Sports retailer announces closure of 175 underperforming stores nationwide The additional closures come after JD Sports shuttered 39 stores overall last year The Independent UK · May 12
JD Sports says Iran war and youth unemployment to hit consumer spending Retail group with 4,800 stores worldwide expects drop in profits this year amid ‘muted market’ The Guardian - UK · May 7
With Foot Locker in trouble, JD is set to pounce in the U.S. With Foot Locker struggling, JD Sports sees a chance to grab market share. Fortune · Jan 27
JD Sports profits and sales fall amid ‘strained consumer finances’ Leisurewear firm reports 13.5% decline in profits in six months to 2 August, with sales drop worst in North America The Guardian - UK · Sep 24, 2025
Big brands v retailers: who will absorb the tariff impact in their profit margins? It may take at least six months for retailers like JD Sports to know the real-world effects of Trump’s trade warfare The Guardian - UK · Apr 9, 2025
JD Sports cuts profit forecast, blaming big fashion price cuts Stores outperform online arm, in contrast to other listed fashion retailers, such as Marks & Spencer and Next The Guardian - UK · Jan 14, 2025
JD Sports’ UK business hit by bad weather and Red Sea disruption Cold and wet spring reduces demand for camping kit and clothing, while shipping rerouting delays deliveries The Guardian - UK · Oct 2, 2024
England’s Euro run helps JD Sports beat sales expectations Share price jumps more than 8% after big improvement on previous quarter assisted by popularity of replica shirts The Guardian - UK · Aug 22, 2024
Billion-dollar deal to transform JD Sport's run into US markets The transatlantic move features a FTSE 100 firm as the buyer, snapping up Alabama-based Hibbett Evening Standard · Apr 23, 2024
JD Sports cracks America as sales run past £10bn Retailer has ambitious US expansion plans Evening Standard · May 17, 2023
JD Sports hires CFO at Compare the Market owner as new finance chief JD Sport's current CFO, Neil Greenhalgh, will leave the business later in the summer Birmingham Post · May 11, 2023
JD Sports agrees £47.5m sale of 15 brands to Frasers Group The deal will see Mike Ashley add Liam Gallagher’s fashion label Pretty Green to his retail empire The Guardian - UK · Dec 16, 2022
JD Sports sells Liam Gallagher’s former fashion brand Pretty Green to Mike Ashley's Frasers Group in wider £50m deal JD Sports said the deals come following a strategic review led by the group's chief executive, Régis Schultz Manchester Evening News · Dec 16, 2022
JD Sports sells 15 retail brands to Mike Ashley's Frasers Group for almost £50m JD Sports said the deals come following a strategic review led by the group's chief executive, Régis Schultz Birmingham Post · Dec 16, 2022
Birmingham Post · Oct 12, 2022 Long-serving senior JD Sports boss to quit next year JD Sports has now launched a process to recruit a successor
Evening Standard · Sep 22, 2022 JD Sports profits dip but ‘optimistic’ despite economic headwinds Newly installed boss Régis Schultz looks for growth and international market share grab
Birmingham Post · Sep 22, 2022 JD Sports issues warning after profits cut by more than £50m JD said the results are at the top end of its expectations
The Guardian - UK · Sep 21, 2022 JD Sports to pay former boss Peter Cowgill £5.5m golden goodbye Deal prevents Cowgill, who will also receive year’s salary and potential bonus, from setting up rival retailer
Manchester Evening News · Sep 21, 2022 JD Sports hands former top boss £5.5m after sudden resignation Mr Cowgill had led the Bury-headquartered group since 2004
Birmingham Post · Sep 21, 2022 JD Sports agrees £5.5m exit deal with former boss Peter Cowgill Mr Cowgill had led the Greater Manchester-headquartered group since 2004
Manchester Evening News · Aug 2, 2022 JD Sports goes global to hire new chief executive to replace long-time boss Former boss Peter Cowgill quit suddenly in May
Birmingham Post · Aug 2, 2022 Former B&Q boss named new JD Sports chief executive The new CEO will join from Al-Futtaim Group, the Dubai-based conglomerate