Nick Beighton, the previous ASOS chief government, is returning to the net style sector at Secret Gross sales, the discounter for premium clothes magnificence manufacturers.
Sky Information understands that Mr Beighton, who left ASOS final 12 months, has been appointed chairman of Secret Gross sales because it targets an bold worldwide enlargement.
An announcement about his appointment, which will probably be considered a coup for the platform, will probably be made this week.
The corporate, which was purchased by retail entrepreneurs Chris Griffin and Matt Purt simply over two years in the past, mentioned it had recorded gross sales development of over 150% over the past 12 months.
Secret Gross sales offers a particular supply to premium manufacturers corresponding to Dolce & Gabbana and Versace, permitting them to monetize their extra inventory on its platform whereas retaining management of merchandise’ branding and pricing.
Mr Beighton, who spent greater than a decade at ASOS, initially as chief monetary officer, described the Secret Gross sales proposition as “game-changing”.
“For too lengthy, extra inventory has been seen by way of money restoration utilizing clearance channels that erode the model,” he mentioned.
“With Secret Gross sales, the business lastly has entry to a constructive technique for non-full-price stock.
“Companies utilizing Secret Gross sales can now make vital margin, appeal to new prospects for their very own full-price gross sales and preserve their model fairness via a easy, elegant and sustainable off-price answer that doesn’t influence the retailer’s personal full-price technique.”
In complete, Secret Gross sales mentioned it had labored with greater than 1600 manufacturers and anticipated speedy development within the present monetary 12 months.
It has greater than 6.5m registered account-holders.
The corporate mentioned it had secured extra funding past a multimillion pound capital injection final 12 months, though it declined to offer additional particulars of that.
Working within the UK, Belgium and the Netherlands, it plans to broaden to a different 12 worldwide markets over the following two years.
Mr Griffin, Secret Gross sales’ chief government, mentioned he was aiming for it to turn into “the world’s largest market for non-full-price style”.
“Earlier than Secret Gross sales Market, there wasn’t a totally joined-up proposition for turning non-full-price inventory right into a boardroom constructive,” he added.