Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. JJB Sports, the specialist retailer and sponsor of Premiership football club Wigan Athletic, failed to ...

The troubled retailer JJB is in takeover talks with its rival JD Sports that could create a 750-shop sports and leisurewear powerhouse. It was far from certain tonight that any agreement could be ...

LONDON, Feb 11 (Reuters) - Struggling British sportswear retailer JJB Sports said it plans to close another 45 stores as it proposed a second company voluntary arrangement (CVA) to creditors in as ...

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Embattled retailer JJB Sports today announced plans to shut 45 stores and said another 50 were in danger of closure in its latest bid to stay afloat. The Wigan-based company, which currently employs 6 ...

JJB Sports is hoping to net a £10million World Cup jackpot, after seeing profits hammered by a high-street price war. It wants to shift thousands of replica England shirts in the build-up to this ...

The administrator of troubled sports retailer JJB Sport has closed 133 shops on Tuesday and 3,500 people have lost their jobs over the past few months More than 20 of the stores were sold to Mike ...

The tally of shop closures and job losses is far worse than had been hoped, underling the challenges facing JJB as well as the wider UK economy. Rivals Sports Direct, JD Sports and Dick’s Sporting ...

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