ASOS PLC closes Chinese operations
Customers in China will still be able to buy its products through the website
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ASOS PLC
LON:ASC
Asos.com is the UK's largest online fashion and beauty store, attracting over one million visitors a week. Asos.com is traded in the NEX Exchange HERE
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Proactive Small Caps - ASOS fails to inspire market
Retailers, and their post Christmas numbers, have been in focus all week, big and small, so when online fashion group ASOS (LON:ASC), the largest junior on AIM, reports, small cap investors tend to take notice.
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Brokers: Shops and housebuilders to the fore
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Brokers: ASOS to top the retail tree over Christmas
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FTSE100 ends lower despite some big gainers
Costa Coffee and Premier Inn owner Whitbread and Holiday Inn-owner Intercontinental Hotels Group did their best to boost the index.
Positive eurozone bank news fails to lift shares
The FTSE 100 Index was 16.47 points adrift at 6335 by lunchtime
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Stocks tread water on mixed Asia performance
The FTSE 100 Index rose 9.55 points to 6361 in the first hour of trading
ASOS ascends as overseas sales momentum returns
Variable price adjustments by region seems to have done the trick in terms of restoring top line sales growth momentum
Week ahead: Will China dampen the mood ahead of Sky and Whitbread updates?
Investors will get a look at how the living wage is impacting firms when Whitbread reports on Wednesday.
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Proactive small cap highlights – ASOS, Bagir, Brainjuicer, Vmoto, Strat Aero, Falanx, Angle, Sphere, Range Resources, Arian Silver, AAZ
ASOS gained about 5% this past week amid analyst upgrades
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Clothes retailers fashionable among City analysts
Next, ASOS and Primark owner ABF were all upgraded, while Premier Farnell, Genus, Kaz Minerals, EnQuest and Wolseley were also in the broker spotlight
Analysis: AO World's shares go through the wringer
At its peak, it gave the company a larger market capitalisation than retailer Debenhams and brought it close to rival Dixon’s...
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Are prices coming down at ASOS?
Here our resident tea leaf reader assesses the outlook for ASOS.
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Solar panels, Google, Halfords (LON:HFD) and Asos (LON:ASC) were themes gaining interest on the web...
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Asos founder Robertson to be replaced by operations boss Nick Beighton
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Anglo American, Premier Oil, House builders, Asos and Smith & Nephew are all in the broker spotlight
Alton Towers crash a factor in a ‘muted’ summer for Merlin
Merlin Entertainment, ASOS, Cable & Wireless, Cairn and Premier Oil are all in the broker spotlight
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London market falls on Greek uncertainty and manufacturing decline
Rising industrial production masks falling manufacturing output
Asos sees annual sales at top end of hopes
Online chain says discounting helped underpin global sales
Tuesday's agenda: Cool weather to put a dampener on M&S revival
While the food offering at Marks & Spencer has come on in leaps & bounds under Marc Bolland’s watch, the clothing division remains problematic.
Week Ahead: House builders to provide clarity after conflicting signals
We had conflicting messages from the housing sector last week, so trading updates from Bovis, Barratt and Taylor Wimpey might provide more clarity.
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Broker Spotlight – Brown Group, Fyffes, ASOS, HSBC, Shell, BP, Acal, Merlin and more
The magnitude of the Fyffes’ upgrade is significant, Davy says
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Fyffes is top banana, while there are upgrades for ASOS, Shell, and Alton Towers owner Merlin
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Broker spotlight - Royal Mail, Debenhams, Petra Diamonds, Ted Baker, Vodafone, EMED ...
Berenberg equity analyst, Michelle Wilson, believes a strong online presence is not enough for retailers.
Broker spotlight - Royal Mail, Debenhams, Petra Diamonds, Ted Baker, Vodafone, EMED ...
Berenberg equity analyst, Michelle Wilson, believes an operationally strong online presence is not enough for retailers.