Posts tagged: JD Sports

JD Sports splashes out £450 million on French trainers (shop)

Tuesday, 9 May 2023, 7:15 am

All the talk recently has been about how London-listed companies are vulnerable to foreign predators.

But this morning JD Sports, one of Britain's largest sportswear retailers, has just announced a deal to buy French trainers retailer Courir, which has over 190 outlets in France and several more across Europe.

JD Sports is buying Courir for around £453 million from private equity outfit Equistone. Below is a link to this morning's announcement:..

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Aurelius in talks to buy Footasylum from JD Sports, reports Sky News

Wednesday, 20 July 2022, 8:30 pm

Betaville spotted an intriguing Tweet from Mark, "The Kleinmanator", Kleinman of Sky News just now.

According to Kleiny (a former colleague during my long stint on The Daily Telegraph and The Sunday Telegraph's City desk) JD Sports in is exclusive talks to sell Footasylum to Aurelius, the sucessful private equity outfit that likes to buy out-of-sorts businesses. Below is Mark's Tweet:..

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