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JJB Sports plc was a British sports retailer. On 24 September 2012, shares in JJB Sports were suspended, and the firm called in administrators. On 1 October 2012, it was announced that Sports Direct had purchased part of the business, including 20 stores, the brand, and its website for £28.3 million. [2][3]
Net income. £ 501.3 million (2023)[2] Owner. Mike Ashley (61.7%) Number of employees. 30,000 (2024) [3] Website. frasers.group. Frasers Group plc (formerly known as Sports Direct International plc) is a British retail, sport and intellectual property group, named after its ownership of the department store chain House of Fraser.
Mike Ashley (businessman) Michael James Wallace Ashley (born 9 September 1964) [5] is a British retail entrepreneur who is the founder and former chief executive of Frasers Group plc (formerly Sports Direct International). He owned the Newcastle United football club between 2007 and 2021. [6]
The Brick Community Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Robin Park in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. It is used by Wigan Warriors rugby league club and Wigan Athletic football club. The stadium is owned by The Wigan Football Company. Built and opened in 1999, [2] it was initially the JJB Stadium after its main sponsor. [5]
By 1980, JJB had seven stores, and continued to expand throughout the 80s and 90s, to become the UK's second biggest sports retailer, focused mainly on sports clothing. In 2005, JJB Sports was fined £5.5 million by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) for fixing the price of the English National Team and Manchester United shirts in 2000 and 2001. [8]
DW Sports Fitness. DW Sports Fitness was a British retailing and fitness business, founded as a result of Dave Whelan's purchase of 50 JJB Sports fitness clubs with attached retail stores for £83.4 million in March 2009. [1] The business would later encompass more than 140 sites, which included expansion to stand-alone retail stores and stand ...
Website. jdplc.com. JD Sports Fashion plc, commonly known as JD Sports, JD or JD Group[3] is a British sports- fashion retail company based in Bury, Greater Manchester, England. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. The Pentland Group owns 55% of the company.
When JJB became the shirt sponsor the kit manufacturer was usually an associate of JJB Sports. Wigan's 2000 kit was made by Adidas who sponsored the East Stand at the JJB Stadium but when the association with JJB ended, the kits were made by Patrick, Dave Whelan's clothing company. In 2006 and 2007 the kit manufacturer became JJB Sports.