M&A Deal Summary

JJB Sports Acquires The Original Shoe

On December 18, 2007, JJB Sports acquired retailer The Original Shoe from Frasers Group for 5M GBP

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is JJB Sports’ 1st transaction in the Retail sector.
  • This is JJB Sports’ 0th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is JJB Sports’ 1st transaction in the United Kingdom.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2007-12-18
Target The Original Shoe
Sector Retail
Buyer(s) JJB Sports
Sellers(s) Frasers Group
Deal Type Divestiture
Deal Value 5M GBP

Target

The Original Shoe

Cumnock, United Kingdom
The Original Shoe Company sells a range of branded lifestyle clothing and footwear. Its premium clothing brands include Ben Sherman, Henri Lloyd, adidas Originals and Timberland whilst its footwear includes trainers and other leisure footwear from brands such as Lacoste, K-Swiss, Caterpillar, Converse and Timberland.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

JJB Sports

Wigan, United Kingdom
Category Company
Sector Retail
DESCRIPTION

JJB Sports plc operate 420 sports stores in the UK alone. The Premium Lifestyle division operates c. 130 stores in the UK, under fascia’s which include Flannels, Cruise, USC and Van Mildert. International growth has proven unrelenting, with products being offered via wholly-owned retail outlets, joint ventures with other retailers and stores in other retailer’s stores. Company currently operate c. 270 stores in 19 European countries, and our strategy is to expand into all major EEA countries over the next 3 - 5 years.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector (Retail) 1 of 1
Type (Divestiture) 1 of 1
Country (United Kingdom) 1 of 1
Year (2007) 1 of 1

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Frasers Group

Shirebrook, United Kingdom
Category Company
Founded 1982
Sector Retail
Employees30,000
Revenue 5.6B GBP (2023)
DESCRIPTION

Frasers Group is a sports retailer with approximately 400 stores and provides an unrivalled range of products, offering exceptional quality and unbeatable value, from a wide variety of third-party and Group-owned brands, both in-store and online. Frasers Group was incorporated in 1982 and is based in Shirebrook, United Kingdom.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 5
Sector (Retail) 1 of 3
Type (Divestiture) 1 of 5
Country (United Kingdom) 1 of 3
Year (2007) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-07-20 Everlast Worldwide

Moberly, New York, United States

Everlast is a designer, manufacturer, licensing and marketing of authentic boxing, mixed martial arts and fitness related sporting goods equipment, apparel, footwear, and accessories.

Buy £84M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-02-01 Republic Retail

Leeds, United Kingdom

Republic Retail is a UK apparel retailer of young adult fashion with a differentiated multi-brand concept offering consumers a wide range of proprietary house brands and 3rd party brands.

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