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  • Asos founder Nick Robertson steps down as boss

    September 1, 2015

    Asos founder and boss Nick Robertson is expected to announce his departure from the top job at the fashion website this morning. Read more: Asos goes from annus horribilis to the height of fashion Robertson who set up the company, one of the UK’s most high-profile tech success stories in 2000, has told the board he [...]

  • Asos goes from annus horribilis to the height of fashion

    July 21, 2015

    Online clothing retailer Asos has seen a major turnaround in its fortunes over the past year. Despite being hit be several profit warnings and a major fire at its Barnsley, Yorkshire, depot, retail sales for the four months to the end of June increased 27 per cent in the UK, while international sales were up [...]

  • Asos shrugs off last year’s woes as sales soar 20 per cent

    July 7, 2015

    Asos is surging ahead in the UK – but international growth and currency headwinds are still dampening the etailer's earnings.  The figures: Retail sales were up an impressive 20 per cent for the four months to 30 June, with the UK up 27 per cent, while international sales were up 16 per cent. International sales [...]

  • Asos share price opens lower after “Black Friday” style outage as customers clamour for discount

    June 1, 2015

    Shares in online retail giant opened 1.5 per cent lower at 3,630p after a day-long outage prevented thousands of customers from taking advantage of a 20 per cent discount. Banners on the website advertised a 20 per cent discount on "Every. Single. Thing", causing customers to flock to the site. But it failed to stand [...]

  • Asos hires Capquest boss Helen Ashton as new chief financial officer

    April 14, 2015

    The chief financial officer merry-go-round continues. Today, it's the turn of Asos, which has hired Helen Ashton to take on the role being vacated by Nick Beighton.  Ashton, who is currently chief executive of debt management business Capquest, will join in September. She will join the board at the same time. Beighton has already moved [...]

  • Asos profit hurt after lowering prices overseas

    April 1, 2015

    SHARES in Asos jumped as much as nine per cent yesterday after the online fashion giant drew a line under last year’s disastrous performance and posted a better-than-expected decline in first-half profit. The group, which targets twenty-something shoppers, had a rollercoaster year after a fire broke out at its warehouse in Yorkshire and international sales [...]

  • Asos UK sales soar but half year profit is cut by 10pc

    April 1, 2015

    Asos' share price soared more than six per cent this morning after releasing a bullish statement for the rest of the year.  The figures Asos has reported a rise in group revenue for the first half to 28 February, with group sales climbing. 14 per cent. UK retail sales soared 27 per cent but profit before [...]

  • ASOS looking swish with 19pc increase in quarterly sales

    March 12, 2015

    ASOS, the online clothing retailer, reported a fashionable 19 per cent increase in sales to £290.1m, up from £244m last year, for the three-month period to 28 February. The better-than-expected perf­or­mance was a welcome relief for the firm after a difficult 2014 for­ced it to issue a string of profit warnings as shares plummeted and [...]

  • Asos shares soar 17 per cent as etailer gets back on track with sales up in the UK and overseas

    March 12, 2015

      Asos's share price soared 17 per cent this morning as it appeared to be back on track, reporting quarterly growth of 19 per cent after a difficult period that included a profit warning.    The figures The etailer, which took a stumble a few months ago, appears to be back in its comfort zone.  [...]

  • Asos boss Nick Robertson sells £20m-worth of shares

    January 28, 2015

    Asos boss Nick Robertson has had a lucrative afternoon.    The founder and chief executive of the hugely succesful etailer has sold nearly 750,000 shares, worth more than £20.2m.    The shares were sold at an average price of just over 2,716p each. It puts January pay day into perspective for the rest of us. [...]

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