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What the story of Evans Cycles can tell us about the future of Wiggle

After being bought by Frasers Group, are the woes of Wiggle Chain Reaction Cycles over?

Cycling Weekly

Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group has acquired WiggleCRC for less than £10 million, reports

Sports Direct owner has reportedly taken over Wiggle and CRC, but almost all staff have been axed

Cycling Weekly

Chain Reaction has finally run out of Wiggle room, but will we learn any lessons from the death of the 'world's biggest bike shop'?

What impact will the collapse of Wiggle and Chain Reaction really have? In this week's Bespoken Word column, Guy Kesteven sifts through the wreckage of cycling’s biggest retailer collapse disaster

Bike Perfect

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Game trade-ins to stop in February as store phases out pre-owned stock

UK retailer Game is ending trade-ins next month as it phases out pre-owned stock from its stores.

TechRadar

GAME to stop video game trade-ins: report claims

This means you can expect to see second-hand games eventually disappear from GAME stores altogether

Evening Standard

Frasers Group warns of ‘softening’ in global luxury market as sales fall

Cost of living crisis partly responsible but total sales at Mike Ashley’s company rise

The Guardian - UK

From grocers to sportswear chains: Is taking part in the battle of the Christmas ads really worth it?

A spokesman for the Advertising Association says: “The battle to be number one in the public’s mind this Christmas is as intense as ever.”

Evening Standard

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Castelli bib shorts are just £50 in the Sports Direct Cyber Monday sale - plus five other deals across Giro, Abus and Endura

Sports Direct has slashed prices across its cycling range. Here are some of the best offers

Cycling Weekly

Sports Direct Christmas advert 2023 review: more sports stars than your average Olympics

Who's that ringing the doorbell? It's only Gabriel Jesus

Evening Standard

Best netball trainers for on-court excellence

She shoe-ts, she scores

Evening Standard

Home Office secretly backs facial recognition technology to curb shoplifting

Covert government strategy to install electronic surveillance in shops raises issues around bias and data, and contrasts sharply with the EU ban to keep AI out of public spaces

The Guardian - UK

House of Fraser owner could close more big shops as department store model ‘broken’

Group says pre-tax profits almost doubled to £660m as Sports Direct improved margins

The Guardian - UK

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Evening Standard

Blackpool's new department store is set to open this year

Frasers will replace the old Debenhams and sell beauty, fashion, home, premium, contemporary accessories, and childrenswear

Manchester Evening News

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Liverpool Echo

Sports Direct bag stuffed with £1m worth of drugs hidden in car boot

A car was pulled over and a stash found in the boot

Belfast Live

Sports Direct Premiership fixtures announced for 2023/24 season

League champions Larne at home on opening day as campaign kicks off on August 5

Daily Mirror

Shoppers rush to buy Nike tracksuit that's half price and now only £33

Nike fans are loving the 50% discount on the full tracksuit, slashed down to just £33 in huge clearance sale

Daily Mirror

Shoppers go wild for Adidas tracksuit slashed to £21 - hurry there's limited sizes left!

If you want to get your hands on an absolute bargain, keep reading to find out where to bag a full Adidas tracksuit for £21

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Birmingham Post

Mike Ashley's Frasers Group ups AO stake for a third time

The owner of House of Fraser and Sports Direct is AO's largest shareholder

The Guardian - UK

Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group buys 5% Boohoo stake in online shopping spree

Sale adds to flurry of investments by owner of Sports Direct, including in Currys, AO and Asos

Evening Standard

Best swimming caps for adults: extra-large and stretchy options for big hair days

Streamline your swim and protect your hair at the same time

The National (Scotland)

Major retailer 'closing' at popular shopping centre as 'all stock must go'

Daily Mirror

James Haskell claims rugby "just doesn't appeal to me" as he maintains Eddie Jones stance

James Haskell has expressed concern with rugby's current direction of travel, insisting it no longer appeals after a third Premiership club was lost within a year

The Guardian - UK

Mike Ashley stretches the edges of Frasers’ ‘ecosystem’ with AO World stake

Strategically questionable 18.9% stake in the white goods seller suggests the Sports Direct founder still can’t resist a punt

Liverpool Echo

Drunk burglar fell asleep for four hours but escaped wearing victim's jumper

Stolen goods were retrieved when quick-thinking pubgoer pretended to be a police officer

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