All JD Sports Fashion articles – Page 3

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    JD Sports expands massively in Western U.S. with Shoe Palace acquisition

    2020-12-15T10:30:00Z

    JD Sports Fashion , a British retailer and distributor of sportswear and fashionwear, has acquired the American company Shoe Palace from the Mersho family in a cash and stock deal worth over $680 million. JD Sports, through its wholly-owned holding company in the U.S., Genesis , acquired ...

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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 ...

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    JD’s takeover of Footasylum is blocked

    2020-05-12T05:49:00Z

    After a more in-depth review of JD Sports Fashion ’s acquisition last year of the Footasylum chain in the U.K., Britain’s Competition and Markets Authority ( CMA ) announced on May 6 its decision to block it, arguing that it would lead to a “substantial lessening of competition nationally,” ...

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    JD’s acquisition of Footasylum hits anti-trust hurdle

    2020-03-25T11:23:00Z

    Mike Ashley , the maverick boss of Sports Direct , must be jumping with joy at getting his way with his criticism of JD Sports Fashion ’s acquisition of Footasylum last April, which is again being questioned by the U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). The CMA launched a review ...