Posts tagged: Debenhams

Mike Ashley said to be in the frame to buy...everything - Part 6

Friday, 22 March 2019, 10:04 am

Is it Mike Ashley day, today?

The maverick entrepreneur appears to making on-the-record comments everywhere this morning about everything from Arcadia to Debenhams.

To be fair, it was Deidre Hipwell who dug out some great quotes from Ashley (probably yesterday) about Sir Philip Green's Arcadia that made a superlative splash in The Times business section. Below is the link:..

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RARE ALERT: Crawshaw said to be working on £3 million equity fundraising - sources

Thursday, 25 October 2018, 5:46 pm

Debenhams isn't the only listed retailer plotting a major store closure programme.

Crawshaw Group, the listed value butcher, is working on a plan to raise between £2.5 million and £3.5 million as part of a major financial restructuring that could see the company close a number of stores, said sources claiming to be familiar with the matter...

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That Sports Direct denial...

Thursday, 13 September 2018, 10:08 am

Most of this morning's business sections lead on story about how Mike Ashley's Sports Direct "doest not intend to make an offer" for beleguered rival Debenhams.

So, clearly Sports Direct WAS looking at making an offer for Debenhams as former colleague Ben Marlow reported last month in The Sunday Telegraph. Below is the link:..

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