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Ocado Retail is a joint venture between Ocado Group and Marks & Spencer

Ocado Retail sales growth accelerates on customer wins

British online supermarket Ocado Retail reported faster sales growth in its fourth quarter as more competitive pricing helped it win customers from rivals, underlining its position as the country's fastest growing grocer.

Business • 14 Jan

Ocado Retail lifts revenue guidance on customer growth

UK online supermarket Ocado Retail lifted its revenue guidance for its 2023-2024 year after sales jumped 15.5% in its latest quarter, as a focus on value attracted more customers.

Business • 19 Sep 24

M&S's share of Ocado Retail's adjusted loss increased to more than £37m

M&S 'not unhappy' with Ocado Retail, says chairman

Retailer Marks & Spencer is "not unhappy" with the current performance of Ocado Retail, its online supermarket joint venture with Ocado Group, M&S chairman Archie Norman has told investors.

Business • 03 Jul 24

Ocado Retail is a 50:50 joint venture between Ocado Group and Marks & Spencer

Ocado Retail's quarterly sales rise by 10.6%

British online supermarket Ocado Retail has today kept its guidance for the year as it reported a 10.6% increase in first-quarter revenue reflecting growth in customer numbers.

Business • 26 Mar 24

Ocado Retail said it hit its highest ever level of sales over the peak Christmas trading period

Ocado Retail posts a return to positive earnings

British online supermarket Ocado Retail said today it would return to positive earnings for the 2022/23 year after revenue growth accelerated in its fourth quarter as it won more customers.

Business • 16 Jan 24

Since June, Ocado Retail has reduced the prices of more than 650 items

Ocado Retail returns to growth in number of items sold

Ocado Retail returned to growth in the number of items sold for the first time since the Covid-19 pandemic in the last month of its latest quarter, as it gained more customers who shopped more regularly at the online supermarket.

Business • 19 Sep 23

A worker at Ocado Retail's Hatfield customer fulfilment centre

Ocado Retail to shut its Hatfield fulfilment centre

British online supermarket Ocado Retail, a joint venture between Ocado Group and Marks & Spencer, said it will stop operations at its Hatfield customer fulfilment centre this summer.

Business • 25 Apr 23

More customers used the Ocado Retail service during the first quarter of 2023

Ocado Retail keeps profit guidance after sales rise

Online supermarket Ocado Retail kept its financial guidance for the full year as it reported a 3.4% rise in first quarter revenue, driven by more customers using its service.

Business • 28 Mar 23

Ocado Group today reported a worse-than-expected full-year loss for 2022

Ocado's losses swell to more than £500m

Ocado Group, the British online supermarket and technology group, has today reported a worse-than-expected full-year loss, partly reflecting profits being wiped out at its retail joint venture with Marks & Spencer.

Business • 28 Feb 23

Ocado Retail said its sales were up 15% over the five days before Christmas

Ocado Retail customers buying less per order

British online supermarket Ocado Retail said its customers purchased fewer items per order in the run-up to Christmas in response to the cost-of-living crisis.

Business • 17 Jan 23

Ocado Retail is seeing shoppers trading down to cheaper products and buying fewer items in a cost of living crisis

Ocado Retail cuts outlook as consumers seek savings

UK online supermarket Ocado Retail has downgraded its full-year outlook today, saying customers are trying to navigate the cost of living crisis by buying fewer products and trading down to cheaper items.

Business • 13 Sep 22

Ocado said that average customer orders per week were up 8.5% to 375,100 from last year

Ocado Retail's sales hit by labour shortages in UK

British online supermarket Ocado Retail has today reported a 3.9% fall in revenue in its latest quarter year-on-year, with its performance held back by labour shortages.

Business • 14 Dec 21

Ocado Retail said its revenue fell 10.6% to £517.5m in its third quarter to August

Ocado Retail lost £35m in orders from warehouse fire

Online supermarket Ocado Retail said today that a fire at its largest automated warehouse in Erith in southeast London in July cost it around £35m of revenue in its latest quarter.

Business • 14 Sep 21

Ocado Retail said its revenue rose 39.7% in its first quarter to February 28

Ocado Retail's revenue growth accelerates in Q1

UK online supermarket Ocado Retail said revenue rose 39.7% in its first quarter to February 28, an acceleration from the previous quarter, reflecting continuing strong demand for grocery deliveries during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Business • 18 Mar 21

Ocado sees retail sales soar 52% in latest quarter

Ocado Group, the UK online supermarket and technology group, said today that Ocado Retail's revenue rose 52% in the 13 weeks to August 30, with the coronavirus pandemic generating huge demand for online deliveries.

Business • 15 Sep 20

Ocado Retail's revenue rose 11.4% to £386.3m in its fiscal third quarter

UK's Ocado sees retail sales growth accelerate

UK online supermarket and technology company Ocado has today reported an acceleration in retail sales growth in its latest quarter, helped by additional capacity from its fourth automated warehouse.

Business • 17 Sep 19

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