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    • Tuesday, 10 January, 2023
      Electricals retailer AO boosts profit guidance

      UK group says it has benefited from change of strategy to focus on profitability rather than sales growth

    • Tuesday, 22 November, 2022
      AO upgrades outlook despite widening losses

      Online electrical retailer says cost cuts have started to benefit the business

    • Friday, 2 September, 2022
      Investments
      Directors’ Deals: On the Beach boss buys as consumer confidence wanes

      Holiday group’s shares down 65 per cent in the past year

    • Thursday, 18 August, 2022
      Electrical retailer AO World swings to loss as costs mount and demand weakens

      UK-listed online group blames driver shortages and supply chain inefficiencies

    • Thursday, 7 July, 2022
      Jonathan Eley
      AO World pressure heralds a different kind of retail crisis

      Online electricals retailer to focus on profitability in its core UK market

    • Wednesday, 6 July, 2022
      AO World plans £40mn capital raise after sharp share price fall

      Digital white goods retailer moves to shore up liquidity as inflationary pressures hit

    • Tuesday, 23 November, 2021
      AO World warns on revenues as supply chain disruption crimps growth

      Shares slide as online retailer signals hit from product shortages, transport costs and inflation

    • Friday, 1 October, 2021
      AO World shares plunge as driver shortages hit trading

      Electronics group also cites fierce competition from online giants as reason for weak performance

    • Friday, 1 October, 2021
      City Bulletin
      Driver shortages and supply chain disruption hold back revenues at AO World Premium content

      Investment bank fees surge past $100bn and Goldman pulls free ice-creams

    • Friday, 16 April, 2021
      LexEquities
      Earnings beats: lukewarm reaction shows prices are stretched Premium content

      Cosmetics, online white goods and banks see shares slip

    • Tuesday, 19 January, 2021
      LombardBryce Elder
      Jam tomorrow still applies for brave new AO World

      Costs take shine off the online retail boom; Premier Foods takes cakes to the States

    • Tuesday, 19 January, 2021
      Electricals retailer AO World’s sales boom in UK and Germany

      Shares hit as pandemic prompts higher costs even as German business turns a profit

    • Wednesday, 23 December, 2020
      LexUK retail industry
      Pandemic winners: a shout for sprouts Premium content

      Furloughed workers and nixed holidays have turned traditionally dull fare into green shoots of recovery

    • Tuesday, 24 November, 2020
      Pets at Home Group PLC
      Pets at Home and AO World boosted by lockdown sales

      Petcare chain upgrades earnings forecast and electricals group receives online shopping lift

    • Tuesday, 24 November, 2020
      AO World swings to profit during pandemic ecommerce boom

      Electricals retailer says it has been ‘a half year like no other’

    • Thursday, 15 October, 2020
      Lex
      AO World: online shine Premium content

      Investors should wait for prices to drop before stocking up

    • Tuesday, 14 July, 2020
      LombardKate Burgess
      ‘Lapdog’ auditors ain’t quite right again

      Watchdog takes firms to task in quality review; AO hits long awaited high during lockdown

    • Tuesday, 19 November, 2019
      AO World ditches Dutch arm to focus on UK and Germany

      Shares jump 13% as online electrical goods retailer pulls out of Netherlands

    • Tuesday, 4 June, 2019
      AO World suffers widening losses in Europe

      Shares slide on German woes but online electricals retailer reassures on UK growth

    • Thursday, 4 April, 2019
      LombardMatthew Vincent
      Who wants to be a landlord to Mike Ashley or Philip Green?

      New Intu chief gets to enjoy what many consider the job from hell

    • Thursday, 4 April, 2019
      Retail sector
      Electronics retailer AO World builds stockpiles with Brexit looming

      London-listed group also warns full-year profit to fall at ‘lower end’ of City forecasts

    • Thursday, 31 January, 2019
      LexRetail sector
      AO World: CEO let go Premium content

      The top men have yet to prove the company can deliver a profit

    • Friday, 23 November, 2018
      European equities
      Investors Chronicle: EasyJet, AO World, Helical

      Companies analysis from our sister publication

    • Tuesday, 20 November, 2018
      AO lossmaking in first half amid ‘challenging’ conditions
    • Sunday, 28 October, 2018
      How to Lead
      AO World’s John Roberts: loosening the leadership grip

      The founder is learning how to step back from the day-to-day business operations

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