All JD Sports Fashion articles – Page 7
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AnalysisBuilding a video mega-mall: How livestreaming could revolutionise Western retail
As more retailers trial livestream shopping in the UK, Retail Week explores what it could do for Western retail and what can be learned from the Chinese phenomenon.
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NewsJD Sports to split top role as shareholders vote out pay committee chair
JD Sports announced its intentions to divide its top job into chief executive and chair before its next annual general meeting.
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NewsJD snaps up specialist sports pureplay
JD Sports has acquired online-only sports specialist Deporvillage, adding to its growing international empire.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Why is retail directors’ pay prompting a shareholder backlash?
Following a big shareholder revolt over Morrison’s decision to award executive bonuses and with JD Sports also likely to be in the firing line, Retail Week looks at why executive pay is becoming increasingly contentious.
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NewsJD Sports braced for shareholder revolt over ‘inappropriate’ Cowgill bonus
JD Sports is bracing itself for a possible shareholder revolt after paying bonuses to senior staff such as Peter Cowgill despite refusing to refund millions in government support.
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Retail Navigator AnalysisJD Sports (Overview)
JD Sports is a sportswear and fashion retailer which has expanded worldwide through an extensive acquisition strategy, particularly in North America. Its aim is to “become the leading global sports-fashion powerhouse”. It has over 3,300 stores worldwide, present in 36 territories across the globe.
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Retail Navigator AnalysisJD Sports (SWOT)
JD Sports is one of the largest sports retailers in the UK by revenue and, as such, is able to take advantage of considerable economies of scale
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NewsNike to crack down on retail partners in bid to curb reselling
US sportswear giant Nike has warned retail partners that it will cut supplies of limited-edition trainers in a bid to curb an upsurge in reselling.
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Opinion‘Retail not essential? Try telling that to reopening day shoppers’
There was a joyful sense of release on Monday when, after three months of lockdown darkness, so-called non-essential shops reopened.
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NewsJD Sports boss calls for London rent reduction as footfall ‘battered’ by Covid-19
JD Sports boss Peter Cowgill says central London footfall has been “battered” by Brexit and Covid-19-induced lockdowns.
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NewsJD Sports beats ‘unprecedented challenges’ to retain profitability
JD Sports has “retained substantially all of its record profitability” despite facing “unprecedented challenges” over the past year.
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AnalysisFootprint calculator and sustainable labelling: what Textiles 2030 means for fashion
The UK government has unveiled several initiatives in a bid to tackle the environmental issues surrounding the fashion industry and support a sustainable future – but what will it mean for retailers?
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NewsJD Sports ramps up spending spree with swoop on Poland’s MIG
JD Sports has snapped up a controlling stake in Polish sports fashion business Marketing Investment Group (MIG) as it continues its aggressive acquisition spree.
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OpinionErin Brookes: ‘There is no doubt that further retail consolidation is coming’
Green shoots of optimism may be germinating, but it is certain that the last 12 months have left an irreversible imprint on the UK’s retail industry.
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NewsJD Sports boss mulls EU warehouse due to Brexit red tape
JD Sports chief executive Peter Cowgill has warned of potential job losses due to the restrictions placed on businesses by the Brexit deal.
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NewsJD Sports raises £464m to bolster acquisition drive
JD Sports has completed a fundraise for £464m, which it will use to drive its expansion and capitalise on acquisition opportunities in new and existing markets.
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AnalysisJD Sports boss Cowgill: How ‘monumental’ DTLR deal turbocharges US ambitions
JD Sports boss Peter Cowgill tells Retail Week why the retailer’s latest $495m acquisition has set it up to crack America.
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NewsJD Sports bolsters US business with $495m acquisition
JD Sports is to buy US athletic footwear and apparel retailer DTLR for $495m as it extends its US operations.
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NewsJD Sports considers fundraising for acquisition warchest
JD Sports is pondering raising new equity to fund deals as the retail landscape is transformed by the Covid pandemic.
