{
  "id": 769829,
  "title": "Sports Direct owner buys Harvey Nichols department store chain",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/sports-direct-owner-buys-harvey-nichols-department-store-chain",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-13T12:22:13.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Business",
    "slug": "guardian-business",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/aug/13/sports-direct-owner-buys-harvey-nichols-department-store-chain"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group acquires majority of upmarket retailer’s sites from the administrators Business live – latest updates The owner of Sports Direct has bought Harvey Nichols out of administration after the upmarket department store chain warned it could run out of money if it did not find new funding. Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group said on Thursday it had bought the chain, which is…",
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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."
}