All Agent Provocateur articles
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Analysis
Buzz kill: how are sex toy and lingerie shops faring this Valentine’s Day?
How’s the most romantic day of the year shaping up for the specialists? Retail Week analyses exclusive data and reveals the web traffic of some of the market’s biggest players.
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News
Mike Ashley praises staff as Frasers Group readies to ‘potentially’ reopen stores
Frasers Group, formerly known as Sports Direct International, has said that it will pay 100% of salaries for the majority of its employees in May.
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Analysis
Analysis: What is Mike Ashley's master plan?
Hark back to June 2016 and Sports Direct founder Mike Ashley was hauled before a parliamentary hearing about the working conditions at the retailer’s Shirebrook warehouse.
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Mike Ashley’s Sports Direct launches BrandsMax fascia
Sports Direct tycoon Mike Ashley’s Sports Direct is developing a new business, BrandMax, which may be a bid to win trade from TKMaxx.
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Sports Direct full-year profits plummet, new CFO hired
Sports Direct’s profits plummeted nearly 60% last year and the Mike Ashley-controlled retailer appointed Jon Kempster from JVM group as its new chief financial officer.
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Infographic: Sir Philip’s apology and Zalando on the up
The week in words and numbers, March 10, 2017: Sir Philip apologises to BHS pensioners and Joe Corre slams Agent Provocateur sale to Sport Direct’s Mike Ashley.
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Cartoon
Blower’s retail cartoon: Ashley buys Agent Provocateur
Cartoonist Patrick Blower’s take on the sale of struggling lingerie retailer Agent Provocateur to Sport Direct’s Mike Ashley in a pre-pack administration deal
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Agent Provocateur founder slams Mike Ashley sale
Agent Provocateur’s co-founder Joe Corré has condemned Sports Direct founder Mike Ashley’s pre-pack acquisition of the struggling lingerie retailer.
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Video
The Retail Week: BHS, Tesco and Agent Provocateur
The Retail Week team sit down for the 100th episode to discuss the top stories in the industry over the last seven days.
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Analysis
Analysis: What's Mike Ashley’s Agent Provocateur plan?
Mike Ashley may be best known as the founder of Sports Direct and owner of Newcastle United but he has his fingers in many more pies.
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Mike Ashley completes swoop for Agent Provocateur
Sports Direct founder Mike Ashley has completed his acquisition of Agent Provocateur, Retail Week understands.
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Ashley enters the fray as Agent Provocateur sale nears
Mike Ashley’s Sports Direct has emerged as a bidder in the race for struggling upmarket lingerie chain Agent Provocateur.
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Breakfast briefing: Agent Provocateur, Tesco and more
Retail news round-up: Agent Provocateur to head for administration, SecretSales directors exit and Tesco launches products in Pakistan
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Breakfast briefing: BHS, Tesco and more
Retail news round-up: MPs call for corporate governance for private firms, union calls off Tesco strike and UK consumer spending growth slows
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Agent Provocateur offers flood in as sales talks progress
Troubled lingerie chain Agent Provocateur has attracted more than a dozen bidders, according to reports.
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Analysis
Agent Provocateur chief poised for exit amid sale talks
Agent Provocateur’s new chief executive Fabrizio Malverdi is believed to be in discussions with the lingerie retailer’s private equity owner 3i about his future at the company.
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Breakfast briefing: Agent Provocateur and more
Retail news round-up: Agent Provocateur’s chief to step down, French Connection declines to engage with investors, Sofa.com posts boost in sales, and MySale reports online increase
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Agent Provocateur owner 3i mulls sale of lingerie chain
Agent Provocateur’s owner 3i is considering selling the struggling lingerie business as the private equity firm weighs up its options for the retailer.
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Breakfast briefing: BHS, retail sales, Morrisons and more
Retail news round-up: BHS liquidator investigates Green and Chappell property transactions, footfall drops on New Year's Day, and more
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Agent Provocateur chairman replaced amid inquiry
Agent Provocateur’s chairman has reportedly stepped down amid an “accounting issues” inquiry.