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28 June 2016
Ocado has delivered profits and sales growth but has yet to announce a highly anticipated international tie-up. The online grocer, has reported half-year pre-tax profits to £8.5m, from £7.2m during the same period a year earlier on revenue of £584.2m, up more than 15% year-on-year, boosted by Ocado's tie-up with Morrisons. However, there was little news about an anticipated similar deal...
15 March 2016
Ocado announced a 15.3% rise in gross group sales, and a 13.8% rise in gross retail sales. It saw a 16.9% rise in the average number of orders per week during its first-quarter trading for the 12 weeks to February 21, 2016, hitting a milestone delivering 250,000 orders a week for first time. They reported a slight fall in average order size of 2.9%, down from £114.72 to £111.41, which it att...
03 February 2016
Online grocer Ocado has delivered a second year of profits and growing customer numbers despite a very competitive environment in the UK grocery market. Revenue rose to £1.1bn in the year to November 29, from £948.9m in 2014. Pre-tax profits grew 65pc to £11.9m. Ocado processed more than 195,000 orders a week in 2015, up from 167,000 the year before, with the highest number of orders deli...
19 January 2016
The UK press has reported that there have been ‘rumours in the City’ that Amazon could be preparing to make an approach for Ocado, as part of its plans to launch a full grocery delivery service in the UK. According to sources quoted by The Daily Mail, the US online retailer has been working on a deal that would allow it to enter the UK market more cost-effectively, and potentially overcome one...
10 December 2015
Ocado has released solid Q4 results, with double digit growth impressive in an increasingly challenging market. Slower but still rapid double digit growth In the 16 weeks to November 29th, gross retail sales increased by 13.0% to £351.8m. While this is impressive in the context of a UK grocery market that is struggling to deliver any growth, it represents weakening sales growth for Ocado - ...
05 November 2015
Morrisons has reported a slightly more negative LFL sales trend but is confident that ongoing improvements to pricing and the shopping trip are feeding through into better customer satisfaction. Total ex-fuel sales were down -2.0% (-2.6% LFL) in the 13 weeks to November 1st. Vouchering and deflation impacting LFLs Commenting on trading trends in a call to investors, Morrisons highlighted bo...
22 October 2015
Hannah Gibson, Head of Grocery Merchandising & Product at Ocado, shared her view on how to succeed in grocery online at IGD’s Online & Digital Summit this week. Hannah used four apps to demonstrate the key to success in the fast growing online grocery. On a mission Let’s be clear, online shopping is genuinely faster than offline. Shoppers are buying on average 50-55 items in a short...
15 September 2015
Ocado has released its Q3 trading statement, showing strong growth in revenue and order numbers, although average order value fell slightly during the 12 week period. Maintaining steady growth in a “tough” environment For the 12 weeks to 9 August 2015, gross retail sales (which includes sales through Ocado’s pet store Fetch and kitchenware site Sizzle) increased by 15.3% to £252.0m. Ord...
02 July 2015
The Chinese online grocery market is set to be worth almost $180bn by 2020 – nearly five times its current value of $41bn, according to IGD’s Top 10 Online Grocery Markets report. In other leading markets, online growth is expected to continue at double-digit rates. This makes investment in the channel essential for companies wishing to meet the needs of the rapidly evolving multichannel shopper....
30 June 2015
Ocado’s results for the six months to 17 May 2015 saw gross retail sales up 15.7% to £511.9m. Revenue increased 18.2% to £507.7m, while EBITDA grew 11.4% to £38.2m. Pre-tax profit reached £7m, down 4% from a year ago.  Investment in price and assortment Ocado said that it continued to grow ahead of the market and highlighted investment in its Low Price Promise initiative and the expansion...