All JD Sports Fashion articles – Page 9
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GalleryIn pictures: New stores that brought the wow factor in lockdown year
2020 may be more synonymous with shuttered stores but it did bring us some eye-catching new shops. Retail Week rounds up some of the best to whet your appetite
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NewsJD Sports acquires US footwear retailer Shoe Palace
JD Sports has announced the acquisition of American shoe retailer Shoe Palace in a bid to increase its exposure on the US west coast.
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NewsDebenhams to go into liquidation with 12,000 jobs at risk
Debenhams is set to go into liquidation putting 12,000 roles at risk after JD Sports confirmed it had withdrawn interest in buying the ailing department store chain.
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NewsAshley offers Arcadia a lifeline as Cowgill backs away from Debenhams deal
The imminent collapse of Sir Philip Green’s Arcadia empire has prompted a domino effect in the high street, with JD Sports’ rescue bid for Debenhams now in jeopardy.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Why would JD Sports want to buy Debenhams?
JD Sports has emerged as the frontrunner to acquire Debenhams and exclusive talks to buy the struggling department store business are underway.
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NewsJD Sports enters talks with Debenhams over rescue bid
Sports fashion retailer JD Sports has entered exclusive talks with Debenhams over a rescue bid that could secure the future of the struggling department store chain.
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NewsJD Sports mulls Debenhams rescue bid
JD Sports has emerged as a prospective bidder for the Debenhams and is understood to be running due diligence on the business.
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NewsJD Sports’ Footasylum deal revived as CMA verdict quashed
JD Sports’ acquisition of Footasylum could be back on after the Competition and Markets Authority’s decision to block the deal was sensationally quashed.
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GalleryIn pictures: JD Sports unveils New York flagship
JD Sports has launched a multistorey flagship store on New York’s iconic Times Square in a bid to drive the retailer’s reputation stateside.
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AnalysisAnalysis: How coronavirus has shifted JD Sports boss Cowgill’s priorities
JD Sports has made a name for itself as one of UK retail’s star performers. And despite the hammer blows coronavirus has delivered to swathes of the sector, the sports fashion giant has emerged bruised but still swinging.
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NewsJD Sports half-year profits slide as online sales costs mount
JD Sports has delivered a fall in pre-tax profit at the half-year mark despite a minimal sales decline due to steep costs associated with fulfilling its online orders.
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DataData: Three bricks-and-mortar retailers winning in the productivity stakes
RWRC’s annual ranking of the UK’s top 30 most productive retailers was dominated by brands with a bricks-and-mortar presence. With store-based retailers among the hardest hit by the pandemic, here’s how three retailers have sought to drive efficiencies
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NewsFrasers Group considers mothballing Bob’s Stores chain after Nike severs ties
Frasers Group has launched a strategic review of its Bob’s Stores chain in the US after Nike revealed it will stop supplying product to the business.
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Opinion‘JD-Footasylum case shows how retail mergers have just got tougher’
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) last week slapped JD Sports and its largest shareholder with a £300,000 fine for allegedly breaking an order from the watchdog over its acquisition of Footasylum.
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NewsJD Sports boss says retail CVAs will ‘accelerate’ post-coronavirus
JD Sports executive chair Peter Cowgill has said the rate of retail pre-pack administrations and company voluntary arrangements (CVAS) will pick up in the wake of the pandemic.
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NewsJD Sports posts profits rise and calls for ‘rental realism’
JD sports has posted a rise in sales and profits and said it expects to continue to prosper despite the impact of coronavirus and a changing landscape.
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NewsCMA chair forced out following row with directors
The chair of the UK’s competition watchdog was forced to step down three years before his term after a row with its chief executive.
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NewsRetail landlords collect less than 15% of rent owed on quarter day
Retail landlords received a fraction of due rent on quarterly rent day earlier this week, with Boots among the big name retailers that withheld some payments.
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AnalysisGo Outdoors rent day pre-pack – is JD Sports right to shaft landlords?
JD Sports has become embroiled in controversy after putting subsidiary Go Outdoors into administration before promptly buying it back and seeking to secure better rent deals. But should JD be cheered or jeered?
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NewsJD Sports buys Go Outdoors back out of administration
JD Sports has bought its subsidiary Go Outdoors back for £56.5m in a bid to renegotiate better rents with landlords after putting the business into administration earlier this week.