All Ocado articles – Page 47

  • Ocado delivery
    News

    Doubts raised over Ocado IPO

    2010-02-15T09:09:00Z

    Doubts have been raised about the stock market flotation potential of Ocado, after it emerged that Waitrose is to launch a competing online operation in central London within two years.

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    Analysis

    EBITDA

    2010-02-12T00:00:00Z

    As private equity’s doors reopen, we dissect the measure by which most retailers that are up for sale or float will be valued

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    Analysis

    Business sales: retail makeover tactics

    2010-02-12T00:00:00Z

    After a year when retailers often got the cold shoulder, both private equity and IPO activity in the sector is picking up. Joanna Perry examines the makeover tactics retailers use to encourage a sale

  • Ocado delivery
    News

    Analyst opinion mixed as Ocado eyes spring flotation

    2010-02-12T00:00:00Z

    Online grocer Ocado has moved a step closer to a potential IPO and is understood to be gearing up for a spring flotation.

  • Opinion

    Ocado, or Ocadon’t?

    2010-02-08T15:07:00Z

    Had a very interesting day in Nottingham at Boots on Friday, but will save that for my next post and instead concentrate on the weekend’s big story, the news that Ocado has appointed advisers ahead of a possible float.

  • Ocado delivery
    News

    Ocado appoints advisers ahead of float

    2010-02-08T09:21:00Z

    Online food retailer Ocado has appointed advisors for ahead of a float which could come as early as May, according to reports.

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    News

    Poor January sales drag down retailers

    2010-02-05T00:00:00Z

    General retailers were hit in the wake of poor January sales data from the British Retail Consortium and wider market turbulence at the end of last week.

  • Celebration
    Analysis

    Christmas trading: Cause for celebration

    2010-01-29T00:00:00Z

    To their relief, most retailers pulled off a good Christmas after a fraught year. As the festive trading season nears its end, Lisa Berwin examines the key findings from OC&C’s Christmas Trading Index

  • Ocado
    News

    Ocado introduces online ratings and reviews

    2010-01-22T00:00:00Z

    Online grocer Ocado is testing a ratings and reviews section for shoppers to rate food products, which it claims is a first for a UK supermarket.

  • Pets at Home
    News

    Green light for retail IPOs

    2010-01-22T00:00:00Z

    Grim outlook fails to dampen retailers’ flotation hopes — but will they hit their valuations?

  • Danaher
    Opinion

    Selling up will be no easy task in 2010

    2010-01-22T00:00:00Z

    Private buyers will be hampered by not being able to take on the levels of borrowing they did before the banking crisis

  • Ocado snow
    News

    Ocado fits winter tyres to delivery fleet

    2010-01-11T09:22:00Z

    Ocado is to fit its delivery van fleet with special winter tyres for the remainder of the season to tackle the adverse weather conditions.

  • George MacDonald
    Opinion

    A reality check for Ocado

    2010-01-08T00:00:00Z

    Ocado has drawn plenty of glowing press comment and there’s plenty to admire in it, but whether it is flotable is another matter.

  • Tesco
    News

    Food price war intensifies as grocers ramp up cuts for 2010

    2010-01-08T00:00:00Z

    Grocers have kicked off the new year with an intense price war, signalling a year of even tougher competition in the food sector.

  • Retailers prepare to update on Christmas trading
    News

    Retailers prepare to update on Christmas trading

    2010-01-04T09:14:00Z

    Retailers including John Lewis, M&S, Next, Sainsbury’s, JD Sports Fashion are to reveal key Christmas trading updates this week which will be seen as key indicators to how successful the festive period was for the retail sector.

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    News

    Ocado mulls partnership with Carrefour

    2009-12-04T10:20:00Z

    Online grocer Ocado is understood to have held talks with French retailer Carrefour about a partnership to deliver shopping to customers’ homes in France.

  • Ocado delivery
    News

    Patrick Lewis appointed to Ocado board

    2009-10-30T09:10:00Z

    Patrick Lewis, partners’ counsellor at the John Lewis Partnership, has been appointed to the board of online grocer Ocado.

  • News

    Retail suffers as gloom outweighs IPO hopes

    2009-09-25T00:00:00Z

    General retail stocks headed south and underperformed the market, despite rising speculation that a raft of IPOs - including a £1.7bn flotation of fast fashion group New Look - looks likely in the new year.

  • Ocado delivery
    News

    Ocado appoints investment banker as new FD

    2009-09-16T08:58:00Z

    Ocado has appointed seasoned investment banker Andrew Bracey as its chief financial officer, fuelling speculation it is gearing up for an IPO.

  • Ocado delivery
    News

    Al Gore invests in Ocado

    2009-09-10T17:22:00Z

    Online grocery retailer Ocado has completed a £50m financing to continue to grow the company, including an investment from former US vice-president and environmental campaigner Al Gore.