All Sports, leisure & outdoors articles – Page 34
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NewsSports Direct lodges £139m bid for Findel
Sports Direct has made a takeover bid for online retailer Findel, valuing the business at just under £140m.
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OpinionOpinion: JD ditches attack for defence with Footasylum stake
JD Sports’ aggressive acquisition spree shows no signs of slowing down – but its latest purchase smacks of a much more defensive move.
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NewsJD Sports snaps up stake in rival Footasylum
JD Sports has snapped up a near-10% stake in athleisure rival Footasylum but insisted it does not intend to make a takeover bid for the business.
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NewsMike Ashley holding company's profits crash
Profits have plummeted at retail tycoon Mike Ashley’s investment vehicle Mash Holdings, more than halving in the year to April 2017.
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NewsOpinion: Ashley’s Patisserie Valerie U-turn is part of an odd recipe
Sports Direct founder Mike Ashley’s acquisitive streak took a turn to the even more bizarre last week.
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OpinionMove of the Week: Jones will get Halfords motoring
Graham Stapleton has turned to a trusted former colleague to help deliver his plan of streamlining the Halfords business.
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NewsHalfords hires Keith Jones in executive team reshuffle
Halfords has drafted in former Dixons Carphone executive Keith Jones as part of a restructure of its senior leadership team, Retail Week has learned.
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NewsMike Ashley's hold on UK high street revealed
Sports Direct owner Mike Ashley’s ever-expanding portfolio of businesses captured 3.2% of all UK non-food retail spend in 2018, new research has shown.
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NewsMike Ashley battles ScS in race to snap up Sofa.com
Retail tycoon Mike Ashley has emerged as a rival to ScS in the battle for control of furniture retailer Sofa.com.
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GalleryStore gallery: Inside Nike's House of Innovation
The latest must-see store from Nike is on New York’s Fifth Avenue – and it really does things that other shops do not.
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OpinionMove of the Week: Can Dickinson just do it for Superdry?
Superdry has big ambitions to build a worldwide presence, so it helps that its latest recruit comes with experience of working for one of the ultimate global fashion brands.
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NewsCotswold Outdoor and Snow+Rock stores 'under threat'
The group behind Cotswold Outdoor and Snow+Rock is planning to close stores, it has been reported.
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NewsSuperdry appoints new creative director
Superdry has appointed former Nike executive Phil Dickinson as its new creative director.
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NewsMountain Warehouse Christmas sales climb
Mountain Warehouse is on track to post its largest ever full-year profit after sales climbed during the crucial Christmas trading period.
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NewsSports Direct's Mike Ashley in rescue bid for HMV
Sports Direct tycoon Mike Ashley has emerged as one of the suitors bidding to rescue HMV from administration.
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NewsMahabis' new owners ditch Facebook, focus on high street
Following YYX Capital’s acquisition of Mahabis, the co-founder of the investment group, James Cox, has unveiled his plans to grow the start-up into a ”£100m business”.
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OpinionMove of the Week: Gareth Jones takes road less travelled
Gareth Jones built a strong reputation at Shop Direct where he played a key role in turning a catalogue business into a leading digital retailer.
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NewsJD Sports targets ‘upper end’ of profit guidance
JD Sports is on track to register earnings “at the upper end” of market expectations after hailing “further significant progress” during the Christmas trading period.
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NewsGo Outdoors buys Fishing Republic out of administration
Go Outdoors has acquired fishing retailer Fishing Republic out of administration today, saving the jobs of over 100 employees across its 14 stores.
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NewsHalfords warns on profits as Christmas sales skid
Halfords recorded a fall in Christmas sales as “exceptionally mild weather and ongoing weak consumer confidence” impacted its performance.