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...John Hargreaves’s discount retailer Matalan is reportedly on the lookout for a buyer or a backer. Philip Green has been absent from the scene since Arcadia collapsed in 2020....
...The two companies were well known to each other: Footasylum’s backers, John Makin and David Wardle, were the original founders of JD Sports and its chief executive Barry Bown had previously held the same...
...Chair John Tutte said it was “hard to justify taking government money”. Last week, Auto Trader Group and Watches of Switzerland became the latest to confirm the return of cash....
...It too was run by one individual — Peter Cowgill — for almost all that time. There are a few surprises....
...Reid’s growth record, meanwhile, earned him a unique accolade: a public comment from John Mars, who waited till the age of 86 to make his first remarks to the media....
...Peter Cowgill is stepping down as executive chair of JD Sports as Britain’s largest sportswear retailer accelerates the separation of the roles of chair and chief executive....
...The four Mersho brothers — George, Tony, John and Ralph — will continue to manage the Shoe Palace business but JD’s existing management team in the US will “begin to share ideas and best practices” from...
...JD Sports’ executive chairman Peter Cowgill called the CMA’s findings “fundamentally flawed”....
...Fellow JD Sports co-founder John Wardle was appointed chief executive of Footasylum in 2008, remaining in that post until 2015 when he was succeeded by Clare Nesbitt, Mr Makin’s daughter....
...Fellow JD Sports co-founder John Wardle was appointed chief executive at Footasylum in 2008, remaining in that post until 2015 when he was succeeded by Clare Nesbitt, Mr Makin’s daughter....
...In an added twist, Footasylum’s backers John Wardle and David Makin were the founders of JD Sports, while JD’s current executive chairman Peter Cowgill is chairman of Quiz....
...Mr Makin was still at school, recalls Chris Bird, a PR man who joined the business then known as John David Sports. “It was terrace wear, Sergio Tacchini, Lacoste, Fred Perry....
...JD Sports chairman Peter Cowgill called the deal “very complementary” to JD’s existing UK business, while analysts at Shore Capital reckon management views Footasylum as a “well-established business with...
...January is cruellest for retailers such as John Lewis & Partners, as they reflect on peak sales over Christmas and cast into the future. Frankly, the outlook is as glum as ‘The Wasteland’....
...Helpfully, executive chairman Peter Cowgill revealed a few of the factors. Unfortunately for rival retailers, though, the ones they can replicate do not seem to help them much....
...The hub and spoke model of air travel was really the choice of the airlines, not of their passengers, argues John. Given the option, customers opt to save time....
...Executive chairman Peter Cowgill said: This is an excellent result demonstrating our capacity for continuing growth in both existing and new markets, and the strength of our offer in store and online....
...Go Outdoors founders Paul Caplan and John Graham will leave the company after the deal is complete....
...Peter Cowgill, executive chairman of JD Sports, said on Monday: “Go Outdoors is a great addition to our existing outdoor business.”...
...He invested a further £185,000 last Thursday having first joined as finance director 20 years ago when the company was known as John David Group....
...Unlike other retailers who have warned about potential price rises north of the border if Scotland votes for independence this week, Mr Cowgill was sanguine....
...Mr Cowgill described the increase in cotton prices as “an inflationary pressure we could well do without”....
...Related reading: Seize the moment, not the momentum- John Authers, FT When Are Times Right For Momentum Investing? Mark Hulbert, Barron’s...
...Style-conscious teenagers who continue to buy sports-branded fashion while their elders rein in spending have once again helped John David Group, better known on the high street as JD Sports, to pull away...
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