Online fashion store Asos has become an unlikely beneficiary of the Michelle Obama effect, after the US First Lady wore a £35 print shirt from its Africa collection last month... more
As the first Lord's Test match gets under way today, a copy of Cricket, Wonderful Cricket, a new book by former financial PR man and sometime Evening Standard columnist John Duncan, lands on City Spy's desk... more
Online fashion store Asos posts a 41% jump in profits, boosted by booming demand from overseas, but its shares crashed 8% as analysts expressed concerns over its valuation... more
Asos - the website whose customers are fashion-savvy 16- to 34-year olds - shrugs off the pain of its bricks-and-mortar rivals delivering yet another jump in sales... more
Market Round-up: Takeover chatter boosts Moneysupermarket.com, with investors hoping the price-comparison website might soon receive a bid from private equity... more
Compare and contrast: Willie Walsh, chief of British Airways, soon to be a direct rival of Carolyn McCall’s, waived his £334,000 bonus. McCall, boss of the Left-leaning Guardian, didn't... more
Internet fashion retailer Asos is in talks with stores about a pick-up service to allow customers to collect their orders from high street shops... more
Asos chief executive Nick Robertson shrugs off the impact of the flights ban on overseas sales as the online fashion retailer reports a pick-up in growth... more
As rumours swirl that JP Morgan could yet pull out of building its new HQ at Canary Wharf, word reaches City Spy that the owner of Cazenove may still be tempted by a move east... more
Britain's obsession with red carpet outfits has not wavered in the recession with soaring sales at online fashion house Asos, best known for cut-price replicas of stars' outfits... more
It's a tale of two High Streets. While supermarkets, budget clothes shops and HMV have emerged as recession-winners, most of their rivals remain in the doldrums, praying for the recovery to come ... more
Asos posted a recession-defying jump in profits as chief executive Nick Robertson said that the AIM-listed company is eyeing a move to the main market... more
Internet only fashion house Asos continues to show rivals a clean pair of cut-price heels, with sales up 104% to £165 million in the 12 months to the end of March... more
Retail: Internet clothing retailer ASOS is still defying the economic downturn as its young, fashion-savvy customers continue to splash their cash... more
Online clothes outfit ASOS is booming. In a statement ahead of its annual shareholder meeting, ASOS said sales have more than doubled in the last six months... more
It may be doom and gloom on the High Street but not in the virtual shopping world of Asos, the online fashion retailer aimed at savvy 18-34 year-olds... more
Exclusive: After high-profile allegations this season, Charlton's manager is pleased the issue is now being addressed but says the authorities still have plenty of work to do
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