Ocado news and trends

Roblox Safety Push and Ocado’s Earnings Send CE 100 Index Up 2% for Week
Connected Economy // July 21, 2025

It was a mixed bag of companies that drove the CE 100 to a 2% increase last week, but one pillar of the index stood out: Shop. Maybe it was the Amazon Prime Week and Walmart + week. Maybe it was forward-thinking parents getting back-to-school...

CE 100 Index Slips 2.5% as Chip and Payment Names Lose Ground
Connected Economy // March 31, 2025

The end of March and the first quarter proved rough sledding for the CE 100 Index, as all pillars slipped through the last full trading week of the month. The overall Index was off 2.5%, almost in lockstep with the tech-heavy NASDAQ Index, and now...

Bank Stocks Surge on Earnings and Lead CE 100 Up 2.9%
Connected Economy // January 20, 2025

Earnings season is officially here, led, as ever, by big banks – and this time around, a 9% surge in the “Bank” pillar pulled the CE 100 Index 2.9% higher in a strong weekly showing. Generally speaking, management was sanguine about the state of the...

CE 100 Index’s Strong 2024 Reflects Digital Economy’s Momentum
Connected Economy // January 07, 2025

The stock market offers a snapshot, at any given time, of investor sentiment, which is driven by the fundamentals of companies, sectors and the economy as a whole. The read across from the proprietary CE 100 Index, which exists as a microcosm of innovation, where...

Interviews & Exclusives
Coursera Rally Powers CE 100 Index 2% Higher After Earnings

July 28, 2025
Coursera’s significant post-earnings surge helped set the stage for a broad-based rally in the CE 100 Index. The Index’s 2% gain this past week came as 10 of the 11 pillars advanced. Only the Communicate Index was lower, by a muted 0.4%, as Snap Inc.’s common stock gave up 2.4%. In the Work segment, up […]

Roblox Safety Push and Ocado’s Earnings Send CE 100 Index Up 2% for Week

July 21, 2025
It was a mixed bag of companies that drove the CE 100 to a 2% increase last week, but one pillar of the index stood out: Shop. Maybe it was...

CE 100 Index Slips 2.5% as Chip and Payment Names Lose Ground

March 31, 2025
The end of March and the first quarter proved rough sledding for the CE 100 Index, as all pillars slipped through the last full trading week of the month. The...

Bank Stocks Surge on Earnings and Lead CE 100 Up 2.9%

January 20, 2025
Earnings season is officially here, led, as ever, by big banks – and this time around, a 9% surge in the “Bank” pillar pulled the CE 100 Index 2.9% higher...

Quick Reads
Ocado Sees Consumers’ Embrace of Online Grocery Return

July 16, 2024
Ocado CEO Tim Steiner said his company is benefitting from a resumption in online grocery buying. Consumers have gone back to eGrocery following a post-pandemic rise in brick-and-mortar buying, Steiner told Bloomberg Tuesday (July 16) after the grocery technology company reported earnings showing it nearly halved its losses. “This whole idea that customers deserted online […]

Ocado Puts New Warehouses on Ice as Sales Slump

December 02, 2022
Ocado will pause the construction of more automated distribution centers in the U.K. In a recent presentation to analysts, the U.K.-based online grocer said the opening of two new customer...

Ocado Reels in Delivery Expansion as UK Shoppers Head to Stores

July 21, 2022
Customers are reducing their use of delivery for online grocery shopping orders, prompting Ocado to consider a shift in expansion plans for the service in the U.K. Ocado CEO Tim Steiner said the recent...

Online Grocer Ocado Acquires Robotics Companies To Drive Automation

November 02, 2020
Ocado, a U.K.-based online grocery, is heightening its automation drive by acquiring two robotics companies. Owning Kindred Systems of San Francisco and Haddington Dynamics of Las Vegas will help Ocado...