ONLINE fashion firm ASOS has reported a healthy rise in full year profits, driven by growth across all of its key markets.
The retailer said that pre-tax profits came in at £63.7 million, up 37 per cent compared with last year.
Sales grew 26 per cent to £1.4 billion, helped by a 50 per cent rise in US revenue.
In the UK and Europe, sales rose by 27 per cent and 28 per cent respectively.
Chief executive Nick Beighton said: "I'm pleased with progress in the business. The strength of these results reflects our unwavering focus on delivering great customer experience, supported by rigorous execution of our investments.
"We continue to target our growth opportunities, so we're accelerating investment in both logistics and technology.
"The pace at ASOS is continuing in the new financial year, which we are looking forward to with confidence."
The success of ASOS flies in the face of recent data showing a faltering fashion market, with figures from Kantar Worldpanel showing on Monday that the British fashion market has witnessed its steepest decline in sales since 2009.
Tom Gadsby, analyst at Liberum, said: "ASOS has shrugged off the retail fears dogging the rest of the UK high street with an excellent set of full year results.
"We believe the company will reach its medium term target of £2.5bn of sales by 2019. Investment ahead of growth in infrastructure has been a key driver."
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