AO World PLC is a United Kingdom-based online electrical retailer. The Company offers major and small domestic appliances and a range of mobile phones, AV, consumer electricals and laptops. It also provides ancillary services such as the installation of new and collection of old products and offers product protection plans and customer finance. It serves the business-to-business market in the United Kingdom, providing electricals and installation services at scale. It also has a Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) processing facility, ensuring customers' electronic waste is dealt with responsibly. Its official AO Outlet eBay store gives its customers the chance to make savings. It sells over 9,000 different electrical products on ao.com. It has three mobile brands: mobilephonesdirect.co.uk, affordablemobiles.co.uk and buymobiles.net. Music Magpie serves as its sales platform in the United Kingdom, across both musicmagpie.co.uk and its respective mobile applications.
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About this company
Key people
John Charles Roberts
Chief Executive Officer, Founder, Executive Director
Mark Higgins
Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operating Officer, Executive Director
Julie Angela Louise Finnemore
Company Secretary
Geoffrey I. Cooper
Non-Executive Independent Chairman of the Board
Christopher Hopkinson
Non-Executive Director, People Champion
Shaun Mccabe
Non-Executive Independent Director
Peter Pritchard
Non-Executive Independent Director
Sophie Alice Tomkins
Non-Executive Independent Director
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Key facts
- Shares in issue574.14m
- EPICAO.
- ISINGB00BJTNFH41
- LocationUnited Kingdom
- SectorServices
- IndustryRetail (Specialty)
- Market cap£602.86m
- Employees3,133
- ExchangeLondon Stock Exchange (LON)
- IndexFTSE All Share Index, Britain-FTSE250-Index
- Website
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