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Ocado taps Amazon’s Alexa for voice ordering in convenience push

Bloomberg UK online grocer Ocado Group Plc is teaming up with Amazon.com Inc. to let shoppers top up their baskets using the US e-commerce giant’s voice-recognition system. The Hatfield, England-based company has developed an app for Amazon’s Alexa that allows customers to add items to their digital shopping lists, keep track of orders and ask for product recommendations simply by ...

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Coty falls to 4-year low on integrating P&G’s beauty brands

Bloomberg Coty Inc. tumbled the most since going public four years ago after its quarterly financial report signaled the integration of dozens of beauty brands it bought from Procter & Gamble Co. is still proving to be a challenge. Excluding some items, earnings per share broke even in the fourth quarter that ended June 30, the company said. That missed ...

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Full tanks may ease risk of fuel crisis from Harvey

Bloomberg ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­ As devastating as the flooding has been for oil refiners in the US Gulf Coast, surplus fuel inventories may help the industry withstand the worst storm to hit the country in more than a decade. Deluges from Tropical Storm Harvey have turned Houston’s busiest highways into canals of standing water and displaced thousands of people and livestock. The ...

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