Nike & Adidas tell Mike Ashley to GTF..

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Mike Ashley's Sports Direct has called for an investigation into the sportswear industry, complaining about the dominance of Adidas and Nike.
The firm said the "must-have" brands hold a bargaining position which allows them to control both the supply and the price of their products.
Adidas has blocked the company from selling some of its products, Sports Direct said in a statement.
It follows reports that Nike is ending supply deals with several retailers.
"Sports Direct believes that the industry as a whole would benefit from a wide market review by the appropriate authorities in both the UK and Europe," it said in a statement.
"The sports industry has long been dominated by the must-have brands such as Adidas. These must have brands hold an extremely strong bargaining position vis-à-vis the retailers within their supply networks and use their market power to implement market wide practices aimed at controlling the supply and, ultimately, the pricing of their products," Sports Direct said.
Mr Ashley's grievance stretches as far back as 2013 when the German giant withdrew replica Chelsea shirts from Sports Direct stores. The retailer said the dominance of Nike and Adidas allows them to "[refuse] to supply key products... with no apparent justification".
'They're toast'
The Sunday Times disclosed that Nike had told several independent retailers it will pull its products from their stores. It is part of a move by the US giant to reduce the number of retailers it uses and push customers towards its website, the newspaper said.
"All those companies that built a business on the back of Nike and Adidas are toast - there's no way they can replace that [business]," a source told the Sunday Times.


Last month, Sports Direct complained that its rival JD Sports' planned £90m takeover of Footasylum could reduce Mr Ashley's access to the top brands.
In the past, Adidas and Nike have preferred to work with JD Sports but Sports Direct has attempted to make inroads, appointing former Nike executive David Daly as chairman of the its board.
"Sports Direct has consistently aimed to provide the widest range of products at attractive prices and will continue to work constructively with all its suppliers to enhance its product offering for the benefit of consumers," the company said.
The BBC has asked Nike and Adidas for comment. In response to the Sunday Times story, Nike told the newspaper that it made adjustments to its sales channels from "time to time" to "optimise distribution".
 
Surely this must be able to work to our advantage if Nike and Adidas were denied the manufacturing rights of our strip due to Ashley’s involvement
 
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He really is a fucking scumbag of the highest order. For him to complain about such a thing is utterly mental. I just wish Nike and Adidas would ruin him somehow.
 
Sports Direct trying to control where and how much someone else’s products are sold for? Never!

Imagine taking on Nike and Adidas. :rolleyes: This’ll be good.

More Donnay, that’s what the world needs. Get me Steven Pressley :D
 
devilman said:
He really is a fucking scumbag of the highest order. For him to complain about such a thing is utterly mental. I just wish Nike and Adidas would ruin him somehow.
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Something along the lines of making him run a marathon in order to get to sell their kit in his jumble sale stores would do nicely...
 
Only backs up what the boys at Pro-Direct said about Adidas and Nike waiting until the fat man is out the picture before approaching Rangers with a shirt deal.
 
There was a cracking article a few months ago, in one of the Sunday papers I think, about JD Sports and Sports Direct. The gist of it was that in the last 10 years or so the value of JD Sports had shown some ridiculous level of growth (I want to say to something like growing twenty fold to a £20bn value but I can’t recall the exact numbers) whereas Sports Direct had shown virtually no growth and was worth a fraction of JD Sports at £1.6bn or so. Much of the JD Sports growth was down to working in partnership with the Nike’s etc of this world such that Nike and co give JDS access to their full range. Whereas Ashley had crossed Nike and co in the past such that they didn’t want their brands - certainly the mid to high end bits of their range - associated with SD and therefore wouldn’t supply most of their range to him.
 
barclay_bear said:
Mike Ashley's Sports Direct has called for an investigation into the sportswear industry, complaining about the dominance of Adidas and Nike.
The firm said the "must-have" brands hold a bargaining position which allows them to control both the supply and the price of their products.
Adidas has blocked the company from selling some of its products, Sports Direct said in a statement.
It follows reports that Nike is ending supply deals with several retailers.
"Sports Direct believes that the industry as a whole would benefit from a wide market review by the appropriate authorities in both the UK and Europe," it said in a statement.
"The sports industry has long been dominated by the must-have brands such as Adidas. These must have brands hold an extremely strong bargaining position vis-à-vis the retailers within their supply networks and use their market power to implement market wide practices aimed at controlling the supply and, ultimately, the pricing of their products," Sports Direct said.
Mr Ashley's grievance stretches as far back as 2013 when the German giant withdrew replica Chelsea shirts from Sports Direct stores. The retailer said the dominance of Nike and Adidas allows them to "[refuse] to supply key products... with no apparent justification".
'They're toast'
The Sunday Times disclosed that Nike had told several independent retailers it will pull its products from their stores. It is part of a move by the US giant to reduce the number of retailers it uses and push customers towards its website, the newspaper said.
"All those companies that built a business on the back of Nike and Adidas are toast - there's no way they can replace that [business]," a source told the Sunday Times.


