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AO World PLC Final Results for the Year Ended 31 March 2019
AO World plc (“the Group” or “AO”), a leading European online electrical retailer, today announces its audited financial results for the year ended 31 March 2019. Financial Highlights: Continued revenue growth in both the UK and Europe with total revenue for the...
AO welcomes international businesses to its head office to demonstrate digital innovation in the region
The online electricals store, AO, hosted 14 businesses from across Europe yesterday at its headquarters in Bolton to showcase how it’s using digital technology to innovate the online shopping experience for its customers. The event organised in conjunction with the...
AO and L Marks launch global search for tech start-ups
The online electricals store, AO, in partnership with L Marks, has today announced a global search for the next digital disruptors who will make online shopping easier and faster for its customers. In the first such programme of its kind from a pureplay retailer, the...
Will my new TV fit? AO.com’s augmented reality will help
Forget tape measures, the online electricals store, AO.com, today launched cutting-edge augmented reality so that customers can see what a product will look like and if it will fit in their homes. Augmented reality, which is being introduced on product pages across...
AO launches its biggest ever I.T. recruitment drive
The online electricals store, AO.com, has pushed the button on recruiting over 50 new I.T. roles across its Bolton and Manchester offices over the next 12 months. In its biggest ever I.T. recruitment drive since it was founded in 2000, AO is looking for everything...
Tackling waste electricals: what are we doing today to make the next generation proud?
(Pictured L to R: Anthony Sant AO Recycling, Peter Stephens Nissan, Margaret Bates University of Northampton, John Roberts AO Chief Executive, Richard Peagam Anthesis Group, Graeme Vickery DEFRA, Paul White AO.com) The wake-up call for businesses to be more...
Steve Caunce to step down as CEO and founder John Roberts to reassume the CEO role
AO World plc (“AO” or the “Company”), a leading European online electrical retailer, announces that, Steve Caunce has decided to step down as CEO and from the Board with immediate effect. As CEO, Steve has successfully strengthened the Group’s organisation, senior...
Acquisition of Mobile Phones Direct Ltd
AO World Plc (LSE:AO) (“AO” or the “Company”), a leading European online electrical retailer, today announces that it has conditionally agreed to acquire Mobile Phones Direct Limited (“MPD” or the “Target”) for a cash-free, debt-free enterprise value of £32.5m (the...
AO launches collection and recycling service in bid to cut UK-wide stockpiles of mobile fridges
The online electricals store, AO.com is offering to collect and recycle “mobile fridges” for local authorities as part of a bid to cut stockpiles across the UK . The move comes after the retailer announced the installation of a machine at its Telford site to process...