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February 26, 2026

FY25 Full Year Ocado Group Results

Register and watch the the Ocado Group FY25 preliminary results

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Ocado Chuck Direct

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Designer Shoe Warehouse (DSW) has accelerated its fulfilment speed and modernized distribution operations by implementing Chuck, an autonomous mobile robot from Ocado’s Mobile Robot System. The technology allows DSW to improve productivity through system-directed picking and flexible, robot-as-a-service, reducing, and sometimes eliminating, the need for increased physical footprint or fixed labour.

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From footwear to faster fulfillment: How DSW stayed steps ahead

Thursday, February 26, 2026

2:00 PM Eastern Standard Time

30 minutes

Peak season exposes every weakness in a fulfillment operation—from labor availability to throughput and training speed—often driving up overtime, temporary labor costs, and unplanned operational spend. As labor constraints and fluctuating demand continue to challenge retail distribution, Designer Shoe Warehouse (DSW) set out to modernize picking operations without adopting a rigid, non-flexible automation solution—one that performs reliably day to day, scales confidently when peak hits, and helps control operating costs.

Patrick O’Keefe, Director of Distribution at DSW will share how DSW deployed Chuck AMR, part of Ocado’s Mobile Robot System, across both wholesale and ecommerce fulfillment to deliver consistent daily productivity, accelerate onboarding, and flex capacity during peak demand—without adding fixed labor or expanding footprint.

We'll highlight how DSW addressed labor shortages, resolved facility capacity constraints, and avoided costly expansion by leveraging Chuck’s system-directed picking, multi-SKU location support, and intuitive associate interface across both routine and peak operations.

Attendees will learn:

How system-directed picking improves daily consistency while reducing peak-driven labor and overtime costs

Why Chuck’s flexible, mobile design enables quick efficient scaling for peak without disrupting day-to-day workflows

The operational value of real-time insights and LMS-lite capabilities for managing labor spend and performance year-round

Lessons learned from deploying AMRs to support wholesale and ecommerce workflows under peak-season pressure

Join this session to learn how DSW built a fulfillment operation that runs smoothly every day—and limits cost escalation when peak season puts it to the test.

Speakers:

Moderator: Royanna Chappell

VP of Strategic Accounts, Ocado Intelligent Automation

Patrick O’Keefe

Director of Distribution, Designer Shoe Warehouse

Patrick is the Director of Distributionat Designer Brands, where he oversees high-volume, multi-shift operations across retail, wholesale, and direct-to-consumer channels. With over 15 years of experience in the cosmetics and footwear industries including nearly a decade at The Estée Lauder Companies and at DSW since Fall of 2019.

He is proficient in leveraging fulfilment automation technologies and Six Sigma methodologies to drive operational excellence. Patrick holds a degree from Ashland University in Ohio and is recognized for his ability to lead large-scale teams and complex supply chain integrations with multiple WES and automation deployments.

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Shorts doomed to failure.

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Short traders are often prone to failure due to a combination of asymmetric risk, unfavourable market math, and high carrying costs. Unlike long investors, whose maximum loss is limited to 100% of their initial investment, short sellers face theoretically unlimited losses because there is no ceiling on how high a stock's price can rise. In 2025, U.S. short sellers ended the year with marked-to-market losses of $217 billion, with approximately 70% of every dollar shorted resulting in a loss.

The Structural "Math" of Failure

Shorting is fundamentally more difficult than long investing because the mechanics of the trade work against the participant over time:

Unlimited Downside vs. Capped Upside: A short seller’s maximum profit is 100% (if the stock goes to zero), while their potential loss is infinite if the stock price skyrockets.

Negative Expected Returns: Markets have historically trended upwards over the long term, meaning short sellers are constantly betting against the natural momentum of economic growth.

The "Short Squeeze": When a heavily shorted stock begins to rise, short sellers must buy shares to "cover" and limit losses. This collective buying creates a surge in demand that further drives the price up, trapping remaining shorts in a self-reinforcing cycle of losses.

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High Costs of Maintenance

Shorting is an expensive strategy that requires constant capital outflow, which can erode profits even if the trader's thesis is eventually correct:

Borrowing Fees: To short a stock, you must borrow it from a broker. "Hard-to-borrow" stocks can incur interest rates that surge unexpectedly from 20% to over 80% overnight.

Dividend Obligations: Short sellers do not receive dividends; instead, they are legally required to pay the dividend amount out of their own account to the actual owner of the borrowed shares.

Margin Calls: Because short positions are leveraged, brokers require traders to maintain high levels of collateral (often 150% of the short position's value). If the stock price rises, brokers may force the immediate liquidation of the position at the worst possible price.

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Psychological and Timing Hurdles

Precision Timing: Unlike "buy and hold" strategies, shorting requires near-perfect timing. A stock can remain irrational and overvalued longer than a trader can remain solvent.

The "Elevator Down" Effect: Stock price declines are often violent and short-lived. Many traders fail because they exit too early, capturing only a fraction of the move, or they wait too long and get wiped out by a sharp "relief rally".

Stress and Emotional Strain: The pressure of watching a loss grow with no theoretical limit often leads to panic-covering at the top of a rally or "revenge trading" to recover lost capita

Please do your own research as always.

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Ocado has not publicly released a single total figure for all new drivers hired across the UK in 2025. However, specific recruitment drives and regional expansion data indicate significant hiring activity during the year:

Nottingham Expansion: In August 2025, Ocado Retail opened a new regional distribution site in Nottingham, which created 400 new jobs for the local community, including a substantial number of delivery driver roles.

Ongoing Recruitment: Job listings and employee data from platforms like Breakroom and Indeed show active hiring for driver positions in locations such as Merton, Erith, Weybridge, and Park Royal throughout 2025 and into early 2026.

Total Workforce Context: As of recent reports, Ocado Group employs approximately 20,261 people. The company continues to transition away from third-party couriers to direct employment for its "Zoom" service, offering those drivers the opportunity to join Ocado directly.

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Realised vs. Unrealised (Paper) Profits

Unrealised (Paper) Profits: Until the shares are bought back, any gain is purely "on paper". The value fluctuates with the market, and the trader cannot use this money for other purposes.

Realised Profits: Once the trader "buys to close," the profit is locked in. The profit is calculated as the initial sale price minus the buy-back price (less borrowing fees and commissions).

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Short traders, specifically short sellers, face structural and market-driven disadvantages that make long-term success exceptionally difficult compared to traditional long-term investing. The primary reasons for their high failure rate include theoretically unlimited loss potential, negative risk-reward skew, and the market's inherent upward bias

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Valentine's Day Trends: Ocado Retail reported a surge in "indulgent" sales ahead of Valentine's Day 2026, with honey sales up over 500% and coconut oil up by nearly 600%.

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