Sports Direct

Sports Direct’s Mike Ashley ‘deeply apologetic’ for coronavirus blunder

Company founder and chief executive says Sports Direct will offer resources to the NHS

SportsDirect close stores after backlash

Mike Ashley retailer petitioned UK government to be considered an essential service

Winners and losers in a year of extremes in the business world

Green Reit and CRH among winners as Boeing, Denis O’Brien and RTÉ join losers

Sports Direct says earnings rise as House of Fraser losses improve

Retailer also said it won’t be on the hook for material liabilities from €674m tax bill

Should investors be worried by controlled companies?

Mike Ashley, who owns 62% of Sports Direct, pays little heed to shareholder rebellions

Grant Thornton cuts UK partner numbers as it seeks improvement

Recent fall in earnings pushes average pay per partner far below rival firms

Are value stocks about to come back from the dead?

Stocktake: ‘Dinosaur’ Mike Ashley; Fed ‘boneheads’; Hurricane Dorian hits investors

Tsunami of last-minute PPI claims sees compensation bill spiral to £50bn

London Briefing: ‘We’re not counting the complaints any more, we’re weighing them’

Mike Ashley funds challenge to Debenham’s rescue plan

Retail chain tells court Sports Direct is looking to eliminate a competitor

Sports Direct board faces investor rebellion at AGM

Proxy advisers Pirc and Glass Lewis raise concerns about results debacle and struggle to find auditor

Sports Direct buys fashion retailer Jack Wills for £12.75m

High street tycoon Philip Day was also reportedly interested in buying the retailer

Grant Thornton to quit as Sports Direct auditor over €674m tax bill

The audit watchdog Financial Reporting Council has been informed of firm’s plans

Sports Direct admits buying House of Fraser may have been a mistake

Mike Ashley’s beleaguered retail group also faces €674m bill from Belgian tax authorities

Sports Direct results suffer delay upon delay

Retailer controlled by Mike Ashley was due to report on Friday morning

Sports Direct: No method apparent in Ashley’s acquisition madness

The sportswear-cum-retail giant has failed to publish its results, sending shares tumbling

Sports Direct delays results due to problems integrating House of Fraser

The retailer has engaged in a raft of dealmaking that has complicated its business

Debenhams urges Ashley to halt CVA challenge as M&G drops action

High street retailer’s restructuring plans include closing 50 of its stores

EU-Italy budget strife keeps a lid on European markets

Applegreen shares slide and becames latest company to blame Brexit for poor performance

Sports Direct confirms sale and leaseback deal for headquarters

Company will take a 15 year lease on the property

Mick McCarthy: FAI crisis won’t affect the football

Ongoing crisis in the association hasn’t impacted Republic of Ireland manager

Sports Direct sells Dublin city centre flagship store for €20m

Mike Ashley’s company in sale-and-leaseback deal three years after €12m acquisition

Debenhams faces an uncertain future as banks step in

After more than 200 years, a failure to react quickly enough to change may sink retailer

Debenhams rejects last minute rescue bid from Mike Ashley

Mike Ashley’s £200m offer deemed ‘not sufficient’ to extend deadline

Debenhams heads for administration after rejecting rescue bid

Mike Ashley’s Sports Direct International had offered to underwrite £150m rights issue

Sports Direct says other Debenhams investors back making Ashley boss

Sportswear group has a near 30 per cent stake in Debenhams

Sports Direct opposes any Debenhams plan that wipes out equity

Mike Ashley urges beleaguered department store group to rethink rejection of offer

Mike Ashley steps up bid for control of Debenhams

Sports Direct chief executive offered to step down from role to take on Debenhams challenge

Mike Ashley in coup attempt to seize control of Debenhams

Sports Direct boss announces plan to oust all but one director at ailing department store

Retail: JD Sports bullish on full-year outlook as rivals struggle

Sports fashion retailer reports consistent growth across Black Friday and Christmas

Sports Direct takes full control of House of Fraser in Dundrum

Mike Ashley’s retailing group concludes transaction with administrators EY

Iseq fares better than European peers but protectionism fears still a drag on markets

Kingspan, Dalata and Green Reit rise in Dublin trading

Mike Ashley faces shareholder revolt at Sports Direct agm

Two advisory groups call on shareholders to oppose re-election of group founder along with chairman and another director

Takeover of House of Fraser in Dundrum unlikely before October

Competition authority has begun looking into proposed acquisition by Sport Direct

Gig-a-bite: Part-time working at pre-recessionary levels, study finds

‘Gig economy’ not as extensive as reports have suggested, study indicates

House of Fraser’s financial position laid bare in note to creditors

Retailer apologises after cancelling all customer orders placed online

Billionaire Mike Ashley’s big plans for Sports Direct in Ireland

Maverick may be one of the most influential investors in Irish retail

Homebase to close three of its 11 Irish stores

Store also plans to cut 1,500 jobs as struggling home-improvement chain seeks to shore up performance

Sports Direct aims to keep ‘80% of House of Fraser stores open’

Department store chain currently has 59 outlets including one in Belfast and another in Dublin

Can Mike Ashley’s Sports Direct stop the fall of the House of Fraser?

Retailer holds 11% of department store chain; saving it would be good PR for entrepreneur

Sports Direct core earnings up 12% on upmarket move

Ashley-owned retail chain attempting to revive sales with smarter stores

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