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Net income. £ 501.3 million (2023)[ 2] Owner. Mike Ashley (61.7%) Number of employees. 30,000 (2024) [ 3] Website. frasers .group. Frasers Group plc (formerly known as Sports Direct International plc) is a British retail, sport and intellectual property group, named after its ownership of the department store chain House of Fraser.
In 2019, there were more than 400 Sports Direct, Lillywhites, and USC stores in the United Kingdom and employed more than 20,000 people across the UK, Ireland, Belgium and Slovenia. [citation needed] Sports Direct acquired a 38.5% stake in retailer Game Digital [24] and, in June 2019, Ashley placed a £52 million bid to buy The Times. [24]
It is the world's largest supplier of athletic shoes and apparel and a major manufacturer of sports equipment, with revenue in excess of US$46 billion in its fiscal year 2022. [ 6 ][ 7 ] The company was founded on January 25, 1964, as "Blue Ribbon Sports", by Bill Bowerman and Phil Knight, and officially became Nike, Inc. on May 30, 1971.
Studio Pay Logo. Studio Pay is a buy now, pay later service allowing customers to spread the cost of their purchase over varied payment terms. The service and credit is provided by Frasers Group Financial Services Limited a part of the Frasers Group. [15] Studio Pay can be used with retailers such as Sports Direct, House of Fraser, USC, Flannels.
Sports Direct owned around 30% of Blacks' shares. It was at this time that Blacks sold off its Mambo boardwear arm for an estimated £800,000 to New Zealand born Andrew Gerrie (CEO of Lush cosmetics). Private equity funds, including the owner of rival Cotswold Outdoor, circled Blacks after it confirmed early talks on a possible offer in late ...
The company was started as M and M Sports in 1987 by Mark Ellis and Martin Churchward. [5]Following a buy-out by private equity group ECI Partners in 2004 the company’s identity changed to MandM Direct in order to reflect their move into selling fashion and lifestyle brands.
11,200. Website. www .therange .co .uk. The Range, Andover (2006) The Range, Tulip Retail Park, Leeds (2007) The Range Home & Gardens PLC is a multi-channel retailer selling products in the home, garden, and leisure categories, with over 210 stores in the United Kingdom and Ireland. It is owned by Norton Group Holdings, who also own Wilko .
USC. USC is a clothing retailer that sells branded clothing across the United Kingdom and Ireland. The company was founded in 1989 in Edinburgh and has been owned by the Frasers Group since 2011. As of August 2024, the company owns stores in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Spain, Portugal, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Belgium and Czech Republic .