{"id":191571,"date":"2025-08-13T07:28:15","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T06:28:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.retailgazette.co.uk\/?p=191571"},"modified":"2025-08-13T07:28:15","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T06:28:15","slug":"frasers-group-ebuyer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.retailgazette.co.uk\/blog\/2025\/08\/frasers-group-ebuyer\/","title":{"rendered":"Frasers Group snaps up online tech retailer Ebuyer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Frasers Group has acquired online technology retailer Ebuyer out of administration.<\/p>\n<p>The digital marketplace, which sells CPUs, motherboards, laptops, televisions and monitors, will join Frasers&#8217; growing portfolio, which includes Game, Studio Retail and Sports Direct.<\/p>\n<p>Ebuyer was snapped up via a pre-pack deal this week after it faced a winding-up petition over the weekend from its landlord Urban Logistics Acquisitions 6 over unpaid rent.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ebuyer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">retailer<\/a> had plunged to an operating loss of \u00a31.8m in the year to 31 December 2023, down from a pre-tax profit of \u00a3104,000.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"rght-related-articles-middle rght-latest-articles mb-4 mt-3\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>Related Story<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"rght-middle-related-article-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"rght-middle-related-article-box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"rght-middle-related-article-img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.retailgazette.co.uk\/blog\/2026\/05\/mike-ashley-admits-role-in-video-that-led-to-jd-sports-chairs-exit\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" src=\"https:\/\/www.retailgazette.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/ac507c4f-ashleypa1-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Frasers Mike Ashley steps up Boohoo battle\" 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AM<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n<hr \/>\n<p>At the time, the company stated the market for electrical products and components had &#8220;declined further\u201d after its sales fell from \u00a3174.2m to \u00a3136.5m.<\/p>\n<p>The etailer continued to struggle financially in the years that followed despite a wave of cost cutting and staff layoffs.<\/p>\n<p>FRP Advisory partner Tony Wright said: \u201cFrasers Group has an established record of successfully taking retail brands forward and unlocking their potential.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEbuyer is a recognised name in the consumer technology space, and this transaction provides a platform it can use to reestablish its position as one of the UK\u2019s largest PC components retailers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Frasers Group has been contacted for comment.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong><a 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