Mike Ashley Seeks To Prevent Blacks’ Sale Of Freespirit

As reported in the last issue of SGI Europe (June 13), the board of directors of Blacks Leisure Group announced simultaneously last June 4 that Russell Hardy would step down as chief executive of the British retail company and that the future of its 49 Freespirit action sports stores was ...

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