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Interim Results - Asos.com - for the 6 months to 30 September 2008

WorldFinance — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 08:41:43 +0000

Interim Results for the 6 months to 30 September 2008

Financial Highlights:

Sales +107% year on year to £65.7 million
Gross margin + 80bps year on year to 46%
Profit before tax +68% year on year to £4.1 million
Cash in bank £8.9m
Sales for the 7 weeks to 16 November 2008 +104% year on year

Business Highlights:

Total number of product lines up 238% year on year to 19,400 as at 31 October 2008
Number of brands up 135% year on year to 700 as at 31 October 2008
Number of active customers up 95% year on year to 947,000 as at 31 October 2008

Annual Report: Asos.com 2008

WorldFinance — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 08:34:45 +0000

Sales grew 90% for the year ended March 2008, and we have now achieved compound annual growth of over 75% per year for the last four years. Profits (before tax) for the year ended March 2008 grew by 117%. Both have been achieved on a purely organic basis.

The Dropshipping World's Who’s Who Of Users

Chinavasion — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 18:00:22 +0000

Much has been written about dropshipping and how it is the best thing since sliced bread. But who are the people who use it as a management solution and what are the biggest mistakes they make when dealing with their wholesale dropship suppliers? We find out all that and more.

The Corporate Management of Crises

arjarosz — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 08:20:04 +0000

Findings of market research commissioned by docleaf and conducted by VAR International, to assess how well UK industries are prepared to manage a crisis.

Crisis Management