All Ocado articles – Page 46
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NewsOcado to push button on float this week
Ocado is gearing up to push the button on its plans for a £1bn stock market flotation this week, it is understood.
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OpinionA matter of quality
Quality of management is typically one of the focal points for investors in any business. And in these celebrity-obsessed times, a business version of X Factor is often played out when retail’s big roles are up for grabs
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NewsBT Retail Week Technology Awards winners announced
The winners of the BT Retail Week Technology Awards were announced at a ceremony in London last night.
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NewsUncertainty hits food and general retailers
The week in retail was dominated by the surprise announcement of Sir Terry Leahy’s plans to retire as chief executive of Tesco next March. Tesco shares fell more than 2% on Tuesday as the City digested the news, but analysts were happy with the appointment of Tesco veteran Phil Clarke ...
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NewsOcado to sell shares to customers if float proceeds
Ocado has written to its customers today saying it will give them the opportunity to buy shares in the company if it goes ahead with its widely-anticipated float.
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NewsOcado appoints five further banks for IPO
Online grocery retailer Ocado has appointed five further banks to prepare for its planned flotation in July.
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NewsWaitrose deal lifts barrier to Ocado flotation
Ocado and Waitrose have struck a new 10-year supply agreement to run until September 2020 in what is being interpreted as a further sign that online grocer Ocado is gearing up for a float.
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NewsWaitrose and Ocado sign new 10 year deal
Online grocer Ocado has agreed a new 10 year deal with Waitrose to sell the upmarket supermarket’s products.
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OpinionA nail-biting time for Ocado
Now the election is out of the way, chiefs of private retailers with an eye on a IPO - Ocado among them - will anxiously follow the political and economic weather reports and consider whether they can get their floats away.
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NewsElection outcome could influence retail IPOs
Today’s election result and the implications for consumer and business confidence are likely to influence whether or not a clutch of retail initial public offerings get under way.
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NewsOcado poised to appoint banks for IPO
Ocado is understood to be poised to appoint JPMorgan Cazenove, UBS and Goldman Sachs to advise on a possible £1bn flotation this summer.
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NewsOcado launches Android version of mobile app
Online grocer Ocado has launched an application on Google’s mobile phone operating system Android.
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NewsMore retailers back Tories on National Insurance
More leading retailers came out in support of the Conservatives’ stance on a National Insurance as the general election campaign got under way.
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NewsOcado to up geographical reach and range as it considers IPO
Home shopping group Ocado is to focus on increasing its range, geographical reach and services for customers this year as it mulls a post-election IPO.
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NewsOcado narrows operating losses as sales rise
Ocado has narrowed its operating losses and increased its gross sales by a quarter to £427.3m in the year to November 29.
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NewsOcado appoints former Reuters director as non-exec
Ocado has lined up former finance director of Reuters David Grigson as a senior non-executive director.
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NewsRetail flotation jitters hit non-food shares
General retailers lagged the All-Share index and their food peers as doubts were cast over stores’ IPO hopes.
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OpinionRetailers will need a watertight story to float
Increasing scepticism means that those retailers that want to get IPOs away will need a watertight story and be floating for the right reasons