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By Ali Lyon Frasers Group’s latest string of deals were made with little fanfare. The owner of House of Fraser, Sports Direct and Jack Wills has been in such an acquisitive move that its latest purchases – of the Dutch Sports retailer Twin Sports, clothes seller Matches Fashion and online cycling store Wiggle – made few headlines outside. All three purchases, made in the space of just a few months, are evidence of a firm confident with a growth-through-acquisition approach, pioneered by its founder, Mike Ashley, that has helped the group come to dominate the UK high street despite the wider se…