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  "id": 1685668,
  "title": "Poundland owner plots sale of discount chain a year after takeover",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/poundland-owner-plots-sale-of-discount-chain-a-year-after-takeover",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-18T09:17:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Sky News",
    "slug": "sky-news",
    "url": "https://news.sky.com/story/poundland-owner-plots-sale-of-discount-chain-a-year-after-takeover-13574281"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The owner of Poundland is exploring a sale of the discount retailer just over a year after buying it in a deal which resulted in the closure of as many as 200 stores.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}