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Blacks exits from O’Neill wholesale business
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- 10 December 2008 09:35
Blacks Leisure Group has agreed to transfer the operation of the O'Neill wholesale business in the UK to O'Neill Europe. On completion of the transfer, the UK wholesale operation will become a full subsidiary of O'Neill Europe, and the complete current sales force for the O'Neill brand in the UK ...read more
Blacks Leisure upbeat despite growing losses
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- 31 October 2008 09:42
Blacks Leisure Group plc, which operates the Blacks, Mambo, Millets, Freespirit and O'Neill brands, has issued a remarkably upbeat assessment of its trading position in the face of growing losses and a toughening market. The retailer insisted that it was encouraged by the early results of its turnaround plan despite ...read more
JJB Sports raises £3.4 million through share sale to rival
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- 20 October 2008 09:33
Troubled sportswear chain JJB Sports has raised £3.4 million by selling 5% of its business to competitor Sports Direct International. In an announcement, the company said that it had issued 11.9 million new shares, which were snapped up by Sports Direct for 28.5 pence each. Commenting, chief executive of JJB ...read more
New appointments to Blacks board
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- 27 August 2008 09:33
Blacks Leisure Group has announced the appointment of Nick Samuel and Andrew Mallett as non-executive directors of the company with immediate effect. Nick Samuel was chief executive of Hobbs from 2001 to 2008 and remains as a non-executive director. Prior to his role at Hobbs he spent nine years as finance ...read more
New FD starts at Blacks
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- 20 August 2008 10:03
Marc Lombardo has today taken up his post as group finance director at Blacks Leisure. Mr Lombardo was previously the group financial planning director at Greene King and was first announced as the replacement for Keith Fleming back in May of this year. David Bernstein, chairman of Blacks Leisure, said: ...read more
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