Asos looks to reclaim £7 million in US tariffs
The group said it had begun the process of reclaiming the US tariffs after the Supreme Court ruled Donald Trump have overstepped his powers. Source link
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Who was ASOS founder Quentin Griffiths? From net worth to legal turmoil with ex-wife
The founder of ASOS has died at the age of 58 after falling from a balcony in Pattaya, Thailand. Quentin Griffiths was found dead on 9 February, after falling from his 17th-floor apartment in the coastal city. The entrepreneur co-founded Asos in 2000 and served as its marketing director until 2005, when he left to pursue other interests. A police investigator told the BBC that Quentin was by himself, his room was locked from the inside, and there was no trace of any break-ins at the time of the death. An autopsy did not reveal any evidence of foul play. © Hepple/City Am/ShutterstockMandatory Credit: Photo by Alice Hepple/City Am/Shutterstock (819475q) Quentin Griffiths at his London home Various City AM Who was Quentin Griffiths? As well as the co-founder of ASOS, Quentin Griffiths was a father to five children. He shared three children with his first wife. Following his divorce, he moved from the UK to Thailand, where he found love again with his second wife, and they welcomed a son and a daughter. What was …
‘It’s cooler than saying I bought this on Asos’: the big car boot sale rebrand | Fashion
It’s a crisp Sunday morning in south-west London. Tucked within rows of terrace houses, the playground of a primary school has been transformed into an outdoor treasure trove. Tables are filled with stacks of books and board games; clothes hang from metal racks or are piled into boxes which are strewn over a hopscotch. It’s the 10am opening of Balham car boot sale. A modest queue filters through the entrance: families, pensioners, fashion influencers, TikTokers. Three friends – Dominique Gowie, Abbie Mitchell (both 25 years old) and Affy Chowdhury (26) – arrived an hour earlier, to set up. They are selling at a car boot for the first time, enticed by the growing hype circulating on social media. “If you go out and say: ‘Oh I bought this at the car boot,’ I think it’s actually cooler than saying I bought this on Asos,” says Dominique. “If you go into Zara and H&M, it’ll be the same stuff. But here I think you’ll find something really unique, especially on this stall,” says Affy, gesturing towards …