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The company was established by John Wardle and David Makin (hence the name JD), trading from a single shop in Bury, Greater Manchester, in 1981. [5] The company opened a store in the Arndale Centre in Manchester in 1983. [6] Pentland Group bought Wardle's and Makin's shares for £44.6M in May 2005, [7] so acquiring 45% of the business. [8]
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Pentland Group is a British privately held global company that owns and invests in, primarily, retail and wholesale businesses in the sports, outdoor and sports fashion sectors. The Group is the majority shareholder of JD Sports , which operates 2,420 stores across 19 territories.
In 1976, Just Jeans bought failed Melbourne menswear chain Walsh's, giving the company its first presence in suburban shopping centres. In the following years, the company expanded to other states by acquiring clothing chains and relaunching them as Just Jeans. In 1979, it purchased the 12-store Jeans Junction chain in New South Wales for $1 ...
Sports kit manufacturers Manufacturer Country Founded Founder(s) Key people Products Headquarters Total assets Website Adidas: Germany: 18 August 1949 Adolf Dassler [1]
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Chain of sports clothing shops started by David Hughes, which went into administration in 2005 with 267 shops – at the time the fourth largest sports chain. [85] JD Sports purchased the business from the administrator, including the remaining open 177 shops, which they aimed to run as a separate business. [ 86 ]
This list displays all five Australian companies in the Fortune Global 500, which ranks the world's largest companies by annual revenue. The figures below are given in millions of US dollars and are for the fiscal year 2023. [1] Also listed are the headquarters location, net profit, number of employees worldwide and industry sector of each company.