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- JD bucks the retail trend (and no sports kit in sight)
- Its young, brand-conscious, customers are proving largely immune to the credit crunch fallout, James Thompson reports Most retailers are enduring their worst trading since the 1990s. The squeeze on UK consumers' disposable income has hit them hard. But JD Sports Fashion formerly The John David Group bucked...
- Research articles 2008-09-24
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- Sports Direct to lose largest stakeholding
- 27 October, 2009 | By Jennifer Creevy Sports Direct is expected to lose its largest stakeholding today as the administrator to collapsed Icelandic bank Kaupthing takes control of it. Sports Direct had a 29% stakeholding in outdoor specialist Blacks and 11% in JD Sports Fashion. However, last night JD said...
- News items 2009-10-27
- Sports Direct trading stays in line with expectations
- 22 October, 2009 | By Lisa Berwin Sports Direct has said that trading has remained in line with group expectations and is on track to achieve underlying EBITDA of at least £150m in its current financial year. The board said that it was confident of reducing its net debt below...
- News items 2009-10-22
- NIKE Acquires 19.9 Percent of Umbro Shares From Sports Direct International
- BEAVERTON, Ore. -- NIKE, Inc. (NYSE:NKE) announced today that the company's wholly owned subsidiary NIKE Vapor Ltd. has acquired 19.9 percent of Sports Direct International's holdings in Umbro plc. The shares were purchased at 193.06 pence per share (approximately $3.83 per share), which is the all-cash offer price Nike announced...
- Research articles 2007-12-21
- IC BidWatch: Sports Direct boosts Umbro stake.
- Plus takeover-related developments at Enodis and Scottish & Newcastle Shunil Roy-Chaudhuri Sports Direct, the unconventionally-run value-led sportswear retailer, has nearly doubled its shareholding in Umbro, the replica-kit licensee with a heavy dependence on sales of England football kit and, presumably, much improved...
- Research articles 2007-09-14
- Sports Direct and Apax in Adidas bid rumours
- Although private equity bids have hardly been out of the headlines in the past few months, one major Euro-pean player to have watched most of the action from the sidelines is Apax Partners. That could be about to change if rumours that it is poised to bid for the German...
- Research articles 2007-04-18
- Can the "knight rider" shine light on Sports Direct?
- 26 November, 2009 | By Lisa Berwin After a very long hunt for a chairman Sports Direct has finally found its man. However, many in the sports and fashion world will not have come across Keith Hellawell. You must be a paid subscriber to Retail Week magazine to read this...
- News items 2009-11-26
- JJB Sports' chairman faces epic task
- Sir David Jones has fought many battles in his life. He ousted George Davies from the boardroom at Next, strived to transform Littlewoods into an aspirational brand and has faced a long fight against the effects of Parkinson's disease. But it may be his battle to rescue JJB Sports that...
- News items 2009-10-09
- JJB Sports poised for £100m offering
- JJB Sports, which narrowly avoided administration in April, is planning a share placing and open offer that will raise close to £100m, more than the total market value of the sporting goods retailer. The shares are likely to be priced below 25p, a significant discount to Thursday's close of 34½p....
- News items 2009-10-09
- JJB Sports outlines strategic initiatives.
- New chief executive Chris Ronnie is trialling a new-style store to rejuvenate the retail chain, and plans to move the group upmarket Shunil Roy-Chaudhuri It was the new strategy from chief executive Chris Ronnie, in the job for just six weeks, which attracted most...
- Research articles 2007-10-01
- Serious Organised Crime Agency probes former JJB Sports executives
- 14 October, 2009 | By Nicola Harrison Former JJB Sports executives are facing the scrutiny of the Serious Organised Crime Agency and HM Revenue, piling more pressure on the sports retailer that is already under investigation by the Office of Fair Trading and the Serious Fraud Office. JJB Sports revealed...
- News items 2009-10-14
- JJB Sports to proceed with share offer
- JJB Sports has confirmed its £100m fundraising after investors were persuaded that allegations surrounding the financial dealings of its chairman were false. The sporting goods retailer, which narrowly avoided administration this year, intends to issue a firm placing and a placing and open offer, priced at 25p each, underwritten by...
- News items 2009-10-12
- Investors buy into £100m JJB Sports fundraising
- 29 October, 2009 | By George MacDonald JJB Sports has reported that its £100m fundraising has been successful, putting the embattled business on a firmer financial footing. The retailer said that 90.4% of open offer shares had been taken up by qualifying sharehoolders and that demand for the remainder was...
- News items 2009-10-29
- Latest in sports marketing: out-of-market. (direct-to-home satellite broadcasting companies; telecasts of local sports)(Cover Story)
- Direct-to-home DTH satellite companies are hoping to parlay sports programing into a long-distance revenue source. To that end, three DTH companies last year began offering "out-of-market sports packages," which give subscribers a sel Direct-to-home DTH satellite companies are hoping to parlay sports...
- Research articles 1996-05-13
- ESPN package may give DBS a leg up. (Entertainment and Sports Programming Network; direct broadcast satellite TV)
- As the cable industry converges on San Francisco, searching for ways to thwart the oncoming competition, cable's biggest rivals - the direct-broadcast satellite services - are close to securing sports programming deals that will widen their advantage As the cable industry converges on San Francisco, searching...
- Research articles 1995-07-17
- Two direct-to-home satellite services have added the National Hockey League to their sports lineups. (DIRECTV, PRIMESTAR television services) (Brief Article)
- Two direct-to-home satellite services have added the National Hockey League to their sports lineups. DIRECTV and PRIMESTAR last week announced deals with the NHL to provide regular season hockey games Both companies will deliver the NHL Center ice .. Two direct-to-home satellite services have added the...
- Research articles 1995-02-06
- 2011 Cadillac CTS Coupe: Leading the Luxury Sports Car Pack
- LOS ANGELES – Cadillac unveiled the 2011 CTS Coupe, the latest and most dramatic of the brand's series of new designs to reach production. Slated to arrive in Cadillac showrooms in the spring of 2010, the CTS Coupe is a new luxury sports coupe designed to become the centerpiece of...
- News items 2009-11-24
- Primestar adding CNBC, STARZ, CNN, Golf Channel, Playboy, QVC. (Primestar Partners, direct-broadcast satellite)(Brief Article)
- Bala-Cynwyd, Pa.--Primestar Partners, a direct-broadcast satellite provider and competitor of the RCA Digital Satellite System, has added to its existing service a half-dozen channels to provide sports, international and business news, electronic retaiBala-Cynwyd, Pa.--Primestar Partners, a direct-broadcast satellite provider and competitor of the RCA Digital Satellite...
- Research articles 1995-03-13
- NFL Sunday Ticket price cut in half. (direct satellite National Football League broadcasts)(Brief Article)
- DirecTv's NFL Sunday Ticket, the most popular sports programming package in the direct-broadcast satellite business, is being offered for $79.50 -- half off the retail price -- to residential customers who purchase a new digital satellite system from aDirecTv's NFL Sunday Ticket, the most popular sports programming...
- Research articles 1997-08-11
- FSN sues Dish Network; claims EchoStar owes subscription fees.(Fox Sports Net against EchoStar Communications Corp.)(Brief Article)
- In an effort to collect overdue subscription fees, Fox Sports Net June 14 filed a lawsuit against EchoStar Communications Corp. in U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. Fox Sports Net claims that the direct-broadcast sate In...
- Research articles 2004-06-21
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