{"id":191419,"date":"2021-12-26T14:24:50","date_gmt":"2021-12-26T14:24:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/?p=191419"},"modified":"2021-12-26T17:25:14","modified_gmt":"2021-12-26T17:25:14","slug":"frasers-group-reported-to-have-offered-to-buy-footasylum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/frasers-group-reported-to-have-offered-to-buy-footasylum\/","title":{"rendered":"Frasers Group reported to have offered to buy Footasylum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sports Direct parent Frasers Group is reported to have made an offer for Footasylum, following the Competitions &amp; Markets Authority's \u00a0(CMA) decision to force its rival JD Sports to sell the chain.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.co.uk\/article\/mike-ashley-offers-to-buy-footasylum-from-jd-sports-5fsc2m3dx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The Sunday Times<\/em><\/a>, Mike Ashley's group has approached JD Sports with the offer and has informed the CMA of its intention.<\/p>\n<p>Last month<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/jd-sports-must-sell-footasylum-rules-cma\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> the CMA announced its decision<\/a> <\/span>to force JD Sports to offload the chain it bought in April 2019 for \u00a390m citing a reduction in competition and choice for the consumer. <strong>JD said at the time that the decision \"defies logic\".<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Following an investigation, the CMA said that Footasylum was \"by far and away\" the closest rival to JD Sports and said that a survey it had carried out revealed that <strong>50% of shoppers would go to JD Sports if they were unable to shop at Footasylum.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>JD Sports argued that the survey failed to take into account online competition, including that from major sports brands' own channels and argued that Footasylum's market share was less than 5%.<\/p>\n<p>As part of the CMA's investigation into the buyout, it is understood that a number of <strong>JD Sports rivals had complained that the deal wow tighten JD's stranglehold on relations with the likes of Nike and Adidas,<\/strong> who allow JD to sell its most sought-after styles while preventing others from doing so.<\/p>\n<p>At the time of the CMA's decision in November,\u00a0Kip Meek, chair of the CMA inquiry group, said: \u201cThe <strong>UK boasts a thriving sports fashion market<\/strong> and today\u2019s decision reflects our commitment to keeping it that way.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe strongly believe <strong>shoppers could suffer if Footasylum stopped having to compete with JD Sports.<\/strong> It is likely they would pay more for less choice, worse service and lower quality.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe pandemic may have altered the way we shop but innovative businesses, driven by healthy competition, will rise to the challenge and successfully cater to changing tastes and habits.\"<\/p>\n<p class=\"ng\"><span class=\"mp\">Peter Cowgill, Executive Chairman of JD Sports, commented at the time:\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"mp\">\"The CMA rightly concludes that, following the acquisition of Footasylum, JD would have no incentive to raise prices or worsen its offer as<strong> its most important competitors are the DTC operations of the international brands themselves.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mw\"><span class=\"mp\">\"However, <strong>the CMA has then somehow concluded that the competitive threat from DTC does not extend to Footasylum<\/strong> and that JD would have an incentive to worsen the offer in Footasylum to the detriment of both consumers and suppliers. We would suggest that the CMA is in a minority of one in reaching this conclusion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mw\"><span class=\"mp\">\"Overall, <strong>the CMA's decision today continues to be inexplicable to anyone who understands what difference the pandemic has made to\u00a0UK\u00a0retail<\/strong> and how competition and the supply chain in our markets actually work. It is deeply troubling at a time when the\u00a0UK\u00a0high street has been seriously damaged already and is vulnerable to further closures.\"<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Neither JD nor Frasers has issued a statement on the situation, while the CMA has told The Sunday Times that any purchaser would need to commit to running a\u00a0\u201cfully independent competitor\u201d. 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