All Frasers Group articles – Page 2
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AnalysisAcquisitions, softer trading and green shoots in luxury – key takeaways from Frasers’ results
Frasers Group reiterated its full-year outlook this week, despite revealing that “tough market conditions” had hit sales within its UK retail businesses.
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NewsFrasers Group profits rise as international expansion drives growth
Frasers Group boss Michael Murray said the retail giant made a “solid start” to the year as its rapidly expanding international business helped to offset a weaker performance across its core brands.
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FeatureFuture Leaders 2025 - Who will be the CEOs of the future?
Meet 20 of UK retail’s most promising leaders-in-waiting. Every individual on our list has the talent, drive and passion to make it to the top, and they’re going to need it if they want to succeed in an industry dominated by crushing government regulation, devastating cyberattacks, harrowing tales of abuse from the shop floor and more. Here are British retail’s future chief executives, but who would want to be one?
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NewsRetail Trust lights up Flannels Oxford Street to tackle shopworker abuse
Flannels is lighting up its Oxford Street flagship with a thousand smiles this Black Friday as part of the Retail Trust’s Let’s Respect Retail campaign.
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NewsFrasers Group snaps up Glasgow shopping centre
Frasers Group has acquired Braehead Shopping Centre in Glasgow, Scotland, adding to its rapidly expanding property portfolio.
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NewsFlannels opens health and fitness club at flagship
Flannels has partnered with premium health and wellness club HiiClub to launch a “fitness and recovery destination” at its Leeds Briggate flagship.
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VideoSports Direct enlists sporting legends for 2025 Christmas ad
Sports Direct has teamed up with several sporting legends, including Lionesses Michelle Agyemang and Lauren James, for its 2025 winter campaign.
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NewsFrasers CCO: Elevate will be ‘one of the largest retail media networks’ in the UK by 2028
Speaking exclusively to Retail Week, Frasers chief customer officer David Clark lays out his expansion plans for the brand’s retail media business Elevate.
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GallerySports Direct unveils latest ‘elevated’ flagship in Liverpool
Frasers Group has opened the doors to its new 65,000 sq ft ‘elevated’ Sports Direct flagship on Liverpool’s Church Street
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NewsFrasers Group expands into agentic AI commerce
Frasers Group has expanded into agentic commerce, allowing Sports Direct, Flannels and Frasers customers to complete purchases through ChatGPT and Google’s Gemini.
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NewsFrasers Group snaps up majority stake in US luxury retailer
Frasers Group has snapped up a majority stake in US luxury multi-brand retailer The Webster as the retail giant ramps up its international expansion.
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NewsBoohoo faces shareholder revolt over bosses’ bonuses
Boohoo could be facing a shareholder uprising following criticism over multimillion-pound bonus payments to its senior executives.
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NewsFrasers Group names former audit watchdog head as new chair
The former head of the Financial Reporting Council has been appointed by Frasers Group as its new chair.
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NewsFrasers Group takes stake in UK leisure firm
Frasers Group, which owns Sports Direct, House of Fraser and Flannels, has taken a minority stake in a UK leisure firm.
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NewsDebenhams completes £175m refinancing deal
The company announced that a new three-year credit facility would be led by investment firm TPG Angelo Gordon, a subsidiary of TPG which had helped take the Debenhams department store chain private in 2003.
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NewsFrasers call for suspension of Boohoo founder and investigation into loan claims
Tycoon Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group has demanded the suspension of Boohoo founder and executive vice-chair Mahmud Kamani and a probe into allegations about loans to suppliers.
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NewsFrasers Group acquires technology retailer Ebuyer out of administration
Frasers Group, whose business include Game, Sports Direct and Studio Retail, has acquired technology retailer Ebuyer out of administration.
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NewsDebenhams “close” to refinancing deal with past department store funder
Debenhams Group is in advanced talks about securing a £175m refinancing package with one of the companies behind the 2003 delisting of the former department store potentially involved, according to a Sky News report.
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NewsFrasers CFO: Business rates hike could scupper future store opening plans
Frasers are still “working hard to mitigate the £50m-plus” of extra costs from last year’s Budget, but its CFO is expecting more pain to come in the autumn.
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NewsFrasers Group profits rise but Budget costs pose challenge
Frasers Group has reported an increase in annual profits but earnings in the new financial year may be slightly different as the retailer confronts extra costs.