Sports Direct International Limited (2006–2007)[1]
Sports Direct International plc (2007–2019)[1]
Company type
Public
Traded as
LSE: FRAS
FTSE 100 component
Industry
Retail
Textile
Sports equipment
Footwear
Cosmetics
Electronics
Founded
1982; 42 years ago (1982)
Founder
Mike Ashley
Headquarters
Shirebrook, England, UK[1]
Key people
David Daly (chairman)
Michael Murray (CEO)
David Al-Mudallal (COO)
Products
List
Sports equipment
Clothing, sportswear
Sneakers, shoes, boots
Cosmetics
Decorative objects
Electricals
Furniture
Gifts
Toys
Brands
List
18montrose
Agent Provocateur
Amara
Antigua
Campri
Carlton
Cruise
Donnay
Evans Cycles
Everlast
Everlast Gyms
Firetrap
Flannels
Frasers
Game
Gelert
Gieves & Hawkes
Get The Label
Gul
Hot Tuna
House of Fraser
I Saw It First
Jack Wills
Karrimor
LA Gear
Lovell Sports
Lillywhites
Lonsdale
Matches Fashion
Muddyfox
Nevica
No Fear
Scotts
Slazenger
Sofa.com
Sondico
SoulCal & Co
Sports Direct
Studio
Tessuti
USA Pro
USC
Xile Clothing
Van Mildert
Services
Frasers Plus
Studio Pay
Revenue
£5,565.2 million (2023)[2]
Operating income
£531.8 million (2023)[2]
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.
The company is best known for trading predominantly under the Sports Direct brand which operates both physical outlets and online.[4] Other retailers owned by the company include Jack Wills, GAME, Flannels, USC, Evans Cycles and Matches Fashion. The company owns numerous intellectual property, including the brands Everlast, Lonsdale, Slazenger and Karrimor.[5] The group also expanded into operating fitness clubs, launching the Everlast Fitness Club chain in 2020.[6]
SportsDirect.com Retail Limited
Trade name
Sports Direct
Formerly
Sports Soccer Limited (1997–2003)[7]
Sports World International Limited (2003–2008)[7]
Founded
1982; 42 years ago (1982)
Founder
Mike Ashley
Number of locations
715 stores (2022)[2]
Revenue
See above
Website
sportsdirect.com
Established in 1982 by Mike Ashley, the company is the United Kingdom's largest sports-goods retailer.[8] The company's business model is one that operates under low margins.[9] Mike Ashley has continued to hold a majority stake in the business, and his holding has been 61.7 percent since October 2013.[10] It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and it is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.[11]
^ abc"Frasers Group plc overview - Find and update company information - GOV.UK". Companies House. 21 December 2006. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
^ abcd"FY23 Results" (PDF). Frasers Group. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
^"About us". Frasers Group. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
^"Mike Ashley's Frasers Group unveils £100m incentive for staff". www.retailgazette.co.uk. 12 September 2020. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
^"Frasers says it will strengthen its gym and fitness business Everlast with latest acquisition. - Retail Gazette". www.retailgazette.co.uk. 16 August 2020. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
^Lin, Binshan; Hastings, Deborah Ann; Martin, Christopher (November 1994). "Shoplifting in Retail Clothing Outlets". International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management. 22 (7): 24–29. doi:10.1108/09590559410069909. ISSN 0959-0552.
^ ab"SportsDirect.com Retail Limited overview - Find and update company information - GOV.UK". Companies House. 21 July 1997. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
^Finch, Julia (28 February 2007). "Flotation makes Sports Direct founder a billionaire". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 7 November 2007.
^Millar, Michael (12 September 2013). "How Sports Direct beat the opposition". BBC News. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
^Titcomb, James (24 October 2013). "Ashley sells £106m in Sports Direct shares". The Daily Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on 12 January 2022. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
^"Meggitt (UK): Constituent Deletion - Update: Changes in FTSE UK Index Series". 8 September 2022. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
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in London, England. Since December 2023, Matches has been owned by FrasersGroup. Tom Chapman and Ruth Chapman opened the first store in Wimbledon Village...
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administration, leading to the collapse of talks with JD Sports and FrasersGroup over a potential rescue. As a result, Debenhams announced it would be...
in Los Angeles, California. Founded in 1983, it is currently part of FrasersGroup brands. LA Gear was started by Robert Greenberg, Ernest Williams, and...
administration in 2018, and was then purchased by Sports Direct (current FrasersGroup). The business was created by a London cyclist, Frederick W. Evans....
Direct. Now owned by FrasersGroup (the retail company founded by Mike Ashley), Firetrap had taken part of the Sports Direct group of global brands such...
brand. It was established in 1969. In 2012, the brand was acquired by FrasersGroup for £1 million and was renamed to Concha. Hot Tuna's executive chairman...
Japan, to be headquartered in Tokyo. In February 2020, Mike Ashley's FrasersGroup bought a 12.5 per cent stake in Mulberry, said by a business journalist...
they filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The UK-based sports retailer FrasersGroup —then known as Sports Direct International— bought No Fear in August...
Global Information
£5,565.2 million (2023)[2]