Frasers Group PLC
874.50
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ISIN
GB00B1QH8P22
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68.34
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- CEO
- Michael Murray
- Full Time Employees
- 33,000
- Sector
- Retail trade
- Industry
- Specialty stores
- Address
- Brook Park East Shirebrook NG United Kingdom NG20 8RY
- IPO Date
- Feb 27, 2007
- Website
- frasers.group
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- Frasers Group plc is a British retail conglomerate specializing in sports goods, premium lifestyle, luxury fashion, gaming, cycling, and fitness services; it operates through five segments including UK Sports, Premium Lifestyle, International Retail, Property, and Financial Services. Founded in 1982 by Mike Ashley and headquartered in Shirebrook, Derbyshire, United Kingdom, the company retails a diversified portfolio of products through physical stores, multi-fascia retail spaces, department stores, and online platforms across the United Kingdom, Europe, Asia, Oceania, and the USA; core offerings encompass sports apparel and equipment from brands such as Nike, Adidas, Under Armour, Puma, Everlast, Lonsdale, Slazenger, Karrimor, Dunlop, Kangol, No Fear, and Firetrap alongside own brands; premium lifestyle fascias including FLANNELS, Cruise, USC, Van Mildert, Jack Wills, House of Fraser, Gieves & Hawkes, and Sofa.com; gaming via GAME; cycling through Evans Cycles; and fitness clubs under Everlast Gyms with over 60 UK locations. The company provides financial services via its FCA-regulated Frasers Plus credit and loyalty programme, which features interest on consumer credit advances, strategic partnerships with THG, Hornby, Marks Electrical, Super Payments, and eBuyer, and targets long-term ambitions of over £1 billion in sales, £600 million in credit balances, greater than 15% yield, and more than 2 million active customers; property operations involve freehold and long-leasehold investments in shopping centres, retail parks, and outlets such as Doncaster’s Frenchgate, Exeter’s Princesshay, Maidstone’s Fremlin Walk, and Affinity outlets. Recent developments include accelerated international expansion through partnerships with MAP Active for 350 new Sports Direct stores in Indonesia, India, the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, and Cambodia; a long-term alliance with Accent Group (stake increased to 19.9%) for at least 50 Sports Direct stores in Australia and New Zealand aiming for 100 long-term; a 10-year agreement with GMG for 50 stores in the Gulf and Egypt; acquisitions of Twinsport in the Netherlands, Holdsport in South Africa/Namibia, a significant stake in Hudson Holdings (Malta-based Nike distributor in 29 countries), and XXL ASA in Scandinavia (completed June 2025); increased investments in HUGO BOSS (stake to 25.2%, with CEO appointment to supervisory board) and The Webster luxury retailer in the US; disposal of non-core Game Spain for €25 million; new UK store openings such as FLANNELS Leeds, FRASERS/Sports Direct Sheffield, Sports Direct Liverpool flagship, Manchester Trafford Palazzo, and Westfield London; launch of Sports Direct app, Membership programme, and ELEVATE retail media platform; £127.2 million in acquisition synergies and cost savings; 15% like-for-like inventory reduction via warehouse automation; securing a £3.0 billion term loan and revolving credit facility (expandable to £3.5 billion); and board representation at Mulberry plc, Hudson, and Accent Group.