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JJB’s troubles are good news for buoyant Sports Direct

22.10.09
Sports Direct, Mike Ashley’s budget sports shops group, today said trading continued to be better than last year ... more

Surprise as JJB holder cuts its stake in share issue

19.10.09
One of JJB Sports’ biggest shareholders revealed it has sold more than half its stake in the troubled retailer ahead of taking up its rights to buy new shares at a much lower price ... more

Perfect choice of chairman to end the sorry saga at ITV

15.10.09
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JJB’s £100m fund-raiser back on track with bankers pocketing 6%

13.10.09
Troubled leisurewear retailer JJB Sports today said its £100 million rights issue is back on track — and revealed that it is paying bankers £6 million to get the deal away ... more

Jones might be an innocent lamb but investors are nervy

13.10.09
JJB Sports is insistent. The rumours circulating about its chairman — involving curious payments from Swiss bank accounts — are “highly defamatory”, “malicious” and “vicious”. ... more

JJB rights issue still on despite Jones rumours

12.10.09
JJB Sports was meeting with shareholders to shore up support for its £100 million fund-raiser after rumours derailed it last Friday ... more

Sports Direct on a winner

09.09.09
Mike Ashley might have untold trouble at Newcastle United, but his Sports Direct empire continues to flog tracksuits and trainers by the truckload ... more

City switches on to ITV as Grade talks up prospects for advertising

07.08.09
Could the worst be over for ITV? Plummeting advertising revenues pushed the broadcaster to a half-year loss of £105 million yesterday, but the City has today turned more bullish about its prospects ... more

JJB gets a boost from the world’s richest man

16.07.09
Troubled leisurewear retailer JJB Sports got support from an unlikely source today — Bill Gates ... more

JD Sports ahead of game as the chavs keep spending

08.06.09
Leisurewear retailer JD Sports still hasn’t noticed the recession. ... more

Whelan saves JJB as Blacks deal founders

25.03.09
The High Street leisure sector was poised for a massive shake-up as Blacks Leisure, which also trades as Millets, said a potential £16 million takeover bid had gone away... more

JJB gets extra time to tackle debt rejig

17.03.09
JJB Sports got another lifeline after agreeing a further standstill agreement with banks on the repayment of its debts... more

Pay consultants deserve blame for banks' woes

16.02.09
MORE on the blame game for the mess we're in. Bankers get the rap and credit-rating agencies, institutional shareholders, analysts, lawyers, accountants, PRs, media, regulators and government go free. Reader Michael Davies from Oxfordshire writes: "It is also apparent that there is one other group that has contributed substantially to the problem of bankers' pay which has escaped attention. This is the group of remuneration consultants who have advised the various boards on senior executive pay. Their habit of collecting data on industry pay levels and then suggesting similar percentage levels for their clients has not only created a upward spiral in pay levels, as everybody measures everbody else, but has ignored the need for a reality check as to what absolute amount is really needed to provide incentives in the business line concerned."... more

Jobs at risk as JJB winds up a pair of shoe brands

10.02.09
JJB Sports put its Lifestyle division into administration while insisting it remains optimistic the rest of the business won't go the same way... more

Jogging along to extra profit at JD Sports

04.02.09
Retail: Jogging shoes that aren’t used for jogging and baseball caps that are not needed for baseball are still popular despite the downturn... more

JJB buys time by rejigging £20m debt

10.12.08
Retail: Struggling JJB Sports has seen sales plummet in the last few months, but it has bought itself a little breathing-space... more

JJB calls in big guns for survival fight

04.12.08
Troubled leisure retailer JJB Sports brings in some heavy-hitting City advisers as it seeks to reassure investors that it can survive... more

Four more stores go in JJB debt cut

01.12.08
Retail: Fears for the future of JJB Sports were growing as the leisure retailer offloaded another four stores to fierce rival Sports World, owned by Newcastle United owner Mike Ashley... more

Bargain-hunters boost Footsie in thin trading

07.11.08
After another brutal week on the stock market, punch drunk investors were grateful for a chance to re-group and find time for some to contemplate the future... more

JJB Sports sell-off to ensure survival

14.10.08
Embattled sportswear chain JJB Sports is in talks to offload various "non-core" assets as it fights to save the company... more

Market report: Banks shares shrug off twin blast from brokers

09.10.08
Just one day after the biggest-ever bailout of the banks, Goldman Sachs's contribution to global efforts to save the financial system was to damn the UK's beleaguered sector... more

Credit crunch Britain - the winners and losers

03.10.08
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Market report: Broker’s worries put a cloud over New Star

30.09.08
One group of investors that will be keeping a close watch on stock market events during the days and weeks ahead are the pin-up boys and girls at New Star Asset Management with around £8 billion invested... more

JJB dives into red as retailers go reeling

26.09.08
JJB Sports has tumbled to a dramatic loss amid what it described as the worst retail recession it has ever seen... more

Trainers help JD sprint ahead

23.09.08
Retailers are enduring a shocking time, but the young and downwardly mobile are still buying trainers... more

JJB Sports sounds the alarm after sales slide

24.07.08
JJB Sports today reported a 2% slump in sales at its 425 stores and warned things may not get any better before the end of the year... more

Record 3.9% decline in high street spending fuels recession worries

24.07.08
The biggest monthly fall in consumer spending has heightened fears of a high-street meltdown... more

JD Sports hits goals despite England loss

09.06.08
Rival sport retailers are hurting from England's failure to make it to Euro 2008, but John David is still kicking... more

Heat on Sports Direct and JJB as leisure worry grows

20.05.08
Sports Direct and JJB Sports both suffer minor blows ... more

JJB Sports shops shut as profits plummet

16.04.08
JJB Sports to close nearly a fifth of its stores with the loss of 800 jobs after a 70% plunge in profits... more

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