UncleBingo Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 This feels exactly like it did when there was no movement on Shearer's appointment. It feels deliberate. Very much. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeletor Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 He now owns 25% of GAME, apparently. Fucking hell. Now I have to boycott GAME as well. The man is ruining my life. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sima Posted July 13, 2017 Share Posted July 13, 2017 He now owns 25% of GAME, apparently. What a shithouse, pumping money into them would trample on a retailer with origins in the region. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
afar Posted July 13, 2017 Share Posted July 13, 2017 Do people still buy games from high street retailers ? I think it a dead industry personally, outside of the trading in used games. Most cost conscious folks will buy their PC games through Steam, kinquin, humble bundle et al. For consoles, the online stores for Xbox and Playstation are more than competitive and Amazon an other online retailers is the place generally to buy a game when you absolutely need the box. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sima Posted July 13, 2017 Share Posted July 13, 2017 They've had to diversify like but I'd imagine they still do decent business. Digital new releases still aren't competitively priced on consoles and the trading in towards them just brings the cost down further. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paully Posted July 13, 2017 Share Posted July 13, 2017 http://www.themag.co.uk/2017/07/mike-ashley-sends-rafa-benitez-newcastle-team-sports-direct-store-appearance-newcastle-united/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted July 13, 2017 Share Posted July 13, 2017 http://www.themag.co.uk/2017/07/mike-ashley-sends-rafa-benitez-newcastle-team-sports-direct-store-appearance-newcastle-united/ Pretty embarrassing that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted July 13, 2017 Share Posted July 13, 2017 http://www.themag.co.uk/2017/07/mike-ashley-sends-rafa-benitez-newcastle-team-sports-direct-store-appearance-newcastle-united/ Pretty embarrassing that. the article? yeah it's an utter fucking joke Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted July 13, 2017 Share Posted July 13, 2017 Do people still buy games from high street retailers ? I think it a dead industry personally, outside of the trading in used games. Most cost conscious folks will buy their PC games through Steam, kinquin, humble bundle et al. For consoles, the online stores for Xbox and Playstation are more than competitive and Amazon an other online retailers is the place generally to buy a game when you absolutely need the box. Dead? No slowly dieing though, especially in this country. Digital media is growing all the time and it's mostly cheaper to buy from online stores anyway. But even if you wanted to buy from a high street retailer, there's much better alternatives than Game as they are disgustingly expensive which is probably why they keep going out of business. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted July 13, 2017 Share Posted July 13, 2017 http://www.themag.co.uk/2017/07/mike-ashley-sends-rafa-benitez-newcastle-team-sports-direct-store-appearance-newcastle-united/ Pretty embarrassing that. the article? yeah it's an utter fucking joke Yes, the article. Not Paully, he's class. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted July 13, 2017 Share Posted July 13, 2017 http://www.themag.co.uk/2017/07/mike-ashley-sends-rafa-benitez-newcastle-team-sports-direct-store-appearance-newcastle-united/ Pretty embarrassing that. the article? yeah it's an utter fucking joke Yes, the article. Not Paully, he's class. ah yeah of course, i thought you meant the "order" by ashley itself (which isn't great) but reading that was actually painful Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sempuki Posted July 13, 2017 Share Posted July 13, 2017 Can we start crowdfunding for a "Heed the Baal"? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
loki679 Posted July 13, 2017 Share Posted July 13, 2017 http://www.themag.co.uk/2017/07/mike-ashley-sends-rafa-benitez-newcastle-team-sports-direct-store-appearance-newcastle-united/ I find myself a little confused at the Rangers shirt sales deal mentioned there with 93% of the retail price going to SD. Ope shared a very interesting article earlier in which shirt deals were discussed and this was one of the snippets: No club has ever directly recouped a player’s transfer fee through shirt sales. adidas, Nike, Puma, and other kit suppliers get 85-90% of shirt sale revenue and this is the industry standard. So if the kit supplier is getting 90% of the shirt sale revenue, how is SD taking 93% of the retail price? They would seem to be mutually exclusive. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomas Posted July 13, 2017 Share Posted July 13, 2017 It sounds like the 93% is after the kit supplier has taken their 90%? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted July 13, 2017 Share Posted July 13, 2017 Sports Direct get 93% off the profits that come from the retail operation, then the kit supplier will get 90% of what SD has bought the shirt at. Pretty simple to work out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted July 13, 2017 Share Posted July 13, 2017 Don't really see the point in selling shirts Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
loki679 Posted July 13, 2017 Share Posted July 13, 2017 Possibly although the mention of 'retail price' implies that SD gets the 93% of what it goes for on the shelves. Another possibility I suppose is that SD takes the 93% then passes the 90% on to the supplier which leaves a split of 7% to Rangers and 3% to SD. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted July 13, 2017 Share Posted July 13, 2017 NUFC used to have a very good retail operation, it was actually ahead of Man Utd's at one point in the 90's in terms of the shirts they sold through the retail element. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted July 13, 2017 Share Posted July 13, 2017 It's total shit that our club shop is Sports Direct TBH, clubs should have proper shops with nice stuff in them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted July 13, 2017 Share Posted July 13, 2017 It's total shit that our club shop is Sports Direct TBH, clubs should have proper shops with nice stuff in them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cp40 Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 Giggs? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40665459 wonder if this has any bearing on the stalling with transfers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliottman Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 Giggs? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40665459 wonder if this has any bearing on the stalling with transfers. Wouldnt have thought so, the club spends what it generates, SD wont have an affect. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianovthetoon Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 More chance this is the reason why he wants to sell up so he can use the cash to finance more retail acquisitions... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NG32 Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 More chance this is the reason why he wants to sell up so he can use the cash to finance more retail acquisitions... I was thinking about it earlier, maybe SD piggy backing on the back of NUFC and the premiership has reached its limit of what it can do now for SD now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
number9shirt Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 Perfect time to sell NUFC. SD & "Selfridges of sport" is the new master plan. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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