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Ocado Maintains Full-Year Guidance After First-Half Loss

Ocado Group has maintained its full-year outlook as it dipped to a first-half loss, driven by a fall in sales at its retail joint venture with Marks &...

Alibaba Beats Revenue Estimates, Cites 'Uncertainties' Ahead

Alibaba Group Holding beat expectations for fourth-quarter revenue, as growing demand for some of its niche online shopping services in China offset weakne...

Ocado To Buy Robotics Start-Up Myrmex

British online supermarket and technology group Ocado has agreed to buy materials handling robotics start-up Myrmex Inc for €10.2 million (€9.55...

Consumer Interest In 'Virtual Living' Likely To Create New Parameters For Brands, Says Accenture

The increased use of augmented and virtual technologies, and the metaverse, is likely to create new opportunities for retailers and consumer goods brands,...

Amazon Results And Outlook Fall Short As Warehouse, Fuel Costs Soar

Amazon.com has delivered a disappointing quarter and outlook, with the e-commerce giant swamped by higher costs to run its warehouses and deliver packages...

Nomad Foods Launches Open Innovation Portal With Innoget

Nomad Foods has partnered with global innovation network Innoget to launch an open innovation portal to accelerate food tech collaborations.

Retail Technology – SPAR Switzerland

In the most recent edition of ESM, we spoke to a number of retailers across Europe about some of the technological innovations they have implemented into t...

Ocado Group's Core Earnings Weighed Down By Investment

Online grocer and technology firm Ocado Group has reported a 12.1% fall in annual core earnings, with investment in the business more than offsetting an in...