RE: Coggles x Fraers21 Jun 2024 21:47
Be nice if we actually turn a profit on one of these businesses that we sell. Coggles was picked up out of admin and they had a shop in Alderley Edge but were mainly doing high end online sales and had been advertising well on the CityAm Lifestyle Magazine so you never know on this occasion.
One thing for certain is that it will definitely be a good strategic fit for Frasers Groups and particularly with the Flannels and Frasers Dept stores. I had the recent fortune or misfortune of passing through Meadowhall Shopping Centre in Sheffield and did a bit of DIY research of my own on MyProtein in Boots and I'll tell you what Frasers have got a big whack of the retail space in there with a huge Sports Direct, USC, Very big Flannels Store and they are just about to take over a massive ex-Debenhams store with an SPD, USC, Evans Cycles and Game multi-store all in one. The Flannels store ia in effect now turned into a Department store in its own right with all the Beauty counters and beauty concessions at the front of the store (Charlotte Tilbury etc etc).
I'll get really excited if they tie up with Frasers to put several Beauty concessions inside Frasers bricks and mortar retail, or put Myprotein into Sports Direct, or moreso if Mike Ashley decides to stakebuild in THG or any of the individual companies as he has done with the likes of Boss. Little by little he does seem to be inching closer.