Sports Direct has come under fire for keeping all stores open during the coronavirus crisis. In an email to staff members, bosses said shops will stay open because they are are "uniquely well-placed to help keep the UK as fit and healthy as possible”.
Mike Ashley's Frasers Group, which includes Sports Direct and Evans Cycles, sent an email to all employees within 30 minutes of the Prime Minister's announcement non-essential retailers will shut.
Finance chief Chris Wootton wrote: “We stock a huge range of sports equipment designed for exercising at home… indeed home fitness is the number one trending topic on social media after coronavirus itself. “Against the backdrop of the closure of gyms the demand for these types of products has
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