JD Sports has described the covert filming of its executive chairman, Peter Cowgill, as “highly irregular and potentially illegal” and denied any wrongdoing after the footage captured a meeting between the businessman and his counterpart at Footasylum, the trainer retailer.
JD bought Footasylum for £90m in 2019, but the deal became the subject of a review by the competition watchdog. Last week, the Competition and Markets Authority ordered JD to sell Footasylum, after concluding the takeover had
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