All Sports Direct articles – Page 20
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NewsAgent 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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VideoThe 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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AnalysisAnalysis: 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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OpinionAshley should focus on Sports Direct, not sexy knickers
First there was Leicester City and the Premier League title. Then there was Donald Trump and the Whitehouse.
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NewsMike 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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AnalysisAnalysis: Why retailers shouldn’t ignore the silver pound
The latest Family Spending report confirmed one of the most important trends to hit retailers in the past decade: a spending shift to the over-50s.
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NewsAshley 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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AnalysisIn other lives: where retail's leaders started out
Retail Week looks at what the sector’s leaders did before they embraced the wonderful world of retail.
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DataData: Top 50 retailers by sales during 2015/16 financial year
Retail Week’s ranking of the UK’s top 50 retailers by sales for the 2015/16 financial year sees The Range, Inditex and Asos enter the table for the first time.
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OpinionOpinion: Mike Ashley can never be second-guessed
As Sport Direct’s founder Mike Ashley freely admits, he can’t be “house trained”.
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NewsAnalysis: Return policies of the UK’s top 20 retailers
As John Lewis slashes its returns policy from 90 days to 35, we take a look at the models of the top 20 UK retailers.
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NewsBreakfast briefing: Sports Direct, Booker and more
Retail news round-up: Sports Direct's investors planning to initiate new rules, and Bunnings dismisses zero-hour contracts for store staff.
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AnalysisAnalysis: When I grow up, I want to be…
Boohoo boss Carol Kane stated its ambitions to become the Inditex of etail. We explore who other retailers are looking to emulate, and what their chances of success are.
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NewsToday in retail: Bunnings saws into the UK DIY scene
Australian DIY giant Bunnings has landed, opening its doors to inquisitive customers today at the debut Bunnings Warehouse in St Albans.
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NewsSports Direct bags French Connection stake
Sports Direct has taken an 11% stake in struggling fashion retailer French Connection.
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NewsBreakfast briefing: Sports Direct, French Connection and more
Retail news round-up: Standard Life to oppose Sports Direct’s pay policy and Schroders sells its French Connection stake
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NewsBreakfast briefing: Toy prices, Moss Bros and more
Retail news round-up: Rise in toy prices amid falling pound and Moss Bros appoints new buying director.
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OpinionOpinion: A good name is as vital as good value
The new year is not yet a month old, but already retailers are again embroiled in controversy.
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NewsFashion factories face allegations over pay
Factory workers at clothing manufacturers in Leicester have allegedly been paid below the national living wage, a Channel 4 Dispatches documentary claims.
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NewsBreakfast briefing: Tesco, Harvey Nichols and more
Retail news round-up: Tesco files defence case against shareholders, investigation reveals factory workers’ low wages, and new head of menswear for Harvey Nichols
