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What Next for Mike Ashley’s Patchwork Retail Empire?

With Frasers Group recently ejected from the FTSE 100, cutting profit forecasts and founder Ashley thwarted in an attempt to join the board of the online retailer Boohoo, are there signs his disparate empire is beginning to creak?
Mike Ashley's Frasers Group owns Sports Direct and House of Fraser.
Mike Ashley's Frasers Group owns Sports Direct and House of Fraser. (Shutterstock)
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