Mike Ashley's Frasers Group forced to trim back profit forecasts
Mike Ashley's Frasers retail empire has issued a profit warning as retailers face a much leaner Christmas and longer spells of restrictions than earlier hoped. The firm said guidance of a 20 to 30 per cent boost in profits this year is now unlikely to materialize. Frasers Group, which includes Sports Direct, House of Fraser, Evans Cycles and Game Digital, had only made the forecast earlier in December, but things have taken a sudden turn for the worse. Mike Ashley's Frasers retail empire ha scut back its profit forecasts The new Tier 4 rules introduced over the weekend have hit the bu...