Frasers
This coverage focuses on Frasersโ activities, strategy, and performance in the UK retail landscape. Reporting includes store developments, financial results, leadership decisions, brand management, and expansion efforts across sportswear, fashion, and lifestyle sectors. With attention to commercial strategy and market positioning, it offers insights for retail professionals managing multi-brand, omnichannel, and competitive operations.
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Feb- 2023 -8 FebruaryClothing & Shoes
Frasers completes acquisition of five JD Sports fashion brands
Frasers Group has revealed it has completed the acquisition of five premium fashion brands from JD Sports as part of a deal announced in December of last year. The ยฃ47.5m deal with its rival already saw Frasers agree to acquire a total of 15 fashion brands, with eight already having…
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6 FebruaryNews
Mike Ashley eyes two shopping centres in ยฃ100m deal
Mike Ashley has lined up a ยฃ100m acquisition of two shopping centres, according to The Times. Frasers Group is in advanced talks to buy the Overgate centre in Dundee for ยฃ30m, along with The Mall in Luton in a ยฃ70m deal. The Overgate centre is currently owned by Legal and…
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Jan- 2023 -30 JanuaryClothing & Shoes
Frasers Group increases N Brown stake
The Frasers Group has increased its shareholding in clothing and footwear retailer N Brown to become its second largest shareholder. The Sports Direct owner has increased its holdings in the company up to 17.88% according to LSE filings. This move makes Frasers the second largest shareholder in the company after…
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Dec- 2022 -23 DecemberProperty
Frasers acquires former Debenhams flagship in Dublin
Frasers group has announced that it has bought a former Debenhams flagship store on Henry Street in Dublin. The 200,000 sq. ft store is currently occupied by Zara but will become a flagship Sports Direct store. The group stated that its commitment to physical retail is โunmatchedโ as it continues…
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19 DecemberClothing & Shoes
Frasers acquires JD Sportsโ premium fashion businesses
Frasers Group has announced the acquisition of JD Sportsโ premium fashion offering in a deal worth up to ยฃ47.5m. The deal will see it acquire its rival interests in 15 fashion brands including Base Childrenswear, Choice, Clothingsites (including Brown Bag Clothing), Cricket, Giulio, Kids Cavern, Missy Empire, Nicholas Deakins, Pretty…
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13 DecemberClothing & Shoes
Frasers Group snapped up I Saw It First for ยฃ1ย
Frasers Group has revealed that it acquired online retailer I Saw It First for a cash sum of only ยฃ1 earlier this year. In its latest interim results for H1, Frasers said the brand owed ยฃ13m to shareholders at the time of its takeover.ย As part of the transaction, which…
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8 DecemberDepartment Stores
Acquisitions boost Frasers profits by 53%ย
Frasers has welcomed a strong performance in its half-year results, with pre-tax profits soaring 53% to ยฃ284.6m, as sales were boosted by a series of acquisitions over the period. Total revenues across the group rose by 12.7% to ยฃ2.6bn in the period ended 23 October 2022, as the group continued…
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2 DecemberDepartment Stores
Frasers Group acquires Amara
Frasers Group CEO Michael Murray has confirmed that the group has acquired Amara, a luxury homewares brand, as it looks to โbuild on its ambitionโ of creating a โcredible homeware destinationโ for Flannels.ย In a statement on Linkedin, Murray said: โI am pleased to announce, we have acquired Amara.com, a…
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Nov- 2022 -28 NovemberProperty
Oxford Street to see 1m sq ft of retail spaces converted to offices
Londonโs Oxford Street is set to see 1.32 million sq ft of new office schemes proposed for delivery in the next five years, in a move that has been called a โgenerational changeโ by Savills. Analysis from Savills found that the extent of potential in the conversion of former retail…
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25 NovemberClothing & Shoes
Frasers group acquires Savile Row tailor
Sports Direct owner Frasers group has reportedly struck a deal to acquire historic Savile Row tailor Gieves and Hawkes. According to the BBC, the company owned by Mike Ashley has been interested in a potential deal since September and has now finally secured the โlong term futureโ of the 250…
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