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Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group makes £83m offer for handbag maker Mulberry

Sports Direct owner looks to up 37% stake to 100% amid concerns for future of cash-strapped fashion firm

The Guardian - UK · Sep 30, 2024

Frasers Group seeks approval for Mike Ashley to cash in £585m in share buyback

Company wants investors’ permission to buy billionaire’s shares in private deal at market price at the time

The Guardian - UK · Aug 23, 2024

Myprotein operator THG strikes deal with Frasers for consumer credit roll-out

THG also revealed it has clinched a deal to sell its luxury brand Coggles to Frasers.

The Independent UK · Jun 24, 2024

Evans Cycles store lines its walls with cut-price WiggleCRC stock

Leftover stock being sold off through Wiggle's new stablemate at Mike Ashley's Frasers Group

Cycling Weekly · Apr 4, 2024

Frasers’ new director is boyfriend of owner Mike Ashley’s daughter

David Al-Mudallal, who is in a relationship with Matilda Ashley, appointed to Sports Direct parent company’s board

The Guardian - UK · Mar 31, 2024

Mike Ashley's Frasers Group to relaunch Chain Reaction and Wiggle websites and look to continue MTB brands Nukeproof, Vitus and Ragley

After months of speculation, details emerged on the future of WiggleCRC and their in-house brands

Bike Perfect · Mar 22, 2024

US jobless rate rises to two-year high while wage growth slows – as it happened

US economy adds 275,000 jobs, more than expected but that strength is partly offset by downward revisions to past months

The Guardian - UK · Mar 8, 2024

Frasers Group reportedly set to scoop up remnants of WiggleCRC for less than £10 million

Acquisition follows on from February news that business was laying off its entire workforce

Cycling News · Mar 4, 2024

Would a Mike Ashley takeover of Wiggle be a ‘concern to the cycle industry’ or a ‘careful bit of business’? - Insiders weigh in as redundancies lead to trade brain drain

Struggling retailer has now axed nearly every member of staff after going into administration last year

Cycling Weekly · Feb 28, 2024

Full steam ahead for Hornby shares as Frasers makes model investment

Retailer snapped up 11.1 million shares, lifting its total holding to 8.9%

Evening Standard · Feb 23, 2024