All JD Sports Fashion articles – Page 2
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InterviewRetail Week Awards 2025: Andy Higginson on crises, competition and customers wanting it all
Andy Higginson has played a key part in transforming the retail landscape and consumer expectations, as well as fighting for the interests of the whole industry.
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NewsJD Outdoor boss stands down as Hobbycraft boss takes the reins
Exclusive: The longstanding boss of JD Sports’ outdoors business Lee Bagnall has stepped down from the business and Hobbycraft chief executive Dominic Jordan is set to take the hotseat, Retail Week can reveal.
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FeatureRetail’s 101 favourite stores as chosen by the bosses of M&S, John Lewis, Ikea, Boots and more
From hometown heroes to international inspiration, we asked retailer leaders, commentators and our journalists to name their favourite store in the world. The result is 101 stores that show bricks-and-mortar retail at its very best.
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NewsJD Sports has seen revenue increase despite a ‘challenging and volatile market’
JD Sports has recorded a growth in revenue across its golden quarter trading period, despite what the retailer called a “challenging and volatile market”.
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AnalysisAmerican dreams: Why UK retailers are once again expanding across the Atlantic
In the past, the US has been a bit of a graveyard for British retailers; a land of almost limitless opportunities that few ever truly realise. However, with a number of brands heading stateside this year, is the American dream back on for UK retail?
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GalleryIn pictures: Black Friday – who’s doing it, who’s not, and how deep are the discounts?
Since being imported from the US to the UK by Amazon in 2010, Black Friday has become a firm fixture on retail’s promotional calendar.
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NewsJD Sports says profit will be at lower end of guidance after ‘volatile’ sales
JD Sports said it now expects full-year profits to be at the lower end of its guidance range after “volatile” trading in October.
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Retail Navigator AnalysisJD Sports (Financials)
JD Sports delivered another year of record sales, climbing 4.1% to £10.54bn on a reported basis for the 53 weeks to 3 February 2024 (FY2023). JD Sports chief executive Régis Schultz commented “In the period, we once again outperformed a challenging and volatile market with organic sales growth of 9%, broadly in line with our objective to deliver double digit growth, and organic sales growth in Premium Sports Fashion of 11%, ahead of our objective.”
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VideoJD Sports unveils Christmas campaign celebrating family and friends
JD Sports has unveiled its Christmas campaign which celebrates “the different forms of family that make the festive season special for communities around the country.”
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NewsBritish Retail Consortium warns Reeves of ‘inevitable’ job losses and price rises due to Budget
The British Retail Consortium has written to chancellor Rachel Reeves warning that her national insurance raid in the recent Budget will inevitably lead to job losses in the sector and an increase of prices for consumers.
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AnalysisWho is the new Boohoo CEO and is he the right pick to turn the struggling retailer around?
Boohoo has announced the appointment of a new group chief executive officer following the shock departure of John Lyttle just two weeks ago. And no, it’s not Mike Ashley. Is Dan Finley the right man for one of the toughest, and now most controversial jobs in retail?
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NewsJD Sports boss says Nike’s troubles aren’t a cause for concern
As JD Sports posted an increase in sales and profit for the six months to August, one of its largest brand partners, Nike reported its biggest drop in sales since the pandemic. But chief executive Régis Schultz said Nike’s troubles have little to do with its performance as he maintains a positive outlook ahead of the golden quarter.
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NewsJD Sports profits and sales have jumped as acquisitions power international growth
JD Sports boss Régis Schultz has hailed the brand’s international acquisitions and ability to “outperform the market” as it delivered record interim results.
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AnalysisGo Outdoors boss wants to reinvent the business and solve retail’s weather problem
As Go Outdoors opens the “largest outdoor store in Europe”, Retail Week spoke to chief executive Lee Bagnall about the outdoors market, the outsized role weather plays in it and his mission to cater to everyone from dog walkers to mountaineers
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NewsJD Sports is closing a major distribution centre risking almost 200 jobs
JD Sports will shut down its major distribution centre in Derby, resulting in just under 200 job losses, the BBC has reported.
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AnalysisJD Sports CEO on why its UK performance doesn’t ring alarm bells
As JD Sports reported an increase in sales for the second quarter of the year driven by surging revenues in the US and Europe, sales in the UK fell. Chief executive Régis Schultz tells Retail Week why JD’s underperformance in its domestic market is no cause for concern and why the retailer is a truly global business
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NewsJD Sports growth driven by US and European revenues surge
JD Sports has reported group like-for-like and organic sales increases, driven by surging revenues in the US and Europe as UK performance softened.
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NewsJD Sports has become Nike’s first global partner as it takes loyalty scheme to USA
JD Sports has extended its retail partnership with Nike’s loyalty scheme to the US, making it the sportswear giant’s first global partner for the popular rewards programme.
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AnalysisWhy JD Sports is doubling down on its world-leading Stratford store
As JD Sports’ store in Stratford, east London tops its sales charts to become its best-performing retail location with the highest turnover in the world, Retail Week finds out more about the blueprint for the future from global managing director, Mike Armstrong
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NewsJD Sports’ revamped UK store has ‘set the benchmark’ with its highest global turnover
JD Sports’ revamped store at Westfield Stratford now has the highest turnover across its global portfolio as the UK market remains the blueprint of omnichannel innovation and store design for the group worldwide.