Evans Cycles
| Use attributes for filter ! | |
| Ceo | Andy King |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Crawley |
| United Kingdom | |
| Founded | London |
| United Kingdom | |
| Number of employees | approx. 1,100 in 2012 |
| Type of business | Privately held company |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 950000 |
About Evans Cycles
Evans Cycles is a British cycle retailer. It was opened in central London by a London cyclist, Frederick Evans, who won an award from Britain's largest cycling club for the best cycling invention of 1925. He left his shop to be run by his manager and joined the Royal Air Force when war broke out in 1939.
Fast fashion giant Shein buys Missguided brand from Frasers Group
... Frasers owns a huge and diverse number of retailers such as Sports Direct, Flannels, Jack Wills, Evans Cycles and sofa...
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... including Game, Evans Cycles, Jack Wills and Sofa...
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... com, Evans Cycles and House of Fraser, as well as Flannels...
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... It also taken over Game, Evans Cycles, Jack Wills and Sofa...
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... Along with House of Fraser and Sports Direct, the group also owns Flannels, Game, Jack Wills, Evans Cycles and Sofa...
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... It includes an E-sports gaming room, a sports bra fitting service, as well as Evans Cycles and a Game concession...
Coronavirus: bike shop told me my order would not arrive until 2021'
... Saskia (left), a teacher, is the car in the hope, of Bristol your new bike during school holidays they took their search elsewhere, and after finding no suitable bikes on the bearing Wiggle, Rutland Cycling, or Halfords, Saskia managed, finally, to a from Evans Cycles...
Coronavirus: sports-Direct-boss 'deeply' sorry for the error virus
... By the Frasers group, which he controlled, House of Fraser, Sports Direct, Evans Cycles, Lillywhites, flannels, Agent Provocateur, and he recently bought a 12...
Shein in talks to buy Missguided from Mike Ashley's Frasers Group
Mike Ashley 's Frasers Group is in talks to sell its Missguided clothing brand to online fashion giant Shein , The Bbc understands.
Talks about a deal, come only a year after Frasers took over the brand.
Frasers Group bought Missguided for £20m Last Year after the online fashion retailer collapsed into administration.
Shein , which was founded in China in 2008, is a global giant in The World of fast fashion.
Both Frasers Group and Shein have been contacted for comment.
According to Sky, a deal is likely to see Shein buy Missguided's brand and other intellectual property, while the Head Office is retained by Frasers.
Manchester-based Missguided was founded by Nitin Passi in 2009 and grew to become one of the UK's biggest online fashion players.
But after suffering from supply Chain problems, rising freight costs and increasing competition from rivals, it fell into administration in May 2022,
Frasers - which owns the Mike Ashley -founded Sports Direct Chain - has expanded rapidly by buying brands that have fallen into trouble. including Game, Evans Cycles , Jack Wills and Sofa. com.
While Mike Ashley is no longer Frasers' chief executive, he owns a majority stake in The Firm .
Shein - which now has its headquarters in Singapore - Saw sales surge during the Covid pandemic when lockdowns led to a jump in Online Shopping .
It was valued at about $66bn earlier this year, although that was lower than a previous valuation of around $100bn.
There has been speculation that Shein will seek to list its shares in the US.
However, in May over claims that people from China's mostly Muslim Uyghur population were use as forced labour to make some of the clothes it sells.
Human Rights groups and Western governments, including the US and UK, have accused China of committing crimes against humanity against the Uyghurs.
In response, Shein told The Bbc : " We have Zero Tolerance for forced labour.
" Our suppliers must adhere to a strict code of conduct that is aligned to The International Labour Organization's core conventions. "
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com
