JD Sports ser marginene øke og satser på butikker

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JD Sports ser marginene øke og satser på butikker

14 minutter siden · Sindre Hopland
Butikker fungerer, og det vil de fortsette å gjøre.
Det er budskapet fra den britiske sportsgiganten JD Sports, som i sin kvartalsrapport sier at de forventer fysiske butikker å være like viktige i fremtiden, som de er i dag.
Selskapet har 390 klesbutikker i Storbritannia og Irland, og leverte et driftsresultat på 123,9 millioner pund for årets første seks måneder, i tråd med analytikernes forventninger, og opp fra 103 millioner pund i samme periode i 2017.
– I tider hvor utfordringene står i kø for detaljvarehandelen i Storbritannia, er det ekstremt betryggende at lønnsomheten i britiske og irske sportsbutikker styrkes, uttalte Peter Cowgill, JDs styreleder til Financial Times.
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Sportsbransjene er i siget.


Chinese sports group Anta approaches Finland’s Amer Sports

Anta and private equity house FountainVest in consortium weighing all-cash takeover

Tom Hancock 2 HOURS AGO
Finnish sportswear group Amer Sports said on Tuesday it had received an indication of interest in an all-cash buyout from a consortium consisting of Chinese sports shoe company Anta and FountainVest Partners, a Hong Kong private equity group.

The Helsinki-based maker of Wilson tennis rackets and Salomon hiking boots has a market value of about €3.4bn.

Amer’s stock jumped as much as 14 percent on reports of the deal, before being halted in early trading in Helsinki. The company said the non-binding and preliminary offer was dependent on a number of conditions including financing, recommendation from its board of directors, and approval from at least 90 per cent of its shareholders.

Anta is one of China’s best known homegrown sportswear brands, and has seen rapidly rising revenues as more Chinese people embrace branded sportswear. Chinese clothing groups have made a series of overseas acquisitions in recent years, as they seek to move into more upmarket product segments.
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