Mike Ashley's Sports Direct empire began in 1982 on a quiet high street in southeast England, with the help of a 10,000 pound loan from his parents.
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![]( "Sports Direct on track after solid Christmas quarter")
Sports Direct on track after solid Christmas quarterBritain's biggest sporting goods retailer, Sports Direct, posted a 14.6 percent rise in profit in its Christmas quarter and said it was confident of hitting its full-year target.
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![]( "Sports Direct seeks Debenhams links after stock swoop")
Sports Direct seeks Debenhams links after stock swoopBritain's Sports Direct has bought close to a 5 percent stake in Debenhams, raising the possibility of the troubled department store group selling some of the value retailer's brands in its stores.
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![]( "JD Sports on track for full-year after good Christmas")
JD Sports on track for full-year after good ChristmasBritish retailer JD Sports Fashion said it was on track to meet full-year profit forecasts after a strong Christmas for its sports stores helped boost trading.
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![]( "Sports Direct posts strong first-half profit rise")
Sports Direct posts strong first-half profit riseBritain's biggest sporting goods retailer Sports Direct posted a strong rise in first-half profit and said it remained on the hunt for further expansion opportunities in Europe.
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![]( "Sports Direct upbeat as strong sales growth continues")
Sports Direct upbeat as strong sales growth continuesBritain's biggest sporting goods retailer Sports Direct posted a 15 percent jump in second quarter sales and said strong trading since left it confident of hitting its profit target.
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![]( "Sports Direct posts sales rise as FTSE 100 debut nears")
Sports Direct posts sales rise as FTSE 100 debut nearsSports Direct, Britain's biggest sporting goods retailer, posted an 18.2 percent rise in first-quarter sales, sustaining a strong performance that is set to lift it into the UK's leading share index.
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![]( "Sports Direct rethinks founder's payout, pays staff bumper bonus")
Sports Direct rethinks founder's payout, pays staff bumper bonusSports Direct, Britain's biggest sporting goods retailer, scrapped plans to pay its billionaire founder Mike Ashley a bonus worth some 60 million pounds on Thursday, saying it would look for other ways to reward him f...
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![]( "Sports Direct to shutter 20 Republic stores")
Sports Direct to shutter 20 Republic storesSporting goods retailer Sports Direct said it would shutter 20 of its newly acquired Republic stores unless landlords Intu Properties and Land Securities Group agreed to lower rent prices.
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![]( "Sports Direct expands with Austrian and Baltic acquisitions")
Sports Direct expands with Austrian and Baltic acquisitionsSports Direct has entered into a deal to take a 51% stake in EAG which operates Sport Eybl and Sports Experts in Austria, as well as a 60% in Baltic group Sportland International Group.