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  • 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

    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

    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

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  • 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

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

  • Friday, 23 November, 2018
    Mergers & Acquisitions
    IC — 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 grip

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

  • Tuesday, 5 June, 2018
    Personal & Household Goods
    AO World losses widen despite higher revenues

    Online retailer remains upbeat as European expansion weighs on earnings

  • Tuesday, 5 June, 2018
    LombardMatthew Vincent
    RBS sale price easier to swallow than Goodwin’s promise

    The bank is a much different animal to that bailed out for 502p a share in 2008

  • Tuesday, 5 June, 2018
    fastFTMatthew Vincent
    Opening Quote: Hammond doesn't get top Marx for RBS share sale
  • Thursday, 11 January, 2018
    LombardMatthew Vincent
    Tesco’s not helped by analysts’ great expectations

    A 20% share price rise since the start of November ends with a sharp 4% fall

  • Thursday, 11 January, 2018
    FT Alphaville
    FT Opening Quote – M&S sales fall, Tesco’s festive rise
  • Thursday, 11 January, 2018
    UK companies
    AO ‘mindful’ of UK economic risks despite double-digit sales growth
  • Thursday, 11 January, 2018
    Markets
    Fast Europe Open: Germany GDP, eurozone industrial production
  • Tuesday, 21 November, 2017
    fastFTMatthew Vincent
    Opening Quote: EasyJet – last call for McCall
  • Tuesday, 21 November, 2017
    European equities
    FT Opening Quote – easyJet’s last call for McCall
  • Tuesday, 21 November, 2017
    UK companies
    AO sales jump, but expansion exacerbates losses
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