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JD Sports sells Footasylum to Aurelius

The sports fashion retailer has agreed to hand over sportswear retailer Footasylum to German private equity firm Aurelius Group for £37.5m. JD Sports has been forced to sell Footasylum, which it bought in 2019 for £90m, because of competition concerns.

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