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"We cannot rule out the possibility of taking such drastic steps; we are in difficult circumstances"
Read More »GAME furloughs retail staff as COVID-19 lockdown continues
UK retailer GAME’s ‘significant opportunity’ to restructure its portfolio may bring store closures and job cuts
"There will be a combination of closures and relocations, with the focus being Belong, their exciting esports gaming platform"
Read More »Sports Direct CEO Mike Ashley launches £52m bid for control of UK retailer GAME
Firm confirms it will now review all 540 GAME stores in UK and Spain
Read More »Sports Direct CEO Mike Ashley in talks to acquire HMV
Follows similar acquisitions of House of Fraser and Evans Cycles
Read More »Mike Ashley becomes GAME’s largest shareholder
Major investor Elliott disposes of its holdings, leaving Ashley in pole position
Read More »Sports Direct acquires a quarter of GAME
UK sporting retailer Sports Direct has acquired 44m shares in GAME Digital. This means that the company, headed by controversial UK businessman Mike Ashley, now owns over a quarter of the struggling video games specialist. The move has seen GAME’s share price recover a little. It had fallen to as …
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