of freehold and long leasehold retail parks held by its wholly-owned subsidiaries to RI UK 1 ...
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ArticleFrasers Group recovers from Covid and posts rising profits
Frasers Group, the owner of Sports Direct, reported a “record-breaking year” following the successful recovery from the pandemic.
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ArticleAnalysis: Sporting goods industry stocks down more than 14% in Q2 2022
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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News briefsFrasers Group buys stake in fashion marketplace MySale
Frasers Group, the owner of Sports Direct, has acquired a 28.7 percent stake in MySale, an off-price fashion marketplace headquartered in Sydney and listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE). The financial terms of the deal have not been disclosed. In a filing with the LSE, Frasers explained that the ...
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ArticleSportmaster reportedly withdraws from Poland
Go Sport, the Polish subsidiary of the Russian largest sporting goods retailer Sportmaster is pushed towards bankruptcy, the Russian newspaper Kommersant reported, citing sources close to the matter. Despite obtaining permission to sell the Polish business to British Sports Direct, Sportmaster failed to close the deal, while restrictions against the ...
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ArticleNew Frasers Group CEO reorganizes leadership team
Michael Murray, the new CEO of Frasers Group, posted on LinkedIn on May 31 that five weeks into his tenure, part of his commitment is to “get the right people on board, to lead Frasers Group into the future and build on our solid foundations.” According to the posting (there ...
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News briefsSports Direct opens new 5.500-sqm store in Birmingham
Covering four floors on one of Birmingham’s main shopping streets, the new Sports Direct flagship store uses roughly 5.500 square meters of retail space. The chain, part of the Frasers Group, has closed its older two-floor store in Birmingham on April 10, while a second Birmingham store is said to ...
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News briefsSports Direct to open new stores in France
Sports Direct will expand its retail presence in France, Sport-Guide.com has reported. Two new stores are already planned at the Aéroville shopping mall, near the Parisian airport of Roissy, and at Cité Europe, a shopping mall located near the French terminal of the Channel Tunnel at Coquelles/Calais. The two stores ...
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Infographics & DataThe largest e-commerce sports shops in Europe - Q3 2021 Update
This exclusive interactive chart shows the largest e-commerce sports shops in Europe ranked by the number of website visitors in Q3 2021, with % changes vs Q2 2021. Included are regular sporting goods retailers and pure e-tailers. The chart and data can be downloaded. This is exclusive data and analysis for Premium Members.
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Sports Direct is fined for spamming customers
The U.K. Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined Sports Direct and two other firms for spamming consumers with unwanted marketing messages over the internet, according to The Telegraph. The British sporting goods retailer has been fined £70,000 (€81,500-$95,600) for sending 2.3 million e-mails to former customers from December 2019 to ...
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Frasers promotes Nevitt to CCO, Al-Mudallal to COO
Frasers Group, the parent company of U.K.-based Sports Direct, promoted Sean Nevitt to chief commercial officer and David Al-Mudallal to chief operating officer. Nevitt, previously global head of commercial, has been with the company for over 30 years. Al-Mudallal joined the business in 2017, first as head of talent at ...
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Frasers to open two stores in Ireland
Frasers Group is opening two House of Fraser department stores in the Irish cities of Cork and Kildare, at the Mahon Point and Whitewater malls, respectively. Each will be taking over a site of about 75,000 square feet formerly occupied by a Debenhams. Both will also have two floors, with ...
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Infographics & DataThe largest e-commerce sports shops in Europe - Q2 2021 Update
This exclusive interactive chart shows the largest e-commerce sports shops in Europe ranked by the number of website visitors in Q2 2021, with % changes vs Q1 2021. Included are regular sporting goods retailers and pure e-tailers. The chart and data can be downloaded. This is exclusive data and analysis for Premium Members.
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