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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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