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Asos to invest in a tech hub in Belfast
The British online fashion retailer Asos is planning to invest £14 million (€16.2m-$18.9m) to create a new tech hub in Belfast. The site is scheduled to be operational early 2022 and create 184 jobs over three years, with 52 hirings in the first year.
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Asos enters the e-sports arena through Fnatic
Asos has signed a three-year deal with Fnatic, an e-sports brand with 30 million users, many of them members of Gen Z. As Asos’ chief growth officer, Robert Birge, explains, “gaming and fashion are both passions for young adults,” and “Gen Z-ers increasingly express their style in both the physical ...
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Asos aims to be fully carbon neutral by 2030
The British online fashion retailer Asos aims to be carbon neutral in its direct operations by 2025 and achieve “net zero” across its value chain by 2030. The company also plans to shift towards more circular systems, ensuring 100 percent of own-brand products and packaging are made from more sustainable ...
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Asos’ chairman quits
Adam Crozier, the chairman of the British online retailer Asos, has been appointed chairman of the U.K. telecommunications operator BT, where he will succeed Jan du Plessis when he retires from the board on Dec. 1. Crozier will join BT’s board as an independent non-executive director and chairman designate on ...
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ArticleAsos warns of volatility ahead as global sales rise
The British online fashion firm Asos warned of volatility in the months ahead as it reported a rise in sales and maintained its annual profits guidance. It added that profits were being squeezed by increased freight costs and global supply chain disruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic and Brexit. ...
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ArticleNordstrom invests in Asos brands
The American department store chain Nordstrom has bought a minority stake in four brands owned by the British online fashion retailer Asos as it pushes to grab a share of the lucrative 20-something market. Nordstrom will take a minority stake in the Topshop , Topman , Miss ...
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Nike is the most resold brand
According to the British energy comparison website SaveOnEnergy, Nike is “by far” the most resold brand in the world. Based on the survey carried out from June 4 to 7, it found that the brand had a “staggering” 1,160,153 listings in total across the resale sites Depop, eBay, Asos Marketplace, ...
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Asos issues a £500 million convertible bond
The U.K. online fashion retailer Asos is selling £500 million (€577.5m-$686.6m) in senior unsecured guaranteed convertible bonds due in 2026. The bonds are being offered by the company’s wholly-owned subsidiary Cornwall . The proceeds will be used to fund the company’s global growth, as well as the acquisition ...
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ArticleAsos posts record profits on lockdown shopping boom
In the first half ended Feb. 28, the British online retailer Asos more than tripled pre-tax profits to a record £106.4 million (€122.8m-$145.8m) and raised full-year expectations as it continues to benefit from the Covid-19 pandemic. While the switch to online shopping during lockdowns boosted trading, Asos was ...
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ArticleAsos buys four Arcadia brands in £330m deal
The British online retailer Asos has snapped up Arcadia ’s fashion brands Topshop , Topman , Miss Selfridge and the sportswear brand HIIT from the administrators Deloitte in a deal worth about £330 million (€373.0m-$451.1m). Arcadia collapsed in November 2020. The deal, funded out of ...
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ArticleBoohoo, Asos make moves on top U.K. brands
The British online fast fashion retailer Boohoo has acquired all of the intellectual property assets, including customer data and related business information and selected contracts, of the U.K. department store chain Debenhams , which is currently under administration, for £55 million (€75.3m-$69.1m), plus value-added tax, in cash. ...
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ArticleStocks of footwear companies fell by 16.3% in 2020
Well functioning financial markets are providers of information and signals. We are analyzing last year’s performance of footwear companies, but also of luxury goods and e-commerce companies with a strong footwear component, to see how markets perceived some of the key players of our industry.
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News briefsAsos upbeat about profits but warns about Brexit costs
The fashion online retailer Asos indicated that its full-year profit will be at the top end of market expectations but warned that it faces £15 million (€16.8m-$20.5m) in Brexit tariff costs. Sales jumped by 23 percent to £1.36 billion (€1.53bn-$1.86bn) in the four months to Dec. 31, with ...
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News briefsAsos to create 2,000 jobs for new £90m U.K. fulfilment center
The fashion online retailer Asos has unveiled plans to invest £90 million (€99.7m - $122.4m) in a new U.K. fulfilment center where it hopes to employ 2,000 people over the next three years. Asos said the 437,000 square foot warehouse in Staffordshire, West Midlands, which is being developed ...
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Asos axes commissions to help sellers through new Covid lockdown
British fashion e-tailer Asos is stopping commissions on its marketplace platform to help businesses during the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic and related lockdown as they face the busy Christmas period. New and existing sellers will pay no commission until the end of the year, Asos said. ...
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ArticleAsos to focus more on activewear
Fashion e-tailer Asos will expand its activewear offering as locked-down clients spurned party outfits in favor of sportswear and exercise gear during the Covid-19 pandemic, helping the company to almost quadruple full-year profits. The company said grabbing a greater share of the “huge” sportswear market along with beauty ...
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ArticleLGBTQ collections become mainstream for the fashion, sportswear industry
The LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transexual and queer) fashion market has been growing over the last decade. In recent years, an unprecedented number of mainstream brands have begun to release LGBTQ collections.
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Asos to post higher-than-expected FY results thanks to demand, lower returns
The British online fashion retailer Asos said that its sales and profits for the full year ending in August are expected to be significantly ahead of market expectations, thanks to stronger-than-anticipated underlying demand and lower-than-forecast returns. Revenue growth is expected to reach 17-19 percent, with pretax profit in ...
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Asos sees FY profits at top end of expectations after lockdown sales surge
Online fashion retailer Asos expects annual pre-tax profit to be at the top end of expectations after a sales surge driven by purchases of casual and active wear during the coronavirus lockdown. Group sales in the four months to June 30 rose to £1.01 billion (€1.1bn-$1.3bn) from £919.8 ...
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Boohoo to review UK supply chain as retailers drop brand over pay, conditions scandal
Boohoo , the UK e-tailer and fast fashion brand, has commissioned an independent review of its domestic supply chain and promised to spend £10 million dealing with malpractice after major retailers, including Amazon , Next and Asos stopped stocking its clothes. The review comes as Boohoo ...
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