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  • Poundstretcher seeks rent cuts in survival bid

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    Discount retailer Poundstretcher is set to be restructured by its owner, Fortress Investment Group, to reduce property-related overheads and avoid closure.  The plan will see the retail chain, which operates 298 stores in the UK, stabilise a “substantial fall in turnover” and rising leasehold costs, the Insolvency and Companies Court heard today.  In the High [...]

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  • Cosy Club owner Loungers snapped up by Fortress for £338m

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    Fortress will offer 310p per share, which is a 30 per cent premium to Loungers' closing price yesterday and above its highest ever trading price.

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  • Majestic Wine and Poundstretcher owner Fortress cuts costs

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    The UK arm of Fortress Investment Group, whose portfolio includes the likes of Majestic Wine, Punch Pubs and Poundstretcher, saw its revenue and profit dip during 2023 as its US owner cut costs.

    Majestic Wine is owned by Fortress Investment Group.
  • Owner of Majestic Wine and Punch Pubs acquires one of UK’s biggest discount retail chains

    April 11, 2024

    Poundstretcher, one of Britain's biggest discount retail chains, has been sold to the owner of Majestic Wine and Punch Pubs.

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