The U.K.-based retail conglomerate continues to run afoul of regulators there, and has been fined £4.3 million ($5.8 mm) by the Competition and Markets Authority for sharing information with Barry Bown, CEO of the Footasylum chain it acquired in May 2019. The CMA said it found that Peter Cowgill, executive chairman of JD, had met Bown twice on July 5 and Aug. 4 without promptly alerting the authority. Last May, the CMA had ... Log in to view full article.