Game
This coverage explores Game’s strategy, operations, and performance in the UK video game retail and entertainment market. Reporting highlights financial results, store developments, leadership changes, product and service initiatives, and market positioning. Designed for retail executives, category managers, and planners monitoring consumer demand, competitive trends, and innovation in gaming retail.
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Oct- 2023 -30 OctoberClothing & Shoes
Shein acquires Missguided brand from Frasers
Shein has acquired the Missguided brand from Frasers Group. Following the move, Missguided products and collections will be made available to Shein’s 150 million global users as an independent brand via Shein sites, as well as on Missguided.com. Shein also confirmed that it has entered into an agreement to licence…
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23 OctoberFeatures
How the FatFace deal lines up with Next’s aggressive acquisition strategy
This year has been a year full of big mergers and acquisitions and October has continued in that vein. The latest of these acquisitions has come in the form of Next’s £115m takeover of lifestyle brand FatFace. This deal is the latest in a long line of acquisitions by Next…
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20 OctoberNews
EE ventures into ecommerce with new brand launch
EE has announced that it is broadening its horizons from traditional telecommunications services to venture into the ecommerce market. In this landmark shift for the brand, EE has rebuilt its business from inside out based on the current and future needs of its customers. Following extensive customer research, the four…
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Sep- 2023 -18 SeptemberClothing & Shoes
Mike Ashley eyes Missguided sale to Shein
Mike Ashley is looking to sell the online clothing label Missguided to the Chinese-founded online fashion platform, Shein, Sky News has reported. It is understood that the two sides have been in negotiations about a deal for several weeks, which would represent Shein’s first acquisition of a British fashion brand.…
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1 SeptemberFeatures
Video game retailing has come a long way
During the pandemic, Game closed approximately 40 of its UK regional branches, while this year, it made the decision to close all of its 35 stores in Ireland to relocate concessions in Sports Direct outlets. However, the new CEO of Game, Nick Arran, vowed that the specialist games retailer will…
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Aug- 2023 -11 AugustShopping Centres
Frasers Group to open flagship Sports Direct in Sheffield
Frasers Group has taken over 180,000 sq ft of retail space in Meadowhall shopping centre, Sheffield, which includes a former Debenhams site that will be used as a Sports Direct flagship and Frasers concept store, Drapers has reported. The space in Meadowhall, which is being let by British Land, will…
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Jul- 2023 -5 JulyComment
Is AI retail’s friend or foe?
Generative AI is the latest buzzword to trend its way across the globe. Supercharged by the popularity of the ChatGPT tool released in November 2022, the world’s largest companies have all accelerated their development and adoption of AI into their products and services. It is clear, amidst the hype, that…
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Jun- 2023 -26 JunePeople Moves
Frasers Group appoints Mike Ashley as consultant
Frasers Group has appointed founder Mike Ashley as a consultant to the group, as the retailer intends to acquire other companies amid an acquisition spree, The Sunday Times has reported. Frasers currently operates its own shopping centres in Luton and Dundee, with an aim to acquire more outlet centres in…
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May- 2023 -15 MaySport & Leisure
Sports Direct opens new store at Braehead Centre
Sports Direct is set to open a new store in the Braehead Centre. The brand will relocate and upsize from its existing store in the retail park to a new 20,000 sq. ft store on the upper level of the main centre. The new store will feature the “best brands”…
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Dec- 2022 -8 DecemberDepartment Stores
Acquisitions boost Frasers profits by 53%
Frasers has welcomed a strong performance in its half-year results, with pre-tax profits soaring 53% to £284.6m, as sales were boosted by a series of acquisitions over the period. Total revenues across the group rose by 12.7% to £2.6bn in the period ended 23 October 2022, as the group continued…
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