5 Minutes With Elaine Wrigley, Retail Director, Outdoor and Cycle Concepts
The Retail Gazette caught up with the retail director of Cotswold Outdoor's parent company, Outdoor and Cycle Concepts, for this week's '5 Mins With'.
ASICS Europe enhances marketing team with two new hires
Sportswear retailer ASICS has enhanced its EMEA marketing team with the appointment of Robin Karakash and Olivier Mignon.
Nike introduces “Flyleather” made from 50% recycled leather
Nike has announced a new Flyleather material made from 50 per cent recycled leather in an effort to reduce wastage during manufacturing.
JD Sports snaps up £5.5m stake in South Korean Hot-T
Sportswear giant JD Sports has acquired an £5.5m stake in a South Korean retailer Hot-T in efforts to ramp up international expansion.
Sports Direct accused of “deliberately underpaying” staff by whistleblower
Sports Direct has once again come under fire from MPs over working practices after it was accused by a whistleblower of underpaying couriers.
Halfords poaches Dixons Carphone’s Graham Stapleton for new CEO
Halfords has raided the senior ranks of Dixons Carphone to hire Graham Stapleton as its new chief executive.
Halfords criticised over unpaid traineeships
Halfords has been identified as one of the companies found to be employing young people without pay for six weeks or more under a government scheme.
JD Sports posts more record results
JD Sports has seen another set of record results seeing a huge jump in both profits and revenues raising its full year outlook and quashing investor fears.
£43 million awarded to Sports Direct staff in bonuses
Sports Direct has dished out over £43 million in bonuses to over 2000 staff to reward “their magnificent achievements”.
Sports Direct chairman Keith Hellawell narrowly re-elected by indie shareholders
The embattled chairman of Sports Direct has survived a re-election vote after independent shareholders narrowly voted in favour of keeping him at today's annual general meeting.