All Sports Direct articles – Page 11
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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 mulling Patisserie Valerie deal
Mike Ashley is reportedly considering making a bid for Patisserie Valerie, a move which would give him even greater control of the high street.
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NewsMike Ashley ‘demands rent holiday’ over possible HMV deal
Sports Direct owner Mike Ashely is reportedly seeking a “six-month rent holiday” from HMV landlords if he were to save the music retailer.
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NewsHouse of Fraser makes U-turn over Intu stores
Sports Direct has made a U-turn over the future of its House of Fraser stores within Intu shopping centres.
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CartoonRetail cartoon: HMV gets a new master?
Patrick Blower’s take on reports that HMV is the latest struggling retailer on Mike Ashley’s shopping list.
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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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AnalysisOpinion: Debenhams' future is in Mike Ashley's hands
Mike Ashley’s spectacularly engineered coup at Debenhams’ AGM sent shockwaves through the industry at the tail end of Super Thursday.
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NewsAgenda: Retailers update on Christmas trading
Retail Week looks ahead to the next seven days with festive figures from M&S, Tesco, John Lewis, Sainsbury’s and Morrisons all on the agenda.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Retail's biggest hires, fires and feuds in 2018
There have been many entrances and exits in the retail sector in the past year. Here is a snapshot of 2018’s most important hires and fires.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Seven of the best retail moments of 2018
’Tis the season to be jolly, and Retail Week is celebrating by unwrapping the most light-hearted and affirming retail moments of 2018.
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NewsDebenhams chair Cheshire tells Ashley: ‘Put up or shut up’
Debenhams chairman Sir Ian Cheshire has told Sports Direct tycoon Mike Ashley to make a formal offer for the department store group if he wants to take control.
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NewsA messy, disruptive exit? Retail leaders' Brexit verdict
As prime minister Theresa May successfully overcomes a vote of no confidence, retail leaders have weighed in on another week of Brexit drama.
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NewsAshley pleads with Debenhams boss – accept our help or fail
Mike Ashley has written to the board of Debenhams, urging them to accept funds from Sports Direct or risk not surviving.
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NewsSports Direct reveals first-half profits boost
Sports Direct has reported a rise in first-half earnings but cautioned that there will be “significant challenges” in turning around House of Fraser.
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CartoonRetail cartoon: Mike Ashley's Christmas spectacular
Patrick Blower’s take on Mike Ashley setting the record straight at his swaggering appearance in Westminster.
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AnalysisAnalysis: 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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NewsMike Ashley: High streets in 'downward death spiral'
Sports Direct boss Mike Ashley has urged MPs to “take the bull by the horns” to save British high streets from “a downward death spiral”.
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OpinionOpinion: Don’t rely on Ashley to 'save' the high street
Get the popcorn ready for next Monday, when retail tycoon Mike Ashley will meet MPs to set out his thoughts – no doubt robustly – on how to rescue the troubled high street.
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CartoonRetail cartoon: Super Mike to the rescue
Patrick Blower’s take on Mike Ashley ‘demanding’ to meet MPs next week to set out how they can ‘save the high street’.
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NewsMike Ashley threatens to shut all shops in Intu centres
Sports Direct boss Mike Ashley intends to close all his stores in shopping centres owned by Intu because the retail property group has spurned new terms he has proposed on four House of Fraser sites.