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    Frasers buys a stake in Boohoo

    2023-06-21T06:48:00Z

    Regulatory filings showed that Frasers Group bought 63.5 million Boohoo shares, or 5 percent of the capital of the U.K. online fashion retailer. It also bought an 8.9 percent stake in Currys, a British retailer of domestic appliances and electronics. “We see potential synergies and an opportunity to strengthen ...

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    Asos suppliers reportedly cutting ties over credit insurance worries

    2023-06-08T13:58:00Z

    Suppliers to Asos are reportedly cutting ties with the fast fashion retailer over credit insurance concerns. They are responding to insurers reducing or withdrawing trade credit insurance following a slide in earnings at the British online fashion retailer. Allianz Trade is understood to have withdrawn cover entirely, while Atradius has ...

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    Frasers Group buys Australia’s Sneakerboy out of administration

    2022-10-12T14:10:00Z

    The British retail chain Frasers Group has bought the collapsed Australian luxury footwear and streetwear retailer Sneakerboy for an undisclosed sum, according to media reports. Frasers, which owns the Sports Direct chain and a wide portfolio of brands, will keep Sneakerboy’s staff and run the business but not take on ...

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    Mike Ashley to quit Frasers Group’s board

    2022-09-20T10:07:00Z

    Mike Ashley, the founder of Frasers Group, will not be standing for re-election as a director at the forthcoming annual general meeting (AGM) of the British retailer. He will therefore step down from the board upon the conclusion of the AGM on Oct. 19. Ashley will continue to be available ...

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    Frasers buys stake in MySale

    2022-07-02T17:27:00Z

    Frasers Group, the owner of Sports Direct, has acquired a 28.7 percent stake in MySale, an off-price fashion marketplace headquartered in Sydney. The financial terms of the deal have not been disclosed. Frasers explained that the move will allow end-of-line group products to be cleared via an established clearance channel. ...

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    Frasers hikes stake in Hugo Boss

    2022-06-22T15:59:00Z

    Frasers Group, the parent company of Sports Direct, has increased its investment in Hugo Boss. The company now has 3,425,000 shares of common stock in the German fashion group, representing 4.9 percent of its total share capital. It also holds 18,289,000 shares via the sale of put options, representing 26.0 ...

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    Frasers acquires troubled online retailer Studio Retail

    2022-02-27T13:17:00Z

    Frasers Group, the parent company of Sports Direct, announced today it has acquired Studio Retail Limited and certain other assets of Studio Retail Group plc. The British online retailer Studio Retail Group had filed for administration earlier this month for itself and its wholly-owned subsidiary Studio Retail Limited after failing ...

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    U.K. online retailer Studio Retail files for administration

    2022-02-15T10:28:00Z

    The British online retailer Studio Retail Group filed for administration for itself and Studio Retail Limited, its wholly owned subsidiary, after failing to obtain a £25 million (€30m) short-term loan. The company also suspended its shares on the London Stock Exchange while it begins the U.K.’s form of bankruptcy proceedings. ...

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    England plans to reopen non-essential stores April 12

    2021-02-23T13:51:00Z

    The British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced that non-essential retailing may reopen in England on April 12 after having been closed to prevent the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic. England introduced a third national lockdown on Jan. 4. Johnson said that the vaccination campaign underway in the U.K. has “dramatically ...

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    Ashley and ABG vie for Debenhams and Arcadia

    2020-12-15T08:45:00Z

    Mike Ashley, the acquisitive boss of Frasers Group who is bidding for Debenhams, the biggest and oldest British department store chain, is reportedly interested now also in some of the assets of Arcadia, the bankrupt fashion retailing group that holds the largest number of concessions in Debenhams stores. His interests ...

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    Frasers Group in last-ditch bid to grab Debenhams

    2020-12-08T14:56:00Z

    Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group has returned to the fight with a last-ditch offer for Debenhams in a bid to save the largest and oldest British department store chain from liquidation. The group, which owns the Sports Direct chain of sporting goods stores as well as another U.K. department store chain, ...

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    Debenhams collapses as JD Sports terminates rescue talks

    2020-12-01T18:07:00Z

    The British department store chain Debenhams is winding down operations and closing all 124 shops with 12,000 potential job losses after JD Sports Fashion ended talks about a rescue deal. Administrators have been trying to sell the troubled 232-year-old group since April, but have admitted that the sale process has ...