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Ocado news

20 November 2014
Earlier this week, IGD held its 4th Online & Digital Summit. Here we have captured some of the key take-outs: 1. Multichannel According to BT’s Josh Pert, multichannel will increasingly be ‘business as usual’ and he suggested that in the future we won’t use this term. After all, in a multichannel world, the customer must be at the heart of the business and they don’t talk about ‘multichanne...
11 September 2014
Ocado has reported that gross retail sales for the 12 weeks to 10 August rose 15.5% to £218.5m, boosted by a 17.4% increase in average orders per week. Total revenue was up 22.5% to £231.9m, supported by Ocado’s tie-up with Morrisons. Meanwhile the company is partnering with Transport for London to introduce click & collect at four London tube stations. Growing customer numbers Ocado CEO Ti...
10 September 2014
Ocado has begun a six month click & collect trial at a shopping centre close to its head office. Shopping Centre hub Online grocery retailer Ocado has started offering a click & collect service to shoppers at the Galeria shopping centre in Hatfield, close to its head office, as part of a six month trial. Shoppers may collect groceries from a van in the centre’s car park. The move follows ...
01 July 2014
Ocado has reported its first half year profit of £7.5 million (before tax and exceptional items) for the six months ended 18 May 2014. This compares to a loss of £1.0 million a year ago. Gross retail sales during the period rose 15.6% to £442.4 million. Revenue was up 20.7% to £429.7 million, driven by Ocado's tie-up with Morrisons, which the company said was going well. Growing customer numbe...
17 March 2014
Ocado’s CEO Tim Steiner has said he anticipates that the company’s biggest future competition in online grocery will come from Amazon rather than one of the big four supermarkets. Speaking at the Retail Week Live conference, Steiner outlined that he envisages 40-60% of the grocery market could in the future transition to the online channel. In this context, he talked about the potential thre...
12 March 2014
Ocado has posted an 18% increase in retail sales to £227.5 million for the twelve week period to 23 February, boosted by its partnership with Morrisons. Morrisons provides a boost The company saw an 18.4% increase in average orders per week, following the addition of Morrisons' online business, although average basket size was down 0.4%. CEO Tim Steiner said that the company was pleased with th...
04 February 2014
Ocado has published its full year results, revealing strong sales growth and a modest pre-tax loss for the 52 weeks to 1 December 2013. Investment for future growth As previously reported, gross sales increased 15.2% to £843.0 million. Revenue was up 16.7% to £792.1 million and EBITDA grew 32.8% to £45.8 million. The company recorded a loss before tax of £12.5 million or £5.1 million bef...
30 January 2014
Sales at organic veg box retailer Abel & Cole were up 24% in the eight months to 27 April 2013. The company also attracted new shoppers and grew loyalty among its existing customer base. Growing customers and order size Sales for the eight month period reached £38m. Operating profit for the retailer before exceptional items was £1.4m for the shorter period, compared with £3.7m in the 52 weeks t...
16 January 2014
Ocado reported that gross sales for the 16 weeks to 1 December rose 20.1% to £271.0 million. For the seven weeks leading up to Christmas the retailer saw a 29% jump in sales. Consumer online and convenience trends driving growth During the six trading weeks to 6 January Ocado reported sales up 21.3% to £111.1 million, which it said reflected extra capacity and strong trading in the se...
02 January 2014
As retailers prepare to report on their Christmas trading we round up the release dates for their Christmas trading statements. Wed 8 January - Sainsbury's , Waitrose Thurs 9 January - Tesco , M&S Thurs 16 January - Ocado Mon 20 January - Morrisons Watch out for coverage of each retailer's results on the day on Retail Analysis and our upcoming Christmas results ...