Last checked at 17 Apr 2019 07:00
17 April 2019
ASOS plc
Board Change: CFO Appointment
Further to our previous announcement dated 23 October 2018 in relation to the appointment of Mathew Dunn as Chief Financial Officer, the Board of ASOS plc (the "Company") is pleased to confirm that Mr Dunn will be appointed to the main Board of the Company as Chief Financial Officer with effect from 23 April 2019.
For further information:
ASOS plc Nick Beighton, Chief Executive Greg Feehely, Director of Investor Relations Alison Lygo, Investor Relations Manager | Tel: 020 7756 1000 |
Instinctif Partners Matthew Smallwood / Justine Warren / Tom Berger | Tel: 020 7457 2020 |
JPMorgan Cazenove (Nominated Advisor) Michael Wentworth-Stanley / Bill Hutchings | Tel: 020 7742 4000 |
Numis Securities Alex Ham / Luke Bordewich / Tom Ballard | Tel: 020 7260 1000 |
Background note
ASOS is a global fashion destination for 20-somethings, selling all the freshest styles complemented by exclusive content, making ASOS.com the hub of a thriving fashion community and giving our audience the confidence to be whoever they want to be. ASOS sells over 85,000 branded and ASOS Brand products through localised app and mobile/desktop web experiences, delivering from fulfilment centres in the UK, US and Europe. ASOS curates a mix of our in-house designed labels, ASOS DESIGN, ASOS EDITION, ASOS WHITE, ASOS 4505 and Collusion with global and local brands sold through our own channels to deliver a locally relevant offer. Our ground-breaking propositions help bring our amazing products to almost every country in the world and we serve customers globally with increasingly tailored local experiences: relevant languages, payment methods and delivery and return options. You can currently shop ASOS in over 200 markets, in eight languages, using an ever greater number of different payment methods, with hundreds of local deliveries and returns options from pick up and drop off networks to Next-Day Delivery. We aim to give all our global customers a truly frictionless experience.
ASOS's websites attracted 171.6m visits during February 2019 (February 20181: 148.0m) and as at 28 February 2019 had 19.2m active customers2 (28 February: 16.5m), of which 6.2m were located in the UK and 13.0m were located in international territories (28 February 2018: 5.5m in the UK and 11.0m internationally).
1Restated visits, previously reported number 156.9 million, 2Defined as having shopped in the last twelve months as at 28 February