LONDON: Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group Plc is in last-ditch talks to buy the ailing Debenhams department store in a move which could save thousands of jobs.
The owner of the Sports Direct brand confirmed it was in negotiations in an e-mailed statement and said “we hope to be able to save as many jobs as possible” at Debenhams, one of the UK’s most iconic retail brands.
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