Ocado robots propel revenues towards full year targets

13th Dec 2018 07:12

(Sharecast News) - Boosted by its new robot-operated warehouse in south east London, Ocado confirmed it was gliding serenely towards its full year sales targets.

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Thursday preview: ECB, Ocado in focus

12th Dec 2018 15:24

(Sharecast News) - Barring a surprise in Wednesday evening's no-confidence vote against Prime Minister Theresa May, which she is expected to overcome, the market spotlight is expected to shift towards the other side of the Channel, where rate-setters in Frankfurt are set to meet to decide on monetary policy.

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Supermarket growth stumbles to slowest since March 2017 - Kantar

11th Dec 2018 08:06

(Sharecast News) - UK supermarkets have plunged into the gloom blanketing the rest of the retail sector, with fresh data on Tuesday showing the slowest growth rate since March 2017.

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Monday broker round-up

26th Nov 2018 12:09

(Sharecast News) - Workspace group: Deutsche Bank downgrades to hold with a target price of 1,100p.

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Online shift away from high street to accelerate at Christmas

20th Nov 2018 10:30

(Sharecast News) - Already struggling non-food high street retailers could lose their festive period boost as consumers prefer to go online to purchase presents.

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Ocado inks Kroger deal, with first three orders in weeks

30th Oct 2018 07:33

(Sharecast News) - Ocado expects to receive orders for the first three US online shopping warehouses from grocer Kroger in the coming weeks after the pair signed up to a formal services and operational agreement.

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Ocado offers 'creditable alternative to Amazon', BoAML upgrades

16th Oct 2018 10:08

(Sharecast News) - With Ocado shares down by a quarter over the past four month, Bank of America Merrill Lynch sees the online grocery specialist as "back in buying territory" and offering supermarkets a "unique" tool to combat Amazon.

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Ocado valuation now more reasonable for Barclays

10th Oct 2018 16:18

(Sharecast News) - Barclays upgraded Ocado on Wednesday after the online grocery specialist's valuation retreated to a more "reasonable" level.

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Tuesday broker round-up

18th Sep 2018 12:51

(Sharecast News) - Petra Diamonds: Citigroup upgrades to buy with a target price of 70p.

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Summer is kind to big supermarkets but Sainsbury's still lags

18th Sep 2018 08:09

(Sharecast News) - Over the summer Sainsbury's enjoyed its best sales this year, though it was still the slowest growing of the big four, where Asda and Morrisons led the pack but still lost ground to the discounters.

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Ocado sales hum as new robot warehouse gets up to speed

18th Sep 2018 07:05

(Sharecast News) - Ocado kept up the pace of growth in the third quarter as its fourth and most-technologically advanced robot-operated warehouse quickly got up to speed.

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Tuesday preview: US-China trade, Ocado in focus

17th Sep 2018 14:47

(Sharecast News) - The spotlight on Tuesday may well end up being on China's response to America's decision to levy a 10% tariff on $200bn-worth of the Asian giant's goods exports.

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Director dealings: Ocado CEO lowers stake

28th Aug 2018 16:21

(Sharecast News) - Linic, a company closely associated to Ocado chief executive Tim Steiner disposed of a whopping 4,791,200 ordinary shares in the grocery giant on Tuesday.

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Morrisons and Asda hold off gains from discounters - Kantar

21st Aug 2018 08:43

(Sharecast News) - Morrisons and Asda were the fastest-growing of the big four supermarkets in recent weeks and managed to hold off the discounters from taking market share, while Sainsbury's remained a laggard but enjoyed its fastest growth since January.

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