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Retail Asia19/08/2019

Struggling UK fashion chain Jack Wills has been bought by Sports Direct for £12.75 million after being placed in administration. Sports Direct, owned by retail entrepreneur Mike Ashley, has bought Jack Wills’ stock and taken over its distribution center, 100 stores and employees across the UK and Republic of Ireland in what is known as […]

Retail Asia03/08/2018

C.banner International has dropped its House of Fraser rescue plan, dealing what some observers in the UK are describing as a potentially fatal blow. Hong Kong-listed C.banner, which is the parent of toy retailer Hamleys, had undertaken to invest £150 million into House of Fraser assuming control of the business. In June, the deal appeared to […]

Retail Asia30/03/2018

British retailer JD Sports Fashion is to pay US$558 million to acquire America’s Finish Line, one of the country’s largest upmarket sportswear chains. Finish Line, whose sales reached $1.84 billion in the year to March 3, is listed on the Nasdaq. It sells multi-brand apparel and accessories from 556 branded retail stores across 44 states […]

Retail Asia07/07/2015

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Sportsdirect.com, the leading UK sporting goods retailer, opened its 13th Malaysian store this week. The new outlet is in the Oceanus Waterfront Mall in Kota Kinabalu. Sportsdirect.com Malaysia plans a further four new stores by November. The foray marks UK-headquartered Sportsdirect.com’s first direct retail investment in Asia, a partnership with Malaysian-owned MST Golf Group of […]

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Jack Wills sold to Sports Direct

Blow for House of Fraser as Chinese firm drops plan to invest

JD Sports in Deal to Acquire Finish Line

Sportsdirect.com Malaysia expands