{
  "id": 313365,
  "title": "Former boss of Ikea joins JD Sports as new chair to steady the ship",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/07/former-boss-of-ikea-joins-jd-sports-as-new-chair-to-steady-the-ship",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-07T15:07:50.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "This Is Money",
    "slug": "this-is-money",
    "url": "https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/markets/article-16035745/Former-boss-Ikea-joins-JD-Sports-new-chair-steady-ship.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Peter Agnefjäll, who spent more than two decades at Ikea, will succeed Darren Shapland as the chair of JD Sports from the beginning of September.",
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  "coverage": {
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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."
}