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AO World

June 2024

  • Foden dribbling the ball and challenged by Karničnik

    TV sales for Euro 2024 help triple profits at retailer AO World

    Annual pre-tax profits climbed 186% to £34.3m, lifted by television upgrades and tumble dryers

November 2023

  • AO World logo of an electrical retailer on a smartphone and a PC screen

    Sales slide at AO World as consumers put off buying latest mobile phones

    Online electrical goods seller still able to report pre-tax profits of £13m in the half year as cost-cutting measures bear fruit

July 2023

  • An AO van in London in 2021

    AO World says inflationary pressures are easing, as it returns to profit

    Electrical goods retailer reports pre-tax profits of £8m in year to end of March after big restructure

June 2023

  • Nils Pratley

    Nils Pratley on finance
    Mike Ashley stretches the edges of Frasers’ ‘ecosystem’ with AO World stake

    Nils Pratley
  • AO World staff deliver appliances

    Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group takes 19% stake in AO World

July 2022

  • Nils Pratley

    Nils Pratley on finance
    Nadhim Zahawi’s corporation tax review raises more questions than answers

    Nils Pratley
  • Nils Pratley

    Nils Pratley on finance
    EasyJet departures apart, buck ultimately stops with the chief executive

    Nils Pratley

June 2022

  • Nils Pratley

    Nils Pratley on finance
    Boots is up for sale to the highest bidder, but where are they all?

    Nils Pratley
    UK retailer offers revamped stores and big online presence, but potential buyers see tired shops and threat of beauty rivals

April 2022

  • a vivid green AO delivery van

    Appliance seller AO forecasts profits to dive as consumers cut spending

    Shares fall as profit expected to plunge from £64m to £8m amid falling sales and customers cancelling warranties to save cash

23 November 2021

  • Nils Pratley

    Nils Pratley on finance
    AO World boss may have overheated his electrical appliance targets

    Nils Pratley
    Noble it may have been, but AO’s plans to offer all staff good bonuses hinged on dreamily optimistic sales
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  • AO delivery van

    AO World warns of product shortages as Black Friday nears

    Electricals retailer has problems with supplies of items such as iPhones, PlayStations and Xboxes

October 2021

  • An AO delivery van

    More than £200m wiped off AO World’s value amid supply chain problems

    Share price slumps after online electrical retailer says driver shortages have hit profits

December 2020

  • Covid Finances

    How did the Covid crisis affect your finances in 2020?

    Pandemic leaves some people jobless and deferring mortgages, while others have saved more

November 2020

  • Nils Pratley

    Nils Pratley on finance
    Don't cry to mother if rates freebie comes back to bite

    Nils Pratley
  • an AO.com van

    AO.com boss tells supermarkets to 'ask their mum' about business rates row

October 2020

  • Nils Pratley

    Nils Pratley on finance
    Marston's looks like a survivor, but for other pubs life will be properly bleak

    Nils Pratley
    If Rishi Sunak is minded to offer tier 2 job support, then now is the moment

August 2020

  • An AO.com van

    AO.com hires more staff on back of Covid home shopping surge

  • Nils Pratley

    Nils Pratley on finance
    It is hard to spot the success of Mike Ashley's 'elevation' strategy

    Nils Pratley

January 2018

  • Shoppers on Oxford Street in central London

    The UK Christmas retail winners and losers

    John Lewis and Tesco enjoy healthy festive takings, there’s mixed results at M&S while Debenhams and Mothercare issue profit warnings
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