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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Mar- 2025 -26 MarchElectrical
Frasers ups stake in AO World to 25%
Mike Ashleyโs Frasers Group has revealed it has increased its stake in fashion retailerย Brown to 25.01%, according to the latest holding documents filed by the company.ย It now holds 145,148,997 voting rights in the company.ย The news comes as the electrical retailer AO raised its full-year forecast to between…
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26 MarchClothing & Shoes
Frasers expands Sports Direct in Southeast Asia and India
Frasers Group has announced the expansion of its existing partnership with MAP Active to launch Sports Direct in five new markets across Southeast Asia and India.ย The retailer will utilise MAP Active’s infrastructure, local expertise and distributed brands to position Sports Direct as the premier sports retailer in the region.ย …
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24 MarchOnline & Digital
Frasers ups Asos stake amid takeover rumours
Frasers has raised its shareholding in online fashion retailer Asos to 25.13%, up from 24.21%, making it the second largest shareholder in the company. The move comes after Asosโ largest shareholder, Danish billionaire Anders Holch Povlsenโs company Bestseller, increased its stake to 28% fuelling talk of a private takeover of…
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19 MarchClothing & Shoes
Frasers renews bid for Norwegian sports retailer XXL
Frasers Group has confirmed it intends to make a mandatory offer for Norwegian sporting goods retailer XXL ASA, despite withdrawing its offer to buy more shares in the group only last month.ย Frasers has now been allocated 21,637,943 of shares of XXLโs rights issue, while 777,289 shares will be issued as…
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Feb- 2025 -26 FebruaryClothing & Shoes
Sports Direct launches new membership scheme
Frasers Group has announced the launch of a new membership scheme for Sports Direct, with a benefit-based programme designed to โreward loyal customers with exclusive benefits, personalised offers and a seamless omnichannel experienceโ.ย The retailer said members will receive tailored rewards and offers, available both in-store and online at Sports Direct…
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21 FebruaryNews-In-Brief
Today’s news in brief-21/2/25
UK retail sales saw a 1.7% rise in January 2025, driven primarily by a 5.6% surge in food sales, the largest monthly increase since March 2020, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). Despite this rebound, sales volumes over the three months to January fell by 0.6% compared to…
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21 FebruarySport & Leisure
Frasers Group withdraws offer for Norwayโs XXL ASA
Frasers Group has announced that it will not proceed with its intended voluntary offer for the shares in Norwegian sporting goods retailer XXL ASA at NOK 10 per share, which valued the companyโs fully diluted share capital at NOK 246,357,450 (ยฃ17.45m).ย News comes after Frasers initially revealed its voluntary offer…
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12 FebruaryNews-In-Brief
Today’s news in brief-12/2/25
Kering, the luxury conglomerate behind Gucci, Yves Saint Laurent, and Bottega Veneta, reported a challenging fiscal 2024, with revenue falling 12% to โฌ17.2 billion (ยฃ14.3 billion) and EBITDA plummeting 29% to โฌ4.6 billion (ยฃ3.8 billion). Gucciโs 23% sales decline to โฌ7.65 billion (ยฃ6.37 billion) significantly impacted the group, alongside a…
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12 FebruaryClothing & Shoes
Joshua Alliance completes ยฃ191m N Brown takeover
N Brown Groupโs non-executive director and fourth-largest shareholder, Joshua Alliance, has announced the completion of the groupโs ยฃ191m acquisition.ย News of the deal will see the Alliance family, which already held a controlling stake, take the Jacamo and Simply Be owner private.ย The cash acquisition was initially approved in October…
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Jan- 2025 -29 JanuaryNews-In-Brief
Today’s news in brief-29/1/25
Lord Wolfson, CEO of Next and Conservative peer, has leveraged his House of Lords position to propose amendments phasing in upcoming National Insurance (NI) reforms. The budget measures, effective April, will raise employersโ NI contributions from 13.2% to 15% and lower the secondary threshold to ยฃ5,000 annually. Wolfson supports staggered…
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