Last month, Sports Direct complained that its rival JD Sports' planned £90m takeover of Footasylum could reduce Mr Ashley's access to the top brands.
In the past, Adidas and Nike have preferred to work with JD Sports but Sports Direct has attempted to make inroads, appointing former Nike executive David Daly as chairman of the its board.
"Sports Direct has consistently aimed to provide the widest range of products at attractive prices and will continue to work constructively with all its suppliers to enhance its product offering for the benefit of consumers," the company said.
The BBC has asked Nike and Adidas for comment. In response to the Sunday Times story, Nike told the newspaper that it made adjustments to its sales channels from "time to time" to "optimise distribution".
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He wants an internet tax.
He wants an investigation into Nike and Adidas.
He wants an investigation into debenhams admin.
He wants an investigation into King's takeover of Rangers.

Things he doesnt want ingestigation into:
His zero hour contracts.
His business practises.
His ownership of Newcastle.
His contract with Rangers.

Bit of a theme developing...
 
Hes got a fucking cheek. He has all sorts of dodgy deals. Stone Island etc.

Hes a nut case. He seriously believes he is entitled to make money off every company he wants .

The bigger boys aren't playing and he's in the huff

Fat phuck
 
Probably trying to get people to force them into a corner so he can use his own shitty tactics to bring them down.
The way he conducts business is sickening.
 
barclay_bear said:
Mike Ashley's Sports Direct has called for an investigation into the sportswear industry, complaining about the dominance of Adidas and Nike.
The firm said the "must-have" brands hold a bargaining position which allows them to control both the supply and the price of their products.
Adidas has blocked the company from selling some of its products, Sports Direct said in a statement.
It follows reports that Nike is ending supply deals with several retailers.
"Sports Direct believes that the industry as a whole would benefit from a wide market review by the appropriate authorities in both the UK and Europe," it said in a statement.
"The sports industry has long been dominated by the must-have brands such as Adidas. These must have brands hold an extremely strong bargaining position vis-à-vis the retailers within their supply networks and use their market power to implement market wide practices aimed at controlling the supply and, ultimately, the pricing of their products," Sports Direct said.
Mr Ashley's grievance stretches as far back as 2013 when the German giant withdrew replica Chelsea shirts from Sports Direct stores. The retailer said the dominance of Nike and Adidas allows them to "[refuse] to supply key products... with no apparent justification".
'They're toast'
The Sunday Times disclosed that Nike had told several independent retailers it will pull its products from their stores. It is part of a move by the US giant to reduce the number of retailers it uses and push customers towards its website, the newspaper said.
"All those companies that built a business on the back of Nike and Adidas are toast - there's no way they can replace that [business]," a source told the Sunday Times.


Last month, Sports Direct complained that its rival JD Sports' planned £90m takeover of Footasylum could reduce Mr Ashley's access to the top brands.
In the past, Adidas and Nike have preferred to work with JD Sports but Sports Direct has attempted to make inroads, appointing former Nike executive David Daly as chairman of the its board.
"Sports Direct has consistently aimed to provide the widest range of products at attractive prices and will continue to work constructively with all its suppliers to enhance its product offering for the benefit of consumers," the company said.
The BBC has asked Nike and Adidas for comment. In response to the Sunday Times story, Nike told the newspaper that it made adjustments to its sales channels from "time to time" to "optimise distribution".
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That'll be a huge hit for him that two major brands have put the brakes on supply. What goes around comes around. Hopefully not the last,that there is some justice.
 
The fat pr1ck has to be one of the most hated cants in the UK. Politicians, business people, ordinary people in the street, his own workers and I even think his family cant stand the fat b@stard. There will be street parties when his heart gives up
 
It's up to Nike and Adidas to decide on their routes to market so to speak. If they want to focus on more direct selling instead of via resellers it's their call and there is nothing gravitationally challenged Mike can do about it.
 
Coop said:
What’s this about?
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Pro-Direct are based near me, and I have met the head of sales and one of the directors a couple of times. They know I’m a “PROUD RANGERS MAN.” :)) and so we often chat Ashley, they are his biggest online rivals, and in the last conversation we had, I said about Hummel producing the kit and they said once Ashley was out the picture Nike and Adidas would be knocking at the door.
As an aside, my brother was the guest of Adidas head of UK sport ( my brother is involved in golf.) at the last old firm of last season, and he took him to the Louden after the game. The boy from Adidas loved it.
 
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