Jun 06 2017, 4:47 PMJun 17 2017, 12:23 AMJune 06 2017, 4:47 PMJune 17 2017, 12:23 AM
The disruptive upstarts of UK retail appear themselves to have been disrupted by the bricks-and-mortar traditional supermarkets and, in the case of white goods and electronics retailer AO World, the merger of Dixons and Carphone Warehouse appears to have worked. But it is not just online retailers that are being disrupted. Although Ocado announced its first international contract, the deal with a regional European retailer disappointed investors who had hoped for a larger deal with a major international grocer.