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ASOS - Fast growing internet retailer of celebrity fashion

May 2004

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With the trials and tribulations of David and Victoria Beckham monopolising the front pages of virtually every newspaper and magazine in Britain it seems that the cult of the celebrity is very much alive and kicking.  One company that is successfully exploiting this phenomenon is AIM tiddler, ASOS (market cap £15m), an online retailer of fashionable ladies clothing in the style of famous celebrities. ASOS, formerly asSeenonScreen Holdings, has reached the sweet spot all e-tailers dream of where breakeven has been passed and, with operational infrastructure in place, a large proportion of any future sales growth will fall straight to the bottom line.  Not surprisingly the shares have spiked, but still aren't expensive o ...

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