All Asos articles – Page 10
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NewsAsos eyes Cult Beauty and Feelunique as takeover targets
Asos is considering possible takeovers of online beauty platforms Cult Beauty and Feelunique, it is understood.
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AnalysisGeneration M: Catering to the young fashion-conscious Muslim consumer
The modest fashion market is growing but mainstream retailers are yet to really take note. Retail Week explores how to cater to the Muslim consumer without being tokenistic
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Retail Navigator Analysis
Asos (Overview)
Founded in 2000, Asos is a global fast-fashion destination for 20-somethings with a wide variety of content and localised experiences. While it remains one of the world’s best-known pureplays it has arguably lost its way of late amid fierce competition.
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Retail Navigator AnalysisAsos (SWOT)
Asos became firmly established as a global online fashion retailer within a relatively short timescale, with sales nudging £4bn in FY2022. However, fast forward a couple of years and the retailer reported two-consecutive years of declining sales and widening losses. Although trading has been challenging recently, its efforts to shift back to “fashion” and focus on its strengths could help Asos return to the robust growth of its past.
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Retail Navigator AnalysisAsos (People)
Asos has been headed up by former chief commercial officer José Antonio Ramos Calamonte as CEO from June 2022 after Nick Beighton announced that he was stepping down in late 2021.
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AnalysisDeep dive: Understanding your new target shoppers – their favourite stores revealed
Where and how will the post-pandemic consumer want to shop? Retail Week unpacks the data.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Who is set to win retail’s latest price war?
Retailers ranging from Asda and Sainsbury’s to John Lewis and Asos have all cut back prices this year in a bid to lure cash-conscious shoppers. Which retailers will fare well and which will flounder in retail’s new price war?
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AnalysisC-suite shake-up: Retail’s new executive roles, from diversity to subscriptions
The retail industry is changing, and so too should the retail boardroom – Retail Week explores the new roles seated around the table
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NewsAsos to raise £500m to bolster expansion war chest
Asos has launched a bid to raise £500m to spearhead its global expansion drive.
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NewsAsos targets Black Friday Topshop splash after ‘great early momentum’
Asos aims to wow customers by unveiling its first in-house-designed Topshop lines for this year’s Black Friday extravaganza.
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NewsAsos lifts earnings forecast after stellar first half
Fashion etailer Asos has upped profit expectations after a strong first half powered by “exceptional execution” as the pandemic continued.
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OpinionFran Minogue: ‘2020 could be seen as the lost year – but look what we found’
A year ago almost to the day, I wrote an article exploring how retail chief executives were grappling with the challenges of Covid-19 and starting to plan for a post-pandemic world.
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OpinionThe Keynote: Let’s stop bashing UK retail’s online stars
The Keynote: Let’s stop bashing UK retail’s online stars
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Opinion
‘New partnerships such as Next and Reiss are shaping retail’s future’
Agility and partnerships go hand in hand with brand relevance and evolution. So do innovation and investment.
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AnalysisSuper-deduction: what it is and the retailers that could benefit
As part of the Budget last week, chancellor Rishi Sunak unveiled a ’super-deduction’ allowance to provide relief for certain businesses – but what does it mean for retail?
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AnalysisFrom catwalk to high street: is genderless fashion the future?
Not only did London Fashion Week go digital this year, it went genderless – but what could that mean for fashion retail?
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Analysis‘Google is god’: Why retailers must maximise online search in 2021
Retail Week’s inaugural Ecommerce 2021 report surveyed 1,000 UK shoppers to find out how they start their online shopping journeys and where SEO fits in, their key drivers to spend and which retailers offer the best online UX.
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OpinionErin Brookes: ‘There is no doubt that further retail consolidation is coming’
Green shoots of optimism may be germinating, but it is certain that the last 12 months have left an irreversible imprint on the UK’s retail industry.
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NewsOnline retailers launch new trade body to champion ecomm cause
Big-name pureplay retailers have formed an industry association to highlight their contribution to UK success and fight their corner – including on tax.
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NewsWatch: Asos relaunches Topshop and Topman with denim push
Asos has relaunched its newly purchased Topshop and Topman brands with a two-week social media campaign.
