Mike Ashley's Frasers Group has acquired a stake in fashion giant Boohoo.
The owner of brands such as Sports Direct and House of Frasers has snapped up a 5% holding in the Manchester-headquartered group.
The move means Frasers Group has become one of the largest single shareholders in Boohoo.
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Co-founder Mahmud Kamani remains the largest shareholder while other investors include Camelot Capital Partners, T. Rowe Price International, FIL Investment Advisors (海角视频) and Norges Bank Investment Management.
The move comes after Frasers Group acquired an 8.9% stake in electricals retailer Currys.
It also recently invested £75m in Bolton-headquartered electricals group AO before later increasing its stake to just over 21% to become its largest shareholder.
In a statement Frasers Group said: "Driving growth through strategic investments is a core part of Frasers' DNA. Under Michael Murray's leadership, we continue to build on our long track record of establishing supportive shareholder positions in attractive retail companies.
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"We have a clear strategy to identify opportunities to invest in businesses which complement our existing sport, premium and luxury businesses, or help us to build and further utilise our sector-leading ecosystem.
"Boohoo is an attractive proposition to us with its laser focus on young female consumers. We see potential synergies and an opportunity to strengthen our own brand proposition in collaboration with Boohoo, most obviously with Frasers Group brands I Saw It First and Missguided.
"Our investment in Currys provides us with a valuable opportunity to build on our foothold in the electricals industry as well as deepening the existing relationship between Currys and Studio, with the potential for further collaboration between the two.
"Through this investment, we also believe Currys will benefit from Frasers' deep retail know-how and our sector-leading ecosystem."
Over the last 18 months, Frasers Group has acquired Lancashire-headquartered Studio Retail as well as Manchester's Missguided out of administration.
It also bought Manchester-based I Saw It First while it has been building a sizeable stake in fashion group N Brown, which is also headquartered in the city.
In May, BusinessLive reported that Boohoo lost more than £90m during its latest financial year as the cost-of-living crisis squeezed shoppers.
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The group posted a pre-tax loss of £90.7m for the 12 months to February 28, 2023, compared to a profit of £7.8m in the prior year and £92.2m in the period before that.
Its revenue also slipped from £1.98bn to £1.76bn over the year although the latest figure is still ahead of the £1.23bn it reported in 2020.
海角视频 revenue fell 9% in the year but was still 61% higher than 2020's regional total. International revenue fell 13% but was up 22% on 2020.
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