The Business of Fashion
Agenda-setting intelligence, analysis and advice for the global fashion community.
Agenda-setting intelligence, analysis and advice for the global fashion community.
MANCHESTER, United Kingdom — JD Sports on Friday suspended the payment of final dividend in order to maintain its cash reserves and said Chairman Peter Cowgill will take a 75 percent voluntary reduction in salary amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Britain's biggest sportswear retailer, which has shut all of its stores in the UK, United States and Europe, has further delayed the publication of its full-year results to provide clarity on the coronavirus' impact on the group's performance.
JD Sports said it would announce preliminary results for the 12 months to February 1 on July 7, after delaying it to May in the previous month.
The retailer has also differed the payment of bonuses and other incentive payments for the year ended February 1, adding that its board and senior management team have agreed for voluntary salary reductions of at least 25 percent.
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The company said it would consider paying bonuses and incentives at some point after its stores have re-opened and resume dividend payments when conditions allow.
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