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The latest news, analysis and commentary on sportswear and fashion retailer JD Sports Fashion

Is fashion retail phasing out flexible working?

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Flexible working is now an expectation from office staff, however recently JD Sports Fashion has ordered its employees to return to the office for a minimum of four days a week. Drapers explores what this move means and the factors employers should be mindful of if they are to prevent…

Xile MD’s new brand: ‘A fresh start and a new sanctuary’

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Former Xile managing director Paul Mullen tells Drapers about running the Scottish menswear indie under the ownership of JD Sports and Frasers Group, before he was made redundant in April and all three of the stores were closed – and why he is now launching his own premium menswear brand.

Prévu founder Jake Hall: ‘I have a new lease of life’

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Prévu Studio, the brand created by Drapers 30 Under 30 alumnus Jake Hall went into administration last month. In an exclusive comment, Hall tells Drapers how he will implement his learnings into the launch of his new fashion business, By Jake Hall.

The power players: JD Sports Fashion

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Founded by John Wardle and David Makin in 1981, Bury, Greater Manchester Ownership Listed on the London Stock Exchange’s Main Market, with Pentland Group its majority shareholder (51.9% ) CEO Régis Schultz from September 2022 Head office Bury, Greater Manchester Employees Around 68,000 employees globally Latest full-year trading results Profit…

Who are the power players of fashion retail today?

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Mainstream UK fashion retailers are taking advantage of the acquisition opportunities Covid-19 has created to bolster their portfolios. Drapers investigates who the sector’s new power players are.

Legal comment: Beware the perils of price fixing

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JD Sports Fashion this month confessed to “cartel activity” after it had been found to fix the prices of Glasgow Rangers FC’s replica football kit. Stephen Sidkin, commercial law partner at law firm Fox Williams, advises fashion retailers to be alert to price fixing.

What now for JD Sports’ takeover of Footasylum?

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Stephen Sidkin, partner at law firm Fox Williams, discusses what the likely outcome will be from the Competition and Markets Authority's latest ruling on JD Sports' acquisition of Footasylum – and questions raised by the emergence of the photos of a meeting between their two CEOs in a car park…